LATVIA
November 15, 2006
Major countries of destination of migrants
from Latvia are
Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Ukraine, and the United States.
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Note: The countries are listed in alphabetical order
Source: Composite
Matrix, the Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation
and Poverty.
Top Five Countries of Origin of the Foreign Population
Living in Latvia in 2001
Countries of nationality |
Number |
Percent
of total foreign population |
| Russian Federation |
39,514 |
60.9 |
| Ukraine |
6,412 |
9.9 |
| Uzbekistan |
4,432 |
6.8 |
| Belarus |
2,226 |
3.4 |
| Kazakhstan |
2,146 |
3.3 |
| All other countries |
10,188 |
15.7 |
| TOTAL |
64,918 |
100.0 |
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Source: Demographic Yearbook of Latvia. 2001. http://www.csb.lv/Satr/apubl.cfm?dala=05&nr=41.
The data are provided by the Development
Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty
According to UN Population
Division estimates, the foreign born represented 19.5 percent (449,215)
of the total population of Latvia in 2005.
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Note: Many long-term residents in Latvia who are counted as "foreign born" today were born in other republics of the
former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) before it ceased to exist as one unified country in 1991. Therefore,
the number of foreign born in contemporary Latvia may reflect the country's changed geopolitical status rather than
its immigration trends. The former USSR included 15 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Source: UN
Population Division. 2006. Trends in Total Migrant Stock: The 2005 Revision.POP/DB/MIG/Rev.2005
For more data details, go to the Development Research Centre
on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty:
http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html
Migration Information Source:
Latvia country resource page: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/latvia.cfm
Latvia's Resources:
Central Statistical Bureau: http://www.csb.lv/avidus.cfm
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