Latvia's population fell from 2.46M in 1996 to 1.85M in 2025.
Latvia · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Latvia's population growth rose from -1.1 % in 1996 to -1.0 % in 2025.
Latvia's population density fell from 40.5 in 1994 to 30.3 in 2023.
Latvia's population, female (% of total) fell from 53.9 % in 1996 to 53.6 % in 2025.
Latvia's urbanisation fell from 68.8 % in 1996 to 68.6 % in 2025.
Latvia's urban population fell from 1.69M in 1996 to 1.27M in 2025.
Latvia's rural population fell from 765,436 in 1996 to 579,603 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −8.8 %195th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −10.4 %203rd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −4.0 %4th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.2 %50th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs25th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts176th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.2 pts144th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.5 pts20th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.6 pts74th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.9 pts17th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −229.4 %145th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.8 pts73rd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +7.6 %62nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +1.0 yrs95th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.9 yrs64th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +1.1 yrs108th of 217