Ethnic composition of population by calculations made by the Centre of Demography of the University of Latvia (%, according to self identification)
Ethnicity
2000
2003
2006
Total
100.0
100.0
100.0
Of which:
Latvians
59.5
60.3
60,9
Russians
29.0
28.4
27,9
Belarussians
3.7
3.6
3,4
Ukrainians
2.3
2.2
2,1
Poles
2.3
2.3
2,3
Lithuanians
1.3
1.3
1,3
Jews
0.3
0.3
0,3
Gipsies
0.3
0.4
0,4
Others
1.3
1.2
1,4