Population in Latvia compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Sri Lanka	Latvia	Sri Lanka
1960	2,120,979	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,152,681	9,899,372	1.49%	2.46%
1962	2,181,586	10,143,754	1.34%	2.47%
1963	2,210,919	10,395,040	1.34%	2.48%
1964	2,240,623	10,653,397	1.34%	2.49%
1965	2,265,919	10,916,965	1.13%	2.47%
1966	2,283,217	11,183,928	0.76%	2.45%
1967	2,301,220	11,457,328	0.79%	2.44%
1968	2,323,619	11,736,088	0.97%	2.43%
1969	2,343,173	12,013,858	0.84%	2.37%
1970	2,359,164	12,287,110	0.68%	2.27%
1971	2,376,389	12,551,910	0.73%	2.16%
1972	2,395,674	12,809,205	0.81%	2.05%
1973	2,415,819	13,060,916	0.84%	1.97%
1974	2,437,186	13,305,693	0.88%	1.87%
1975	2,456,130	13,548,984	0.78%	1.83%
1976	2,470,989	13,796,770	0.6%	1.83%
1977	2,485,073	14,049,371	0.57%	1.83%
1978	2,497,921	14,310,128	0.52%	1.86%
1979	2,505,953	14,579,614	0.32%	1.88%
1980	2,511,701	14,847,974	0.23%	1.84%
1981	2,519,421	15,099,414	0.31%	1.69%
1982	2,531,080	15,286,567	0.46%	1.24%
1983	2,546,011	15,388,794	0.59%	0.67%
1984	2,562,047	15,441,860	0.63%	0.34%
1985	2,578,873	15,544,154	0.66%	0.66%
1986	2,599,892	15,731,256	0.82%	1.2%
1987	2,626,583	15,916,576	1.03%	1.18%
1988	2,653,434	16,078,621	1.02%	1.02%
1989	2,666,955	16,248,557	0.51%	1.06%
1990	2,663,151	16,352,458	-0.14%	0.64%
1991	2,650,581	16,475,354	-0.47%	0.75%
1992	2,614,338	16,739,284	-1.37%	1.6%
1993	2,563,290	17,025,918	-1.95%	1.71%
1994	2,520,742	17,275,773	-1.66%	1.47%
1995	2,485,056	17,564,068	-1.42%	1.67%
1996	2,457,222	17,905,018	-1.12%	1.94%
1997	2,432,851	18,248,200	-0.99%	1.92%
1998	2,410,019	18,596,003	-0.94%	1.91%
1999	2,390,482	18,944,731	-0.81%	1.88%
2000	2,367,550	19,293,054	-0.96%	1.84%
2001	2,337,170	19,600,362	-1.28%	1.59%
2002	2,310,173	19,805,752	-1.16%	1.05%
2003	2,287,955	19,951,521	-0.96%	0.74%
2004	2,263,122	20,087,605	-1.09%	0.68%
2005	2,238,799	20,216,524	-1.07%	0.64%
2006	2,218,357	20,352,411	-0.91%	0.67%
2007	2,200,325	20,492,545	-0.81%	0.69%
2008	2,177,322	20,629,378	-1.05%	0.67%
2009	2,141,669	20,756,435	-1.64%	0.62%
2010	2,097,555	20,879,089	-2.06%	0.59%
2011	2,059,709	21,009,048	-1.8%	0.62%
2012	2,034,319	21,169,458	-1.23%	0.76%
2013	2,012,647	20,585,000	-1.07%	-2.76%
2014	1,993,782	20,778,000	-0.94%	0.94%
2015	1,977,527	20,970,000	-0.82%	0.92%
2016	1,959,537	21,209,000	-0.91%	1.14%
2017	1,942,248	21,453,000	-0.88%	1.15%
2018	1,927,174	21,670,000	-0.78%	1.01%
2019	1,913,822	21,803,000	-0.69%	0.61%
2020	1,900,449	21,919,000	-0.7%	0.53%
2021	1,884,490	22,156,000	-0.84%	1.08%
2022	1,879,383	22,181,000	-0.27%	0.11%
2023	1,877,445	22,037,000	-0.1%	-0.65%
2024	1,862,441	21,916,000	-0.8%	-0.55%
2025	1,844,219	22,035,440	-0.98%	0.54%
2026	1,826,681	22,148,172	-0.95%	0.51%
2027	1,812,384	22,255,601	-0.78%	0.49%
2028	1,797,965	22,357,682	-0.8%	0.46%
2029	1,783,455	22,453,922	-0.81%	0.43%
2030	1,768,667	22,546,245	-0.83%	0.41%
2031	1,753,985	22,635,106	-0.83%	0.39%
2032	1,739,582	22,720,118	-0.82%	0.38%
2033	1,725,261	22,802,043	-0.82%	0.36%
2034	1,711,332	22,879,527	-0.81%	0.34%
2035	1,697,827	22,952,739	-0.79%	0.32%
2036	1,684,492	23,022,027	-0.79%	0.3%
2037	1,671,323	23,088,877	-0.78%	0.29%
2038	1,658,336	23,152,480	-0.78%	0.28%
2039	1,645,282	23,211,633	-0.79%	0.26%
2040	1,632,376	23,265,986	-0.78%	0.23%
2041	1,619,616	23,315,260	-0.78%	0.21%
2042	1,607,019	23,359,578	-0.78%	0.19%
2043	1,594,558	23,398,752	-0.78%	0.17%
2044	1,582,077	23,433,096	-0.78%	0.15%
2045	1,569,454	23,464,943	-0.8%	0.14%
2046	1,556,840	23,492,738	-0.8%	0.12%
2047	1,544,315	23,512,629	-0.8%	0.08%
2048	1,531,684	23,525,953	-0.82%	0.06%
2049	1,518,941	23,533,940	-0.83%	0.03%
2050	1,506,179	23,538,230	-0.84%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.