The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,862,441 in 2024 vs 5,289,152 people in Palestine in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,844,219 people compared to 5,459,557 in Palestine.
Population statistics:
- Palestine's population is 2.96 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Palestine is the 122nd.
- The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.07% for Palestine.
- For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.7% per year vs +2.4% in Palestine.
- Since 2005, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.24M people to 1.84M (17.6% decline), while Palestine has grown from 3.32M to 5.46M (64.4% growth).
- Palestine is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 11.1M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 921K people by 2100.
Latvia vs Palestine: live population counter
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| Current population |
1844219
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5459557
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| Population rank | 149/197 | 122/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
35 minutes
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4.26 minutes
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| One birth every |
36.4 minutes
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3.76 minutes
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| One death every |
18.8 minutes
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14.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
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22.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,225 | -23,145 |
| Daily growth/decline | -41 | +338 |
| Annual growth/decline | -15,004 | +123,377 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.8% | +2.39% |
| Population growth rate rank | 190/197 | 36/197 |
Latvia and Palestine: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,120,979 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | - | 1.49% | - |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | - | 1.34% | - |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | - | 1.34% | - |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | - | 1.34% | - |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | - | 1.13% | - |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | - | 0.76% | - |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | - | 0.79% | - |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | - | 0.97% | - |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | - | 0.84% | - |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | - | 0.68% | - |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | - | 0.73% | - |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | - | 0.81% | - |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | - | 0.84% | - |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | - | 0.88% | - |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | - | 0.78% | - |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | - | 0.6% | - |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | - | 0.57% | - |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | - | 0.52% | - |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | - | 0.32% | - |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | - | 0.23% | - |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | - | 0.31% | - |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | - | 0.46% | - |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | - | 0.59% | - |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | - | 0.63% | - |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | - | 0.66% | - |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | - | 0.82% | - |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | - | 1.03% | - |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | - | 1.02% | - |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | - | 0.51% | - |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | 1,978,248 | -0.14% | - |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | 2,068,845 | -0.47% | 4.58% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | 2,163,591 | -1.37% | 4.58% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | 2,262,676 | -1.95% | 4.58% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | 2,366,298 | -1.66% | 4.58% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | 2,474,666 | -1.42% | 4.58% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | 2,587,997 | -1.12% | 4.58% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | 2,706,518 | -0.99% | 4.58% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | 2,776,568 | -0.94% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | 2,848,431 | -0.81% | 2.59% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | 2,922,153 | -0.96% | 2.59% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | 2,997,784 | -1.28% | 2.59% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | 3,075,373 | -1.16% | 2.59% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | 3,154,969 | -0.96% | 2.59% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | 3,236,626 | -1.09% | 2.59% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | 3,320,396 | -1.07% | 2.59% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | 3,406,334 | -0.91% | 2.59% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | 3,494,496 | -0.81% | 2.59% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | 3,591,977 | -1.05% | 2.79% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | 3,689,099 | -1.64% | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | 3,786,161 | -2.06% | 2.63% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | 3,882,986 | -1.8% | 2.56% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | 3,979,998 | -1.23% | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | 4,076,708 | -1.07% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | 4,173,398 | -0.94% | 2.37% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | 4,270,092 | -0.82% | 2.32% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | 4,367,088 | -0.91% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | 4,454,805 | -0.88% | 2.01% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | 4,569,087 | -0.78% | 2.57% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | 4,685,306 | -0.69% | 2.54% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | 4,803,269 | -0.7% | 2.52% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | 4,922,749 | -0.84% | 2.49% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | 5,043,612 | -0.27% | 2.46% |
| 2023 | 1,877,445 | 5,165,775 | -0.1% | 2.42% |
| 2024 | 1,862,441 | 5,289,152 | -0.8% | 2.39% |
| 2025 | 1,844,219 | 5,379,801 | -0.98% | 1.71% |
| 2026 | 1,826,681 | 5,479,090 | -0.95% | 1.85% |
| 2027 | 1,812,384 | 5,582,345 | -0.78% | 1.88% |
| 2028 | 1,797,965 | 5,684,855 | -0.8% | 1.84% |
| 2029 | 1,783,455 | 5,787,948 | -0.81% | 1.81% |
| 2030 | 1,768,667 | 5,892,492 | -0.83% | 1.81% |
| 2031 | 1,753,985 | 5,998,645 | -0.83% | 1.8% |
| 2032 | 1,739,582 | 6,106,047 | -0.82% | 1.79% |
| 2033 | 1,725,261 | 6,215,922 | -0.82% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 1,711,332 | 6,327,947 | -0.81% | 1.8% |
| 2035 | 1,697,827 | 6,441,493 | -0.79% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 1,684,492 | 6,555,481 | -0.79% | 1.77% |
| 2037 | 1,671,323 | 6,669,212 | -0.78% | 1.73% |
| 2038 | 1,658,336 | 6,783,431 | -0.78% | 1.71% |
| 2039 | 1,645,282 | 6,899,866 | -0.79% | 1.72% |
| 2040 | 1,632,376 | 7,018,099 | -0.78% | 1.71% |
| 2041 | 1,619,616 | 7,135,825 | -0.78% | 1.68% |
| 2042 | 1,607,019 | 7,253,328 | -0.78% | 1.65% |
| 2043 | 1,594,558 | 7,369,647 | -0.78% | 1.6% |
| 2044 | 1,582,077 | 7,484,632 | -0.78% | 1.56% |
| 2045 | 1,569,454 | 7,598,729 | -0.8% | 1.52% |
| 2046 | 1,556,840 | 7,710,259 | -0.8% | 1.47% |
| 2047 | 1,544,315 | 7,818,786 | -0.8% | 1.41% |
| 2048 | 1,531,684 | 7,925,101 | -0.82% | 1.36% |
| 2049 | 1,518,941 | 8,029,929 | -0.83% | 1.32% |
| 2050 | 1,506,179 | 8,134,618 | -0.84% | 1.3% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Palestine gained 949,696 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Palestine's population increased by 1,189,465 (a 27.9% growth).
Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Palestine was ranked 127th in 2005 and ranked 122nd 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 Palestine will increase by 49% to 8,134,618 people and rank change from 122nd to 112th.
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Population differences between Latvia and Palestine
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 73.1 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 25 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 20.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 3.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.5 ppl/mi² | 2,274 ppl/mi² |
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