The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,866,124 in 2024 vs 3,524,788 people in Mongolia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,830,293 people compared to 3,607,619 in Mongolia.
Population statistics:
- Mongolia's population is 1.97 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Mongolia is the 132nd.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.04% for Mongolia.
- For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.68% per year vs +1.79% in Mongolia.
- Since 2006, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.22M people to 1.83M (17.5% decline), while Mongolia has grown from 2.57M to 3.61M (40.5% growth).
- Mongolia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.6M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 923K people by 2100.
Latvia vs Mongolia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1830293
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3607619
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| Population rank | 149/197 | 132/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
29.9 minutes
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12 minutes
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| One birth every |
36.2 minutes
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7.95 minutes
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| One death every |
18.7 minutes
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27.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
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4.4 days
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| Annual migration change | -2,225 | +83 |
| Daily growth/decline | -48 | +120 |
| Annual growth/decline | -17,586 | +43,643 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.93% | +1.25% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | 87/197 |
Latvia and Mongolia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,120,979 | 977,595 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | 1,009,284 | 1.49% | 3.24% |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | 1,041,444 | 1.34% | 3.19% |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | 1,071,362 | 1.34% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | 1,100,234 | 1.34% | 2.69% |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | 1,131,177 | 1.13% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | 1,163,754 | 0.76% | 2.88% |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | 1,196,996 | 0.79% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | 1,229,930 | 0.97% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | 1,262,284 | 0.84% | 2.63% |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | 1,295,272 | 0.68% | 2.61% |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | 1,330,071 | 0.73% | 2.69% |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | 1,366,821 | 0.81% | 2.76% |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | 1,405,502 | 0.84% | 2.83% |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | 1,446,050 | 0.88% | 2.88% |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | 1,488,296 | 0.78% | 2.92% |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | 1,531,945 | 0.6% | 2.93% |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | 1,576,245 | 0.57% | 2.89% |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | 1,619,468 | 0.52% | 2.74% |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | 1,660,659 | 0.32% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | 1,701,335 | 0.23% | 2.45% |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | 1,742,857 | 0.31% | 2.44% |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | 1,785,364 | 0.46% | 2.44% |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | 1,829,092 | 0.59% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | 1,874,349 | 0.63% | 2.47% |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | 1,921,514 | 0.66% | 2.52% |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | 1,970,965 | 0.82% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | 2,022,800 | 1.03% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | 2,076,322 | 1.02% | 2.65% |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | 2,124,185 | 0.51% | 2.31% |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | 2,098,710 | -0.14% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | 2,165,342 | -0.47% | 3.17% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | 2,167,790 | -1.37% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | 2,165,130 | -1.95% | -0.12% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | 2,189,395 | -1.66% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | 2,224,945 | -1.42% | 1.62% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | 2,259,507 | -1.12% | 1.55% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | 2,291,750 | -0.99% | 1.43% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | 2,323,809 | -0.94% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | 2,356,813 | -0.81% | 1.42% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | 2,388,299 | -0.96% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | 2,417,751 | -1.28% | 1.23% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | 2,449,027 | -1.16% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | 2,480,374 | -0.96% | 1.28% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | 2,508,412 | -1.09% | 1.13% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | 2,536,407 | -1.07% | 1.12% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | 2,567,168 | -0.91% | 1.21% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | 2,601,850 | -0.81% | 1.35% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | 2,643,201 | -1.05% | 1.59% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | 2,691,115 | -1.64% | 1.81% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | 2,738,622 | -2.06% | 1.77% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | 2,786,317 | -1.8% | 1.74% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | 2,839,705 | -1.23% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | 2,899,011 | -1.07% | 2.09% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | 2,963,113 | -0.94% | 2.21% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | 3,026,864 | -0.82% | 2.15% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | 3,088,856 | -0.91% | 2.05% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | 3,148,917 | -0.88% | 1.94% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | 3,208,189 | -0.78% | 1.88% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | 3,267,673 | -0.69% | 1.85% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | 3,327,204 | -0.7% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | 3,383,741 | -0.84% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | 3,433,748 | -0.27% | 1.48% |
| 2023 | 1,883,710 | 3,481,145 | 0.23% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 1,866,124 | 3,524,788 | -0.93% | 1.25% |
| 2025 | 1,847,866 | 3,566,934 | -0.98% | 1.2% |
| 2026 | 1,830,293 | 3,607,194 | -0.95% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 1,815,968 | 3,646,133 | -0.78% | 1.08% |
| 2028 | 1,801,521 | 3,684,133 | -0.8% | 1.04% |
| 2029 | 1,786,981 | 3,721,196 | -0.81% | 1.01% |
| 2030 | 1,772,165 | 3,757,736 | -0.83% | 0.98% |
| 2031 | 1,757,453 | 3,793,979 | -0.83% | 0.96% |
| 2032 | 1,743,022 | 3,830,403 | -0.82% | 0.96% |
| 2033 | 1,728,673 | 3,867,674 | -0.82% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 1,714,716 | 3,905,872 | -0.81% | 0.99% |
| 2035 | 1,701,185 | 3,944,896 | -0.79% | 1% |
| 2036 | 1,687,823 | 3,984,836 | -0.79% | 1.01% |
| 2037 | 1,674,629 | 4,025,966 | -0.78% | 1.03% |
| 2038 | 1,661,616 | 4,067,894 | -0.78% | 1.04% |
| 2039 | 1,648,536 | 4,110,455 | -0.79% | 1.05% |
| 2040 | 1,635,604 | 4,153,587 | -0.78% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 1,622,819 | 4,197,027 | -0.78% | 1.05% |
| 2042 | 1,610,197 | 4,240,723 | -0.78% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 1,597,712 | 4,284,073 | -0.78% | 1.02% |
| 2044 | 1,585,205 | 4,327,016 | -0.78% | 1% |
| 2045 | 1,572,558 | 4,369,833 | -0.8% | 0.99% |
| 2046 | 1,559,919 | 4,411,717 | -0.8% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 1,547,369 | 4,452,180 | -0.8% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 1,534,713 | 4,491,289 | -0.82% | 0.88% |
| 2049 | 1,521,945 | 4,529,071 | -0.83% | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 1,509,157 | 4,565,277 | -0.84% | 0.8% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Mongolia gained 521,688 people (a 20.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Mongolia's population increased by 518,763 (a 16.8% growth).
Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2006 and ranked 132nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Latvia's population will shrink by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people with a rank change from 149th to 153rd. The population of Mongolia will increase by 26.5% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.
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Population differences between Latvia and Mongolia
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| Life expectancy | 76.6 years | 72.5 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 29.6 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 27.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 2.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.7 ppl/mi² | 5.86 ppl/mi² |
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