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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Serbia	Latvia	Serbia
1960	2,120,979	6,638,992	-	-
1961	2,152,681	6,689,077	1.49%	0.75%
1962	2,181,586	6,740,264	1.34%	0.77%
1963	2,210,919	6,787,950	1.34%	0.71%
1964	2,240,623	6,832,855	1.34%	0.66%
1965	2,265,919	6,876,624	1.13%	0.64%
1966	2,283,217	6,927,969	0.76%	0.75%
1967	2,301,220	6,966,522	0.79%	0.56%
1968	2,323,619	7,007,586	0.97%	0.59%
1969	2,343,173	7,123,249	0.84%	1.65%
1970	2,359,164	7,164,993	0.68%	0.59%
1971	2,376,389	7,211,716	0.73%	0.65%
1972	2,395,674	7,252,012	0.81%	0.56%
1973	2,415,819	7,283,902	0.84%	0.44%
1974	2,437,186	7,326,043	0.88%	0.58%
1975	2,456,130	7,368,717	0.78%	0.58%
1976	2,470,989	7,418,973	0.6%	0.68%
1977	2,485,073	7,462,783	0.57%	0.59%
1978	2,497,921	7,504,017	0.52%	0.55%
1979	2,505,953	7,541,997	0.32%	0.51%
1980	2,511,701	7,709,544	0.23%	2.22%
1981	2,519,421	7,736,787	0.31%	0.35%
1982	2,531,080	7,763,335	0.46%	0.34%
1983	2,546,011	7,788,100	0.59%	0.32%
1984	2,562,047	7,813,549	0.63%	0.33%
1985	2,578,873	7,835,902	0.66%	0.29%
1986	2,599,892	7,853,824	0.82%	0.23%
1987	2,626,583	7,868,027	1.03%	0.18%
1988	2,653,434	7,884,218	1.02%	0.21%
1989	2,666,955	7,893,787	0.51%	0.12%
1990	2,663,151	7,897,937	-0.14%	0.05%
1991	2,650,581	7,595,636	-0.47%	-3.83%
1992	2,614,338	7,604,063	-1.37%	0.11%
1993	2,563,290	7,614,328	-1.95%	0.13%
1994	2,520,742	7,622,711	-1.66%	0.11%
1995	2,485,056	7,628,264	-1.42%	0.07%
1996	2,457,222	7,622,185	-1.12%	-0.08%
1997	2,432,851	7,598,538	-0.99%	-0.31%
1998	2,410,019	7,567,745	-0.94%	-0.41%
1999	2,390,482	7,540,401	-0.81%	-0.36%
2000	2,367,550	7,516,346	-0.96%	-0.32%
2001	2,337,170	7,503,433	-1.28%	-0.17%
2002	2,310,173	7,500,031	-1.16%	-0.05%
2003	2,287,955	7,480,591	-0.96%	-0.26%
2004	2,263,122	7,463,157	-1.09%	-0.23%
2005	2,238,799	7,440,769	-1.07%	-0.3%
2006	2,218,357	7,411,569	-0.91%	-0.39%
2007	2,200,325	7,381,579	-0.81%	-0.4%
2008	2,177,322	7,350,222	-1.05%	-0.42%
2009	2,141,669	7,320,807	-1.64%	-0.4%
2010	2,097,555	7,291,436	-2.06%	-0.4%
2011	2,059,709	7,236,519	-1.8%	-0.75%
2012	2,034,319	7,201,497	-1.23%	-0.48%
2013	2,012,647	7,166,553	-1.07%	-0.49%
2014	1,993,782	7,131,787	-0.94%	-0.49%
2015	1,977,527	7,095,383	-0.82%	-0.51%
2016	1,959,537	7,058,322	-0.91%	-0.52%
2017	1,942,248	7,020,858	-0.88%	-0.53%
2018	1,927,174	6,982,604	-0.78%	-0.54%
2019	1,913,822	6,945,235	-0.69%	-0.54%
2020	1,900,449	6,899,126	-0.7%	-0.66%
2021	1,884,490	6,834,326	-0.84%	-0.94%
2022	1,879,383	6,664,449	-0.27%	-2.49%
2023	1,877,445	6,623,183	-0.1%	-0.62%
2024	1,862,441	6,587,202	-0.8%	-0.54%
2025	1,844,219	6,541,064	-0.98%	-0.7%
2026	1,826,681	6,495,033	-0.95%	-0.7%
2027	1,812,384	6,451,587	-0.78%	-0.67%
2028	1,797,965	6,407,523	-0.8%	-0.68%
2029	1,783,455	6,363,135	-0.81%	-0.69%
2030	1,768,667	6,318,273	-0.83%	-0.71%
2031	1,753,985	6,272,974	-0.83%	-0.72%
2032	1,739,582	6,227,395	-0.82%	-0.73%
2033	1,725,261	6,181,396	-0.82%	-0.74%
2034	1,711,332	6,135,163	-0.81%	-0.75%
2035	1,697,827	6,088,832	-0.79%	-0.76%
2036	1,684,492	6,042,364	-0.79%	-0.76%
2037	1,671,323	5,995,710	-0.78%	-0.77%
2038	1,658,336	5,948,872	-0.78%	-0.78%
2039	1,645,282	5,901,891	-0.79%	-0.79%
2040	1,632,376	5,855,009	-0.78%	-0.79%
2041	1,619,616	5,808,317	-0.78%	-0.8%
2042	1,607,019	5,761,829	-0.78%	-0.8%
2043	1,594,558	5,715,931	-0.78%	-0.8%
2044	1,582,077	5,670,687	-0.78%	-0.79%
2045	1,569,454	5,625,991	-0.8%	-0.79%
2046	1,556,840	5,581,867	-0.8%	-0.78%
2047	1,544,315	5,538,323	-0.8%	-0.78%
2048	1,531,684	5,495,303	-0.82%	-0.78%
2049	1,518,941	5,452,676	-0.83%	-0.78%
2050	1,506,179	5,410,466	-0.84%	-0.77%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Serbia lost 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Serbia's population decreased by -554,319 (a 7.81% decline).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Serbia was ranked 96th in 2005 and ranked 110th 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 Serbia will decrease by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people and rank change from 110th to 125th.