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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Portugal	Latvia	Portugal
1960	2,120,979	8,857,716	-	-
1961	2,152,681	8,929,316	1.49%	0.81%
1962	2,181,586	8,993,985	1.34%	0.72%
1963	2,210,919	9,030,355	1.34%	0.4%
1964	2,240,623	9,035,365	1.34%	0.06%
1965	2,265,919	8,998,595	1.13%	-0.41%
1966	2,283,217	8,930,990	0.76%	-0.75%
1967	2,301,220	8,874,520	0.79%	-0.63%
1968	2,323,619	8,836,650	0.97%	-0.43%
1969	2,343,173	8,757,705	0.84%	-0.89%
1970	2,359,164	8,680,431	0.68%	-0.88%
1971	2,376,389	8,643,756	0.73%	-0.42%
1972	2,395,674	8,630,430	0.81%	-0.15%
1973	2,415,819	8,633,100	0.84%	0.03%
1974	2,437,186	8,754,365	0.88%	1.4%
1975	2,456,130	9,093,470	0.78%	3.87%
1976	2,470,989	9,355,810	0.6%	2.88%
1977	2,485,073	9,455,675	0.57%	1.07%
1978	2,497,921	9,558,250	0.52%	1.08%
1979	2,505,953	9,661,265	0.32%	1.08%
1980	2,511,701	9,766,312	0.23%	1.09%
1981	2,519,421	9,851,362	0.31%	0.87%
1982	2,531,080	9,911,771	0.46%	0.61%
1983	2,546,011	9,957,865	0.59%	0.47%
1984	2,562,047	9,996,232	0.63%	0.39%
1985	2,578,873	10,023,613	0.66%	0.27%
1986	2,599,892	10,032,734	0.82%	0.09%
1987	2,626,583	10,030,031	1.03%	-0.03%
1988	2,653,434	10,019,610	1.02%	-0.1%
1989	2,666,955	10,005,000	0.51%	-0.15%
1990	2,663,151	9,983,218	-0.14%	-0.22%
1991	2,650,581	9,960,235	-0.47%	-0.23%
1992	2,614,338	9,952,494	-1.37%	-0.08%
1993	2,563,290	9,964,675	-1.95%	0.12%
1994	2,520,742	9,991,525	-1.66%	0.27%
1995	2,485,056	10,026,176	-1.42%	0.35%
1996	2,457,222	10,063,945	-1.12%	0.38%
1997	2,432,851	10,108,977	-0.99%	0.45%
1998	2,410,019	10,160,196	-0.94%	0.51%
1999	2,390,482	10,217,828	-0.81%	0.57%
2000	2,367,550	10,289,898	-0.96%	0.71%
2001	2,337,170	10,362,722	-1.28%	0.71%
2002	2,310,173	10,419,631	-1.16%	0.55%
2003	2,287,955	10,458,821	-0.96%	0.38%
2004	2,263,122	10,483,861	-1.09%	0.24%
2005	2,238,799	10,503,330	-1.07%	0.19%
2006	2,218,357	10,522,288	-0.91%	0.18%
2007	2,200,325	10,542,964	-0.81%	0.2%
2008	2,177,322	10,558,177	-1.05%	0.14%
2009	2,141,669	10,568,247	-1.64%	0.1%
2010	2,097,555	10,573,100	-2.06%	0.05%
2011	2,059,709	10,557,560	-1.8%	-0.15%
2012	2,034,319	10,514,844	-1.23%	-0.4%
2013	2,012,647	10,457,295	-1.07%	-0.55%
2014	1,993,782	10,401,062	-0.94%	-0.54%
2015	1,977,527	10,358,076	-0.82%	-0.41%
2016	1,959,537	10,325,452	-0.91%	-0.31%
2017	1,942,248	10,300,300	-0.88%	-0.24%
2018	1,927,174	10,283,822	-0.78%	-0.16%
2019	1,913,822	10,286,263	-0.69%	0.02%
2020	1,900,449	10,297,081	-0.7%	0.11%
2021	1,884,490	10,361,831	-0.84%	0.63%
2022	1,879,383	10,434,332	-0.27%	0.7%
2023	1,877,445	10,578,174	-0.1%	1.38%
2024	1,862,441	10,701,636	-0.8%	1.17%
2025	1,844,219	10,687,819	-0.98%	-0.13%
2026	1,826,681	10,670,917	-0.95%	-0.16%
2027	1,812,384	10,653,073	-0.78%	-0.17%
2028	1,797,965	10,632,868	-0.8%	-0.19%
2029	1,783,455	10,611,484	-0.81%	-0.2%
2030	1,768,667	10,591,436	-0.83%	-0.19%
2031	1,753,985	10,571,418	-0.83%	-0.19%
2032	1,739,582	10,549,456	-0.82%	-0.21%
2033	1,725,261	10,526,482	-0.82%	-0.22%
2034	1,711,332	10,502,882	-0.81%	-0.22%
2035	1,697,827	10,478,843	-0.79%	-0.23%
2036	1,684,492	10,454,630	-0.79%	-0.23%
2037	1,671,323	10,430,128	-0.78%	-0.23%
2038	1,658,336	10,404,947	-0.78%	-0.24%
2039	1,645,282	10,377,968	-0.79%	-0.26%
2040	1,632,376	10,349,515	-0.78%	-0.27%
2041	1,619,616	10,321,577	-0.78%	-0.27%
2042	1,607,019	10,294,106	-0.78%	-0.27%
2043	1,594,558	10,264,596	-0.78%	-0.29%
2044	1,582,077	10,233,543	-0.78%	-0.3%
2045	1,569,454	10,201,832	-0.8%	-0.31%
2046	1,556,840	10,168,932	-0.8%	-0.32%
2047	1,544,315	10,135,159	-0.8%	-0.33%
2048	1,531,684	10,101,419	-0.82%	-0.33%
2049	1,518,941	10,066,064	-0.83%	-0.35%
2050	1,506,179	10,029,252	-0.84%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.