Latvia vs Russia
Latvia vs Russia: Population growth
Population growth in 2023: -0.29% a year in Latvia and -0.32% a year in Russia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Latvia, by 0.04 percentage points.
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- Latvia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Russia.
- In 2023, Latvia ranked 194 and Russia ranked 195 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Latvia at -1.03% a year and Russia at -0.08% a year in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Latvia | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.29 | -0.32 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.43 | 0.13 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.91 | -0.48 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.73 | -0.25 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -0.64 | 0.03 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -0.74 | 0.11 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | -0.81 | 0.22 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | -0.96 | 0.34 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | -0.87 | 0.31 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | -0.77 | 0.22 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | -1.11 | 0.23 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -1.03 | 0.21 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | -1.44 | 0.14 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | -2.2 | 0.02 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -1.98 | 0.08 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -1.33 | 0 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | -0.78 | -0.07 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | -0.87 | -0.27 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | -0.99 | -0.42 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | -1.18 | -0.39 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | -1 | -0.46 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | -0.94 | 0.26 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | -1.37 | -0.5 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | -1.18 | -0.32 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | -0.72 | -0.39 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | -0.9 | -0.14 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | -1 | -0.16 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | -1.02 | -0.16 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | -1.25 | -0.12 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | -1.57 | 0.25 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | -1.78 | -0.16 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | -2.15 | -0.89 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | -0.45 | 0.18 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | -0.39 | 0.45 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.04 | 0.49 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 0.91 | 0.76 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.08 | 0.9 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 0.67 | 0.78 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 0.62 | 0.77 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 0.62 | 0.83 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 0.56 | 0.71 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 0.4 | 0.57 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 0.26 | 0.55 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 0.24 | 0.55 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.41 | 0.67 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 0.61 | 0.7 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 0.86 | 0.62 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 0.89 | 0.56 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 0.76 | 0.58 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 0.81 | 0.55 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 0.84 | 0.4 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 0.86 | 0.53 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 0.89 | 0.55 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 0.95 | 0.58 | 2 |
| 1966 | 0.96 | 0.69 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 0.95 | 0.73 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 1.1 | 0.87 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 1.06 | 1.02 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 1.23 | 1.33 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.2 | 1.44 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.05 | 1.31 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.19 | 1.59 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.07 | 1.62 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 0.96 | 1.58 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 0.94 | 1.54 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 0.91 | 1.54 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 0.79 | 1.43 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 0.81 | 1.42 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 0.8 | 1.39 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 0.78 | 1.4 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Latvia | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.84-1.56–-0.22 | -0.53-1.02–0.19 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -1.13-2.13–-0.27 | -0.61-1.13–0.24 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.78-1.88–0.22 | -0.23-0.77–0.26 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.8-1.99–0.38 | -0.26-0.78–0.25 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.8-2.1–0.52 | -0.27-0.79–0.27 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.82-2.22–0.62 | -0.28-0.84–0.31 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.85-2.28–0.71 | -0.28-0.84–0.26 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.82-2.36–0.76 | -0.3-0.9–0.27 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.83-2.38–0.78 | -0.29-0.86–0.31 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.82-2.45–0.87 | -0.28-0.85–0.31 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.8-2.46–0.84 | -0.27-0.86–0.32 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.79-2.4–1.07 | -0.26-0.85–0.31 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.79-2.39–0.98 | -0.25-0.87–0.36 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.78-2.53–1.01 | -0.25-0.88–0.41 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.78-2.64–1.02 | -0.23-0.86–0.41 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.8-2.65–1.01 | -0.22-0.88–0.42 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.78-2.65–1.24 | -0.19-0.87–0.45 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.79-2.73–1.1 | -0.18-0.85–0.45 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.77-2.7–1.13 | -0.16-0.84–0.47 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.79-2.75–1.12 | -0.16-0.83–0.51 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.79-2.71–1.09 | -0.15-0.78–0.5 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.82-2.79–1.12 | -0.14-0.8–0.5 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.8-2.8–1.14 | -0.13-0.82–0.55 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.81-2.91–1.23 | -0.14-0.79–0.5 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.83-2.9–1.28 | -0.15-0.83–0.49 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.84-2.87–1.1 | -0.17-0.86–0.52 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.85-3.01–1.25 | -0.18-0.9–0.43 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.85-2.97–1.3 | -0.2-0.88–0.43 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.92-3.23–1.28 | -0.2-0.92–0.43 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.93-3.27–1.21 | -0.24-0.99–0.4 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.95-3.29–1.12 | -0.24-0.95–0.42 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.96-3.28–1.07 | -0.26-0.98–0.39 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.99-3.4–1.04 | -0.26-1.03–0.35 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -1.01-3.42–1.14 | -0.26-0.99–0.42 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -1.01-3.41–1.22 | -0.28-1.02–0.39 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -1.01-3.39–1.13 | -0.27-0.98–0.4 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -1.03-3.41–1.06 | -0.25-0.99–0.43 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -1.02-3.54–1.14 | -0.27-1.02–0.4 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -1.02-3.52–1.2 | -0.25-1.01–0.43 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -1.03-3.61–1.17 | -0.27-1.05–0.41 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -1.04-3.53–1.24 | -0.26-1.04–0.44 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -1.05-3.68–1.18 | -0.25-1–0.42 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -1.02-3.63–1.18 | -0.24-1.04–0.46 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -1.04-3.64–1.2 | -0.22-1.02–0.5 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -1.03-3.82–1.14 | -0.22-1.08–0.48 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -1.01-3.83–1.16 | -0.22-1.03–0.52 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -1.01-3.85–1.25 | -0.21-1.04–0.53 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -1.01-3.85–1.1 | -0.22-0.99–0.54 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.99-3.86–1.25 | -0.18-1.03–0.54 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -1-3.84–1.24 | -0.17-0.99–0.57 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -1.01-3.95–1.17 | -0.16-0.97–0.59 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -1.01-4.02–1.24 | -0.14-1–0.59 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -1.01-4.08–1.26 | -0.12-1–0.63 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -1-4.13–1.25 | -0.12-1.02–0.59 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -1-4.19–1.17 | -0.11-0.96–0.66 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -1.01-4.14–1.24 | -0.1-0.95–0.65 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -1-4.16–1.23 | -0.08-0.91–0.71 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.99-4.13–1.26 | -0.07-0.95–0.68 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.98-4.31–1.23 | -0.07-0.95–0.72 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.98-4.22–1.25 | -0.06-0.93–0.66 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.96-4.12–1.23 | -0.06-0.94–0.68 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.94-4.17–1.37 | -0.06-0.95–0.69 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.95-4.09–1.32 | -0.05-0.95–0.73 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.95-4.19–1.24 | -0.04-0.92–0.75 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.94-4.15–1.43 | -0.04-1–0.73 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.93-4.08–1.45 | -0.04-0.97–0.73 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.94-4.07–1.38 | -0.04-0.96–0.72 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.94-4.2–1.39 | -0.04-0.92–0.75 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.95-4.26–1.39 | -0.06-0.91–0.72 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.94-4.34–1.46 | -0.04-0.94–0.75 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.96-4.29–1.43 | -0.04-0.99–0.76 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.97-4.39–1.47 | -0.05-1.02–0.76 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.98-4.41–1.42 | -0.07-1.02–0.77 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.99-4.48–1.39 | -0.06-1.06–0.73 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -1.01-4.49–1.34 | -0.08-1.04–0.68 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -1.02-4.6–1.3 | -0.08-1.06–0.69 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -1.03-4.75–1.28 | -0.08-1.06–0.7 | -0.13 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Latvia vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyLatvia: 76.2 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLatvia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLatvia: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLatvia: 97.1% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionLatvia: 3.5% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateLatvia: 17 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLatvia: 1.88 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Fertility rateLatvia: 1.34 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLatvia: 68.6% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageLatvia: 43.1 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLatvia: 21.3% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLatvia: 4.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLatvia: 3.61% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLatvia: $1.6B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personLatvia: $929 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLatvia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelLatvia: 9,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerLatvia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLatvia: 0.92% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLatvia: 19 million TIV in 2024Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLatvia: 1 million TIV in 2025Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025