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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Norway	Latvia	Norway
1960	2,120,979	3,581,239	-	-
1961	2,152,681	3,609,800	1.49%	0.8%
1962	2,181,586	3,638,918	1.34%	0.81%
1963	2,210,919	3,666,537	1.34%	0.76%
1964	2,240,623	3,694,339	1.34%	0.76%
1965	2,265,919	3,723,168	1.13%	0.78%
1966	2,283,217	3,753,012	0.76%	0.8%
1967	2,301,220	3,784,539	0.79%	0.84%
1968	2,323,619	3,816,486	0.97%	0.84%
1969	2,343,173	3,847,707	0.84%	0.82%
1970	2,359,164	3,875,763	0.68%	0.73%
1971	2,376,389	3,903,039	0.73%	0.7%
1972	2,395,674	3,933,004	0.81%	0.77%
1973	2,415,819	3,960,612	0.84%	0.7%
1974	2,437,186	3,985,258	0.88%	0.62%
1975	2,456,130	4,007,313	0.78%	0.55%
1976	2,470,989	4,026,152	0.6%	0.47%
1977	2,485,073	4,043,205	0.57%	0.42%
1978	2,497,921	4,058,671	0.52%	0.38%
1979	2,505,953	4,072,517	0.32%	0.34%
1980	2,511,701	4,085,620	0.23%	0.32%
1981	2,519,421	4,099,702	0.31%	0.34%
1982	2,531,080	4,114,787	0.46%	0.37%
1983	2,546,011	4,128,432	0.59%	0.33%
1984	2,562,047	4,140,099	0.63%	0.28%
1985	2,578,873	4,152,516	0.66%	0.3%
1986	2,599,892	4,167,354	0.82%	0.36%
1987	2,626,583	4,186,905	1.03%	0.47%
1988	2,653,434	4,209,488	1.02%	0.54%
1989	2,666,955	4,226,901	0.51%	0.41%
1990	2,663,151	4,241,473	-0.14%	0.34%
1991	2,650,581	4,261,732	-0.47%	0.48%
1992	2,614,338	4,286,401	-1.37%	0.58%
1993	2,563,290	4,311,991	-1.95%	0.6%
1994	2,520,742	4,336,613	-1.66%	0.57%
1995	2,485,056	4,359,184	-1.42%	0.52%
1996	2,457,222	4,381,336	-1.12%	0.51%
1997	2,432,851	4,405,157	-0.99%	0.54%
1998	2,410,019	4,431,464	-0.94%	0.6%
1999	2,390,482	4,461,913	-0.81%	0.69%
2000	2,367,550	4,490,967	-0.96%	0.65%
2001	2,337,170	4,513,751	-1.28%	0.51%
2002	2,310,173	4,538,159	-1.16%	0.54%
2003	2,287,955	4,564,855	-0.96%	0.59%
2004	2,263,122	4,591,910	-1.09%	0.59%
2005	2,238,799	4,623,291	-1.07%	0.68%
2006	2,218,357	4,660,677	-0.91%	0.81%
2007	2,200,325	4,709,153	-0.81%	1.04%
2008	2,177,322	4,768,212	-1.05%	1.25%
2009	2,141,669	4,828,726	-1.64%	1.27%
2010	2,097,555	4,889,252	-2.06%	1.25%
2011	2,059,709	4,953,088	-1.8%	1.31%
2012	2,034,319	5,018,573	-1.23%	1.32%
2013	2,012,647	5,079,623	-1.07%	1.22%
2014	1,993,782	5,137,232	-0.94%	1.13%
2015	1,977,527	5,188,607	-0.82%	1%
2016	1,959,537	5,234,519	-0.91%	0.88%
2017	1,942,248	5,276,968	-0.88%	0.81%
2018	1,927,174	5,311,916	-0.78%	0.66%
2019	1,913,822	5,347,896	-0.69%	0.68%
2020	1,900,449	5,379,475	-0.7%	0.59%
2021	1,884,490	5,408,320	-0.84%	0.54%
2022	1,879,383	5,457,127	-0.27%	0.9%
2023	1,877,445	5,519,594	-0.1%	1.14%
2024	1,862,441	5,572,272	-0.8%	0.95%
2025	1,844,219	5,618,653	-0.98%	0.83%
2026	1,826,681	5,648,542	-0.95%	0.53%
2027	1,812,384	5,669,085	-0.78%	0.36%
2028	1,797,965	5,688,775	-0.8%	0.35%
2029	1,783,455	5,707,206	-0.81%	0.32%
2030	1,768,667	5,724,586	-0.83%	0.3%
2031	1,753,985	5,741,140	-0.83%	0.29%
2032	1,739,582	5,756,663	-0.82%	0.27%
2033	1,725,261	5,771,048	-0.82%	0.25%
2034	1,711,332	5,784,408	-0.81%	0.23%
2035	1,697,827	5,796,851	-0.79%	0.22%
2036	1,684,492	5,808,721	-0.79%	0.2%
2037	1,671,323	5,819,995	-0.78%	0.19%
2038	1,658,336	5,830,604	-0.78%	0.18%
2039	1,645,282	5,840,493	-0.79%	0.17%
2040	1,632,376	5,849,273	-0.78%	0.15%
2041	1,619,616	5,857,345	-0.78%	0.14%
2042	1,607,019	5,864,766	-0.78%	0.13%
2043	1,594,558	5,870,957	-0.78%	0.11%
2044	1,582,077	5,876,291	-0.78%	0.09%
2045	1,569,454	5,881,391	-0.8%	0.09%
2046	1,556,840	5,885,772	-0.8%	0.07%
2047	1,544,315	5,889,156	-0.8%	0.06%
2048	1,531,684	5,892,131	-0.82%	0.05%
2049	1,518,941	5,894,300	-0.83%	0.04%
2050	1,506,179	5,895,192	-0.84%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.