Latvians
Sign in to savethumb|299x299px|% of Latvians in Latvia in 2024 Latvians () 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, especially in older bibliography. Latvians share a common Latvian language, culture, history and ancestry.
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Latvians are a Baltic ethnic group native to Latvia who share a common language, culture, history, and ancestry. They represent a distinct nation with a cultural and historical identity rooted in their region of the Baltics.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.pop43
- 14 (2011)
- Ethnic group.group
- Latvians
- Ethnic group.native_name
- latvieši
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- lv
- Ethnic group.population
- 1.7 million center|frameless|260x260px
- Ethnic group.popplace
- 1,187,891 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 124,000 (2020)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 85,723 (2019)
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 53,000 (2021)
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 30,725 (2016)
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 25,000 (2002)
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 23,233 (2021)
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- Influences
- Religion
- Language
- Genetics
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thumb|299x299px|% of Latvians in Latvia in 2024 Latvians () 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, especially in older bibliography. Latvians share a common Latvian language, culture, history and ancestry.
==History== A Balto-Finnic-speaking tribe known as the Livs settled among the northern coast of modern day Latvia. The Germanic settlers derived their name for the natives from the term Liv. They referred to all the natives as "Letts" and the nation as "Lettland", naming their colony Livonia or Livland.