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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Romania	Latvia	Romania
1960	2,120,979	18,406,905	-	-
1961	2,152,681	18,555,250	1.49%	0.81%
1962	2,181,586	18,676,550	1.34%	0.65%
1963	2,210,919	18,797,850	1.34%	0.65%
1964	2,240,623	18,919,126	1.34%	0.65%
1965	2,265,919	19,031,576	1.13%	0.59%
1966	2,283,217	19,215,450	0.76%	0.97%
1967	2,301,220	19,534,242	0.79%	1.66%
1968	2,323,619	19,799,831	0.97%	1.36%
1969	2,343,173	20,009,141	0.84%	1.06%
1970	2,359,164	20,250,398	0.68%	1.21%
1971	2,376,389	20,461,567	0.73%	1.04%
1972	2,395,674	20,657,957	0.81%	0.96%
1973	2,415,819	20,835,681	0.84%	0.86%
1974	2,437,186	21,029,429	0.88%	0.93%
1975	2,456,130	21,293,583	0.78%	1.26%
1976	2,470,989	21,551,634	0.6%	1.21%
1977	2,485,073	21,756,096	0.57%	0.95%
1978	2,497,921	21,951,464	0.52%	0.9%
1979	2,505,953	22,090,488	0.32%	0.63%
1980	2,511,701	22,207,282	0.23%	0.53%
1981	2,519,421	22,353,070	0.31%	0.66%
1982	2,531,080	22,475,741	0.46%	0.55%
1983	2,546,011	22,560,478	0.59%	0.38%
1984	2,562,047	22,640,547	0.63%	0.35%
1985	2,578,873	22,732,999	0.66%	0.41%
1986	2,599,892	22,836,841	0.82%	0.46%
1987	2,626,583	22,949,430	1.03%	0.49%
1988	2,653,434	23,057,662	1.02%	0.47%
1989	2,666,955	23,161,458	0.51%	0.45%
1990	2,663,151	23,201,835	-0.14%	0.17%
1991	2,650,581	23,001,155	-0.47%	-0.86%
1992	2,614,338	22,794,284	-1.37%	-0.9%
1993	2,563,290	22,763,280	-1.95%	-0.14%
1994	2,520,742	22,730,211	-1.66%	-0.15%
1995	2,485,056	22,684,270	-1.42%	-0.2%
1996	2,457,222	22,619,004	-1.12%	-0.29%
1997	2,432,851	22,553,978	-0.99%	-0.29%
1998	2,410,019	22,507,344	-0.94%	-0.21%
1999	2,390,482	22,472,040	-0.81%	-0.16%
2000	2,367,550	22,442,971	-0.96%	-0.13%
2001	2,337,170	22,131,970	-1.28%	-1.39%
2002	2,310,173	21,730,496	-1.16%	-1.81%
2003	2,287,955	21,574,326	-0.96%	-0.72%
2004	2,263,122	21,451,748	-1.09%	-0.57%
2005	2,238,799	21,319,685	-1.07%	-0.62%
2006	2,218,357	21,193,760	-0.91%	-0.59%
2007	2,200,325	20,882,982	-0.81%	-1.47%
2008	2,177,322	20,537,875	-1.05%	-1.65%
2009	2,141,669	20,367,487	-1.64%	-0.83%
2010	2,097,555	20,246,871	-2.06%	-0.59%
2011	2,059,709	20,147,528	-1.8%	-0.49%
2012	2,034,319	20,058,035	-1.23%	-0.44%
2013	2,012,647	19,983,693	-1.07%	-0.37%
2014	1,993,782	19,908,979	-0.94%	-0.37%
2015	1,977,527	19,815,616	-0.82%	-0.47%
2016	1,959,537	19,702,267	-0.91%	-0.57%
2017	1,942,248	19,588,715	-0.88%	-0.58%
2018	1,927,174	19,473,970	-0.78%	-0.59%
2019	1,913,822	19,371,648	-0.69%	-0.53%
2020	1,900,449	19,265,250	-0.7%	-0.55%
2021	1,884,490	19,122,059	-0.84%	-0.74%
2022	1,879,383	19,048,502	-0.27%	-0.38%
2023	1,883,710	19,061,062	0.23%	0.07%
2024	1,866,124	19,051,804	-0.93%	-0.05%
2025	1,847,866	18,945,157	-0.98%	-0.56%
2026	1,830,293	18,836,893	-0.95%	-0.57%
2027	1,815,968	18,727,645	-0.78%	-0.58%
2028	1,801,521	18,617,757	-0.8%	-0.59%
2029	1,786,981	18,506,702	-0.81%	-0.6%
2030	1,772,165	18,394,947	-0.83%	-0.6%
2031	1,757,453	18,282,991	-0.83%	-0.61%
2032	1,743,022	18,170,681	-0.82%	-0.61%
2033	1,728,673	18,057,661	-0.82%	-0.62%
2034	1,714,716	17,943,814	-0.81%	-0.63%
2035	1,701,185	17,828,772	-0.79%	-0.64%
2036	1,687,823	17,712,177	-0.79%	-0.65%
2037	1,674,629	17,595,189	-0.78%	-0.66%
2038	1,661,616	17,477,597	-0.78%	-0.67%
2039	1,648,536	17,360,012	-0.79%	-0.67%
2040	1,635,604	17,242,939	-0.78%	-0.67%
2041	1,622,819	17,124,773	-0.78%	-0.69%
2042	1,610,197	17,006,515	-0.78%	-0.69%
2043	1,597,712	16,888,882	-0.78%	-0.69%
2044	1,585,205	16,770,593	-0.78%	-0.7%
2045	1,572,558	16,652,406	-0.8%	-0.7%
2046	1,559,919	16,534,847	-0.8%	-0.71%
2047	1,547,369	16,416,456	-0.8%	-0.72%
2048	1,534,713	16,297,099	-0.82%	-0.73%
2049	1,521,945	16,177,534	-0.83%	-0.73%
2050	1,509,157	16,058,209	-0.84%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.