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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Nicaragua	Latvia	Nicaragua
1960	2,120,979	1,782,370	-	-
1961	2,152,681	1,836,451	1.49%	3.03%
1962	2,181,586	1,892,320	1.34%	3.04%
1963	2,210,919	1,950,159	1.34%	3.06%
1964	2,240,623	2,010,176	1.34%	3.08%
1965	2,265,919	2,072,681	1.13%	3.11%
1966	2,283,217	2,137,820	0.76%	3.14%
1967	2,301,220	2,205,567	0.79%	3.17%
1968	2,323,619	2,275,836	0.97%	3.19%
1969	2,343,173	2,348,398	0.84%	3.19%
1970	2,359,164	2,423,065	0.68%	3.18%
1971	2,376,389	2,499,825	0.73%	3.17%
1972	2,395,674	2,573,578	0.81%	2.95%
1973	2,415,819	2,649,278	0.84%	2.94%
1974	2,437,186	2,732,075	0.88%	3.13%
1975	2,456,130	2,816,943	0.78%	3.11%
1976	2,470,989	2,903,851	0.6%	3.09%
1977	2,485,073	2,992,534	0.57%	3.05%
1978	2,497,921	3,080,314	0.52%	2.93%
1979	2,505,953	3,164,525	0.32%	2.73%
1980	2,511,701	3,252,403	0.23%	2.78%
1981	2,519,421	3,345,674	0.31%	2.87%
1982	2,531,080	3,438,745	0.46%	2.78%
1983	2,546,011	3,530,282	0.59%	2.66%
1984	2,562,047	3,619,104	0.63%	2.52%
1985	2,578,873	3,706,479	0.66%	2.41%
1986	2,599,892	3,794,157	0.82%	2.37%
1987	2,626,583	3,882,164	1.03%	2.32%
1988	2,653,434	3,972,320	1.02%	2.32%
1989	2,666,955	4,066,476	0.51%	2.37%
1990	2,663,151	4,162,559	-0.14%	2.36%
1991	2,650,581	4,259,637	-0.47%	2.33%
1992	2,614,338	4,357,026	-1.37%	2.29%
1993	2,563,290	4,453,732	-1.95%	2.22%
1994	2,520,742	4,549,316	-1.66%	2.15%
1995	2,485,056	4,642,931	-1.42%	2.06%
1996	2,457,222	4,729,974	-1.12%	1.87%
1997	2,432,851	4,809,573	-0.99%	1.68%
1998	2,410,019	4,883,655	-0.94%	1.54%
1999	2,390,482	4,954,018	-0.81%	1.44%
2000	2,367,550	5,022,633	-0.96%	1.39%
2001	2,337,170	5,087,825	-1.28%	1.3%
2002	2,310,173	5,149,909	-1.16%	1.22%
2003	2,287,955	5,210,963	-0.96%	1.19%
2004	2,263,122	5,272,912	-1.09%	1.19%
2005	2,238,799	5,342,105	-1.07%	1.31%
2006	2,218,357	5,418,855	-0.91%	1.44%
2007	2,200,325	5,497,243	-0.81%	1.45%
2008	2,177,322	5,576,593	-1.05%	1.44%
2009	2,141,669	5,656,601	-1.64%	1.43%
2010	2,097,555	5,737,450	-2.06%	1.43%
2011	2,059,709	5,819,051	-1.8%	1.42%
2012	2,034,319	5,901,287	-1.23%	1.41%
2013	2,012,647	5,983,845	-1.07%	1.4%
2014	1,993,782	6,066,492	-0.94%	1.38%
2015	1,977,527	6,149,417	-0.82%	1.37%
2016	1,959,537	6,232,666	-0.91%	1.35%
2017	1,942,248	6,316,231	-0.88%	1.34%
2018	1,927,174	6,400,080	-0.78%	1.33%
2019	1,913,822	6,483,657	-0.69%	1.31%
2020	1,900,449	6,565,267	-0.7%	1.26%
2021	1,884,490	6,644,741	-0.84%	1.21%
2022	1,879,383	6,730,654	-0.27%	1.29%
2023	1,883,710	6,823,613	0.23%	1.38%
2024	1,866,124	6,916,140	-0.93%	1.36%
2025	1,847,866	7,007,511	-0.98%	1.32%
2026	1,830,293	7,097,335	-0.95%	1.28%
2027	1,815,968	7,185,724	-0.78%	1.25%
2028	1,801,521	7,272,691	-0.8%	1.21%
2029	1,786,981	7,358,003	-0.81%	1.17%
2030	1,772,165	7,441,612	-0.83%	1.14%
2031	1,757,453	7,523,773	-0.83%	1.1%
2032	1,743,022	7,604,398	-0.82%	1.07%
2033	1,728,673	7,683,391	-0.82%	1.04%
2034	1,714,716	7,760,901	-0.81%	1.01%
2035	1,701,185	7,836,706	-0.79%	0.98%
2036	1,687,823	7,910,787	-0.79%	0.95%
2037	1,674,629	7,983,295	-0.78%	0.92%
2038	1,661,616	8,054,140	-0.78%	0.89%
2039	1,648,536	8,122,959	-0.79%	0.85%
2040	1,635,604	8,189,916	-0.78%	0.82%
2041	1,622,819	8,255,163	-0.78%	0.8%
2042	1,610,197	8,318,515	-0.78%	0.77%
2043	1,597,712	8,380,014	-0.78%	0.74%
2044	1,585,205	8,439,720	-0.78%	0.71%
2045	1,572,558	8,497,618	-0.8%	0.69%
2046	1,559,919	8,553,413	-0.8%	0.66%
2047	1,547,369	8,607,283	-0.8%	0.63%
2048	1,534,713	8,659,292	-0.82%	0.6%
2049	1,521,945	8,708,929	-0.83%	0.57%
2050	1,509,157	8,756,439	-0.84%	0.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.