Ethnicity |
1989* |
2000* |
2009 |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
2,666,567 |
100.0 |
2,377,383 |
100.0 |
2,261,294 |
100.0 |
Of which |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latvians |
1,387,757 |
52.0 |
1,370,703 |
57.7 |
1,340,143 |
59.3 |
Russians |
905,515 |
34.0 |
703,243 |
29.6 |
628,535 |
27.8 |
Belarussians |
119,702 |
4.5 |
97,150 |
4.1 |
81,862 |
3.6 |
Ukrainians |
92,101 |
3.5 |
63,644 |
2.7 |
56,183 |
2.5 |
Poles |
60,416 |
2.3 |
59,505 |
2.5 |
53,177 |
2.4 |
Lithuanians |
34,630 |
1.3 |
33,430 |
1.4 |
30,415 |
1.4 |
Jews |
22,897 |
0.9 |
10,385 |
0.4 |
9,915 |
0.4 |
Gipsies |
7,044 |
0.3 |
8,205 |
0.3 |
8,570 |
0.4 |
Estonians |
3,312 |
0.1 |
2,652 |
0.1 |
2,480 |
0.1 |
Germans |
3,783 |
0.1 |
3,465 |
0.1 |
4,500 |
0.2 |
Others |
29,410 |
1.0 |
25,001 |
1.1 |
45,514** |
1,9 |
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