Population Gains and Losses in Latvia’s State Cities, 2025

Usually resident population change in Latvia’s 10 State cities; people, 2025.

What the Data Shows

Annual population change is compared across all 10 Latvian State cities in 2025. Signed values show gains as positive and losses as negative, measured in persons. Jūrmala was the only State city to gain population, increasing by 925 residents. Riga recorded the largest decline at 6,100 people, with its release value rounded to the nearest hundred.

Data table

Unit: persons · Period: 2025

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Riga−6,1002025
2Jūrmala+9252025
3Liepāja−6752025
4Daugavpils−6402025
5Rēzekne−4512025
6Jelgava−4262025
7Jēkabpils−3292025
8Ogre−2582025
9Ventspils−2442025
10Valmiera−662025

Sources

Source 1: Population change in Latvian State cities, 2025

Publisher: Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia

Dataset/table: Official Statistics of Latvia

Units: persons

Date checked: 2026-07-16

Evidence: Supports annual population gains and losses for all 10 Latvian State cities in 2025.

Data notes & caveats

Population means the usually resident population. Riga’s change is rounded to the nearest 100 people in the official release; other city values are in persons.

Methodology

The comparison orders all 10 State cities by the absolute size of their signed annual population change.

Source consistency notes

All values use the same official population release, 2025 reference year, persons unit and State-city population basis.

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