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How many babies are born in Latvia?

13.3 thousand babies born in Latvia in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 162nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Latvia: history and projections

10K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Latvia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.6K ~40K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2.7K ~67K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~3.5K ~86K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~21.7K ~591K 36.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~55.7K ~2.15M 25.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 33K 1.92M 17.2 UN estimate
2000 20.3K 2.37M 8.6 UN estimate
2023 14.2K 1.88M 7.6 UN estimate
2026 13.3K 1.84M 7.3 UN projection
2050 12.2K 1.51M 8.1 UN projection
2075 8.9K 1.18M 7.5 UN projection
2100 6.32K 925K 6.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Latvia among estimates through 2023 were in 1909, at about ~60.8K. That is roughly 38 times the estimated ~1.62K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.35 children per woman, fertility in Latvia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Latvia each year?

An estimated 13.3 thousand babies are born in Latvia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 37 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Latvia?

Latvia has an estimated 7.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.35 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.