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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Sweden	Latvia	Sweden
1960	2,120,979	7,484,656	-	-
1961	2,152,681	7,519,998	1.49%	0.47%
1962	2,181,586	7,561,588	1.34%	0.55%
1963	2,210,919	7,604,328	1.34%	0.57%
1964	2,240,623	7,661,354	1.34%	0.75%
1965	2,265,919	7,733,853	1.13%	0.95%
1966	2,283,217	7,807,797	0.76%	0.96%
1967	2,301,220	7,867,931	0.79%	0.77%
1968	2,323,619	7,912,273	0.97%	0.56%
1969	2,343,173	7,968,072	0.84%	0.71%
1970	2,359,164	8,042,801	0.68%	0.94%
1971	2,376,389	8,098,334	0.73%	0.69%
1972	2,395,674	8,122,300	0.81%	0.3%
1973	2,415,819	8,136,312	0.84%	0.17%
1974	2,437,186	8,159,955	0.88%	0.29%
1975	2,456,130	8,192,437	0.78%	0.4%
1976	2,470,989	8,222,286	0.6%	0.36%
1977	2,485,073	8,251,540	0.57%	0.36%
1978	2,497,921	8,275,599	0.52%	0.29%
1979	2,505,953	8,293,678	0.32%	0.22%
1980	2,511,701	8,310,531	0.23%	0.2%
1981	2,519,421	8,320,503	0.31%	0.12%
1982	2,531,080	8,325,263	0.46%	0.06%
1983	2,546,011	8,329,033	0.59%	0.05%
1984	2,562,047	8,336,605	0.63%	0.09%
1985	2,578,873	8,350,386	0.66%	0.17%
1986	2,599,892	8,369,829	0.82%	0.23%
1987	2,626,583	8,397,804	1.03%	0.33%
1988	2,653,434	8,436,489	1.02%	0.46%
1989	2,666,955	8,492,964	0.51%	0.67%
1990	2,663,151	8,558,835	-0.14%	0.78%
1991	2,650,581	8,617,375	-0.47%	0.68%
1992	2,614,338	8,668,067	-1.37%	0.59%
1993	2,563,290	8,718,561	-1.95%	0.58%
1994	2,520,742	8,780,745	-1.66%	0.71%
1995	2,485,056	8,826,939	-1.42%	0.53%
1996	2,457,222	8,840,998	-1.12%	0.16%
1997	2,432,851	8,846,062	-0.99%	0.06%
1998	2,410,019	8,850,974	-0.94%	0.06%
1999	2,390,482	8,857,874	-0.81%	0.08%
2000	2,367,550	8,872,109	-0.96%	0.16%
2001	2,337,170	8,895,960	-1.28%	0.27%
2002	2,310,173	8,924,958	-1.16%	0.33%
2003	2,287,955	8,958,229	-0.96%	0.37%
2004	2,263,122	8,993,531	-1.09%	0.39%
2005	2,238,799	9,029,572	-1.07%	0.4%
2006	2,218,357	9,080,505	-0.91%	0.56%
2007	2,200,325	9,148,092	-0.81%	0.74%
2008	2,177,322	9,219,637	-1.05%	0.78%
2009	2,141,669	9,298,515	-1.64%	0.86%
2010	2,097,555	9,378,126	-2.06%	0.86%
2011	2,059,709	9,449,213	-1.8%	0.76%
2012	2,034,319	9,519,374	-1.23%	0.74%
2013	2,012,647	9,600,379	-1.07%	0.85%
2014	1,993,782	9,696,110	-0.94%	1%
2015	1,977,527	9,799,186	-0.82%	1.06%
2016	1,959,537	9,923,085	-0.91%	1.26%
2017	1,942,248	10,057,698	-0.88%	1.36%
2018	1,927,174	10,175,214	-0.78%	1.17%
2019	1,913,822	10,278,887	-0.69%	1.02%
2020	1,900,449	10,353,442	-0.7%	0.73%
2021	1,884,490	10,415,811	-0.84%	0.6%
2022	1,879,383	10,486,941	-0.27%	0.68%
2023	1,877,445	10,536,632	-0.1%	0.47%
2024	1,862,441	10,569,709	-0.8%	0.31%
2025	1,844,219	10,619,177	-0.98%	0.47%
2026	1,826,681	10,663,427	-0.95%	0.42%
2027	1,812,384	10,703,497	-0.78%	0.38%
2028	1,797,965	10,740,420	-0.8%	0.34%
2029	1,783,455	10,773,692	-0.81%	0.31%
2030	1,768,667	10,803,699	-0.83%	0.28%
2031	1,753,985	10,830,583	-0.83%	0.25%
2032	1,739,582	10,855,855	-0.82%	0.23%
2033	1,725,261	10,880,544	-0.82%	0.23%
2034	1,711,332	10,903,924	-0.81%	0.21%
2035	1,697,827	10,926,433	-0.79%	0.21%
2036	1,684,492	10,949,062	-0.79%	0.21%
2037	1,671,323	10,971,259	-0.78%	0.2%
2038	1,658,336	10,993,203	-0.78%	0.2%
2039	1,645,282	11,015,926	-0.79%	0.21%
2040	1,632,376	11,039,663	-0.78%	0.22%
2041	1,619,616	11,063,604	-0.78%	0.22%
2042	1,607,019	11,088,299	-0.78%	0.22%
2043	1,594,558	11,113,927	-0.78%	0.23%
2044	1,582,077	11,139,125	-0.78%	0.23%
2045	1,569,454	11,163,492	-0.8%	0.22%
2046	1,556,840	11,186,803	-0.8%	0.21%
2047	1,544,315	11,209,183	-0.8%	0.2%
2048	1,531,684	11,230,526	-0.82%	0.19%
2049	1,518,941	11,250,663	-0.83%	0.18%
2050	1,506,179	11,269,877	-0.84%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.