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	1,877,445	17,877,117	-0.1%	1%
2024	1,862,441	17,994,237	-0.8%	0.66%
2025	1,844,219	18,110,800	-0.98%	0.65%
2026	1,826,681	18,211,436	-0.95%	0.56%
2027	1,812,384	18,299,531	-0.78%	0.48%
2028	1,797,965	18,379,573	-0.8%	0.44%
2029	1,783,455	18,452,044	-0.81%	0.39%
2030	1,768,667	18,515,913	-0.83%	0.35%
2031	1,753,985	18,571,934	-0.83%	0.3%
2032	1,739,582	18,621,087	-0.82%	0.26%
2033	1,725,261	18,664,975	-0.82%	0.24%
2034	1,711,332	18,702,456	-0.81%	0.2%
2035	1,697,827	18,733,223	-0.79%	0.16%
2036	1,684,492	18,760,054	-0.79%	0.14%
2037	1,671,323	18,781,793	-0.78%	0.12%
2038	1,658,336	18,798,283	-0.78%	0.09%
2039	1,645,282	18,810,276	-0.79%	0.06%
2040	1,632,376	18,817,745	-0.78%	0.04%
2041	1,619,616	18,820,870	-0.78%	0.02%
2042	1,607,019	18,819,607	-0.78%	-0.007%
2043	1,594,558	18,815,261	-0.78%	-0.02%
2044	1,582,077	18,807,564	-0.78%	-0.04%
2045	1,569,454	18,797,005	-0.8%	-0.06%
2046	1,556,840	18,785,724	-0.8%	-0.06%
2047	1,544,315	18,771,651	-0.8%	-0.07%
2048	1,531,684	18,754,325	-0.82%	-0.09%
2049	1,518,941	18,735,299	-0.83%	-0.1%
2050	1,506,179	18,714,579	-0.84%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.