Demographics of Latvia

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

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As of 2021, the population of Latvia is projected at 1.87 million, down by 1.02% compared with 1.89 million in 2020. Latvia is ranked 151st in terms of population and 232nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 19.07 thousand births in Latvia in 2021. That is 52 per day, which is ranked 157th. The crude birth rate is 10.19 per 1000 people. There are 27.82 thousand deaths in Latvia in 2021. That is 76 per day, which is ranked 133rd. The crude death rate is 14.87 per 1000 people.

1.28 million people are living in urban areas, which is 68.42% of Latvia population. Latvia is ranked 104th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Latvia in 2021 is 85.60 males per 100 females. There are 0.86 million males and 1.01 million females in Latvia. The percentage of female population is 53.88% compare to 46.12% male population. Latvia has 0.14 million more females than males. Latvia is at 6th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Latvia population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,926,568	-
1955	2,001,570	1.07
1960	2,129,584	1.31
1965	2,266,938	1.16
1970	2,378,022	0.88
1975	2,469,439	0.61
1980	2,521,381	0.38
1985	2,580,763	0.65
1990	2,664,447	0.02
1995	2,508,476	-1.38
2000	2,384,150	-0.99
2005	2,251,996	-1.18
2010	2,118,855	-1.21
2015	1,997,675	-1.16
2016	1,974,265	-1.17
2017	1,951,097	-1.17
2018	1,928,461	-1.16
2019	1,906,740	-1.13
2020	1,886,202	-1.08
2021	1,866,934	-1.02

Population
Growth

Latvia death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	25,341	32,589	13.10	16.90
1955	23,026	34,311	11.46	17.06
1960	22,193	34,568	10.42	16.23
1965	23,338	33,165	10.31	14.66
1970	26,054	33,804	10.96	14.21
1975	29,672	34,647	12.05	14.07
1980	32,286	36,255	12.79	14.36
1985	32,374	40,809	12.48	15.73
1990	34,975	35,956	13.35	13.73
1995	36,713	23,532	14.54	9.29
2000	33,865	19,312	14.21	8.13
2005	32,528	22,020	14.46	9.79
2010	30,285	22,048	14.26	10.38
2015	28,176	20,954	14.12	10.50
2020	27,966	19,658	14.80	10.40
2021	27,824	19,073	14.87	10.19

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Latvia
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	894,408	1,032,160	-	46.425
1955	990,984	1,010,586	2.35	49.510
1960	1,125,840	1,003,746	2.87	52.867
1965	1,288,355	978,586	2.58	56.832
1970	1,443,775	934,242	2.17	60.713
1975	1,584,316	885,120	1.68	64.157
1980	1,691,732	829,653	1.00	67.095
1985	1,769,371	811,380	1.06	68.560
1990	1,845,109	819,323	0.09	69.250
1995	1,724,586	783,887	-1.60	68.750
2000	1,622,821	761,342	-1.22	68.067
2005	1,531,348	720,635	-1.03	68.000
2010	1,437,458	681,390	-1.19	67.841
2015	1,354,612	638,051	-1.12	67.980
2020	1,293,197	599,796	-0.81	68.315
2021	1,283,253	592,276	-0.77	68.421

Population
Urbanization

Latvia population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	61,946	57,051	118,997	6.37	108.580
05-09	48,755	44,918	93,673	5.02	108.542
10-14	51,783	48,594	100,377	5.38	106.563
15-19	45,231	43,981	89,212	4.78	102.842
20-24	34,128	31,774	65,902	3.53	107.409
25-29	55,219	51,547	106,766	5.72	107.124
30-34	71,560	68,359	139,919	7.49	104.683
35-39	62,680	60,625	123,305	6.60	103.390
40-44	58,229	59,346	117,575	6.30	98.118
45-49	63,663	67,513	131,176	7.03	94.297
50-54	55,930	61,550	117,480	6.29	90.869
55-59	63,927	75,520	139,447	7.47	84.649
60-64	57,064	73,056	130,120	6.97	78.110
65-69	48,515	73,107	121,622	6.51	66.362
70-74	28,000	48,767	76,767	4.11	57.416
75-79	26,007	57,152	83,159	4.45	45.505
80-84	15,433	37,174	52,607	2.82	41.516
85-89	8,343	25,731	34,074	1.83	32.424
90-94	3,715	14,991	18,706	1.00	24.782
95-99	827	4,569	5,396	0.29	18.100
100+	90	564	654	0.04	15.957
Total	861,045	1,005,889	1,866,934		85.600

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