Latvia vs Russia: Population growth rate

Latvia

-0.3%

in 2023

Russia

-0.3%

in 2023

Latvia rank

200th

Russia rank

201st

Population growth rate over time

Latvia currently reports -0.3% against -0.3% in Russia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Russia ahead.

Globally, Latvia ranks 200th and Russia ranks 201st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.