Latvia
Net migration rate in Latvia
Net migration rate in Latvia: 3.1 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 4.2 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 4.2 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- +1.1 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 45 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- -0.1 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -16.3 per 1,000 people and 15.3 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 14.2 per 1,000 people in 1959, the lowest -20 per 1,000 people in 1992.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Latvia |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 11.7 |
| 2021 | -0.1 |
| 2020 | -1.7 |
| 2019 | -1.8 |
| 2018 | -2.6 |
| 2017 | -4.1 |
| 2016 | -6.3 |
| 2015 | -5.5 |
| 2014 | -4.4 |
| 2013 | -7.1 |
| 2012 | -5.9 |
| 2011 | -9.8 |
| 2010 | -17.2 |
| 2009 | -16.3 |
| 2008 | -10.3 |
| 2007 | -3.6 |
| 2006 | -4.2 |
| 2005 | -5 |
| 2004 | -6.7 |
| 2003 | -5 |
| 2002 | -4 |
| 2001 | -8 |
| 2000 | -6.6 |
| 1999 | -1.4 |
| 1998 | -2.3 |
| 1997 | -3.8 |
| 1996 | -4 |
| 1995 | -5.3 |
| 1994 | -8.5 |
| 1993 | -12.8 |
| 1992 | -20 |
| 1991 | -4.5 |
| 1990 | -5 |
| 1989 | -1.9 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1987 | 7.3 |
| 1986 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 4.7 |
| 1984 | 3.5 |
| 1983 | 3.2 |
| 1982 | 3.2 |
| 1981 | 2.6 |
| 1980 | 1.2 |
| 1979 | 1.5 |
| 1978 | 3 |
| 1977 | 4.8 |
| 1976 | 3.6 |
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1974 | 5.9 |
| 1973 | 6.6 |
| 1972 | 4.6 |
| 1971 | 4.6 |
| 1970 | 5.3 |
| 1969 | 5.9 |
| 1968 | 5.8 |
| 1967 | 6.2 |
| 1966 | 5.9 |
| 1965 | 5.9 |
| 1964 | 5.8 |
| 1963 | 5.6 |
| 1962 | 5.7 |
| 1961 | 5.7 |
| 1960 | 5.4 |
| 1959 | 14.2 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1957 | 5.6 |
| 1956 | 5.2 |
| 1955 | 4.8 |
| 1954 | 4.5 |
| 1953 | 4.2 |
| 1952 | 3.8 |
| 1951 | 3.5 |
| 1950 | 3.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Latvia |
|---|---|
| 2024 | -1.2-8.4–4.7 |
| 2025 | -4-13.6–4.4 |
| 2026 | -0.2-10.7–9.3 |
| 2027 | -0.2-11.7–10.9 |
| 2028 | -0.2-12.1–11.9 |
| 2029 | -0.3-12.8–13 |
| 2030 | -0.5-13.3–13.3 |
| 2031 | -0.2-14.5–14.3 |
| 2032 | -0.3-14–13.5 |
| 2033 | -0.2-14.1–14 |
| 2034 | -0-14.1–14.5 |
| 2035 | 0.1-13.7–15.7 |
| 2036 | -0.1-14.4–14.6 |
| 2037 | -0-14.9–15.1 |
| 2038 | -0.2-15–14.8 |
| 2039 | -0.4-15.7–14.2 |
| 2040 | -0.2-15.3–16 |
| 2041 | -0.4-16–15.4 |
| 2042 | -0.2-15.8–15.2 |
| 2043 | -0.3-15.9–14.7 |
| 2044 | -0.3-16–15.3 |
| 2045 | -0.5-16–15 |
| 2046 | -0.3-15.5–15.4 |
| 2047 | -0.3-15.7–16.2 |
| 2048 | -0.3-15.1–16.6 |
| 2049 | -0.3-15.9–15.5 |
| 2050 | -0.2-16.2–15.7 |
| 2051 | -0-16.1–16.6 |
| 2052 | -0.5-17–15.8 |
| 2053 | -0.5-17–15.7 |
| 2054 | -0.5-17–15 |
| 2055 | -0.4-16.4–14.9 |
| 2056 | -0.5-16.3–14.7 |
| 2057 | -0.5-16–15 |
| 2058 | -0.4-16.5–16.5 |
| 2059 | -0.3-16–15.3 |
| 2060 | -0.4-15.9–14.5 |
| 2061 | -0.2-16.2–14.7 |
| 2062 | -0.2-15.8–15 |
| 2063 | -0.3-16–15.8 |
| 2064 | -0.4-15.3–14.4 |
| 2065 | -0.5-16.2–15.6 |
| 2066 | -0.3-16.5–14.7 |
| 2067 | -0.4-16.6–14.8 |
| 2068 | -0.5-16.2–14.9 |
| 2069 | -0.2-16.2–14.6 |
| 2070 | -0.3-16.1–15.3 |
| 2071 | -0.3-15.7–14.6 |
| 2072 | -0.2-15.8–15.7 |
| 2073 | -0.2-15.7–14.9 |
| 2074 | -0.4-15.9–14.2 |
| 2075 | -0.4-16.1–15.7 |
| 2076 | -0.4-16.9–15 |
| 2077 | -0.3-16.5–15 |
| 2078 | -0.4-16.3–15.7 |
| 2079 | -0.5-15.7–15.2 |
| 2080 | -0.4-16.1–15.1 |
| 2081 | -0.3-15.3–15.6 |
| 2082 | -0.3-16.4–15.2 |
| 2083 | -0.3-16–15.5 |
| 2084 | -0.2-15.3–15.2 |
| 2085 | -0.1-14.8–16.8 |
| 2086 | -0.2-14.6–15.5 |
| 2087 | -0.2-15.6–15.1 |
| 2088 | -0.1-16–16 |
| 2089 | -0.1-16.2–16.1 |
| 2090 | -0.2-16–16.9 |
| 2091 | -0.2-16.3–16 |
| 2092 | -0.2-15.4–15.7 |
| 2093 | -0.1-17–15.6 |
| 2094 | -0.1-15.6–16.1 |
| 2095 | -0.1-15.5–15.9 |
| 2096 | -0.2-15.8–15.5 |
| 2097 | -0.1-16.6–16.1 |
| 2098 | -0.2-16.4–15.6 |
| 2099 | -0.1-16.4–14.1 |
| 2100 | -0.1-16.3–15.3 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- 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.
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- Military spending3.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.6B in 2025
- Military spending per person$929 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025