Population in Latvia compared to North Macedonia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and North Macedonia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	North Macedonia	Latvia	North Macedonia
1960	2,120,979	1,435,059	-	-
1961	2,152,681	1,455,171	1.49%	1.4%
1962	2,181,586	1,471,745	1.34%	1.14%
1963	2,210,919	1,488,737	1.34%	1.15%
1964	2,240,623	1,510,900	1.34%	1.49%
1965	2,265,919	1,533,466	1.13%	1.49%
1966	2,283,217	1,557,349	0.76%	1.56%
1967	2,301,220	1,582,492	0.79%	1.61%
1968	2,323,619	1,608,930	0.97%	1.67%
1969	2,343,173	1,636,345	0.84%	1.7%
1970	2,359,164	1,664,208	0.68%	1.7%
1971	2,376,389	1,691,216	0.73%	1.62%
1972	2,395,674	1,717,395	0.81%	1.55%
1973	2,415,819	1,743,816	0.84%	1.54%
1974	2,437,186	1,770,545	0.88%	1.53%
1975	2,456,130	1,797,972	0.78%	1.55%
1976	2,470,989	1,825,830	0.6%	1.55%
1977	2,485,073	1,853,138	0.57%	1.5%
1978	2,497,921	1,879,847	0.52%	1.44%
1979	2,505,953	1,906,523	0.32%	1.42%
1980	2,511,701	1,933,038	0.23%	1.39%
1981	2,519,421	1,959,065	0.31%	1.35%
1982	2,531,080	1,978,956	0.46%	1.02%
1983	2,546,011	1,991,901	0.59%	0.65%
1984	2,562,047	2,003,399	0.63%	0.58%
1985	2,578,873	2,014,331	0.66%	0.55%
1986	2,599,892	2,024,732	0.82%	0.52%
1987	2,626,583	2,035,157	1.03%	0.51%
1988	2,653,434	2,045,737	1.02%	0.52%
1989	2,666,955	2,055,649	0.51%	0.48%
1990	2,663,151	2,063,689	-0.14%	0.39%
1991	2,650,581	2,055,994	-0.47%	-0.37%
1992	2,614,338	2,032,523	-1.37%	-1.14%
1993	2,563,290	2,006,854	-1.95%	-1.26%
1994	2,520,742	1,992,666	-1.66%	-0.71%
1995	2,485,056	1,998,534	-1.42%	0.29%
1996	2,457,222	2,012,553	-1.12%	0.7%
1997	2,432,851	1,996,869	-0.99%	-0.78%
1998	2,410,019	2,007,523	-0.94%	0.53%
1999	2,390,482	2,017,142	-0.81%	0.48%
2000	2,367,550	2,026,350	-0.96%	0.46%
2001	2,337,170	2,034,882	-1.28%	0.42%
2002	2,310,173	2,020,157	-1.16%	-0.72%
2003	2,287,955	2,022,725	-0.96%	0.13%
2004	2,263,122	2,016,186	-1.09%	-0.32%
2005	2,238,799	2,005,330	-1.07%	-0.54%
2006	2,218,357	1,994,287	-0.91%	-0.55%
2007	2,200,325	1,982,933	-0.81%	-0.57%
2008	2,177,322	1,971,493	-1.05%	-0.58%
2009	2,141,669	1,958,782	-1.64%	-0.64%
2010	2,097,555	1,946,298	-2.06%	-0.64%
2011	2,059,709	1,937,398	-1.8%	-0.46%
2012	2,034,319	1,929,821	-1.23%	-0.39%
2013	2,012,647	1,922,716	-1.07%	-0.37%
2014	1,993,782	1,917,557	-0.94%	-0.27%
2015	1,977,527	1,912,430	-0.82%	-0.27%
2016	1,959,537	1,906,313	-0.91%	-0.32%
2017	1,942,248	1,898,657	-0.88%	-0.4%
2018	1,927,174	1,889,051	-0.78%	-0.51%
2019	1,913,822	1,876,262	-0.69%	-0.68%
2020	1,900,449	1,856,124	-0.7%	-1.07%
2021	1,884,490	1,837,114	-0.84%	-1.02%
2022	1,879,383	1,831,712	-0.27%	-0.29%
2023	1,883,710	1,827,816	0.23%	-0.21%
2024	1,866,124	1,824,359	-0.93%	-0.19%
2025	1,847,866	1,815,133	-0.98%	-0.51%
2026	1,830,293	1,805,395	-0.95%	-0.54%
2027	1,815,968	1,795,422	-0.78%	-0.55%
2028	1,801,521	1,785,331	-0.8%	-0.56%
2029	1,786,981	1,774,860	-0.81%	-0.59%
2030	1,772,165	1,763,791	-0.83%	-0.62%
2031	1,757,453	1,752,330	-0.83%	-0.65%
2032	1,743,022	1,740,795	-0.82%	-0.66%
2033	1,728,673	1,729,225	-0.82%	-0.66%
2034	1,714,716	1,717,480	-0.81%	-0.68%
2035	1,701,185	1,705,456	-0.79%	-0.7%
2036	1,687,823	1,693,196	-0.79%	-0.72%
2037	1,674,629	1,680,741	-0.78%	-0.74%
2038	1,661,616	1,668,308	-0.78%	-0.74%
2039	1,648,536	1,655,824	-0.79%	-0.75%
2040	1,635,604	1,643,124	-0.78%	-0.77%
2041	1,622,819	1,630,336	-0.78%	-0.78%
2042	1,610,197	1,617,428	-0.78%	-0.79%
2043	1,597,712	1,604,359	-0.78%	-0.81%
2044	1,585,205	1,591,423	-0.78%	-0.81%
2045	1,572,558	1,578,519	-0.8%	-0.81%
2046	1,559,919	1,565,479	-0.8%	-0.83%
2047	1,547,369	1,552,566	-0.8%	-0.82%
2048	1,534,713	1,539,797	-0.82%	-0.82%
2049	1,521,945	1,526,883	-0.83%	-0.84%
2050	1,509,157	1,513,804	-0.84%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th 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 North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.