Acquisitions of citizenship in Latvia
1,056 people acquired the citizenship of Latvia in 2024.
Latvia, 2024
1,056
Change from 2023
+4.1%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
25th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship 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 | 1,056 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 1,014 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 966 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 850 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 1,136 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 1,650 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 1,683 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 1,794 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1,957 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1,897 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 2,141 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 3,083 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 3,784 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 2,467 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 3,660 peoplep (provisional) | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 3,235 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 4,230 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 8,322 people | – |
| 2006 | 18,964 people | – |
| 2005 | 20,106 people | – |
| 2004 | 17,178 people | – |
| 2003 | 9,951 people | – |
| 2002 | 9,421 people | – |
| 2001 | 9,947 people | – |
| 2000 | 13,482 people | – |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; b break in time series; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +4.1% from 1,014 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2,141 people, the figure has changed by −50.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Latvia has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Latvia
All statistics for Latvia
Immigration
14,701 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
18,937 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
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
Net migration
-7,330 people
2025 · World Bank