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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Samoa	Latvia	Samoa
1960	2,120,979	112,490	-	-
1961	2,152,681	115,496	1.49%	2.67%
1962	2,181,586	118,597	1.34%	2.68%
1963	2,210,919	121,764	1.34%	2.67%
1964	2,240,623	124,894	1.34%	2.57%
1965	2,265,919	127,978	1.13%	2.47%
1966	2,283,217	131,073	0.76%	2.42%
1967	2,301,220	133,764	0.79%	2.05%
1968	2,323,619	136,020	0.97%	1.69%
1969	2,343,173	138,233	0.84%	1.63%
1970	2,359,164	140,400	0.68%	1.57%
1971	2,376,389	142,503	0.73%	1.5%
1972	2,395,674	144,538	0.81%	1.43%
1973	2,415,819	146,516	0.84%	1.37%
1974	2,437,186	149,431	0.88%	1.99%
1975	2,456,130	153,344	0.78%	2.62%
1976	2,470,989	157,113	0.6%	2.46%
1977	2,485,073	159,753	0.57%	1.68%
1978	2,497,921	161,375	0.52%	1.02%
1979	2,505,953	162,882	0.32%	0.93%
1980	2,511,701	164,322	0.23%	0.88%
1981	2,519,421	165,678	0.31%	0.83%
1982	2,531,080	166,484	0.46%	0.49%
1983	2,546,011	166,714	0.59%	0.14%
1984	2,562,047	166,796	0.63%	0.05%
1985	2,578,873	166,849	0.66%	0.03%
1986	2,599,892	167,061	0.82%	0.13%
1987	2,626,583	167,661	1.03%	0.36%
1988	2,653,434	168,346	1.02%	0.41%
1989	2,666,955	168,768	0.51%	0.25%
1990	2,663,151	169,042	-0.14%	0.16%
1991	2,650,581	169,368	-0.47%	0.19%
1992	2,614,338	170,331	-1.37%	0.57%
1993	2,563,290	171,774	-1.95%	0.85%
1994	2,520,742	173,159	-1.66%	0.81%
1995	2,485,056	174,571	-1.42%	0.82%
1996	2,457,222	176,071	-1.12%	0.86%
1997	2,432,851	177,547	-0.99%	0.84%
1998	2,410,019	178,905	-0.94%	0.76%
1999	2,390,482	180,275	-0.81%	0.77%
2000	2,367,550	181,685	-0.96%	0.78%
2001	2,337,170	183,166	-1.28%	0.82%
2002	2,310,173	184,471	-1.16%	0.71%
2003	2,287,955	185,430	-0.96%	0.52%
2004	2,263,122	186,249	-1.09%	0.44%
2005	2,238,799	186,978	-1.07%	0.39%
2006	2,218,357	187,709	-0.91%	0.39%
2007	2,200,325	188,753	-0.81%	0.56%
2008	2,177,322	190,107	-1.05%	0.72%
2009	2,141,669	191,513	-1.64%	0.74%
2010	2,097,555	193,023	-2.06%	0.79%
2011	2,059,709	194,713	-1.8%	0.88%
2012	2,034,319	196,498	-1.23%	0.92%
2013	2,012,647	198,268	-1.07%	0.9%
2014	1,993,782	200,037	-0.94%	0.89%
2015	1,977,527	201,782	-0.82%	0.87%
2016	1,959,537	203,499	-0.91%	0.85%
2017	1,942,248	205,415	-0.88%	0.94%
2018	1,927,174	207,582	-0.78%	1.05%
2019	1,913,822	209,780	-0.69%	1.06%
2020	1,900,449	211,944	-0.7%	1.03%
2021	1,884,490	213,779	-0.84%	0.87%
2022	1,879,383	215,261	-0.27%	0.69%
2023	1,877,445	216,663	-0.1%	0.65%
2024	1,862,441	218,019	-0.8%	0.63%
2025	1,844,219	219,302	-0.98%	0.59%
2026	1,826,681	220,530	-0.95%	0.56%
2027	1,812,384	221,772	-0.78%	0.56%
2028	1,797,965	223,104	-0.8%	0.6%
2029	1,783,455	224,504	-0.81%	0.63%
2030	1,768,667	225,968	-0.83%	0.65%
2031	1,753,985	227,581	-0.83%	0.71%
2032	1,739,582	229,298	-0.82%	0.75%
2033	1,725,261	231,110	-0.82%	0.79%
2034	1,711,332	233,061	-0.81%	0.84%
2035	1,697,827	235,172	-0.79%	0.91%
2036	1,684,492	237,415	-0.79%	0.95%
2037	1,671,323	239,730	-0.78%	0.98%
2038	1,658,336	242,155	-0.78%	1.01%
2039	1,645,282	244,653	-0.79%	1.03%
2040	1,632,376	247,196	-0.78%	1.04%
2041	1,619,616	249,796	-0.78%	1.05%
2042	1,607,019	252,427	-0.78%	1.05%
2043	1,594,558	255,023	-0.78%	1.03%
2044	1,582,077	257,609	-0.78%	1.01%
2045	1,569,454	260,250	-0.8%	1.03%
2046	1,556,840	262,849	-0.8%	1%
2047	1,544,315	265,365	-0.8%	0.96%
2048	1,531,684	267,836	-0.82%	0.93%
2049	1,518,941	270,291	-0.83%	0.92%
2050	1,506,179	272,711	-0.84%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.