The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,862,441 in 2024 vs 6,929,153 people in Paraguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,844,219 people compared to 7,079,103 in Paraguay.
Population statistics:
- Paraguay's population is 3.84 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Paraguay is the 108th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.09% for Paraguay.
- For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.7% per year vs +1.34% in Paraguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.24M people to 1.84M (17.6% decline), while Paraguay has grown from 5.45M to 7.08M (29.9% growth).
- Paraguay is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 9.29M 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 Paraguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
1844219
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7079103
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| Population rank | 149/197 | 108/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
35 minutes
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6.18 minutes
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| One birth every |
36.4 minutes
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3.84 minutes
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| One death every |
18.8 minutes
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13.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
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42.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,225 | -12,451 |
| Daily growth/decline | -41 | +233 |
| Annual growth/decline | -15,004 | +85,007 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.8% | +1.24% |
| Population growth rate rank | 190/197 | 89/197 |
Latvia and Paraguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,120,979 | 1,883,514 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | 1,927,394 | 1.49% | 2.33% |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | 1,973,130 | 1.34% | 2.37% |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | 2,021,909 | 1.34% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | 2,073,119 | 1.34% | 2.53% |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | 2,125,177 | 1.13% | 2.51% |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | 2,177,584 | 0.76% | 2.47% |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | 2,229,994 | 0.79% | 2.41% |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | 2,282,391 | 0.97% | 2.35% |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | 2,334,992 | 0.84% | 2.3% |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | 2,388,028 | 0.68% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | 2,442,537 | 0.73% | 2.28% |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | 2,499,881 | 0.81% | 2.35% |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | 2,561,102 | 0.84% | 2.45% |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | 2,625,621 | 0.88% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | 2,691,648 | 0.78% | 2.51% |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | 2,758,836 | 0.6% | 2.5% |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | 2,827,874 | 0.57% | 2.5% |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | 2,899,269 | 0.52% | 2.52% |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | 2,973,968 | 0.32% | 2.58% |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | 3,053,235 | 0.23% | 2.67% |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | 3,137,604 | 0.31% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | 3,226,189 | 0.46% | 2.82% |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | 3,318,068 | 0.59% | 2.85% |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | 3,412,936 | 0.63% | 2.86% |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | 3,510,671 | 0.66% | 2.86% |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | 3,611,474 | 0.82% | 2.87% |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | 3,714,889 | 1.03% | 2.86% |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | 3,820,546 | 1.02% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | 3,927,802 | 0.51% | 2.81% |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | 4,035,747 | -0.14% | 2.75% |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | 4,144,364 | -0.47% | 2.69% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | 4,253,600 | -1.37% | 2.64% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | 4,362,696 | -1.95% | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | 4,471,417 | -1.66% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | 4,579,806 | -1.42% | 2.42% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | 4,687,543 | -1.12% | 2.35% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | 4,794,412 | -0.99% | 2.28% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | 4,900,025 | -0.94% | 2.2% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | 5,003,135 | -0.81% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | 5,100,868 | -0.96% | 1.95% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | 5,187,689 | -1.28% | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | 5,261,328 | -1.16% | 1.42% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | 5,326,436 | -0.96% | 1.24% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | 5,388,175 | -1.09% | 1.16% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | 5,448,097 | -1.07% | 1.11% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | 5,505,148 | -0.91% | 1.05% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | 5,559,386 | -0.81% | 0.99% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | 5,613,574 | -1.05% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | 5,671,236 | -1.64% | 1.03% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | 5,737,971 | -2.06% | 1.18% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | 5,814,626 | -1.8% | 1.34% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | 5,897,008 | -1.23% | 1.42% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | 5,982,445 | -1.07% | 1.45% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | 6,069,811 | -0.94% | 1.46% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | 6,159,103 | -0.82% | 1.47% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | 6,249,126 | -0.91% | 1.46% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | 6,338,660 | -0.88% | 1.43% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | 6,427,382 | -0.78% | 1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | 6,515,058 | -0.69% | 1.36% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | 6,603,739 | -0.7% | 1.36% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | 6,684,182 | -0.84% | 1.22% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | 6,760,464 | -0.27% | 1.14% |
| 2023 | 1,877,445 | 6,844,146 | -0.1% | 1.24% |
| 2024 | 1,862,441 | 6,929,153 | -0.8% | 1.24% |
| 2025 | 1,844,219 | 7,013,079 | -0.98% | 1.21% |
| 2026 | 1,826,681 | 7,095,273 | -0.95% | 1.17% |
| 2027 | 1,812,384 | 7,175,671 | -0.78% | 1.13% |
| 2028 | 1,797,965 | 7,254,526 | -0.8% | 1.1% |
| 2029 | 1,783,455 | 7,331,909 | -0.81% | 1.07% |
| 2030 | 1,768,667 | 7,407,622 | -0.83% | 1.03% |
| 2031 | 1,753,985 | 7,481,641 | -0.83% | 1% |
| 2032 | 1,739,582 | 7,554,221 | -0.82% | 0.97% |
| 2033 | 1,725,261 | 7,625,459 | -0.82% | 0.94% |
| 2034 | 1,711,332 | 7,695,120 | -0.81% | 0.91% |
| 2035 | 1,697,827 | 7,763,524 | -0.79% | 0.89% |
| 2036 | 1,684,492 | 7,830,885 | -0.79% | 0.87% |
| 2037 | 1,671,323 | 7,896,975 | -0.78% | 0.84% |
| 2038 | 1,658,336 | 7,961,863 | -0.78% | 0.82% |
| 2039 | 1,645,282 | 8,025,487 | -0.79% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 1,632,376 | 8,087,571 | -0.78% | 0.77% |
| 2041 | 1,619,616 | 8,148,407 | -0.78% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 1,607,019 | 8,208,318 | -0.78% | 0.74% |
| 2043 | 1,594,558 | 8,267,008 | -0.78% | 0.72% |
| 2044 | 1,582,077 | 8,324,330 | -0.78% | 0.69% |
| 2045 | 1,569,454 | 8,380,533 | -0.8% | 0.68% |
| 2046 | 1,556,840 | 8,435,754 | -0.8% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 1,544,315 | 8,489,460 | -0.8% | 0.64% |
| 2048 | 1,531,684 | 8,541,342 | -0.82% | 0.61% |
| 2049 | 1,518,941 | 8,591,710 | -0.83% | 0.59% |
| 2050 | 1,506,179 | 8,640,471 | -0.84% | 0.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Paraguay gained 711,006 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Paraguay's population increased by 920,000 (a 14.9% growth).
Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Paraguay was ranked 107th in 2005 and ranked 108th 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 Paraguay will increase by 22.1% to 8,640,471 people and rank change from 108th to 110th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Riga | 605K |
| Daugavpils | 77.8K |
| Liepaja | 66.7K |
| Jelgava | 54.7K |
| Jurmala | 52.2K |
| Ventspils | 32.6K |
| Rezekne | 26.1K |
| Ogre | 22.8K |
| Valmiera | 22.4K |
| Jekabpils | 21.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Asuncion | 462K |
| Ciudad del Este | 350K |
| Luque | 260K |
| San Lorenzo | 225K |
| Pedro Juan Caballero | 127K |
| Caaguazu | 127K |
| Encarnacion | 107K |
| Coronel Oviedo | 52.4K |
| Concepcion | 45.1K |
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Population differences between Latvia and Paraguay
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 74.1 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 30.2 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 27.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 2.42 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.5 ppl/mi² | 45.3 ppl/mi² |
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