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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Zambia	Latvia	Zambia
1960	2,120,979	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,152,681	3,254,086	1.49%	3.18%
1962	2,181,586	3,358,099	1.34%	3.2%
1963	2,210,919	3,465,907	1.34%	3.21%
1964	2,240,623	3,577,017	1.34%	3.21%
1965	2,265,919	3,692,086	1.13%	3.22%
1966	2,283,217	3,812,003	0.76%	3.25%
1967	2,301,220	3,936,343	0.79%	3.26%
1968	2,323,619	4,065,593	0.97%	3.28%
1969	2,343,173	4,197,116	0.84%	3.24%
1970	2,359,164	4,321,718	0.68%	2.97%
1971	2,376,389	4,442,525	0.73%	2.8%
1972	2,395,674	4,569,309	0.81%	2.85%
1973	2,415,819	4,702,693	0.84%	2.92%
1974	2,437,186	4,842,746	0.88%	2.98%
1975	2,456,130	4,990,086	0.78%	3.04%
1976	2,470,989	5,143,842	0.6%	3.08%
1977	2,485,073	5,302,480	0.57%	3.08%
1978	2,497,921	5,465,374	0.52%	3.07%
1979	2,505,953	5,631,728	0.32%	3.04%
1980	2,511,701	5,802,833	0.23%	3.04%
1981	2,519,421	5,983,289	0.31%	3.11%
1982	2,531,080	6,178,637	0.46%	3.26%
1983	2,546,011	6,381,038	0.59%	3.28%
1984	2,562,047	6,580,490	0.63%	3.13%
1985	2,578,873	6,780,953	0.66%	3.05%
1986	2,599,892	6,986,471	0.82%	3.03%
1987	2,626,583	7,191,282	1.03%	2.93%
1988	2,653,434	7,391,440	1.02%	2.78%
1989	2,666,955	7,589,216	0.51%	2.68%
1990	2,663,151	7,786,169	-0.14%	2.6%
1991	2,650,581	7,981,650	-0.47%	2.51%
1992	2,614,338	8,176,680	-1.37%	2.44%
1993	2,563,290	8,373,921	-1.95%	2.41%
1994	2,520,742	8,576,269	-1.66%	2.42%
1995	2,485,056	8,785,763	-1.42%	2.44%
1996	2,457,222	9,004,053	-1.12%	2.48%
1997	2,432,851	9,237,063	-0.99%	2.59%
1998	2,410,019	9,482,408	-0.94%	2.66%
1999	2,390,482	9,740,005	-0.81%	2.72%
2000	2,367,550	10,017,631	-0.96%	2.85%
2001	2,337,170	10,325,185	-1.28%	3.07%
2002	2,310,173	10,647,949	-1.16%	3.13%
2003	2,287,955	10,983,595	-0.96%	3.15%
2004	2,263,122	11,338,198	-1.09%	3.23%
2005	2,238,799	11,718,819	-1.07%	3.36%
2006	2,218,357	12,129,553	-0.91%	3.5%
2007	2,200,325	12,565,085	-0.81%	3.59%
2008	2,177,322	13,021,324	-1.05%	3.63%
2009	2,141,669	13,490,389	-1.64%	3.6%
2010	2,097,555	13,965,594	-2.06%	3.52%
2011	2,059,709	14,437,796	-1.8%	3.38%
2012	2,034,319	14,913,629	-1.23%	3.3%
2013	2,012,647	15,398,997	-1.07%	3.25%
2014	1,993,782	15,895,315	-0.94%	3.22%
2015	1,977,527	16,399,089	-0.82%	3.17%
2016	1,959,537	16,914,423	-0.91%	3.14%
2017	1,942,248	17,441,320	-0.88%	3.12%
2018	1,927,174	17,973,569	-0.78%	3.05%
2019	1,913,822	18,513,839	-0.69%	3.01%
2020	1,900,449	19,059,395	-0.7%	2.95%
2021	1,884,490	19,603,607	-0.84%	2.86%
2022	1,879,383	20,152,938	-0.27%	2.8%
2023	1,877,445	20,723,965	-0.1%	2.83%
2024	1,862,441	21,314,956	-0.8%	2.85%
2025	1,844,219	21,913,869	-0.98%	2.81%
2026	1,826,681	22,521,905	-0.95%	2.77%
2027	1,812,384	23,138,716	-0.78%	2.74%
2028	1,797,965	23,761,368	-0.8%	2.69%
2029	1,783,455	24,389,681	-0.81%	2.64%
2030	1,768,667	25,024,887	-0.83%	2.6%
2031	1,753,985	25,666,496	-0.83%	2.56%
2032	1,739,582	26,311,946	-0.82%	2.51%
2033	1,725,261	26,960,073	-0.82%	2.46%
2034	1,711,332	27,611,621	-0.81%	2.42%
2035	1,697,827	28,266,887	-0.79%	2.37%
2036	1,684,492	28,925,103	-0.79%	2.33%
2037	1,671,323	29,583,482	-0.78%	2.28%
2038	1,658,336	30,240,549	-0.78%	2.22%
2039	1,645,282	30,895,586	-0.79%	2.17%
2040	1,632,376	31,550,394	-0.78%	2.12%
2041	1,619,616	32,204,340	-0.78%	2.07%
2042	1,607,019	32,856,596	-0.78%	2.03%
2043	1,594,558	33,510,500	-0.78%	1.99%
2044	1,582,077	34,165,920	-0.78%	1.96%
2045	1,569,454	34,821,101	-0.8%	1.92%
2046	1,556,840	35,475,795	-0.8%	1.88%
2047	1,544,315	36,129,270	-0.8%	1.84%
2048	1,531,684	36,782,260	-0.82%	1.81%
2049	1,518,941	37,434,667	-0.83%	1.77%
2050	1,506,179	38,083,369	-0.84%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.