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Specimen · LVA

Latvia

Europe · Northern Europe

Latvia is recorded at 1.87m people in 2024, with total annual change of -15,643 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 428 · LVA

Latvia

LVA · LV
SHRINKING
population 1.87m
annual change -15,643
natural change -13,417
fertility 1.34
migrant share 11.8%

Shrinkage · peak 1989 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 220.5k

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Latvia in 2024
Births 14,017
Deaths -27,434
Natural change -13,417
Net migration -2,225
Total change -15,643
time anchors

-946,500

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Latvia
This year -15,643
Since peak -792,965 since 1989
Projected 2100 925.4k
Vanishing Point

2144

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

11.8%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 1.88m

Latvia 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 295.4k, ages 15-64 1.19m, ages 65+ 401.6k.

0-14
295.4k
15-64
1.19m
65+
401.6k
2050 2050 1.51m

Latvia 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 194.3k, ages 15-64 881.4k, ages 65+ 438.2k.

0-14
194.3k
15-64
881.4k
65+
438.2k
2100 2100 925.4k

Latvia 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 100.8k, ages 15-64 490.5k, ages 65+ 334.1k.

0-14
100.8k
15-64
490.5k
65+
334.1k
stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 1990.

crossover

1992

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

2.89

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 1989.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 1.87m -15,643 14.0k 27.4k 1.34
2030 1.78m -15,063 12.6k 26.8k 1.37
2050 1.51m -12,826 12.2k 24.7k 1.44
2080 1.12m -11,217 8.4k 19.2k 1.50
2100 925.4k -9,504 6.3k 15.8k 1.52