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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Latvia	Zimbabwe	Latvia	Zimbabwe
1960	2,120,979	3,809,389	-	-
1961	2,152,681	3,930,401	1.49%	3.18%
1962	2,181,586	4,055,959	1.34%	3.19%
1963	2,210,919	4,185,877	1.34%	3.2%
1964	2,240,623	4,320,006	1.34%	3.2%
1965	2,265,919	4,458,462	1.13%	3.2%
1966	2,283,217	4,601,217	0.76%	3.2%
1967	2,301,220	4,748,307	0.79%	3.2%
1968	2,323,619	4,900,440	0.97%	3.2%
1969	2,343,173	5,058,181	0.84%	3.22%
1970	2,359,164	5,215,918	0.68%	3.12%
1971	2,376,389	5,374,712	0.73%	3.04%
1972	2,395,674	5,542,445	0.81%	3.12%
1973	2,415,819	5,720,404	0.84%	3.21%
1974	2,437,186	5,908,328	0.88%	3.29%
1975	2,456,130	6,098,658	0.78%	3.22%
1976	2,470,989	6,287,105	0.6%	3.09%
1977	2,485,073	6,449,512	0.57%	2.58%
1978	2,497,921	6,543,575	0.52%	1.46%
1979	2,505,953	6,647,556	0.32%	1.59%
1980	2,511,701	7,041,303	0.23%	5.92%
1981	2,519,421	7,498,635	0.31%	6.49%
1982	2,531,080	7,796,496	0.46%	3.97%
1983	2,546,011	8,098,404	0.59%	3.87%
1984	2,562,047	8,391,488	0.63%	3.62%
1985	2,578,873	8,686,813	0.66%	3.52%
1986	2,599,892	8,982,578	0.82%	3.4%
1987	2,626,583	9,284,644	1.03%	3.36%
1988	2,653,434	9,583,094	1.02%	3.21%
1989	2,666,955	9,864,798	0.51%	2.94%
1990	2,663,151	10,137,281	-0.14%	2.76%
1991	2,650,581	10,404,816	-0.47%	2.64%
1992	2,614,338	10,702,700	-1.37%	2.86%
1993	2,563,290	10,860,288	-1.95%	1.47%
1994	2,520,742	10,873,148	-1.66%	0.12%
1995	2,485,056	10,974,599	-1.42%	0.93%
1996	2,457,222	11,158,360	-1.12%	1.67%
1997	2,432,851	11,369,827	-0.99%	1.9%
1998	2,410,019	11,594,297	-0.94%	1.97%
1999	2,390,482	11,783,458	-0.81%	1.63%
2000	2,367,550	11,892,055	-0.96%	0.92%
2001	2,337,170	11,971,901	-1.28%	0.67%
2002	2,310,173	12,087,653	-1.16%	0.97%
2003	2,287,955	12,232,323	-0.96%	1.2%
2004	2,263,122	12,365,896	-1.09%	1.09%
2005	2,238,799	12,483,432	-1.07%	0.95%
2006	2,218,357	12,636,445	-0.91%	1.23%
2007	2,200,325	12,804,058	-0.81%	1.33%
2008	2,177,322	12,959,149	-1.05%	1.21%
2009	2,141,669	13,142,790	-1.64%	1.42%
2010	2,097,555	13,356,548	-2.06%	1.63%
2011	2,059,709	13,595,424	-1.8%	1.79%
2012	2,034,319	13,817,887	-1.23%	1.64%
2013	2,012,647	14,013,808	-1.07%	1.42%
2014	1,993,782	14,207,359	-0.94%	1.38%
2015	1,977,527	14,399,013	-0.82%	1.35%
2016	1,959,537	14,600,294	-0.91%	1.4%
2017	1,942,248	14,812,482	-0.88%	1.45%
2018	1,927,174	15,034,452	-0.78%	1.5%
2019	1,913,822	15,271,368	-0.69%	1.58%
2020	1,900,449	15,526,888	-0.7%	1.67%
2021	1,884,490	15,797,210	-0.84%	1.74%
2022	1,879,383	16,069,056	-0.27%	1.72%
2023	1,877,445	16,340,822	-0.1%	1.69%
2024	1,862,441	16,634,373	-0.8%	1.8%
2025	1,844,219	16,950,805	-0.98%	1.9%
2026	1,826,681	17,273,591	-0.95%	1.9%
2027	1,812,384	17,600,621	-0.78%	1.89%
2028	1,797,965	17,932,015	-0.8%	1.88%
2029	1,783,455	18,268,967	-0.81%	1.88%
2030	1,768,667	18,610,356	-0.83%	1.87%
2031	1,753,985	18,956,207	-0.83%	1.86%
2032	1,739,582	19,311,368	-0.82%	1.87%
2033	1,725,261	19,675,929	-0.82%	1.89%
2034	1,711,332	20,041,125	-0.81%	1.86%
2035	1,697,827	20,409,159	-0.79%	1.84%
2036	1,684,492	20,778,662	-0.79%	1.81%
2037	1,671,323	21,144,748	-0.78%	1.76%
2038	1,658,336	21,512,919	-0.78%	1.74%
2039	1,645,282	21,881,123	-0.79%	1.71%
2040	1,632,376	22,250,123	-0.78%	1.69%
2041	1,619,616	22,627,428	-0.78%	1.7%
2042	1,607,019	23,000,906	-0.78%	1.65%
2043	1,594,558	23,371,301	-0.78%	1.61%
2044	1,582,077	23,740,630	-0.78%	1.58%
2045	1,569,454	24,102,391	-0.8%	1.52%
2046	1,556,840	24,462,491	-0.8%	1.49%
2047	1,544,315	24,816,449	-0.8%	1.45%
2048	1,531,684	25,168,419	-0.82%	1.42%
2049	1,518,941	25,518,513	-0.83%	1.39%
2050	1,506,179	25,866,397	-0.84%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Latvia decreased by 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Latvia lost -133,308 (a 6.74% decline), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Latvia was ranked 139th most populous country in 2005 and is 149th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.