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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Palau	Latvia	Palau
1960	2,120,979	9,328	-	-
1961	2,152,681	9,555	1.49%	2.43%
1962	2,181,586	9,793	1.34%	2.49%
1963	2,210,919	10,037	1.34%	2.49%
1964	2,240,623	10,292	1.34%	2.54%
1965	2,265,919	10,547	1.13%	2.48%
1966	2,283,217	10,805	0.76%	2.45%
1967	2,301,220	10,988	0.79%	1.69%
1968	2,323,619	11,080	0.97%	0.84%
1969	2,343,173	11,159	0.84%	0.71%
1970	2,359,164	11,368	0.68%	1.87%
1971	2,376,389	11,759	0.73%	3.44%
1972	2,395,674	12,194	0.81%	3.7%
1973	2,415,819	12,552	0.84%	2.94%
1974	2,437,186	12,687	0.88%	1.08%
1975	2,456,130	12,655	0.78%	-0.25%
1976	2,470,989	12,598	0.6%	-0.45%
1977	2,485,073	12,525	0.57%	-0.58%
1978	2,497,921	12,440	0.52%	-0.68%
1979	2,505,953	12,337	0.32%	-0.83%
1980	2,511,701	12,271	0.23%	-0.53%
1981	2,519,421	12,402	0.31%	1.07%
1982	2,531,080	12,694	0.46%	2.35%
1983	2,546,011	13,006	0.59%	2.46%
1984	2,562,047	13,337	0.63%	2.54%
1985	2,578,873	13,688	0.66%	2.63%
1986	2,599,892	14,024	0.82%	2.45%
1987	2,626,583	14,334	1.03%	2.21%
1988	2,653,434	14,645	1.02%	2.17%
1989	2,666,955	14,945	0.51%	2.05%
1990	2,663,151	15,259	-0.14%	2.1%
1991	2,650,581	15,614	-0.47%	2.33%
1992	2,614,338	15,989	-1.37%	2.4%
1993	2,563,290	16,372	-1.95%	2.4%
1994	2,520,742	16,770	-1.66%	2.43%
1995	2,485,056	17,195	-1.42%	2.53%
1996	2,457,222	17,654	-1.12%	2.67%
1997	2,432,851	18,108	-0.99%	2.57%
1998	2,410,019	18,524	-0.94%	2.3%
1999	2,390,482	18,901	-0.81%	2.04%
2000	2,367,550	19,178	-0.96%	1.47%
2001	2,337,170	19,352	-1.28%	0.91%
2002	2,310,173	19,503	-1.16%	0.78%
2003	2,287,955	19,659	-0.96%	0.8%
2004	2,263,122	19,820	-1.09%	0.82%
2005	2,238,799	19,819	-1.07%	-0.005%
2006	2,218,357	19,593	-0.91%	-1.14%
2007	2,200,325	19,302	-0.81%	-1.49%
2008	2,177,322	19,009	-1.05%	-1.52%
2009	2,141,669	18,709	-1.64%	-1.58%
2010	2,097,555	18,396	-2.06%	-1.67%
2011	2,059,709	18,078	-1.8%	-1.73%
2012	2,034,319	17,765	-1.23%	-1.73%
2013	2,012,647	17,648	-1.07%	-0.66%
2014	1,993,782	17,715	-0.94%	0.38%
2015	1,977,527	17,770	-0.82%	0.31%
2016	1,959,537	17,797	-0.91%	0.15%
2017	1,942,248	17,812	-0.88%	0.08%
2018	1,927,174	17,814	-0.78%	0.01%
2019	1,913,822	17,798	-0.69%	-0.09%
2020	1,900,449	17,792	-0.7%	-0.03%
2021	1,884,490	17,783	-0.84%	-0.05%
2022	1,879,383	17,759	-0.27%	-0.13%
2023	1,883,710	17,727	0.23%	-0.18%
2024	1,866,124	17,695	-0.93%	-0.18%
2025	1,847,866	17,663	-0.98%	-0.18%
2026	1,830,293	17,618	-0.95%	-0.25%
2027	1,815,968	17,564	-0.78%	-0.31%
2028	1,801,521	17,504	-0.8%	-0.34%
2029	1,786,981	17,436	-0.81%	-0.39%
2030	1,772,165	17,376	-0.83%	-0.34%
2031	1,757,453	17,299	-0.83%	-0.44%
2032	1,743,022	17,228	-0.82%	-0.41%
2033	1,728,673	17,163	-0.82%	-0.38%
2034	1,714,716	17,092	-0.81%	-0.41%
2035	1,701,185	17,012	-0.79%	-0.47%
2036	1,687,823	16,940	-0.79%	-0.43%
2037	1,674,629	16,858	-0.78%	-0.48%
2038	1,661,616	16,779	-0.78%	-0.47%
2039	1,648,536	16,689	-0.79%	-0.54%
2040	1,635,604	16,604	-0.78%	-0.51%
2041	1,622,819	16,510	-0.78%	-0.57%
2042	1,610,197	16,403	-0.78%	-0.65%
2043	1,597,712	16,302	-0.78%	-0.61%
2044	1,585,205	16,202	-0.78%	-0.62%
2045	1,572,558	16,097	-0.8%	-0.65%
2046	1,559,919	15,977	-0.8%	-0.74%
2047	1,547,369	15,863	-0.8%	-0.71%
2048	1,534,713	15,749	-0.82%	-0.72%
2049	1,521,945	15,632	-0.83%	-0.74%
2050	1,509,157	15,515	-0.84%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.