Demographics of Latvia
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 15 Apr 2024 |
There are 841k males and 969k females in Latvia. The percentage of the male population is 46.48%, compared to 53.52% of the female population. Latvia has 128k more females than males. The sex ratio in Latvia in 2024 will be 86.836 males per 100 females. Latvia has the 9th highest female-to-male ratio in the world.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,922,525 | 1.17 |
| 1955 | 2,032,505 | 1.10 |
| 1960 | 2,154,251 | 1.31 |
| 1965 | 2,287,805 | 1.02 |
| 1970 | 2,397,414 | 0.87 |
| 1975 | 2,492,528 | 0.66 |
| 1980 | 2,572,037 | 0.63 |
| 1985 | 2,655,104 | 0.48 |
| 1990 | 2,689,391 | -0.28 |
| 1995 | 2,570,151 | -1.43 |
| 2000 | 2,392,530 | -1.37 |
| 2005 | 2,233,157 | -1.34 |
| 2010 | 2,101,530 | -1.21 |
| 2015 | 1,991,955 | -0.94 |
| 2020 | 1,897,052 | -1.07 |
| 2021 | 1,873,919 | -1.38 |
| 2022 | 1,850,651 | -1.12 |
| 2023 | 1,830,211 | -1.10 |
| 2024 | 1,810,240 | -1.09 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 20,901 | 33,221 | 10.899 | 17.324 |
| 1955 | 21,813 | 33,601 | 10.758 | 16.572 |
| 1960 | 21,590 | 36,119 | 10.051 | 16.815 |
| 1965 | 23,366 | 31,804 | 10.247 | 13.948 |
| 1970 | 27,176 | 35,437 | 11.361 | 14.815 |
| 1975 | 30,575 | 35,571 | 12.293 | 14.302 |
| 1980 | 32,764 | 37,012 | 12.764 | 14.419 |
| 1985 | 34,983 | 42,071 | 13.189 | 15.861 |
| 1990 | 35,984 | 38,628 | 13.354 | 14.335 |
| 1995 | 40,064 | 23,270 | 15.531 | 9.021 |
| 2000 | 33,223 | 20,887 | 13.823 | 8.690 |
| 2005 | 34,053 | 21,786 | 15.183 | 9.714 |
| 2010 | 31,115 | 20,098 | 14.757 | 9.532 |
| 2015 | 29,737 | 22,232 | 14.884 | 11.128 |
| 2020 | 30,538 | 17,545 | 16.068 | 9.231 |
| 2021 | 36,094 | 17,024 | 19.226 | 9.068 |
| 2022 | 28,713 | 16,531 | 15.479 | 8.912 |
| 2023 | 28,600 | 15,996 | 15.595 | 8.723 |
| 2024 | 28,463 | 15,531 | 15.695 | 8.564 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 894,408 | 1,032,160 | 46.425 |
| 1955 | 990,984 | 1,010,586 | 49.510 |
| 1960 | 1,125,840 | 1,003,746 | 52.867 |
| 1965 | 1,288,355 | 978,586 | 56.832 |
| 1970 | 1,443,775 | 934,242 | 60.713 |
| 1975 | 1,584,316 | 885,120 | 64.157 |
| 1980 | 1,691,732 | 829,653 | 67.095 |
| 1985 | 1,769,371 | 811,380 | 68.560 |
| 1990 | 1,845,109 | 819,323 | 69.250 |
| 1995 | 1,724,586 | 783,887 | 68.750 |
| 2000 | 1,622,821 | 761,342 | 68.067 |
| 2005 | 1,531,348 | 720,635 | 68.000 |
| 2010 | 1,437,458 | 681,390 | 67.841 |
| 2015 | 1,354,612 | 638,051 | 67.980 |
| 2020 | 1,293,197 | 599,796 | 68.315 |
| 2021 | 1,283,253 | 592,276 | 68.421 |
| 2022 | 1,273,980 | 584,768 | 68.540 |
| 2023 | 1,265,376 | 577,282 | 68.671 |
| 2024 | 1,257,471 | 569,839 | 68.815 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 42,029 | 39,483 | 81,513 | 4.50 | 106.448 |
| 05-09 | 52,718 | 48,436 | 101,154 | 5.59 | 108.841 |
| 10-14 | 48,941 | 45,623 | 94,564 | 5.22 | 107.273 |
| 15-19 | 49,685 | 47,093 | 96,779 | 5.35 | 105.504 |
| 20-24 | 44,433 | 41,651 | 86,084 | 4.76 | 106.679 |
| 25-29 | 40,947 | 37,209 | 78,156 | 4.32 | 110.046 |
| 30-34 | 58,176 | 53,953 | 112,129 | 6.19 | 107.827 |
| 35-39 | 66,232 | 62,150 | 128,381 | 7.09 | 106.568 |
| 40-44 | 62,018 | 60,167 | 122,186 | 6.75 | 103.076 |
| 45-49 | 58,581 | 60,505 | 119,087 | 6.58 | 96.820 |
| 50-54 | 61,545 | 66,212 | 127,757 | 7.06 | 92.951 |
| 55-59 | 57,243 | 65,138 | 122,382 | 6.76 | 87.880 |
| 60-64 | 57,792 | 72,428 | 130,220 | 7.19 | 79.792 |
| 65-69 | 49,451 | 69,449 | 118,900 | 6.57 | 71.205 |
| 70-74 | 36,470 | 61,211 | 97,680 | 5.40 | 59.581 |
| 75-79 | 24,581 | 49,343 | 73,924 | 4.08 | 49.817 |
| 80-84 | 16,973 | 44,225 | 61,198 | 3.38 | 38.379 |
| 85-89 | 9,498 | 29,654 | 39,152 | 2.16 | 32.029 |
| 90-94 | 3,151 | 11,438 | 14,589 | 0.81 | 27.549 |
| 95-99 | 792 | 3,136 | 3,929 | 0.22 | 25.255 |
| 100+ | 89 | 388 | 477 | 0.03 | 22.938 |
| Total | 841,345 | 968,892 | 1,810,241 | 86.836 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio