Ethnic group
This article is about the ethnic group called Latvians or Letts. For the inhabitants of Latvia, see
Demographics of Latvia .
Ethnic group
Latvians latvieši
c. 1.7 million [ 1]
Latvia 1,187,891 (2021) [ 2] [ 3]
Other significant population centers:
United Kingdom 124,000 (2020) [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] United States 85,723 (2019) [ 7] Germany 53,000 (2021) [ 8] Canada 30,725 (2016) [ 9] Brazil 25,000 (2002) [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Australia 23,233 (2021) [ 13] Ireland 19,933 (2016) [ 14] Russia 18,979 (2010) Norway 11,723 (2019) [ 15] Sweden 10,323 (2022) [ 16]
Other countries (fewer than 10,000)
Ukraine 5,079 (2001) [ 17] Luxembourg 4,000 Denmark 3,799 (2012) [ 18] Spain 3,711 (2011) [ 19] Estonia 3,329 (2020) [ 20] Finland 3,232 (2020) [ 21] Italy 2,689 (2014) [ 22] France 2,602 (2016)[ 23] [ 24] Lithuania 2,300 (2012) [ 25] Belarus 1,549 (2009) Portugal 1,502 [ 26] Netherlands 1,400 (2002) [ 27] Kazakhstan 1,123 (2009) [ 28] Switzerland 736 (2006) [ 29] Belgium 679 (2008) [ 30] Iceland 654 (2013) [ 31] Venezuela 300[ 32] Poland 293 (2011) [ 33] Czech Republic 193 (2011) [ 34] Austria 152 (2002) [ 35] Uzbekistan 1,800[ 36] Greece 69 (2006) [ 37] Kyrgyzstan 82 (2009) [ 38] Croatia 14 (2011) [ 39] Israel 4,000[ 40] Chile 3,000
Latvian and its dialectsPredominantly Lutheran ,[ 41] Roman Catholic and Latvian Orthodox minorities Other Balts
Latvians (Latvian : latvieši ) are a Baltic ethnic group and nation native to Latvia and the immediate geographical region, the Baltics . They are occasionally also referred to as Letts ,[ 42] [ 43] especially in older bibliography. Latvians share a common Latvian language , culture , history and ancestry.
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