What is the difference in population between Latvia and Slovenia?

235,990 people, with Slovenia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Slovenia?

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.

Latvia vs Slovenia: Population

Latvia

1.88 million people

in 2023

Slovenia

2.12 million people

in 2023

Latvia rank

150th

Slovenia rank

149th

Population over time

Latvia
Slovenia

How they compare

Slovenia currently reports 2.12 million people against 1.88 million people in Latvia, a difference of 235,990 people.

That makes Slovenia's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Slovenia ahead.

Latvia ranks 150th and Slovenia ranks 149th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 22 and Slovenia in 18.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Slovenia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	66,543 people	192,267 people	125,724 people	Slovenia
1100s	70,045 people	199,388 people	129,343 people	Slovenia
1200s	73,732 people	206,773 people	133,041 people	Slovenia
1300s	77,612 people	214,431 people	136,819 people	Slovenia
1400s	81,697 people	222,373 people	140,676 people	Slovenia
1500s	85,997 people	230,609 people	144,612 people	Slovenia
1600s	90,523 people	239,150 people	148,627 people	Slovenia
1700s	95,288 people	248,008 people	152,720 people	Slovenia
1710s	111,169 people	258,131 people	146,962 people	Slovenia
1720s	129,697 people	268,667 people	138,970 people	Slovenia
1730s	151,314 people	279,633 people	128,319 people	Slovenia
1740s	176,533 people	291,046 people	114,513 people	Slovenia
1750s	205,955 people	302,926 people	96,971 people	Slovenia
1760s	240,281 people	315,290 people	75,009 people	Slovenia
1770s	280,328 people	328,159 people	47,831 people	Slovenia
1780s	327,049 people	341,553 people	14,504 people	Slovenia
1790s	381,557 people	355,494 people	26,063 people	Latvia
1800s	590,588 people	469,664 people	120,924 people	Latvia
1810s	590,782 people	469,747 people	121,035 people	Latvia
1820s	637,046 people	489,079 people	147,967 people	Latvia
1830s	748,643 people	533,525 people	215,118 people	Latvia
1840s	880,839 people	582,400 people	298,438 people	Latvia
1850s	1.04 million people	635,151 people	400,300 people	Latvia
1860s	1.22 million people	691,899 people	524,040 people	Latvia
1870s	1.43 million people	753,714 people	674,172 people	Latvia
1880s	1.68 million people	821,048 people	855,718 people	Latvia
1890s	1.97 million people	894,393 people	1.07 million people	Latvia
1900s	2.31 million people	974,286 people	1.34 million people	Latvia
1910s	2.18 million people	1.06 million people	1.12 million people	Latvia
1920s	1.85 million people	1.16 million people	692,785 people	Latvia
1930s	1.90 million people	1.26 million people	633,805 people	Latvia
1940s	1.92 million people	1.38 million people	539,448 people	Latvia
1950s	2.00 million people	1.52 million people	475,165 people	Latvia
1960s	2.24 million people	1.67 million people	570,436 people	Latvia
1970s	2.44 million people	1.81 million people	629,294 people	Latvia
1980s	2.58 million people	1.95 million people	632,057 people	Latvia
1990s	2.52 million people	1.99 million people	529,438 people	Latvia
2000s	2.26 million people	2.00 million people	252,147 people	Latvia
2010s	1.99 million people	2.06 million people	67,649 people	Slovenia
2020s	1.89 million people	2.11 million people	224,842 people	Slovenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Latvia or Slovenia?: Slovenia, at 2.12 million people against 1.88 million people in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Latvia and Slovenia?: 235,990 people, with Slovenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Slovenia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Latvia and Slovenia rank globally for population?: Latvia ranks 150th and Slovenia ranks 149th 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.