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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Nigeria	Latvia	Nigeria
1960	2,120,979	45,053,782	-	-
1961	2,152,681	45,989,310	1.49%	2.08%
1962	2,181,586	46,965,292	1.34%	2.12%
1963	2,210,919	47,973,575	1.34%	2.15%
1964	2,240,623	49,012,016	1.34%	2.16%
1965	2,265,919	50,086,764	1.13%	2.19%
1966	2,283,217	51,188,234	0.76%	2.2%
1967	2,301,220	52,293,065	0.79%	2.16%
1968	2,323,619	53,432,783	0.97%	2.18%
1969	2,343,173	54,631,914	0.84%	2.24%
1970	2,359,164	55,893,838	0.68%	2.31%
1971	2,376,389	57,214,684	0.73%	2.36%
1972	2,395,674	58,601,748	0.81%	2.42%
1973	2,415,819	60,082,139	0.84%	2.53%
1974	2,437,186	61,679,144	0.88%	2.66%
1975	2,456,130	63,410,815	0.78%	2.81%
1976	2,470,989	65,258,009	0.6%	2.91%
1977	2,485,073	67,234,590	0.57%	3.03%
1978	2,497,921	69,326,532	0.52%	3.11%
1979	2,505,953	71,498,242	0.32%	3.13%
1980	2,511,701	73,764,641	0.23%	3.17%
1981	2,519,421	76,068,103	0.31%	3.12%
1982	2,531,080	78,378,701	0.46%	3.04%
1983	2,546,011	80,438,260	0.59%	2.63%
1984	2,562,047	82,526,443	0.63%	2.6%
1985	2,578,873	84,897,973	0.66%	2.87%
1986	2,599,892	87,235,953	0.82%	2.75%
1987	2,626,583	89,591,716	1.03%	2.7%
1988	2,653,434	92,020,090	1.02%	2.71%
1989	2,666,955	94,531,014	0.51%	2.73%
1990	2,663,151	97,120,925	-0.14%	2.74%
1991	2,650,581	99,720,162	-0.47%	2.68%
1992	2,614,338	102,372,770	-1.37%	2.66%
1993	2,563,290	105,122,069	-1.95%	2.69%
1994	2,520,742	107,935,714	-1.66%	2.68%
1995	2,485,056	110,819,428	-1.42%	2.67%
1996	2,457,222	113,754,779	-1.12%	2.65%
1997	2,432,851	116,754,792	-0.99%	2.64%
1998	2,410,019	119,846,254	-0.94%	2.65%
1999	2,390,482	123,047,320	-0.81%	2.67%
2000	2,367,550	126,382,494	-0.96%	2.71%
2001	2,337,170	129,862,595	-1.28%	2.75%
2002	2,310,173	133,471,989	-1.16%	2.78%
2003	2,287,955	137,202,644	-0.96%	2.8%
2004	2,263,122	141,057,045	-1.09%	2.81%
2005	2,238,799	145,017,253	-1.07%	2.81%
2006	2,218,357	149,077,334	-0.91%	2.8%
2007	2,200,325	153,267,261	-0.81%	2.81%
2008	2,177,322	157,595,014	-1.05%	2.82%
2009	2,141,669	162,049,464	-1.64%	2.83%
2010	2,097,555	166,642,886	-2.06%	2.83%
2011	2,059,709	171,379,598	-1.8%	2.84%
2012	2,034,319	176,200,625	-1.23%	2.81%
2013	2,012,647	181,049,443	-1.07%	2.75%
2014	1,993,782	185,896,915	-0.94%	2.68%
2015	1,977,527	190,671,878	-0.82%	2.57%
2016	1,959,537	195,443,700	-0.91%	2.5%
2017	1,942,248	200,254,579	-0.88%	2.46%
2018	1,927,174	204,938,755	-0.78%	2.34%
2019	1,913,822	209,485,641	-0.69%	2.22%
2020	1,900,449	213,996,181	-0.7%	2.15%
2021	1,884,490	218,529,286	-0.84%	2.12%
2022	1,879,383	223,150,896	-0.27%	2.11%
2023	1,877,445	227,882,945	-0.1%	2.12%
2024	1,862,441	232,679,478	-0.8%	2.1%
2025	1,844,219	237,527,783	-0.98%	2.08%
2026	1,826,681	242,431,830	-0.95%	2.06%
2027	1,812,384	247,374,258	-0.78%	2.04%
2028	1,797,965	252,346,128	-0.8%	2.01%
2029	1,783,455	257,352,638	-0.81%	1.98%
2030	1,768,667	262,380,975	-0.83%	1.95%
2031	1,753,985	267,421,079	-0.83%	1.92%
2032	1,739,582	272,483,635	-0.82%	1.89%
2033	1,725,261	277,555,116	-0.82%	1.86%
2034	1,711,332	282,622,388	-0.81%	1.83%
2035	1,697,827	287,685,757	-0.79%	1.79%
2036	1,684,492	292,739,390	-0.79%	1.76%
2037	1,671,323	297,773,236	-0.78%	1.72%
2038	1,658,336	302,782,350	-0.78%	1.68%
2039	1,645,282	307,764,754	-0.79%	1.65%
2040	1,632,376	312,710,403	-0.78%	1.61%
2041	1,619,616	317,607,237	-0.78%	1.57%
2042	1,607,019	322,450,302	-0.78%	1.52%
2043	1,594,558	327,243,941	-0.78%	1.49%
2044	1,582,077	331,983,354	-0.78%	1.45%
2045	1,569,454	336,662,502	-0.8%	1.41%
2046	1,556,840	341,281,757	-0.8%	1.37%
2047	1,544,315	345,844,004	-0.8%	1.34%
2048	1,531,684	350,347,757	-0.82%	1.3%
2049	1,518,941	354,792,418	-0.83%	1.27%
2050	1,506,179	359,185,550	-0.84%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.