Latvia vs Uruguay: World population growth
Latvia
-1.0%
in 2100
Uruguay
-1.0%
in 2100
Latvia rank
214th
Uruguay rank
213th
World population growth over time
- Latvia
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports -1.0% against -1.0% in Latvia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Uruguay ahead.
Latvia ranks 214th and Uruguay ranks 213th of 239 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 18.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Uruguay |
| 1800s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Latvia |
| 1900s | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.4% | Uruguay |
| 1910s | -1.8% | 2.2% | 4.0% | Uruguay |
| 1920s | -0.8% | 2.3% | 3.1% | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.4% | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Latvia |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Latvia |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Latvia |
| 1990s | -1.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | -1.2% | 0.2% | 1.3% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | -1.1% | 0.2% | 1.3% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | -0.7% | -0.1% | 0.6% | Uruguay |
| 2030s | -0.8% | -0.1% | 0.7% | Uruguay |
| 2040s | -0.8% | -0.2% | 0.6% | Uruguay |
| 2050s | -0.9% | -0.4% | 0.5% | Uruguay |
| 2060s | -1.0% | -0.6% | 0.4% | Uruguay |
| 2070s | -1.0% | -0.7% | 0.3% | Uruguay |
| 2080s | -1.0% | -0.9% | 0.1% | Uruguay |
| 2090s | -1.0% | -1.0% | 0.0% | Latvia |
| 2100s | -1.0% | -1.0% | 0.0% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Latvia or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at -1.0% against -1.0% in Latvia as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Latvia and Uruguay?
- 0.0%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Uruguay?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do Latvia and Uruguay rank globally for world population growth?
- Latvia ranks 214th and Uruguay ranks 213th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.