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Inhabitants of Latvia - ethnicity and citizenship



Citizens

% of citizens

Non-citizens

% of non-citizens

Others

%

Total

%

% of ethnicity with citizens

Latvians

1355067

75.16

2536

0.53

936

2.82

1358539

58.62

99.7

Russians

327293

18.15

321743

66.84

19362

58.24

668410

28.84

49.0

Belarusians

25939

1.44

62148

12.91

1829

5.50

89916

3.88

28.8

Ukrainians

10974

0.61

45231

9.40

3613

10.87

59819

2.58

18.3

Poles

40209

2.23

16488

3.43

495

1.49

57192

2.47

70.3

Lithuanians

16977

0.94

13662

2.84

1382

4.16

32021

1.38

53.0

Jews

6443

0.36

3176

0.66

308

0.93

9927

0.43

64.9

Roma

7773

0.43

601

0.12

29

0.09

8403

0.36

92.5

Germans

1922

0.11

1505

0.31

269

0.81

3696

0.16

52.0

Tartars

454

0.03

2298

0.48

218

0.66

2970

0.13

17.0

Armenians

680

0.04

1650

0.34

340

1.02

2670

0.12

25.4

Estonians

1466

0.08

775

0.16

308

0.93

2549

0.11

57.5

Moldovans

378

0.02

1373

0.29

123

0.37

1874

0.08

20.1

Azerbaijanis

348

0.02

1224

0.25

162

0.49

1734

0.07

20.0

Georgians

352

0.02

592

0.12

88

0.26

1032

0.04

34.1

Others

6576

0.36

6336

1.32

3786

11.39

16702

0.72

39.3

Total

1802851

78

481338

21

33248

1

2317454


78

Data of the Population Register as of 01.01.2004


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