Population in Latvia compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	South Sudan	Latvia	South Sudan
1960	2,120,979	2,931,559	-	-
1961	2,152,681	2,976,724	1.49%	1.54%
1962	2,181,586	3,024,308	1.34%	1.6%
1963	2,210,919	3,072,669	1.34%	1.6%
1964	2,240,623	3,129,918	1.34%	1.86%
1965	2,265,919	3,189,835	1.13%	1.91%
1966	2,283,217	3,236,423	0.76%	1.46%
1967	2,301,220	3,277,648	0.79%	1.27%
1968	2,323,619	3,321,528	0.97%	1.34%
1969	2,343,173	3,365,533	0.84%	1.32%
1970	2,359,164	3,409,614	0.68%	1.31%
1971	2,376,389	3,468,646	0.73%	1.73%
1972	2,395,674	3,542,497	0.81%	2.13%
1973	2,415,819	3,627,383	0.84%	2.4%
1974	2,437,186	3,723,259	0.88%	2.64%
1975	2,456,130	3,821,494	0.78%	2.64%
1976	2,470,989	3,921,910	0.6%	2.63%
1977	2,485,073	4,024,032	0.57%	2.6%
1978	2,497,921	4,127,657	0.52%	2.58%
1979	2,505,953	4,232,605	0.32%	2.54%
1980	2,511,701	4,339,030	0.23%	2.51%
1981	2,519,421	4,447,272	0.31%	2.49%
1982	2,531,080	4,557,686	0.46%	2.48%
1983	2,546,011	4,661,574	0.59%	2.28%
1984	2,562,047	4,750,627	0.63%	1.91%
1985	2,578,873	4,834,296	0.66%	1.76%
1986	2,599,892	4,921,240	0.82%	1.8%
1987	2,626,583	4,962,395	1.03%	0.84%
1988	2,653,434	4,848,029	1.02%	-2.3%
1989	2,666,955	4,713,229	0.51%	-2.78%
1990	2,663,151	4,737,633	-0.14%	0.52%
1991	2,650,581	4,836,677	-0.47%	2.09%
1992	2,614,338	4,909,749	-1.37%	1.51%
1993	2,563,290	4,956,002	-1.95%	0.94%
1994	2,520,742	5,071,184	-1.66%	2.32%
1995	2,485,056	5,225,836	-1.42%	3.05%
1996	2,457,222	5,356,925	-1.12%	2.51%
1997	2,432,851	5,509,136	-0.99%	2.84%
1998	2,410,019	5,620,068	-0.94%	2.01%
1999	2,390,482	5,771,628	-0.81%	2.7%
2000	2,367,550	6,032,267	-0.96%	4.52%
2001	2,337,170	6,308,391	-1.28%	4.58%
2002	2,310,173	6,596,806	-1.16%	4.57%
2003	2,287,955	6,903,127	-0.96%	4.64%
2004	2,263,122	7,233,041	-1.09%	4.78%
2005	2,238,799	7,590,143	-1.07%	4.94%
2006	2,218,357	7,976,526	-0.91%	5.09%
2007	2,200,325	8,388,788	-0.81%	5.17%
2008	2,177,322	8,817,647	-1.05%	5.11%
2009	2,141,669	9,243,556	-1.64%	4.83%
2010	2,097,555	9,745,953	-2.06%	5.44%
2011	2,059,709	10,288,109	-1.8%	5.56%
2012	2,034,319	10,756,240	-1.23%	4.55%
2013	2,012,647	11,166,275	-1.07%	3.81%
2014	1,993,782	11,235,073	-0.94%	0.62%
2015	1,977,527	11,107,561	-0.82%	-1.13%
2016	1,959,537	10,830,102	-0.91%	-2.5%
2017	1,942,248	10,259,154	-0.88%	-5.27%
2018	1,927,174	10,122,977	-0.78%	-1.33%
2019	1,913,822	10,423,384	-0.69%	2.97%
2020	1,900,449	10,698,467	-0.7%	2.64%
2021	1,884,490	10,865,780	-0.84%	1.56%
2022	1,879,383	11,021,177	-0.27%	1.43%
2023	1,883,710	11,483,374	0.23%	4.19%
2024	1,866,124	11,943,408	-0.93%	4.01%
2025	1,847,866	12,188,793	-0.98%	2.05%
2026	1,830,293	12,436,036	-0.95%	2.03%
2027	1,815,968	12,687,301	-0.78%	2.02%
2028	1,801,521	12,941,503	-0.8%	2%
2029	1,786,981	13,198,080	-0.81%	1.98%
2030	1,772,165	13,457,446	-0.83%	1.97%
2031	1,757,453	13,725,413	-0.83%	1.99%
2032	1,743,022	13,996,343	-0.82%	1.97%
2033	1,728,673	14,261,762	-0.82%	1.9%
2034	1,714,716	14,527,550	-0.81%	1.86%
2035	1,701,185	14,798,602	-0.79%	1.87%
2036	1,687,823	15,070,098	-0.79%	1.83%
2037	1,674,629	15,335,700	-0.78%	1.76%
2038	1,661,616	15,595,968	-0.78%	1.7%
2039	1,648,536	15,850,696	-0.79%	1.63%
2040	1,635,604	16,101,470	-0.78%	1.58%
2041	1,622,819	16,350,149	-0.78%	1.54%
2042	1,610,197	16,593,361	-0.78%	1.49%
2043	1,597,712	16,829,209	-0.78%	1.42%
2044	1,585,205	17,060,176	-0.78%	1.37%
2045	1,572,558	17,286,412	-0.8%	1.33%
2046	1,559,919	17,509,693	-0.8%	1.29%
2047	1,547,369	17,728,331	-0.8%	1.25%
2048	1,534,713	17,938,437	-0.82%	1.19%
2049	1,521,945	18,142,893	-0.83%	1.14%
2050	1,509,157	18,341,968	-0.84%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.