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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Tonga	Latvia	Tonga
1960	2,120,979	66,170	-	-
1961	2,152,681	68,037	1.49%	2.82%
1962	2,181,586	69,940	1.34%	2.8%
1963	2,210,919	71,885	1.34%	2.78%
1964	2,240,623	73,879	1.34%	2.77%
1965	2,265,919	75,924	1.13%	2.77%
1966	2,283,217	78,002	0.76%	2.74%
1967	2,301,220	79,814	0.79%	2.32%
1968	2,323,619	81,353	0.97%	1.93%
1969	2,343,173	82,885	0.84%	1.88%
1970	2,359,164	84,401	0.68%	1.83%
1971	2,376,389	85,896	0.73%	1.77%
1972	2,395,674	87,356	0.81%	1.7%
1973	2,415,819	88,805	0.84%	1.66%
1974	2,437,186	90,683	0.88%	2.11%
1975	2,456,130	93,017	0.78%	2.57%
1976	2,470,989	95,325	0.6%	2.48%
1977	2,485,073	96,725	0.57%	1.47%
1978	2,497,921	97,204	0.52%	0.5%
1979	2,505,953	97,544	0.32%	0.35%
1980	2,511,701	97,769	0.23%	0.23%
1981	2,519,421	97,909	0.31%	0.14%
1982	2,531,080	97,980	0.46%	0.07%
1983	2,546,011	97,998	0.59%	0.02%
1984	2,562,047	97,990	0.63%	-0.008%
1985	2,578,873	97,984	0.66%	-0.006%
1986	2,599,892	98,010	0.82%	0.03%
1987	2,626,583	98,376	1.03%	0.37%
1988	2,653,434	98,969	1.02%	0.6%
1989	2,666,955	99,403	0.51%	0.44%
1990	2,663,151	99,700	-0.14%	0.3%
1991	2,650,581	99,895	-0.47%	0.2%
1992	2,614,338	100,022	-1.37%	0.13%
1993	2,563,290	100,103	-1.95%	0.08%
1994	2,520,742	100,166	-1.66%	0.06%
1995	2,485,056	100,225	-1.42%	0.06%
1996	2,457,222	100,275	-1.12%	0.05%
1997	2,432,851	100,674	-0.99%	0.4%
1998	2,410,019	101,388	-0.94%	0.71%
1999	2,390,482	102,046	-0.81%	0.65%
2000	2,367,550	102,677	-0.96%	0.62%
2001	2,337,170	103,288	-1.28%	0.6%
2002	2,310,173	103,874	-1.16%	0.57%
2003	2,287,955	104,464	-0.96%	0.57%
2004	2,263,122	105,071	-1.09%	0.58%
2005	2,238,799	105,671	-1.07%	0.57%
2006	2,218,357	106,253	-0.91%	0.55%
2007	2,200,325	106,726	-0.81%	0.45%
2008	2,177,322	107,020	-1.05%	0.28%
2009	2,141,669	107,203	-1.64%	0.17%
2010	2,097,555	107,400	-2.06%	0.18%
2011	2,059,709	107,570	-1.8%	0.16%
2012	2,034,319	107,460	-1.23%	-0.1%
2013	2,012,647	107,078	-1.07%	-0.36%
2014	1,993,782	106,609	-0.94%	-0.44%
2015	1,977,527	106,095	-0.82%	-0.48%
2016	1,959,537	105,524	-0.91%	-0.54%
2017	1,942,248	105,356	-0.88%	-0.16%
2018	1,927,174	105,567	-0.78%	0.2%
2019	1,913,822	105,669	-0.69%	0.1%
2020	1,900,449	105,704	-0.7%	0.03%
2021	1,884,490	105,490	-0.84%	-0.2%
2022	1,879,383	105,042	-0.27%	-0.42%
2023	1,877,445	104,597	-0.1%	-0.42%
2024	1,862,441	104,175	-0.8%	-0.4%
2025	1,844,219	103,744	-0.98%	-0.41%
2026	1,826,681	103,290	-0.95%	-0.44%
2027	1,812,384	102,899	-0.78%	-0.38%
2028	1,797,965	102,568	-0.8%	-0.32%
2029	1,783,455	102,280	-0.81%	-0.28%
2030	1,768,667	102,069	-0.83%	-0.21%
2031	1,753,985	101,927	-0.83%	-0.14%
2032	1,739,582	101,837	-0.82%	-0.09%
2033	1,725,261	101,807	-0.82%	-0.03%
2034	1,711,332	101,806	-0.81%	-0.001%
2035	1,697,827	101,833	-0.79%	0.03%
2036	1,684,492	101,895	-0.79%	0.06%
2037	1,671,323	101,993	-0.78%	0.1%
2038	1,658,336	102,173	-0.78%	0.18%
2039	1,645,282	102,367	-0.79%	0.19%
2040	1,632,376	102,568	-0.78%	0.2%
2041	1,619,616	102,805	-0.78%	0.23%
2042	1,607,019	103,038	-0.78%	0.23%
2043	1,594,558	103,306	-0.78%	0.26%
2044	1,582,077	103,612	-0.78%	0.3%
2045	1,569,454	103,928	-0.8%	0.3%
2046	1,556,840	104,232	-0.8%	0.29%
2047	1,544,315	104,502	-0.8%	0.26%
2048	1,531,684	104,744	-0.82%	0.23%
2049	1,518,941	104,975	-0.83%	0.22%
2050	1,506,179	105,193	-0.84%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.