Immigration in Latvia
Latvia recorded 14,701 immigrants in 2024.
Latvia, 2024
14,701
Change from 2023
−5.9%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
29th of 33
Immigration in Latvia over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Latvia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14,701 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 15,629 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 38,708 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 12,689 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 8,840 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 11,223 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 10,909 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 9,916 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 8,345 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 9,479 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 10,365 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 8,299 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 13,303 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 10,234 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 4,011 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 3,731 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 4,678 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 7,517 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 8,212 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 6,691 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 4,844 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 4,063 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 6,642 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 5,376 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 6,483 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −5.9% from 15,629 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10,365 immigrants, the figure has changed by +41.8%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Latvia has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Latvia
All statistics for Latvia
Emigration
18,937 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,056 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-7,330 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
1,290 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
-0.7 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
4.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division