Latvians

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Latvians

latvieši
Total population
c. 1.7 million[1]
Regions with significant populations
Latvia 1,187,891 (2021)[2][3] Other significant population centers:
United Kingdom	124,000 (2020)[4][5][6]
United States	85,723 (2019)[7]
Germany	53,000 (2021)[8]
Canada	30,725 (2016)[9]
Brazil	25,000 (2002)[10][11][12]
Australia	23,233 (2021)[13]
Ireland	19,933 (2016)[14]
Russia	18,979 (2010)
Norway	11,723 (2019)[15]
Sweden	10,323 (2022)[16]
Other countries (fewer than 10,000)  Ukraine 5,079 (2001)[17]  Luxembourg 4,000  Denmark 3,799 (2012)[18]  Spain 3,711 (2011)[19]  Estonia 3,329 (2020)[20]  Finland 3,232 (2020)[21]  Italy 2,689 (2014)[22]  France 2,602 (2016)[23][24]  Lithuania 2,300 (2012)[25]  Belarus 1,549 (2009)  Portugal 1,502 [26]  Netherlands 1,400 (2002)[27]  Kazakhstan 1,123 (2009)[28]   Switzerland 736 (2006)[29]  Belgium 679 (2008)[30]  Iceland 654 (2013)[31]  Venezuela 300[32]  Poland 293 (2011)[33]  Czech Republic 193 (2011)[34]  Austria 152 (2002)[35]  Uzbekistan 1,800[36]  Greece 69 (2006)[37]  Kyrgyzstan 82 (2009)[38]  Croatia 14 (2011)[39]  Israel 4,000[40]  Chile 3,000
Languages
Latvian and its dialects
Religion
Predominantly Lutheran,[41] Roman Catholic and Latvian Orthodox minorities
Related ethnic groups
Other Balts

Latvians (Latvian: latvieši) 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,^[42][43] especially in older bibliography. Latvians share a common Latvian language, culture, history and ancestry.