Latvians in Lithuania

Latvians in Lithuania
Latvieši Lietuvā

File:2002 03Ozolas.jpg Romualdas Ozolas
Total population
2,025 0.07% of the Lithuanian Population
Regions with significant populations
Palanga, tiny population in Vilnius and Klaipėda
Languages
Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian
Religion
Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Other Latvians

The Latvian minority in Lithuania (Latvian: latvieši, Lithuanian: latviai) numbered 2,025 persons at the 2011 census, and at 0.07% of the total population of Lithuania, being the 9th biggest national minority. The Latvian national minority in Lithuania has a long history. According to the 2011 census, 46.2% of Latvians speak Latvian as their mother tongue, while Lithuanian is native for 27.8%, Russian - 14.6% of Latvians. 3.95% of Latvians are bilingual in terms that they have 2 mother tongues. Cities with a relatively significant Latvian proportion:

• Palanga – 0.97%
• Naujoji Akmenė – 0.55%

Famous Lithuanians of Latvian descent

• Romualdas Ozolas, a nationalist thinker
• Baiba Skurstene, a Lithuanian-Latvian singer

See also

• Kursenieki
• Ethnic minorities in Lithuania
• Latvia–Lithuania relations