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	1,877,445	17,727	-0.1%	-0.18%
2024	1,862,441	17,695	-0.8%	-0.18%
2025	1,844,219	17,663	-0.98%	-0.18%
2026	1,826,681	17,618	-0.95%	-0.25%
2027	1,812,384	17,564	-0.78%	-0.31%
2028	1,797,965	17,504	-0.8%	-0.34%
2029	1,783,455	17,436	-0.81%	-0.39%
2030	1,768,667	17,376	-0.83%	-0.34%
2031	1,753,985	17,299	-0.83%	-0.44%
2032	1,739,582	17,228	-0.82%	-0.41%
2033	1,725,261	17,163	-0.82%	-0.38%
2034	1,711,332	17,092	-0.81%	-0.41%
2035	1,697,827	17,012	-0.79%	-0.47%
2036	1,684,492	16,940	-0.79%	-0.43%
2037	1,671,323	16,858	-0.78%	-0.48%
2038	1,658,336	16,779	-0.78%	-0.47%
2039	1,645,282	16,689	-0.79%	-0.54%
2040	1,632,376	16,604	-0.78%	-0.51%
2041	1,619,616	16,510	-0.78%	-0.57%
2042	1,607,019	16,403	-0.78%	-0.65%
2043	1,594,558	16,302	-0.78%	-0.61%
2044	1,582,077	16,202	-0.78%	-0.62%
2045	1,569,454	16,097	-0.8%	-0.65%
2046	1,556,840	15,977	-0.8%	-0.74%
2047	1,544,315	15,863	-0.8%	-0.71%
2048	1,531,684	15,749	-0.82%	-0.72%
2049	1,518,941	15,632	-0.83%	-0.74%
2050	1,506,179	15,515	-0.84%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.