Population on 1 January in Latvia

Latvia had 1,860,565 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population on 1 January Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Latvia, 2025 1,860,565 People
Change from 2024 −1.0% 2024: 1,878,575 people
European Union, 2025 450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 31st of 40 See the full ranking

Population on 1 January in Latvia over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January (people), 2001 to 2025
Period LatviaEuropean Union
2025 1,860,565 people 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 1,878,575 people 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 1,895,239 people 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 1,875,757 people 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2021 1,893,223 people 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 1,907,675 people 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated)
2019 1,919,968 people 446,149,924 people
2018 1,934,379 people 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated)
2017 1,950,116 people 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 1,968,957 people 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated)
2015 1,986,096 people 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 2,001,468 people 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 2,023,825 people 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series)
2012 2,044,813 people 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 2,074,605 people 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 2,120,504 people 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 2,162,834 people 440,047,892 people
2008 2,191,810 people 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 2,208,840 people 437,227,496 people
2006 2,227,874 people 435,816,236 people
2005 2,249,724 people 434,416,272 people
2004 2,276,520 people 432,762,039 people
2003 2,299,390 people 431,190,184 people
2002 2,320,956 people 429,723,142 people
2001 2,353,384 people 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.0% from 1,878,575 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,986,096 people, the figure has changed by −6.3%.
  • Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Latvia has the 31st highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_pjan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Latvia
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat