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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Niger	Latvia	Niger
1960	2,120,979	3,505,050	-	-
1961	2,152,681	3,608,162	1.49%	2.94%
1962	2,181,586	3,714,520	1.34%	2.95%
1963	2,210,919	3,823,873	1.34%	2.94%
1964	2,240,623	3,935,814	1.34%	2.93%
1965	2,265,919	4,049,695	1.13%	2.89%
1966	2,283,217	4,165,544	0.76%	2.86%
1967	2,301,220	4,283,590	0.79%	2.83%
1968	2,323,619	4,403,637	0.97%	2.8%
1969	2,343,173	4,525,725	0.84%	2.77%
1970	2,359,164	4,650,275	0.68%	2.75%
1971	2,376,389	4,776,225	0.73%	2.71%
1972	2,395,674	4,904,845	0.81%	2.69%
1973	2,415,819	5,037,865	0.84%	2.71%
1974	2,437,186	5,174,953	0.88%	2.72%
1975	2,456,130	5,317,019	0.78%	2.75%
1976	2,470,989	5,464,962	0.6%	2.78%
1977	2,485,073	5,619,716	0.57%	2.83%
1978	2,497,921	5,782,932	0.52%	2.9%
1979	2,505,953	5,955,556	0.32%	2.99%
1980	2,511,701	6,135,971	0.23%	3.03%
1981	2,519,421	6,322,006	0.31%	3.03%
1982	2,531,080	6,512,732	0.46%	3.02%
1983	2,546,011	6,708,644	0.59%	3.01%
1984	2,562,047	6,909,971	0.63%	3%
1985	2,578,873	7,118,457	0.66%	3.02%
1986	2,599,892	7,335,811	0.82%	3.05%
1987	2,626,583	7,561,150	1.03%	3.07%
1988	2,653,434	7,793,748	1.02%	3.08%
1989	2,666,955	8,034,780	0.51%	3.09%
1990	2,663,151	8,286,059	-0.14%	3.13%
1991	2,650,581	8,546,900	-0.47%	3.15%
1992	2,614,338	8,817,633	-1.37%	3.17%
1993	2,563,290	9,100,789	-1.95%	3.21%
1994	2,520,742	9,398,258	-1.66%	3.27%
1995	2,485,056	9,714,529	-1.42%	3.37%
1996	2,457,222	10,044,852	-1.12%	3.4%
1997	2,432,851	10,383,969	-0.99%	3.38%
1998	2,410,019	10,741,413	-0.94%	3.44%
1999	2,390,482	11,117,411	-0.81%	3.5%
2000	2,367,550	11,509,630	-0.96%	3.53%
2001	2,337,170	11,920,647	-1.28%	3.57%
2002	2,310,173	12,349,144	-1.16%	3.59%
2003	2,287,955	12,796,984	-0.96%	3.63%
2004	2,263,122	13,265,836	-1.09%	3.66%
2005	2,238,799	13,756,192	-1.07%	3.7%
2006	2,218,357	14,268,581	-0.91%	3.72%
2007	2,200,325	14,803,610	-0.81%	3.75%
2008	2,177,322	15,361,915	-1.05%	3.77%
2009	2,141,669	15,943,675	-1.64%	3.79%
2010	2,097,555	16,548,835	-2.06%	3.8%
2011	2,059,709	17,176,283	-1.8%	3.79%
2012	2,034,319	17,836,769	-1.23%	3.85%
2013	2,012,647	18,519,898	-1.07%	3.83%
2014	1,993,782	19,215,909	-0.94%	3.76%
2015	1,977,527	19,939,498	-0.82%	3.77%
2016	1,959,537	20,685,753	-0.91%	3.74%
2017	1,942,248	21,435,446	-0.88%	3.62%
2018	1,927,174	22,188,069	-0.78%	3.51%
2019	1,913,822	22,947,757	-0.69%	3.42%
2020	1,900,449	23,717,613	-0.7%	3.35%
2021	1,884,490	24,502,140	-0.84%	3.31%
2022	1,879,383	25,311,973	-0.27%	3.31%
2023	1,877,445	26,159,867	-0.1%	3.35%
2024	1,862,441	27,032,412	-0.8%	3.34%
2025	1,844,219	27,917,825	-0.98%	3.28%
2026	1,826,681	28,814,872	-0.95%	3.21%
2027	1,812,384	29,723,688	-0.78%	3.15%
2028	1,797,965	30,643,561	-0.8%	3.09%
2029	1,783,455	31,575,091	-0.81%	3.04%
2030	1,768,667	32,518,069	-0.83%	2.99%
2031	1,753,985	33,469,616	-0.83%	2.93%
2032	1,739,582	34,428,638	-0.82%	2.87%
2033	1,725,261	35,397,029	-0.82%	2.81%
2034	1,711,332	36,372,374	-0.81%	2.76%
2035	1,697,827	37,353,462	-0.79%	2.7%
2036	1,684,492	38,340,142	-0.79%	2.64%
2037	1,671,323	39,330,372	-0.78%	2.58%
2038	1,658,336	40,323,460	-0.78%	2.52%
2039	1,645,282	41,318,407	-0.79%	2.47%
2040	1,632,376	42,316,733	-0.78%	2.42%
2041	1,619,616	43,319,236	-0.78%	2.37%
2042	1,607,019	44,326,115	-0.78%	2.32%
2043	1,594,558	45,337,248	-0.78%	2.28%
2044	1,582,077	46,353,160	-0.78%	2.24%
2045	1,569,454	47,374,113	-0.8%	2.2%
2046	1,556,840	48,397,993	-0.8%	2.16%
2047	1,544,315	49,423,853	-0.8%	2.12%
2048	1,531,684	50,452,202	-0.82%	2.08%
2049	1,518,941	51,482,559	-0.83%	2.04%
2050	1,506,179	52,513,870	-0.84%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.