Population growth rate in Latvia: -0.99% in 2025, ranking 209th of 217 countries. In 2010 it was -2.08%.
Data last updated · Period: 2010–2025
Understanding the chart
The line chart above tracks population growth rate in Latvia for each year from 2010 to 2025, 16 data points in all. Each dot is one year; the first and last years and the highest point are labelled with their values, and the vertical scale is in annual %. A dashed line marks zero, and the 15 years below zero are shown in red. The data table below the chart lists every value, and you can download the data, embed the chart or share it from the buttons above. The figures cover 2010–2025 and come from World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).
Key insights
- Between 2010 and 2025, Latvia's population growth rose from -2.08% to -0.99%, a rise of 1.1 percentage points.
- The highest value in this period was 0.23% in 2023; the lowest was -2.08% in 2010.
- Recently, the figure has fallen in each of the last two years (2024: -0.94%; 2025: -0.99%).
- The value was negative in 15 of the 16 years shown.
- That is 1.9 percentage points below the world figure of 0.91%.
- Latvia has the 209th-highest value of 217 countries with recent data.
- In Northern Europe, Latvia has the 13th-highest value of 13 countries with recent data; the highest is Ireland (1.63%), and the typical (median) value is 0.30%.
Analysis
Averaged over periods, the figure was -1.43% in 2010 to 2014, -0.82% in 2015 to 2019 and -0.59% in 2020 onwards. The value went up in 10 of the 15 year-to-year steps and down in 5. The biggest one-year rise came in 2012 (+0.6 percentage points). The biggest one-year fall came in 2024 (−1.2 percentage points). Year to year, the figure typically varied by about 0.5 percentage points around its average of -0.92%, a stable pattern.
Latvia and its neighbours
Population growth (annual %) among 13 countries in Northern Europe with recent data, ranked from highest to lowest.
| Rank in region | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | United Kingdom | 0.30% | 2025 |
| 8 | Sweden | 0.25% | 2025 |
| 9 | Channel Islands | 0.20% | 2025 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 0.02% | 2025 |
| 11 | Isle of Man | -0.05% | 2025 |
| 12 | Estonia | -0.43% | 2025 |
| 13 | Latvia | -0.99% | 2025 |
Latvia on related measures
- Population: 1.8 million (2025, 150th-highest of 217 countries)
- Urban population (% of total): 68.6% (2025, 96th-highest of 217 countries)
- Population density (people per sq. km): 30.3 (2023, 170th-highest of 216 countries)
- Population aged 0 to 14 (% of total): 15.2% (2025, 176th-highest of 217 countries)
- Population aged 15 to 64 (% of total): 62.6% (2025, 144th-highest of 217 countries)
Global position: Latvia's figure is higher than 4% of the 217 countries with data for this measure.
What it means
A shrinking population means fewer customers over time; businesses in Latvia increasingly serve older age groups and compete harder for each customer. Compared with its neighbours in Northern Europe, where the typical value is 0.30%, Latvia is 1.3 percentage points lower.
About this statistic
The yearly change in the total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
For the full definition, caveats and every country ranked, see Population growth (annual %) by country, 2025.
Questions and answers
What is the population growth rate in Latvia?
-0.99% (Population growth, 2025 · 209th of 217). Population growth rate in Latvia: -0.99% in 2025, ranking 209th of 217 countries. In 2010 it was -2.08%.
How has population growth in Latvia changed since 2010?
Between 2010 and 2025, Latvia's population growth rose from -2.08% to -0.99%, a rise of 1.1 percentage points. The highest value in this period was 0.23% in 2023; the lowest was -2.08% in 2010.
How this page was made
Generated by Advanton from World Bank, World Development Indicators (2010–2025), data updated 8 November 2026: chart, ranks, comparisons and text are computed from the published figures; no figures are changed. About the data.
Data
| Year | Population growth (annual %) |
|---|---|
| 2010 | -2.08% |
| 2011 | -1.82% |
| 2012 | -1.24% |
| 2013 | -1.07% |
| 2014 | -0.94% |
| 2015 | -0.82% |
| 2016 | -0.91% |
| 2017 | -0.89% |
| 2018 | -0.78% |
| 2019 | -0.70% |
| 2020 | -0.70% |
| 2021 | -0.84% |
| 2022 | -0.27% |
| 2023 | 0.23% |
| 2024 | -0.94% |
| 2025 | -0.99% |
Source and notes
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Period: 2010–2025. Coverage: Latvia.
The yearly change in the total population. Growing populations add customers and workers every year; shrinking ones change demand for many products and services.
Cite this statistic
Please also credit the original source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0).Related statistics
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