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Population in Latvia compared to Montenegro: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,862,441 in 2024 vs 623,831 people in Montenegro in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,844,219 people compared to 618,209 in Montenegro.

Population statistics:

  • Latvia's population is 2.98 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Montenegro is the 166th.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.007% for Montenegro.
  • For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.7% per year vs +0.02% in Montenegro.
  • Since 2005, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.24M people to 1.84M (17.6% decline), while Montenegro has grown from 614K to 618K (0.64% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.3% of the population in Latvia and 33.2% in Montenegro.

Latvia vs Montenegro: live population counter

Latvia Montenegro
Current population
1844219
618209
Population rank 149/197 166/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.007%
One net population change
35 minutes
1.21 days
One birth every
36.4 minutes
1.25 hours
One death every
18.8 minutes
1.39 hours
One migration net change every
3.94 hours
5.2 hours
Annual migration change -2,225 -1,686
Daily growth/decline -41 +1
Annual growth/decline -15,004 +302
Annual growth/decline rate -0.8% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 190/197 163/197

Latvia and Montenegro: population history and growth rate by year chart

Latvia
Population

Growth rate
Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Latvia Montenegro Latvia Montenegro
1960 2,120,979 480,579 - -
1961 2,152,681 491,140 1.49% 2.2%
1962 2,181,586 502,558 1.34% 2.32%
1963 2,210,919 513,409 1.34% 2.16%
1964 2,240,623 521,753 1.34% 1.63%
1965 2,265,919 526,327 1.13% 0.88%
1966 2,283,217 526,419 0.76% 0.02%
1967 2,301,220 522,796 0.79% -0.69%
1968 2,323,619 517,481 0.97% -1.02%
1969 2,343,173 513,340 0.84% -0.8%
1970 2,359,164 512,407 0.68% -0.18%
1971 2,376,389 515,449 0.73% 0.59%
1972 2,395,674 521,785 0.81% 1.23%
1973 2,415,819 530,220 0.84% 1.62%
1974 2,437,186 538,902 0.88% 1.64%
1975 2,456,130 546,487 0.78% 1.41%
1976 2,470,989 552,562 0.6% 1.11%
1977 2,485,073 557,576 0.57% 0.91%
1978 2,497,921 562,065 0.52% 0.81%
1979 2,505,953 566,888 0.32% 0.86%
1980 2,511,701 572,608 0.23% 1.01%
1981 2,519,421 579,445 0.31% 1.19%
1982 2,531,080 587,001 0.46% 1.3%
1983 2,546,011 594,506 0.59% 1.28%
1984 2,562,047 600,884 0.63% 1.07%
1985 2,578,873 605,398 0.66% 0.75%
1986 2,599,892 607,711 0.82% 0.38%
1987 2,626,583 608,144 1.03% 0.07%
1988 2,653,434 607,413 1.02% -0.12%
1989 2,666,955 606,571 0.51% -0.14%
1990 2,663,151 606,372 -0.14% -0.03%
1991 2,650,581 607,105 -0.47% 0.12%
1992 2,614,338 608,516 -1.37% 0.23%
1993 2,563,290 610,170 -1.95% 0.27%
1994 2,520,742 611,389 -1.66% 0.2%
1995 2,485,056 611,712 -1.42% 0.05%
1996 2,457,222 611,003 -1.12% -0.12%
1997 2,432,851 609,520 -0.99% -0.24%
1998 2,410,019 607,662 -0.94% -0.3%
1999 2,390,482 606,001 -0.81% -0.27%
2000 2,367,550 604,950 -0.96% -0.17%
2001 2,337,170 607,389 -1.28% 0.4%
2002 2,310,173 609,828 -1.16% 0.4%
2003 2,287,955 612,267 -0.96% 0.4%
2004 2,263,122 613,353 -1.09% 0.18%
2005 2,238,799 614,261 -1.07% 0.15%
2006 2,218,357 615,025 -0.91% 0.12%
2007 2,200,325 615,875 -0.81% 0.14%
2008 2,177,322 616,969 -1.05% 0.18%
2009 2,141,669 618,294 -1.64% 0.21%
2010 2,097,555 619,428 -2.06% 0.18%
2011 2,059,709 620,345 -1.8% 0.15%
2012 2,034,319 621,418 -1.23% 0.17%
2013 2,012,647 622,587 -1.07% 0.19%
2014 1,993,782 623,744 -0.94% 0.19%
2015 1,977,527 624,651 -0.82% 0.15%
2016 1,959,537 625,353 -0.91% 0.11%
2017 1,942,248 625,982 -0.88% 0.1%
2018 1,927,174 626,438 -0.78% 0.07%
2019 1,913,822 626,753 -0.69% 0.05%
2020 1,900,449 626,590 -0.7% -0.03%
2021 1,884,490 625,053 -0.84% -0.25%
2022 1,879,383 623,591 -0.27% -0.23%
2023 1,877,445 623,529 -0.1% -0.01%
2024 1,862,441 623,831 -0.8% 0.05%
2025 1,844,219 618,209 -0.98% -0.9%
2026 1,826,681 611,868 -0.95% -1.03%
2027 1,812,384 608,570 -0.78% -0.54%
2028 1,797,965 605,281 -0.8% -0.54%
2029 1,783,455 601,917 -0.81% -0.56%
2030 1,768,667 598,501 -0.83% -0.57%
2031 1,753,985 595,047 -0.83% -0.58%
2032 1,739,582 591,507 -0.82% -0.59%
2033 1,725,261 587,900 -0.82% -0.61%
2034 1,711,332 584,230 -0.81% -0.62%
2035 1,697,827 580,502 -0.79% -0.64%
2036 1,684,492 576,713 -0.79% -0.65%
2037 1,671,323 572,889 -0.78% -0.66%
2038 1,658,336 569,027 -0.78% -0.67%
2039 1,645,282 565,147 -0.79% -0.68%
2040 1,632,376 561,254 -0.78% -0.69%
2041 1,619,616 557,345 -0.78% -0.7%
2042 1,607,019 553,430 -0.78% -0.7%
2043 1,594,558 549,485 -0.78% -0.71%
2044 1,582,077 545,508 -0.78% -0.72%
2045 1,569,454 541,510 -0.8% -0.73%
2046 1,556,840 537,487 -0.8% -0.74%
2047 1,544,315 533,411 -0.8% -0.76%
2048 1,531,684 529,311 -0.82% -0.77%
2049 1,518,941 525,208 -0.83% -0.78%
2050 1,506,179 521,056 -0.84% -0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Montenegro gained 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Montenegro's population decreased by -6,442 (a 1.03% decline).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2005 and ranked 166th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Latvia's population will shrink by 18.3% to 1,506,179 people with a rank change from 149th to 153rd. The population of Montenegro will decrease by 15.7% to 521,056 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.

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