Population in Latvia compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Papua New Guinea	Latvia	Papua New Guinea
1960	2,120,979	1,995,110	-	-
1961	2,152,681	2,046,127	1.49%	2.56%
1962	2,181,586	2,093,919	1.34%	2.34%
1963	2,210,919	2,141,376	1.34%	2.27%
1964	2,240,623	2,188,325	1.34%	2.19%
1965	2,265,919	2,235,820	1.13%	2.17%
1966	2,283,217	2,285,774	0.76%	2.23%
1967	2,301,220	2,337,532	0.79%	2.26%
1968	2,323,619	2,390,803	0.97%	2.28%
1969	2,343,173	2,446,927	0.84%	2.35%
1970	2,359,164	2,505,628	0.68%	2.4%
1971	2,376,389	2,566,421	0.73%	2.43%
1972	2,395,674	2,628,432	0.81%	2.42%
1973	2,415,819	2,690,629	0.84%	2.37%
1974	2,437,186	2,752,671	0.88%	2.31%
1975	2,456,130	2,814,820	0.78%	2.26%
1976	2,470,989	2,877,327	0.6%	2.22%
1977	2,485,073	2,940,327	0.57%	2.19%
1978	2,497,921	3,003,714	0.52%	2.16%
1979	2,505,953	3,067,341	0.32%	2.12%
1980	2,511,701	3,131,512	0.23%	2.09%
1981	2,519,421	3,197,019	0.31%	2.09%
1982	2,531,080	3,264,291	0.46%	2.1%
1983	2,546,011	3,333,633	0.59%	2.12%
1984	2,562,047	3,405,198	0.63%	2.15%
1985	2,578,873	3,478,936	0.66%	2.17%
1986	2,599,892	3,554,793	0.82%	2.18%
1987	2,626,583	3,632,543	1.03%	2.19%
1988	2,653,434	3,711,880	1.02%	2.18%
1989	2,666,955	3,796,078	0.51%	2.27%
1990	2,663,151	3,896,481	-0.14%	2.64%
1991	2,650,581	4,021,837	-0.47%	3.22%
1992	2,614,338	4,166,699	-1.37%	3.6%
1993	2,563,290	4,320,872	-1.95%	3.7%
1994	2,520,742	4,480,208	-1.66%	3.69%
1995	2,485,056	4,644,278	-1.42%	3.66%
1996	2,457,222	4,813,361	-1.12%	3.64%
1997	2,432,851	4,987,883	-0.99%	3.63%
1998	2,410,019	5,166,390	-0.94%	3.58%
1999	2,390,482	5,349,333	-0.81%	3.54%
2000	2,367,550	5,537,064	-0.96%	3.51%
2001	2,337,170	5,728,435	-1.28%	3.46%
2002	2,310,173	5,924,003	-1.16%	3.41%
2003	2,287,955	6,123,997	-0.96%	3.38%
2004	2,263,122	6,328,041	-1.09%	3.33%
2005	2,238,799	6,535,905	-1.07%	3.28%
2006	2,218,357	6,747,720	-0.91%	3.24%
2007	2,200,325	6,963,345	-0.81%	3.2%
2008	2,177,322	7,183,002	-1.05%	3.15%
2009	2,141,669	7,406,438	-1.64%	3.11%
2010	2,097,555	7,633,523	-2.06%	3.07%
2011	2,059,709	7,859,346	-1.8%	2.96%
2012	2,034,319	8,081,390	-1.23%	2.83%
2013	2,012,647	8,302,698	-1.07%	2.74%
2014	1,993,782	8,523,441	-0.94%	2.66%
2015	1,977,527	8,743,246	-0.82%	2.58%
2016	1,959,537	8,961,718	-0.91%	2.5%
2017	1,942,248	9,178,714	-0.88%	2.42%
2018	1,927,174	9,394,513	-0.78%	2.35%
2019	1,913,822	9,609,010	-0.69%	2.28%
2020	1,900,449	9,815,746	-0.7%	2.15%
2021	1,884,490	10,012,896	-0.84%	2.01%
2022	1,879,383	10,203,169	-0.27%	1.9%
2023	1,883,710	10,389,635	0.23%	1.83%
2024	1,866,124	10,576,502	-0.93%	1.8%
2025	1,847,866	10,762,813	-0.98%	1.76%
2026	1,830,293	10,947,845	-0.95%	1.72%
2027	1,815,968	11,131,268	-0.78%	1.68%
2028	1,801,521	11,312,895	-0.8%	1.63%
2029	1,786,981	11,492,799	-0.81%	1.59%
2030	1,772,165	11,671,420	-0.83%	1.55%
2031	1,757,453	11,848,221	-0.83%	1.51%
2032	1,743,022	12,023,121	-0.82%	1.48%
2033	1,728,673	12,196,639	-0.82%	1.44%
2034	1,714,716	12,369,248	-0.81%	1.42%
2035	1,701,185	12,540,596	-0.79%	1.39%
2036	1,687,823	12,710,682	-0.79%	1.36%
2037	1,674,629	12,879,737	-0.78%	1.33%
2038	1,661,616	13,047,122	-0.78%	1.3%
2039	1,648,536	13,212,668	-0.79%	1.27%
2040	1,635,604	13,376,156	-0.78%	1.24%
2041	1,622,819	13,537,361	-0.78%	1.21%
2042	1,610,197	13,696,139	-0.78%	1.17%
2043	1,597,712	13,853,410	-0.78%	1.15%
2044	1,585,205	14,009,926	-0.78%	1.13%
2045	1,572,558	14,165,578	-0.8%	1.11%
2046	1,559,919	14,318,889	-0.8%	1.08%
2047	1,547,369	14,469,210	-0.8%	1.05%
2048	1,534,713	14,617,364	-0.82%	1.02%
2049	1,521,945	14,763,600	-0.83%	1%
2050	1,509,157	14,906,584	-0.84%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.