Population in Latvia compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Saudi Arabia	Latvia	Saudi Arabia
1960	2,120,979	2,435,403	-	-
1961	2,152,681	2,526,347	1.49%	3.73%
1962	2,181,586	2,620,910	1.34%	3.74%
1963	2,210,919	2,719,341	1.34%	3.76%
1964	2,240,623	2,821,968	1.34%	3.77%
1965	2,265,919	2,928,771	1.13%	3.78%
1966	2,283,217	3,039,887	0.76%	3.79%
1967	2,301,220	3,157,242	0.79%	3.86%
1968	2,323,619	3,282,711	0.97%	3.97%
1969	2,343,173	3,417,114	0.84%	4.09%
1970	2,359,164	3,562,470	0.68%	4.25%
1971	2,376,389	3,724,031	0.73%	4.54%
1972	2,395,674	3,905,722	0.81%	4.88%
1973	2,415,819	4,106,344	0.84%	5.14%
1974	2,437,186	4,323,632	0.88%	5.29%
1975	2,456,130	4,556,287	0.78%	5.38%
1976	2,470,989	4,807,933	0.6%	5.52%
1977	2,485,073	5,083,048	0.57%	5.72%
1978	2,497,921	5,381,902	0.52%	5.88%
1979	2,505,953	5,703,698	0.32%	5.98%
1980	2,511,701	6,047,997	0.23%	6.04%
1981	2,519,421	6,420,551	0.31%	6.16%
1982	2,531,080	6,824,486	0.46%	6.29%
1983	2,546,011	7,252,941	0.59%	6.28%
1984	2,562,047	7,697,307	0.63%	6.13%
1985	2,578,873	8,151,779	0.66%	5.9%
1986	2,599,892	8,628,639	0.82%	5.85%
1987	2,626,583	9,130,194	1.03%	5.81%
1988	2,653,434	9,629,165	1.02%	5.47%
1989	2,666,955	10,128,394	0.51%	5.18%
1990	2,663,151	10,640,691	-0.14%	5.06%
1991	2,650,581	11,160,744	-0.47%	4.89%
1992	2,614,338	11,686,676	-1.37%	4.71%
1993	2,563,290	12,215,862	-1.95%	4.53%
1994	2,520,742	12,750,040	-1.66%	4.37%
1995	2,485,056	13,289,245	-1.42%	4.23%
1996	2,457,222	13,831,009	-1.12%	4.08%
1997	2,432,851	14,374,943	-0.99%	3.93%
1998	2,410,019	14,922,185	-0.94%	3.81%
1999	2,390,482	15,472,075	-0.81%	3.69%
2000	2,367,550	16,177,722	-0.96%	4.56%
2001	2,337,170	17,041,397	-1.28%	5.34%
2002	2,310,173	17,910,910	-1.16%	5.1%
2003	2,287,955	18,786,767	-0.96%	4.89%
2004	2,263,122	19,669,480	-1.09%	4.7%
2005	2,238,799	20,559,890	-1.07%	4.53%
2006	2,218,357	21,459,144	-0.91%	4.37%
2007	2,200,325	22,368,313	-0.81%	4.24%
2008	2,177,322	23,287,877	-1.05%	4.11%
2009	2,141,669	24,217,654	-1.64%	3.99%
2010	2,097,555	23,978,487	-2.06%	-0.99%
2011	2,059,709	25,091,867	-1.8%	4.64%
2012	2,034,319	26,168,861	-1.23%	4.29%
2013	2,012,647	27,624,004	-1.07%	5.56%
2014	1,993,782	28,309,273	-0.94%	2.48%
2015	1,977,527	29,816,382	-0.82%	5.32%
2016	1,959,537	30,954,198	-0.91%	3.82%
2017	1,942,248	30,977,355	-0.88%	0.07%
2018	1,927,174	30,196,281	-0.78%	-2.52%
2019	1,913,822	30,063,799	-0.69%	-0.44%
2020	1,900,449	31,552,510	-0.7%	4.95%
2021	1,884,490	30,784,383	-0.84%	-2.43%
2022	1,879,383	32,175,224	-0.27%	4.52%
2023	1,877,445	33,702,731	-0.1%	4.75%
2024	1,862,441	35,300,280	-0.8%	4.74%
2025	1,844,219	35,927,625	-0.98%	1.78%
2026	1,826,681	36,550,694	-0.95%	1.73%
2027	1,812,384	37,167,513	-0.78%	1.69%
2028	1,797,965	37,775,810	-0.8%	1.64%
2029	1,783,455	38,364,377	-0.81%	1.56%
2030	1,768,667	38,918,375	-0.83%	1.44%
2031	1,753,985	39,450,880	-0.83%	1.37%
2032	1,739,582	39,983,934	-0.82%	1.35%
2033	1,725,261	40,517,599	-0.82%	1.33%
2034	1,711,332	41,052,423	-0.81%	1.32%
2035	1,697,827	41,588,429	-0.79%	1.31%
2036	1,684,492	42,125,184	-0.79%	1.29%
2037	1,671,323	42,661,908	-0.78%	1.27%
2038	1,658,336	43,198,420	-0.78%	1.26%
2039	1,645,282	43,734,316	-0.79%	1.24%
2040	1,632,376	44,269,571	-0.78%	1.22%
2041	1,619,616	44,804,338	-0.78%	1.21%
2042	1,607,019	45,338,111	-0.78%	1.19%
2043	1,594,558	45,870,896	-0.78%	1.18%
2044	1,582,077	46,403,116	-0.78%	1.16%
2045	1,569,454	46,934,822	-0.8%	1.15%
2046	1,556,840	47,465,267	-0.8%	1.13%
2047	1,544,315	47,993,976	-0.8%	1.11%
2048	1,531,684	48,521,364	-0.82%	1.1%
2049	1,518,941	49,047,461	-0.83%	1.08%
2050	1,506,179	49,572,202	-0.84%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.