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Latvia vs Lesotho: Has the population peaked?

Latvia
1.88 million people
in 2023
Lesotho
2.31 million people
in 2023
Latvia rank
150th
Lesotho rank
147th

Has the population peaked? over time

  • Latvia
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2.31 million people against 1.88 million people in Latvia, a difference of 429,080 people.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 150th and Lesotho ranks 147th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Has the population peaked?
Unit
people
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

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.