What is the difference in population between Guinea-Bissau and Latvia?

270,940 people, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Latvia?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea-Bissau vs Latvia: Population

Guinea-Bissau

2.15 million people

in 2023

Latvia

1.88 million people

in 2023

Guinea-Bissau rank

148th

Latvia rank

150th

Population over time

Guinea-Bissau
Latvia

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 2.15 million people against 1.88 million people in Latvia, a difference of 270,940 people.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Latvia ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th and Latvia ranks 150th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 3 and Latvia in 37.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	42,620 people	66,543 people	23,923 people	Latvia
1100s	48,709 people	70,045 people	21,336 people	Latvia
1200s	55,667 people	73,732 people	18,065 people	Latvia
1300s	63,620 people	77,612 people	13,992 people	Latvia
1400s	72,708 people	81,697 people	8,989 people	Latvia
1500s	83,095 people	85,997 people	2,902 people	Latvia
1600s	94,966 people	90,523 people	4,443 people	Guinea-Bissau
1700s	108,533 people	95,288 people	13,245 people	Guinea-Bissau
1710s	110,208 people	111,169 people	961 people	Latvia
1720s	111,981 people	129,697 people	17,716 people	Latvia
1730s	113,862 people	151,314 people	37,452 people	Latvia
1740s	115,864 people	176,533 people	60,669 people	Latvia
1750s	117,999 people	205,955 people	87,956 people	Latvia
1760s	120,284 people	240,281 people	119,997 people	Latvia
1770s	122,739 people	280,328 people	157,589 people	Latvia
1780s	125,386 people	327,049 people	201,663 people	Latvia
1790s	128,253 people	381,557 people	253,304 people	Latvia
1800s	218,167 people	590,588 people	372,421 people	Latvia
1810s	218,162 people	590,782 people	372,620 people	Latvia
1820s	216,982 people	637,046 people	420,064 people	Latvia
1830s	214,433 people	748,643 people	534,210 people	Latvia
1840s	211,911 people	880,839 people	668,928 people	Latvia
1850s	214,623 people	1.04 million people	820,829 people	Latvia
1860s	224,790 people	1.22 million people	991,148 people	Latvia
1870s	240,008 people	1.43 million people	1.19 million people	Latvia
1880s	260,325 people	1.68 million people	1.42 million people	Latvia
1890s	282,388 people	1.97 million people	1.69 million people	Latvia
1900s	306,273 people	2.31 million people	2.00 million people	Latvia
1910s	330,565 people	2.18 million people	1.85 million people	Latvia
1920s	366,971 people	1.85 million people	1.48 million people	Latvia
1930s	423,676 people	1.90 million people	1.47 million people	Latvia
1940s	495,929 people	1.92 million people	1.42 million people	Latvia
1950s	561,418 people	2.00 million people	1.44 million people	Latvia
1960s	580,338 people	2.24 million people	1.66 million people	Latvia
1970s	666,196 people	2.44 million people	1.77 million people	Latvia
1980s	891,734 people	2.58 million people	1.69 million people	Latvia
1990s	1.10 million people	2.52 million people	1.42 million people	Latvia
2000s	1.37 million people	2.26 million people	883,442 people	Latvia
2010s	1.76 million people	1.99 million people	227,349 people	Latvia
2020s	2.08 million people	1.89 million people	195,202 people	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Guinea-Bissau or Latvia?: Guinea-Bissau, at 2.15 million people against 1.88 million people in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Guinea-Bissau and Latvia?: 270,940 people, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Latvia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Latvia rank globally for population?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 148th and Latvia ranks 150th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.