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	1,883,710	20,723,965	0.23%	2.83%
2024	1,866,124	21,314,956	-0.93%	2.85%
2025	1,847,866	21,913,869	-0.98%	2.81%
2026	1,830,293	22,521,905	-0.95%	2.77%
2027	1,815,968	23,138,716	-0.78%	2.74%
2028	1,801,521	23,761,368	-0.8%	2.69%
2029	1,786,981	24,389,681	-0.81%	2.64%
2030	1,772,165	25,024,887	-0.83%	2.6%
2031	1,757,453	25,666,496	-0.83%	2.56%
2032	1,743,022	26,311,946	-0.82%	2.51%
2033	1,728,673	26,960,073	-0.82%	2.46%
2034	1,714,716	27,611,621	-0.81%	2.42%
2035	1,701,185	28,266,887	-0.79%	2.37%
2036	1,687,823	28,925,103	-0.79%	2.33%
2037	1,674,629	29,583,482	-0.78%	2.28%
2038	1,661,616	30,240,549	-0.78%	2.22%
2039	1,648,536	30,895,586	-0.79%	2.17%
2040	1,635,604	31,550,394	-0.78%	2.12%
2041	1,622,819	32,204,340	-0.78%	2.07%
2042	1,610,197	32,856,596	-0.78%	2.03%
2043	1,597,712	33,510,500	-0.78%	1.99%
2044	1,585,205	34,165,920	-0.78%	1.96%
2045	1,572,558	34,821,101	-0.8%	1.92%
2046	1,559,919	35,475,795	-0.8%	1.88%
2047	1,547,369	36,129,270	-0.8%	1.84%
2048	1,534,713	36,782,260	-0.82%	1.81%
2049	1,521,945	37,434,667	-0.83%	1.77%
2050	1,509,157	38,083,369	-0.84%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Latvia decreased by 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Latvia lost -129,244 (a 6.6% decline), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Latvia was ranked 140th most populous country in 2006 and is 149th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.