Population in Latvia compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Sierra Leone	Latvia	Sierra Leone
1960	2,120,979	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,152,681	2,304,227	1.49%	1.58%
1962	2,181,586	2,342,242	1.34%	1.65%
1963	2,210,919	2,382,258	1.34%	1.71%
1964	2,240,623	2,424,390	1.34%	1.77%
1965	2,265,919	2,468,666	1.13%	1.83%
1966	2,283,217	2,514,638	0.76%	1.86%
1967	2,301,220	2,562,384	0.79%	1.9%
1968	2,323,619	2,611,532	0.97%	1.92%
1969	2,343,173	2,661,365	0.84%	1.91%
1970	2,359,164	2,712,286	0.68%	1.91%
1971	2,376,389	2,763,222	0.73%	1.88%
1972	2,395,674	2,814,388	0.81%	1.85%
1973	2,415,819	2,866,955	0.84%	1.87%
1974	2,437,186	2,920,459	0.88%	1.87%
1975	2,456,130	2,974,657	0.78%	1.86%
1976	2,470,989	3,028,820	0.6%	1.82%
1977	2,485,073	3,085,354	0.57%	1.87%
1978	2,497,921	3,145,517	0.52%	1.95%
1979	2,505,953	3,207,499	0.32%	1.97%
1980	2,511,701	3,272,089	0.23%	2.01%
1981	2,519,421	3,338,940	0.31%	2.04%
1982	2,531,080	3,408,183	0.46%	2.07%
1983	2,546,011	3,481,646	0.59%	2.16%
1984	2,562,047	3,558,758	0.63%	2.21%
1985	2,578,873	3,638,438	0.66%	2.24%
1986	2,599,892	3,728,380	0.82%	2.47%
1987	2,626,583	3,829,718	1.03%	2.72%
1988	2,653,434	3,934,517	1.02%	2.74%
1989	2,666,955	4,034,037	0.51%	2.53%
1990	2,663,151	4,196,828	-0.14%	4.04%
1991	2,650,581	4,246,267	-0.47%	1.18%
1992	2,614,338	4,166,366	-1.37%	-1.88%
1993	2,563,290	4,157,130	-1.95%	-0.22%
1994	2,520,742	4,173,105	-1.66%	0.38%
1995	2,485,056	4,179,179	-1.42%	0.15%
1996	2,457,222	4,199,210	-1.12%	0.48%
1997	2,432,851	4,253,716	-0.99%	1.3%
1998	2,410,019	4,295,785	-0.94%	0.99%
1999	2,390,482	4,318,043	-0.81%	0.52%
2000	2,367,550	4,423,611	-0.96%	2.44%
2001	2,337,170	4,692,716	-1.28%	6.08%
2002	2,310,173	4,971,435	-1.16%	5.94%
2003	2,287,955	5,177,687	-0.96%	4.15%
2004	2,263,122	5,355,717	-1.09%	3.44%
2005	2,238,799	5,501,712	-1.07%	2.73%
2006	2,218,357	5,624,466	-0.91%	2.23%
2007	2,200,325	5,749,352	-0.81%	2.22%
2008	2,177,322	5,894,722	-1.05%	2.53%
2009	2,141,669	6,055,646	-1.64%	2.73%
2010	2,097,555	6,222,714	-2.06%	2.76%
2011	2,059,709	6,387,251	-1.8%	2.64%
2012	2,034,319	6,551,080	-1.23%	2.56%
2013	2,012,647	6,714,051	-1.07%	2.49%
2014	1,993,782	6,876,385	-0.94%	2.42%
2015	1,977,527	7,037,655	-0.82%	2.35%
2016	1,959,537	7,205,328	-0.91%	2.38%
2017	1,942,248	7,379,299	-0.88%	2.41%
2018	1,927,174	7,554,563	-0.78%	2.38%
2019	1,913,822	7,731,991	-0.69%	2.35%
2020	1,900,449	7,912,558	-0.7%	2.34%
2021	1,884,490	8,094,602	-0.84%	2.3%
2022	1,879,383	8,276,807	-0.27%	2.25%
2023	1,877,445	8,460,512	-0.1%	2.22%
2024	1,862,441	8,642,022	-0.8%	2.15%
2025	1,844,219	8,819,789	-0.98%	2.06%
2026	1,826,681	8,996,743	-0.95%	2.01%
2027	1,812,384	9,174,695	-0.78%	1.98%
2028	1,797,965	9,349,021	-0.8%	1.9%
2029	1,783,455	9,520,811	-0.81%	1.84%
2030	1,768,667	9,694,851	-0.83%	1.83%
2031	1,753,985	9,870,295	-0.83%	1.81%
2032	1,739,582	10,047,193	-0.82%	1.79%
2033	1,725,261	10,221,006	-0.82%	1.73%
2034	1,711,332	10,391,485	-0.81%	1.67%
2035	1,697,827	10,563,163	-0.79%	1.65%
2036	1,684,492	10,734,341	-0.79%	1.62%
2037	1,671,323	10,902,263	-0.78%	1.56%
2038	1,658,336	11,066,143	-0.78%	1.5%
2039	1,645,282	11,230,060	-0.79%	1.48%
2040	1,632,376	11,398,391	-0.78%	1.5%
2041	1,619,616	11,566,213	-0.78%	1.47%
2042	1,607,019	11,728,787	-0.78%	1.41%
2043	1,594,558	11,887,934	-0.78%	1.36%
2044	1,582,077	12,049,424	-0.78%	1.36%
2045	1,569,454	12,208,872	-0.8%	1.32%
2046	1,556,840	12,363,446	-0.8%	1.27%
2047	1,544,315	12,512,739	-0.8%	1.21%
2048	1,531,684	12,659,609	-0.82%	1.17%
2049	1,518,941	12,805,136	-0.83%	1.15%
2050	1,506,179	12,948,320	-0.84%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.