Population in largest city fell 0.464% to 0.628 mil in Latvia in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, population in largest city in Latvia reached an all time high of 0.909 mil in 1989 and an all time low of 0.597 mil in 1960. When compared to Latvia's main peers, population in largest city in Belarus amounted to 2.04 mil, 0.449 mil in Estonia, 0.540 mil in Lithuania and 12.6 mil in Russia in 2021.
Latvia has been ranked 136th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of population in largest city, 6 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population in the Largest City | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belarus | mil | 1.95 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 2.00 | 2.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 23.5 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 26.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | mil | 0.416 | 0.423 | 0.430 | 0.437 | 0.441 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | mil | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.28 | 1.29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 3.51 | 3.53 | 3.54 | 3.55 | 3.56 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 37.3 | 37.3 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | mil | 0.646 | 0.643 | 0.640 | 0.637 | 0.634 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | mil | 0.531 | 0.533 | 0.534 | 0.536 | 0.538 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | 1.74 | 1.75 | 1.76 | 1.77 | 1.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 18.6 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil | 2.89 | 2.92 | 2.94 | 2.96 | 2.97 |
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