Demographic profile
Latvia is the 150th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.02% of everyone alive. Within Baltic Countries, it ranks 2 of 3.
Each day brings roughly 96 births and 45 deaths, adding about 18,627 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.9% annually, the population would double in roughly 78 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Rēzekne, holding an estimated 34.3% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 7 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 85.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 17.0%, with life expectancy at about 68.4 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Latvia in 2026? Approximately 2,072,506 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Latvia growing? About 0.9% per year — roughly 96 births and 45 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Latvia? Around 0.02% — ranked 150 worldwide by population.