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	1,883,710	8,460,512	0.23%	2.22%
2024	1,866,124	8,642,022	-0.93%	2.15%
2025	1,847,866	8,819,789	-0.98%	2.06%
2026	1,830,293	8,996,743	-0.95%	2.01%
2027	1,815,968	9,174,695	-0.78%	1.98%
2028	1,801,521	9,349,021	-0.8%	1.9%
2029	1,786,981	9,520,811	-0.81%	1.84%
2030	1,772,165	9,694,851	-0.83%	1.83%
2031	1,757,453	9,870,295	-0.83%	1.81%
2032	1,743,022	10,047,193	-0.82%	1.79%
2033	1,728,673	10,221,006	-0.82%	1.73%
2034	1,714,716	10,391,485	-0.81%	1.67%
2035	1,701,185	10,563,163	-0.79%	1.65%
2036	1,687,823	10,734,341	-0.79%	1.62%
2037	1,674,629	10,902,263	-0.78%	1.56%
2038	1,661,616	11,066,143	-0.78%	1.5%
2039	1,648,536	11,230,060	-0.79%	1.48%
2040	1,635,604	11,398,391	-0.78%	1.5%
2041	1,622,819	11,566,213	-0.78%	1.47%
2042	1,610,197	11,728,787	-0.78%	1.41%
2043	1,597,712	11,887,934	-0.78%	1.36%
2044	1,585,205	12,049,424	-0.78%	1.36%
2045	1,572,558	12,208,872	-0.8%	1.32%
2046	1,559,919	12,363,446	-0.8%	1.27%
2047	1,547,369	12,512,739	-0.8%	1.21%
2048	1,534,713	12,659,609	-0.82%	1.17%
2049	1,521,945	12,805,136	-0.83%	1.15%
2050	1,509,157	12,948,320	-0.84%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Latvia's population will shrink by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people with a rank change from 149th to 153rd. The population of Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.