Latvia
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
220000
Immigrant Population
11.8%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
161000
Emigrant Population
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Exploring Refugees’ Intentions to Return to Ukraine: Data insights and policy responses
Drawing on surveys of nearly 61,000 Ukrainians, this report finds that security, host-country support, and jobs shape Ukrainian refugees’ return plans.
European Immigrants in the United States
Once the leading source of immigrants to the United States, Europeans made up just 10 percent of U.S. immigrants in 2022. War in Ukraine pushed more Ukrainians to the United States.
Start-Up Visas: A Passport for Innovation and Growth?
Start-up visas have proliferated globally since 2010 but show mixed results, succeeding most when embedded in broader national innovation strategies.
Can Return Migration Revitalize the Baltics? Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Engage Their Diasporas, with Mixed Results
The Baltic states face one of the world's steepest demographic declines. Efforts to engage with and woo the diaspora to return are yielding uneven results.
Latvia Looks West, But Legacy of Soviets Remains
Soviet-era Russification raised Latvia's ethnic Russian share to 34 percent in 1989; post-independence emigration brought the Russian share back to 30 percent by 2000.
