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Latvians
latvieši
Total population
c. 1.7 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
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
Languages
Latvian and its dialects
Religion
Predominantly Lutheran,[41] Roman Catholic and Latvian Orthodox minorities
Related ethnic groups
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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each among ethnic Latvians. R1a has originated in Eastern Europe and is associated with spread of Indo-European languages. R1a of Latvians is predominantly...
Rēzekne, ethnic Latvians constitute a minority of the total population. Despite a steadily increasing proportion of ethnic Latvians for more than a decade...
is spoken in the Baltic region. It is the language of Latvians and the official language of Latvia as well as one of the official languages of the European...
000 Latvian citizens died during World War II and the Nazi occupation, thousands of Latvians fled the country. The largest communities of Latvians were...
Governorate were demanding unity with other Latvian provinces (unification of Latgalian Latvians and Baltic Latvians), which came only after the Bolshevik revolution...
Alunāns' anthology. The New Latvians were also sometimes known as "Lettophiles" or "tautībnieki" ("ethnicists"). Though the New Latvians can be seen as part of...
Look up Latvian, latvian, or Lettish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Latvian may refer to: Something of, from, or related to LatviaLatvians, a Baltic...
vast majority of remaining Latvians abandoning their culture, and the descendants of the Latvians in Russia barely speak Latvian today. The victims of the...
from Latvia to the US. From 1920 to 1939, only 4,669 Latvians arrived in the United States. Toward the end of World War II, tens of thousands Latvians fled...
and Orthodox Christianity had already arrived in Latvia more than a century earlier, and many Latvians had been baptized. Meinhard settled among the Livs...
regularly. Lutheranism is the main Christian denomination among ethnic Latvians due to strong historical links with the Nordic countries and Northern Germany...
abolished, a Latvian nationalist movement, the First Latvian National Awakening, begun. Led by "Young Latvians", it encouraged Latvians to become artists...
which are the geographical group of Latvians from Courland. The Kursenieki have never designated themselves as Latvians and called their own language "Curonian...
(roughly two thirds) of Latvians, under Swedish influences, adopted Lutheranism, while the minority (the remaining third) of Latvians under Poland-Lithuania...
primarily of ethnic Latvians. The legion consisted of two divisions of the Waffen-SS: the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian), and the 19th...
hundred Latvians had established a mutual aid society (1892), the Zion Lutheran Church (1893), and various other organizations. Similar to Latvian communities...
the Latvians. The Latvian Orthodox Church as a body including ethnic Latvians as well as Russians dates back to the 1840s, when native Latvians (who...
13–14, 1941. Dov Levin, quoted in Gordon, F. Latvians and Jews Between Germany and Russia Gordon, F. Latvians and Jews Between Germany and Russia Unger,...
changing surnames, "Citizens of Latvian nationality should choose only Latvian surnames. Non-Latvians cannot choose Latvian surnames." Many of these changed...
The Government of Latvia is the central government of the Republic of Latvia. The Constitution of Latvia (Latvian: Satversme) outlines the nation as a...
DigitalCommons@NYLS. "These Names Accuse—Nominal List of Latvians Deported to Soviet Russia". latvians.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012....
family. There are few reports of Baltic tribes, the ancestors of modern Latvians, and their mythology until Christianization in the 13th century. Since...
- L - T - Victory - Loss - Draw; SO - shutouts; Saves - repel shots?; Save% - repel shots percentage List of Latvians in the Kontinental Hockey League...
This is a list of holidays in Latvia. Latvia's National Holidays, Remembrance and Festive Days, the Latvian Institute Law on public holidays, remembrance...
establish all-Latvian battalions. As the Germans were advancing into Latvia, they argued, such units would be particularly effective. Latvians knew the area...
from Latvians in their professional characteristics. Over one-third of the Russian population were engaged in industry (one-quarter of Latvians), 7% of...
entire Territorial Corps was sent to Litene camp. Before leaving the camp, Latvians drafted in 1939 were demobilised, and replaced by about 4,000 Russian soldiers...
allowed some 130,000 Latvians to escape to Sweden and Germany. [citation needed] During the war, both occupying forces conscripted Latvians into their armies...
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Latvia 1,187,891 (2021)[2][3]
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
Canada
Brazil
Australia
Ireland
Russia
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