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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Qatar	Latvia	Qatar
1960	2,120,979	36,010	-	-
1961	2,152,681	39,680	1.49%	10.2%
1962	2,181,586	44,630	1.34%	12.5%
1963	2,210,919	50,380	1.34%	12.9%
1964	2,240,623	56,867	1.34%	12.9%
1965	2,265,919	64,065	1.13%	12.7%
1966	2,283,217	72,192	0.76%	12.7%
1967	2,301,220	81,439	0.79%	12.8%
1968	2,323,619	91,749	0.97%	12.7%
1969	2,343,173	103,025	0.84%	12.3%
1970	2,359,164	116,350	0.68%	12.9%
1971	2,376,389	131,346	0.73%	12.9%
1972	2,395,674	146,506	0.81%	11.5%
1973	2,415,819	161,841	0.84%	10.5%
1974	2,437,186	177,362	0.88%	9.59%
1975	2,456,130	193,087	0.78%	8.87%
1976	2,470,989	209,052	0.6%	8.27%
1977	2,485,073	225,285	0.57%	7.77%
1978	2,497,921	241,808	0.52%	7.33%
1979	2,505,953	258,670	0.32%	6.97%
1980	2,511,701	275,913	0.23%	6.67%
1981	2,519,421	293,553	0.31%	6.39%
1982	2,531,080	311,537	0.46%	6.13%
1983	2,546,011	329,709	0.59%	5.83%
1984	2,562,047	347,878	0.63%	5.51%
1985	2,578,873	365,940	0.66%	5.19%
1986	2,599,892	382,422	0.82%	4.5%
1987	2,626,583	397,005	1.03%	3.81%
1988	2,653,434	411,264	1.02%	3.59%
1989	2,666,955	425,646	0.51%	3.5%
1990	2,663,151	440,175	-0.14%	3.41%
1991	2,650,581	454,853	-0.47%	3.33%
1992	2,614,338	469,657	-1.37%	3.25%
1993	2,563,290	484,545	-1.95%	3.17%
1994	2,520,742	499,459	-1.66%	3.08%
1995	2,485,056	514,325	-1.42%	2.98%
1996	2,457,222	529,019	-1.12%	2.86%
1997	2,432,851	550,500	-0.99%	4.06%
1998	2,410,019	580,540	-0.94%	5.46%
1999	2,390,482	612,500	-0.81%	5.51%
2000	2,367,550	644,989	-0.96%	5.3%
2001	2,337,170	677,925	-1.28%	5.11%
2002	2,310,173	711,205	-1.16%	4.91%
2003	2,287,955	744,682	-0.96%	4.71%
2004	2,263,122	773,332	-1.09%	3.85%
2005	2,238,799	825,408	-1.07%	6.73%
2006	2,218,357	972,831	-0.91%	17.9%
2007	2,200,325	1,208,595	-0.81%	24.2%
2008	2,177,322	1,426,938	-1.05%	18.1%
2009	2,141,669	1,608,903	-1.64%	12.8%
2010	2,097,555	1,616,832	-2.06%	0.49%
2011	2,059,709	1,624,761	-1.8%	0.49%
2012	2,034,319	1,722,438	-1.23%	6.01%
2013	2,012,647	1,916,426	-1.07%	11.3%
2014	1,993,782	2,151,745	-0.94%	12.3%
2015	1,977,527	2,344,557	-0.82%	8.96%
2016	1,959,537	2,477,113	-0.91%	5.65%
2017	1,942,248	2,545,820	-0.88%	2.77%
2018	1,927,174	2,580,734	-0.78%	1.37%
2019	1,913,822	2,638,657	-0.69%	2.24%
2020	1,900,449	2,794,148	-0.7%	5.89%
2021	1,884,490	2,504,910	-0.84%	-10.4%
2022	1,879,383	2,657,333	-0.27%	6.08%
2023	1,883,710	2,656,032	0.23%	-0.05%
2024	1,866,124	2,857,822	-0.93%	7.6%
2025	1,847,866	2,921,065	-0.98%	2.21%
2026	1,830,293	2,975,134	-0.95%	1.85%
2027	1,815,968	3,019,526	-0.78%	1.49%
2028	1,801,521	3,057,695	-0.8%	1.26%
2029	1,786,981	3,092,803	-0.81%	1.15%
2030	1,772,165	3,125,174	-0.83%	1.05%
2031	1,757,453	3,156,754	-0.83%	1.01%
2032	1,743,022	3,189,188	-0.82%	1.03%
2033	1,728,673	3,222,500	-0.82%	1.04%
2034	1,714,716	3,256,691	-0.81%	1.06%
2035	1,701,185	3,291,711	-0.79%	1.08%
2036	1,687,823	3,327,585	-0.79%	1.09%
2037	1,674,629	3,364,333	-0.78%	1.1%
2038	1,661,616	3,401,906	-0.78%	1.12%
2039	1,648,536	3,440,293	-0.79%	1.13%
2040	1,635,604	3,479,439	-0.78%	1.14%
2041	1,622,819	3,519,302	-0.78%	1.15%
2042	1,610,197	3,559,840	-0.78%	1.15%
2043	1,597,712	3,601,019	-0.78%	1.16%
2044	1,585,205	3,642,784	-0.78%	1.16%
2045	1,572,558	3,685,111	-0.8%	1.16%
2046	1,559,919	3,727,959	-0.8%	1.16%
2047	1,547,369	3,771,287	-0.8%	1.16%
2048	1,534,713	3,815,108	-0.82%	1.16%
2049	1,521,945	3,859,368	-0.83%	1.16%
2050	1,509,157	3,904,074	-0.84%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.