The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,862,441 in 2024 vs 179,744 people in Saint Lucia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,844,219 people compared to 180,421 in Saint Lucia.
Population statistics:
- Latvia's population is 10.2 times bigger than Saint Lucia's.
- Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Saint Lucia is the 178th.
- The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.002% for Saint Lucia.
- For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.7% per year vs +0.33% in Saint Lucia.
- Since 2005, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.24M people to 1.84M (17.6% decline), while Saint Lucia has grown from 165K to 180K (9.05% growth).
- Saint Lucia is projected to reach its peak in 2032 at 181K 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 Saint Lucia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1844219
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180421
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| Population rank | 149/197 | 178/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
35 minutes
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19.1 hours
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| One birth every |
36.4 minutes
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4.34 hours
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| One death every |
18.8 minutes
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5.67 hours
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| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
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1.86 months
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| Annual migration change | -2,225 | -7 |
| Daily growth/decline | -41 | +1 |
| Annual growth/decline | -15,004 | +459 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.8% | +0.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 190/197 | 152/197 |
Latvia and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,120,979 | 92,585 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | 93,490 | 1.49% | 0.98% |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | 94,505 | 1.34% | 1.09% |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | 95,519 | 1.34% | 1.07% |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | 96,505 | 1.34% | 1.03% |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | 97,493 | 1.13% | 1.02% |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | 98,463 | 0.76% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | 99,504 | 0.79% | 1.06% |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | 100,675 | 0.97% | 1.18% |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | 101,879 | 0.84% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | 103,165 | 0.68% | 1.26% |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | 104,564 | 0.73% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | 106,002 | 0.81% | 1.38% |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | 107,498 | 0.84% | 1.41% |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | 109,076 | 0.88% | 1.47% |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | 110,725 | 0.78% | 1.51% |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | 112,425 | 0.6% | 1.54% |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | 114,135 | 0.57% | 1.52% |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | 115,834 | 0.52% | 1.49% |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | 117,528 | 0.32% | 1.46% |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | 119,290 | 0.23% | 1.5% |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | 121,166 | 0.31% | 1.57% |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | 123,087 | 0.46% | 1.59% |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | 125,044 | 0.59% | 1.59% |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | 127,067 | 0.63% | 1.62% |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | 129,159 | 0.66% | 1.65% |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | 131,239 | 0.82% | 1.61% |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | 133,227 | 1.03% | 1.51% |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | 135,000 | 1.02% | 1.33% |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | 136,512 | 0.51% | 1.12% |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | 137,857 | -0.14% | 0.99% |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | 139,520 | -0.47% | 1.21% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | 141,617 | -1.37% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | 143,726 | -1.95% | 1.49% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | 145,890 | -1.66% | 1.51% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | 148,208 | -1.42% | 1.59% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | 150,436 | -1.12% | 1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | 152,569 | -0.99% | 1.42% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | 154,677 | -0.94% | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | 156,702 | -0.81% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | 158,616 | -0.96% | 1.22% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | 160,237 | -1.28% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | 161,641 | -1.16% | 0.88% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | 162,976 | -0.96% | 0.83% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | 164,239 | -1.09% | 0.77% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | 165,450 | -1.07% | 0.74% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | 166,639 | -0.91% | 0.72% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | 167,758 | -0.81% | 0.67% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | 168,808 | -1.05% | 0.63% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | 169,869 | -1.64% | 0.63% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | 170,906 | -2.06% | 0.61% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | 171,801 | -1.8% | 0.52% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | 172,587 | -1.23% | 0.46% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | 173,369 | -1.07% | 0.45% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | 174,138 | -0.94% | 0.44% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | 174,905 | -0.82% | 0.44% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | 175,646 | -0.91% | 0.42% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | 176,342 | -0.88% | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | 177,017 | -0.78% | 0.38% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | 177,661 | -0.69% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | 178,250 | -0.7% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | 178,522 | -0.84% | 0.15% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | 178,781 | -0.27% | 0.15% |
| 2023 | 1,877,445 | 179,285 | -0.1% | 0.28% |
| 2024 | 1,862,441 | 179,744 | -0.8% | 0.26% |
| 2025 | 1,844,219 | 180,148 | -0.98% | 0.23% |
| 2026 | 1,826,681 | 180,489 | -0.95% | 0.19% |
| 2027 | 1,812,384 | 180,771 | -0.78% | 0.16% |
| 2028 | 1,797,965 | 181,003 | -0.8% | 0.13% |
| 2029 | 1,783,455 | 181,198 | -0.81% | 0.11% |
| 2030 | 1,768,667 | 181,360 | -0.83% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 1,753,985 | 181,463 | -0.83% | 0.06% |
| 2032 | 1,739,582 | 181,495 | -0.82% | 0.02% |
| 2033 | 1,725,261 | 181,458 | -0.82% | -0.02% |
| 2034 | 1,711,332 | 181,354 | -0.81% | -0.06% |
| 2035 | 1,697,827 | 181,177 | -0.79% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 1,684,492 | 180,948 | -0.79% | -0.13% |
| 2037 | 1,671,323 | 180,636 | -0.78% | -0.17% |
| 2038 | 1,658,336 | 180,230 | -0.78% | -0.22% |
| 2039 | 1,645,282 | 179,781 | -0.79% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 1,632,376 | 179,296 | -0.78% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 1,619,616 | 178,760 | -0.78% | -0.3% |
| 2042 | 1,607,019 | 178,187 | -0.78% | -0.32% |
| 2043 | 1,594,558 | 177,593 | -0.78% | -0.33% |
| 2044 | 1,582,077 | 176,937 | -0.78% | -0.37% |
| 2045 | 1,569,454 | 176,243 | -0.8% | -0.39% |
| 2046 | 1,556,840 | 175,520 | -0.8% | -0.41% |
| 2047 | 1,544,315 | 174,726 | -0.8% | -0.45% |
| 2048 | 1,531,684 | 173,877 | -0.82% | -0.49% |
| 2049 | 1,518,941 | 172,991 | -0.83% | -0.51% |
| 2050 | 1,506,179 | 172,081 | -0.84% | -0.53% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Saint Lucia gained 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 5,516 (a 3.15% growth).
Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2005 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.62% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.
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 |
| Castries | 70K |
| Vieux Fort | 15.8K |
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Population differences between Latvia and Saint Lucia
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| Life expectancy | 76.5 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 36.5 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 35.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.5 ppl/mi² | 763 ppl/mi² |
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