Urban population fell 0.756% to 1.29 mil in Latvia in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Latvia reached an all time high of 1.85 mil in 1989 and an all time low of 1.12 mil in 1960. When compared to Latvia's main peers, urban population in Belarus amounted to 7.46 mil, 0.923 mil in Estonia, 1.91 mil in Lithuania and 107 mil in Russia in 2021.
Latvia has been ranked 144th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belarus | mil | 7.30 | 7.35 | 7.39 | 7.42 | 7.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 766 | 787 | 809 | 830 | 849 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | mil | 0.900 | 0.902 | 0.905 | 0.911 | 0.916 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | mil | 4.67 | 4.69 | 4.70 | 4.71 | 4.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 63.1 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 64.1 | 64.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | mil | 1.34 | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1.31 | 1.31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | mil | 1.95 | 1.93 | 1.91 | 1.90 | 1.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | 22.9 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 107 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 262 | 264 | 267 | 269 | 271 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil | 31.2 | 31.1 | 31.0 | 30.9 | 30.8 |
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