The latest officially reported population of Latvia was 1,866,124 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Latvia's population is 1,830,293 people compared to 53,298,472 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 29.1 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Latvia is ranked the 149th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 0.67% of the world: 0.02% for Latvia vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Latvia has had an average growth rate of -0.68% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2006, the population of Latvia has decreased from 2.22M people to 1.83M (17.5% decline), while Sudan has grown from 32M to 53.3M (66.6% growth).
- Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 137M people, while Latvia's population already peaked in 1989 at 2.67M people and is projected to decrease to 923K people by 2100.
Latvia vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
1830293
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53298472
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| Population rank | 149/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
29.9 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
36.2 minutes
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
18.7 minutes
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.94 hours
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -2,225 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | -48 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | -17,586 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.93% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | 117/197 |
Latvia and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 2,120,979 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 2,152,681 | 8,634,941 | 1.49% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 2,181,586 | 8,919,028 | 1.34% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 2,210,919 | 9,218,077 | 1.34% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 2,240,623 | 9,531,109 | 1.34% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 2,265,919 | 9,858,030 | 1.13% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 2,283,217 | 10,197,578 | 0.76% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 2,301,220 | 10,550,597 | 0.79% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 2,323,619 | 10,917,999 | 0.97% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 2,343,173 | 11,298,936 | 0.84% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 2,359,164 | 11,695,771 | 0.68% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 2,376,389 | 12,105,539 | 0.73% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 2,395,674 | 12,527,856 | 0.81% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 2,415,819 | 13,049,315 | 0.84% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 2,437,186 | 13,580,723 | 0.88% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 2,456,130 | 14,064,798 | 0.78% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 2,470,989 | 14,569,716 | 0.6% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 2,485,073 | 15,086,614 | 0.57% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 2,497,921 | 15,695,003 | 0.52% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 2,505,953 | 16,355,352 | 0.32% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 2,511,701 | 17,058,905 | 0.23% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 2,519,421 | 17,780,572 | 0.31% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 2,531,080 | 18,486,645 | 0.46% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 2,546,011 | 19,109,770 | 0.59% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 2,562,047 | 19,546,528 | 0.63% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 2,578,873 | 19,905,872 | 0.66% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 2,599,892 | 20,288,238 | 0.82% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 2,626,583 | 20,704,904 | 1.03% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 2,653,434 | 21,138,431 | 1.02% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 2,666,955 | 21,578,022 | 0.51% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 2,663,151 | 22,021,481 | -0.14% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 2,650,581 | 22,470,676 | -0.47% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 2,614,338 | 22,927,355 | -1.37% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 2,563,290 | 23,445,592 | -1.95% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 2,520,742 | 24,043,948 | -1.66% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 2,485,056 | 24,672,143 | -1.42% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 2,457,222 | 25,231,528 | -1.12% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 2,432,851 | 25,799,821 | -0.99% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 2,410,019 | 26,458,999 | -0.94% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 2,390,482 | 27,130,613 | -0.81% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 2,367,550 | 27,816,745 | -0.96% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 2,337,170 | 28,516,770 | -1.28% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 2,310,173 | 29,228,727 | -1.16% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 2,287,955 | 29,896,035 | -0.96% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 2,263,122 | 30,556,637 | -1.09% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 2,238,799 | 31,262,444 | -1.07% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 2,218,357 | 31,992,435 | -0.91% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 2,200,325 | 32,764,135 | -0.81% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 2,177,322 | 33,623,980 | -1.05% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 2,141,669 | 34,569,113 | -1.64% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 2,097,555 | 35,414,399 | -2.06% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 2,059,709 | 36,140,806 | -1.8% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 2,034,319 | 36,923,178 | -1.23% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 2,012,647 | 37,785,849 | -1.07% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 1,993,782 | 38,823,318 | -0.94% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 1,977,527 | 40,024,431 | -0.82% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 1,959,537 | 41,259,892 | -0.91% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 1,942,248 | 42,714,306 | -0.88% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 1,927,174 | 44,230,596 | -0.78% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 1,913,822 | 45,548,175 | -0.69% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 1,900,449 | 46,789,231 | -0.7% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 1,884,490 | 48,066,924 | -0.84% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 1,879,383 | 49,383,346 | -0.27% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 1,883,710 | 50,042,791 | 0.23% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 1,866,124 | 50,448,963 | -0.93% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 1,847,866 | 51,662,152 | -0.98% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 1,830,293 | 53,282,718 | -0.95% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 1,815,968 | 54,724,215 | -0.78% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 1,801,521 | 55,993,833 | -0.8% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 1,786,981 | 57,275,443 | -0.81% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 1,772,165 | 58,571,624 | -0.83% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 1,757,453 | 59,872,936 | -0.83% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 1,743,022 | 61,179,476 | -0.82% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 1,728,673 | 62,497,205 | -0.82% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 1,714,716 | 63,822,356 | -0.81% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 1,701,185 | 65,148,317 | -0.79% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 1,687,823 | 66,470,018 | -0.79% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 1,674,629 | 67,791,240 | -0.78% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 1,661,616 | 69,107,712 | -0.78% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 1,648,536 | 70,416,631 | -0.79% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 1,635,604 | 71,730,604 | -0.78% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 1,622,819 | 73,056,213 | -0.78% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 1,610,197 | 74,387,562 | -0.78% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 1,597,712 | 75,723,670 | -0.78% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 1,585,205 | 77,066,454 | -0.78% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 1,572,558 | 78,415,205 | -0.8% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 1,559,919 | 79,767,271 | -0.8% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 1,547,369 | 81,115,241 | -0.8% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 1,534,713 | 82,463,202 | -0.82% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 1,521,945 | 83,828,356 | -0.83% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 1,509,157 | 85,206,384 | -0.84% | 1.64% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).
Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Riga | 605K |
| Daugavpils | 77.8K |
| Liepaja | 66.7K |
| Jelgava | 54.7K |
| Jurmala | 52.2K |
| Ventspils | 32.6K |
| Rezekne | 26.1K |
| Ogre | 22.8K |
| Valmiera | 22.4K |
| Jekabpils | 21.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between Latvia and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 76.6 years | 66.9 years |
| Average age | 43.6 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 44.3 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.36 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 77.7 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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