Population in Latvia compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Netherlands	Latvia	Netherlands
1960	2,120,979	11,486,631	-	-
1961	2,152,681	11,638,712	1.49%	1.32%
1962	2,181,586	11,805,689	1.34%	1.43%
1963	2,210,919	11,965,966	1.34%	1.36%
1964	2,240,623	12,127,120	1.34%	1.35%
1965	2,265,919	12,294,732	1.13%	1.38%
1966	2,283,217	12,456,251	0.76%	1.31%
1967	2,301,220	12,598,201	0.79%	1.14%
1968	2,323,619	12,729,721	0.97%	1.04%
1969	2,343,173	12,877,984	0.84%	1.16%
1970	2,359,164	13,038,526	0.68%	1.25%
1971	2,376,389	13,194,497	0.73%	1.2%
1972	2,395,674	13,328,593	0.81%	1.02%
1973	2,415,819	13,439,322	0.84%	0.83%
1974	2,437,186	13,545,056	0.88%	0.79%
1975	2,456,130	13,666,335	0.78%	0.9%
1976	2,470,989	13,774,037	0.6%	0.79%
1977	2,485,073	13,856,185	0.57%	0.6%
1978	2,497,921	13,941,700	0.52%	0.62%
1979	2,505,953	14,038,270	0.32%	0.69%
1980	2,511,701	14,149,800	0.23%	0.79%
1981	2,519,421	14,247,208	0.31%	0.69%
1982	2,531,080	14,312,690	0.46%	0.46%
1983	2,546,011	14,367,070	0.59%	0.38%
1984	2,562,047	14,424,211	0.63%	0.4%
1985	2,578,873	14,491,632	0.66%	0.47%
1986	2,599,892	14,572,278	0.82%	0.56%
1987	2,626,583	14,665,037	1.03%	0.64%
1988	2,653,434	14,760,094	1.02%	0.65%
1989	2,666,955	14,848,907	0.51%	0.6%
1990	2,663,151	14,951,510	-0.14%	0.69%
1991	2,650,581	15,069,798	-0.47%	0.79%
1992	2,614,338	15,184,166	-1.37%	0.76%
1993	2,563,290	15,290,368	-1.95%	0.7%
1994	2,520,742	15,382,838	-1.66%	0.6%
1995	2,485,056	15,459,006	-1.42%	0.5%
1996	2,457,222	15,530,498	-1.12%	0.46%
1997	2,432,851	15,610,650	-0.99%	0.52%
1998	2,410,019	15,707,209	-0.94%	0.62%
1999	2,390,482	15,812,088	-0.81%	0.67%
2000	2,367,550	15,925,513	-0.96%	0.72%
2001	2,337,170	16,046,180	-1.28%	0.76%
2002	2,310,173	16,148,929	-1.16%	0.64%
2003	2,287,955	16,225,302	-0.96%	0.47%
2004	2,263,122	16,281,779	-1.09%	0.35%
2005	2,238,799	16,319,868	-1.07%	0.23%
2006	2,218,357	16,346,101	-0.91%	0.16%
2007	2,200,325	16,381,696	-0.81%	0.22%
2008	2,177,322	16,445,593	-1.05%	0.39%
2009	2,141,669	16,530,388	-1.64%	0.52%
2010	2,097,555	16,615,394	-2.06%	0.51%
2011	2,059,709	16,693,074	-1.8%	0.47%
2012	2,034,319	16,754,962	-1.23%	0.37%
2013	2,012,647	16,804,432	-1.07%	0.3%
2014	1,993,782	16,865,008	-0.94%	0.36%
2015	1,977,527	16,939,923	-0.82%	0.44%
2016	1,959,537	17,030,314	-0.91%	0.53%
2017	1,942,248	17,131,296	-0.88%	0.59%
2018	1,927,174	17,231,624	-0.78%	0.59%
2019	1,913,822	17,344,874	-0.69%	0.66%
2020	1,900,449	17,441,500	-0.7%	0.56%
2021	1,884,490	17,533,044	-0.84%	0.52%
2022	1,879,383	17,700,982	-0.27%	0.96%
2023	1,883,710	17,877,117	0.23%	1%
2024	1,866,124	17,993,485	-0.93%	0.65%
2025	1,847,866	18,110,044	-0.98%	0.65%
2026	1,830,293	18,210,675	-0.95%	0.56%
2027	1,815,968	18,298,766	-0.78%	0.48%
2028	1,801,521	18,378,805	-0.8%	0.44%
2029	1,786,981	18,451,273	-0.81%	0.39%
2030	1,772,165	18,515,139	-0.83%	0.35%
2031	1,757,453	18,571,158	-0.83%	0.3%
2032	1,743,022	18,620,309	-0.82%	0.26%
2033	1,728,673	18,664,195	-0.82%	0.24%
2034	1,714,716	18,701,674	-0.81%	0.2%
2035	1,701,185	18,732,440	-0.79%	0.16%
2036	1,687,823	18,759,270	-0.79%	0.14%
2037	1,674,629	18,781,008	-0.78%	0.12%
2038	1,661,616	18,797,497	-0.78%	0.09%
2039	1,648,536	18,809,490	-0.79%	0.06%
2040	1,635,604	18,816,959	-0.78%	0.04%
2041	1,622,819	18,820,083	-0.78%	0.02%
2042	1,610,197	18,818,821	-0.78%	-0.007%
2043	1,597,712	18,814,475	-0.78%	-0.02%
2044	1,585,205	18,806,778	-0.78%	-0.04%
2045	1,572,558	18,796,219	-0.8%	-0.06%
2046	1,559,919	18,784,939	-0.8%	-0.06%
2047	1,547,369	18,770,867	-0.8%	-0.07%
2048	1,534,713	18,753,541	-0.82%	-0.09%
2049	1,521,945	18,734,516	-0.83%	-0.1%
2050	1,509,157	18,713,797	-0.84%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.