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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Yemen	Latvia	Yemen
1960	2,120,979	5,532,301	-	-
1961	2,152,681	5,655,232	1.49%	2.22%
1962	2,181,586	5,782,221	1.34%	2.25%
1963	2,210,919	5,911,135	1.34%	2.23%
1964	2,240,623	6,048,006	1.34%	2.32%
1965	2,265,919	6,195,593	1.13%	2.44%
1966	2,283,217	6,351,494	0.76%	2.52%
1967	2,301,220	6,516,444	0.79%	2.6%
1968	2,323,619	6,690,524	0.97%	2.67%
1969	2,343,173	6,875,859	0.84%	2.77%
1970	2,359,164	7,065,279	0.68%	2.75%
1971	2,376,389	7,257,462	0.73%	2.72%
1972	2,395,674	7,460,068	0.81%	2.79%
1973	2,415,819	7,672,796	0.84%	2.85%
1974	2,437,186	7,896,783	0.88%	2.92%
1975	2,456,130	8,133,598	0.78%	3%
1976	2,470,989	8,384,113	0.6%	3.08%
1977	2,485,073	8,648,222	0.57%	3.15%
1978	2,497,921	8,926,586	0.52%	3.22%
1979	2,505,953	9,224,194	0.32%	3.33%
1980	2,511,701	9,543,358	0.23%	3.46%
1981	2,519,421	9,882,362	0.31%	3.55%
1982	2,531,080	10,241,006	0.46%	3.63%
1983	2,546,011	10,621,499	0.59%	3.72%
1984	2,562,047	11,025,597	0.63%	3.8%
1985	2,578,873	11,453,825	0.66%	3.88%
1986	2,599,892	11,901,040	0.82%	3.9%
1987	2,626,583	12,369,912	1.03%	3.94%
1988	2,653,434	12,859,708	1.02%	3.96%
1989	2,666,955	13,364,174	0.51%	3.92%
1990	2,663,151	13,887,862	-0.14%	3.92%
1991	2,650,581	14,430,201	-0.47%	3.91%
1992	2,614,338	14,989,494	-1.37%	3.88%
1993	2,563,290	15,563,914	-1.95%	3.83%
1994	2,520,742	16,149,147	-1.66%	3.76%
1995	2,485,056	16,740,058	-1.42%	3.66%
1996	2,457,222	17,313,177	-1.12%	3.42%
1997	2,432,851	17,873,936	-0.99%	3.24%
1998	2,410,019	18,446,013	-0.94%	3.2%
1999	2,390,482	19,029,420	-0.81%	3.16%
2000	2,367,550	19,624,141	-0.96%	3.13%
2001	2,337,170	20,226,147	-1.28%	3.07%
2002	2,310,173	20,835,086	-1.16%	3.01%
2003	2,287,955	21,456,379	-0.96%	2.98%
2004	2,263,122	22,095,167	-1.09%	2.98%
2005	2,238,799	22,790,085	-1.07%	3.15%
2006	2,218,357	23,543,083	-0.91%	3.3%
2007	2,200,325	24,318,082	-0.81%	3.29%
2008	2,177,322	25,111,941	-1.05%	3.26%
2009	2,141,669	25,927,724	-1.64%	3.25%
2010	2,097,555	26,754,387	-2.06%	3.19%
2011	2,059,709	27,582,897	-1.8%	3.1%
2012	2,034,319	28,433,647	-1.23%	3.08%
2013	2,012,647	29,312,952	-1.07%	3.09%
2014	1,993,782	30,226,309	-0.94%	3.12%
2015	1,977,527	31,159,379	-0.82%	3.09%
2016	1,959,537	32,109,010	-0.91%	3.05%
2017	1,942,248	33,090,921	-0.88%	3.06%
2018	1,927,174	34,085,182	-0.78%	3%
2019	1,913,822	35,111,408	-0.69%	3.01%
2020	1,900,449	36,134,863	-0.7%	2.91%
2021	1,884,490	37,140,230	-0.84%	2.78%
2022	1,879,383	38,222,876	-0.27%	2.92%
2023	1,877,445	39,390,799	-0.1%	3.06%
2024	1,862,441	40,583,164	-0.8%	3.03%
2025	1,844,219	41,773,871	-0.98%	2.93%
2026	1,826,681	42,961,650	-0.95%	2.84%
2027	1,812,384	44,145,620	-0.78%	2.76%
2028	1,797,965	45,323,685	-0.8%	2.67%
2029	1,783,455	46,497,573	-0.81%	2.59%
2030	1,768,667	47,667,649	-0.83%	2.52%
2031	1,753,985	48,827,503	-0.83%	2.43%
2032	1,739,582	49,979,089	-0.82%	2.36%
2033	1,725,261	51,129,867	-0.82%	2.3%
2034	1,711,332	52,279,989	-0.81%	2.25%
2035	1,697,827	53,429,308	-0.79%	2.2%
2036	1,684,492	54,578,046	-0.79%	2.15%
2037	1,671,323	55,724,259	-0.78%	2.1%
2038	1,658,336	56,872,152	-0.78%	2.06%
2039	1,645,282	58,024,713	-0.79%	2.03%
2040	1,632,376	59,181,514	-0.78%	1.99%
2041	1,619,616	60,345,667	-0.78%	1.97%
2042	1,607,019	61,517,965	-0.78%	1.94%
2043	1,594,558	62,696,517	-0.78%	1.92%
2044	1,582,077	63,880,172	-0.78%	1.89%
2045	1,569,454	65,066,344	-0.8%	1.86%
2046	1,556,840	66,253,578	-0.8%	1.82%
2047	1,544,315	67,438,796	-0.8%	1.79%
2048	1,531,684	68,620,844	-0.82%	1.75%
2049	1,518,941	69,799,794	-0.83%	1.72%
2050	1,506,179	70,976,389	-0.84%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.