Population in Latvia compared to Suriname: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Latvia and Suriname: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Suriname	Latvia	Suriname
1960	2,120,979	263,918	-	-
1961	2,152,681	272,791	1.49%	3.36%
1962	2,181,586	283,912	1.34%	4.08%
1963	2,210,919	297,034	1.34%	4.62%
1964	2,240,623	309,041	1.34%	4.04%
1965	2,265,919	320,000	1.13%	3.55%
1966	2,283,217	331,135	0.76%	3.48%
1967	2,301,220	342,679	0.79%	3.49%
1968	2,323,619	354,616	0.97%	3.48%
1969	2,343,173	366,906	0.84%	3.47%
1970	2,359,164	379,442	0.68%	3.42%
1971	2,376,389	391,932	0.73%	3.29%
1972	2,395,674	397,413	0.81%	1.4%
1973	2,415,819	395,772	0.84%	-0.41%
1974	2,437,186	393,676	0.88%	-0.53%
1975	2,456,130	391,170	0.78%	-0.64%
1976	2,470,989	388,289	0.6%	-0.74%
1977	2,485,073	385,067	0.57%	-0.83%
1978	2,497,921	381,502	0.52%	-0.93%
1979	2,505,953	377,602	0.32%	-1.02%
1980	2,511,701	375,377	0.23%	-0.59%
1981	2,519,421	375,459	0.31%	0.02%
1982	2,531,080	376,555	0.46%	0.29%
1983	2,546,011	378,746	0.59%	0.58%
1984	2,562,047	382,193	0.63%	0.91%
1985	2,578,873	386,972	0.66%	1.25%
1986	2,599,892	392,330	0.82%	1.38%
1987	2,626,583	396,911	1.03%	1.17%
1988	2,653,434	402,227	1.02%	1.34%
1989	2,666,955	408,409	0.51%	1.54%
1990	2,663,151	412,493	-0.14%	1%
1991	2,650,581	415,013	-0.47%	0.61%
1992	2,614,338	417,589	-1.37%	0.62%
1993	2,563,290	419,352	-1.95%	0.42%
1994	2,520,742	422,375	-1.66%	0.72%
1995	2,485,056	429,606	-1.42%	1.71%
1996	2,457,222	438,830	-1.12%	2.15%
1997	2,432,851	448,067	-0.99%	2.1%
1998	2,410,019	457,406	-0.94%	2.08%
1999	2,390,482	466,916	-0.81%	2.08%
2000	2,367,550	476,643	-0.96%	2.08%
2001	2,337,170	486,560	-1.28%	2.08%
2002	2,310,173	496,551	-1.16%	2.05%
2003	2,287,955	506,414	-0.96%	1.99%
2004	2,263,122	513,923	-1.09%	1.48%
2005	2,238,799	519,313	-1.07%	1.05%
2006	2,218,357	524,997	-0.91%	1.09%
2007	2,200,325	531,016	-0.81%	1.15%
2008	2,177,322	537,245	-1.05%	1.17%
2009	2,141,669	543,568	-1.64%	1.18%
2010	2,097,555	549,923	-2.06%	1.17%
2011	2,059,709	556,269	-1.8%	1.15%
2012	2,034,319	562,633	-1.23%	1.14%
2013	2,012,647	569,020	-1.07%	1.14%
2014	1,993,782	575,373	-0.94%	1.12%
2015	1,977,527	581,627	-0.82%	1.09%
2016	1,959,537	587,757	-0.91%	1.05%
2017	1,942,248	593,713	-0.88%	1.01%
2018	1,927,174	599,513	-0.78%	0.98%
2019	1,913,822	605,768	-0.69%	1.04%
2020	1,900,449	612,317	-0.7%	1.08%
2021	1,884,490	617,896	-0.84%	0.91%
2022	1,879,383	623,164	-0.27%	0.85%
2023	1,883,710	628,886	0.23%	0.92%
2024	1,866,124	634,431	-0.93%	0.88%
2025	1,847,866	639,852	-0.98%	0.85%
2026	1,830,293	645,257	-0.95%	0.84%
2027	1,815,968	650,564	-0.78%	0.82%
2028	1,801,521	655,783	-0.8%	0.8%
2029	1,786,981	660,793	-0.81%	0.76%
2030	1,772,165	665,650	-0.83%	0.74%
2031	1,757,453	670,421	-0.83%	0.72%
2032	1,743,022	675,070	-0.82%	0.69%
2033	1,728,673	679,573	-0.82%	0.67%
2034	1,714,716	683,911	-0.81%	0.64%
2035	1,701,185	688,189	-0.79%	0.63%
2036	1,687,823	692,343	-0.79%	0.6%
2037	1,674,629	696,213	-0.78%	0.56%
2038	1,661,616	699,908	-0.78%	0.53%
2039	1,648,536	703,569	-0.79%	0.52%
2040	1,635,604	707,156	-0.78%	0.51%
2041	1,622,819	710,619	-0.78%	0.49%
2042	1,610,197	713,900	-0.78%	0.46%
2043	1,597,712	716,999	-0.78%	0.43%
2044	1,585,205	719,920	-0.78%	0.41%
2045	1,572,558	722,759	-0.8%	0.39%
2046	1,559,919	725,322	-0.8%	0.35%
2047	1,547,369	727,726	-0.8%	0.33%
2048	1,534,713	730,038	-0.82%	0.32%
2049	1,521,945	732,021	-0.83%	0.27%
2050	1,509,157	733,898	-0.84%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.