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	1,883,710	10,536,632	0.23%	0.47%
2024	1,866,124	10,569,709	-0.93%	0.31%
2025	1,847,866	10,619,177	-0.98%	0.47%
2026	1,830,293	10,663,427	-0.95%	0.42%
2027	1,815,968	10,703,497	-0.78%	0.38%
2028	1,801,521	10,740,420	-0.8%	0.34%
2029	1,786,981	10,773,692	-0.81%	0.31%
2030	1,772,165	10,803,699	-0.83%	0.28%
2031	1,757,453	10,830,583	-0.83%	0.25%
2032	1,743,022	10,855,855	-0.82%	0.23%
2033	1,728,673	10,880,544	-0.82%	0.23%
2034	1,714,716	10,903,924	-0.81%	0.21%
2035	1,701,185	10,926,433	-0.79%	0.21%
2036	1,687,823	10,949,062	-0.79%	0.21%
2037	1,674,629	10,971,259	-0.78%	0.2%
2038	1,661,616	10,993,203	-0.78%	0.2%
2039	1,648,536	11,015,926	-0.79%	0.21%
2040	1,635,604	11,039,663	-0.78%	0.22%
2041	1,622,819	11,063,604	-0.78%	0.22%
2042	1,610,197	11,088,299	-0.78%	0.22%
2043	1,597,712	11,113,927	-0.78%	0.23%
2044	1,585,205	11,139,125	-0.78%	0.23%
2045	1,572,558	11,163,492	-0.8%	0.22%
2046	1,559,919	11,186,803	-0.8%	0.21%
2047	1,547,369	11,209,183	-0.8%	0.2%
2048	1,534,713	11,230,526	-0.82%	0.19%
2049	1,521,945	11,250,663	-0.83%	0.18%
2050	1,509,157	11,269,877	-0.84%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.