Poles in Latvia

Poles in Latvia
Total population
51,548 (2011 census)
Languages
Russian (57,7% in 2000), Polish, Latvian
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Poles, Latvians, Lithuanians, Latgalians

The Polish minority in Latvia (Polish: Polacy na Łotwie; Latvian: Latvijas poļi) numbers about 51,548 and (according to the Latvian data from 2011) forms 2.3% of the population of Latvia. Poles are concentrated in the former Inflanty Voivodeship region, with about 18,000 in Daugavpils (Dyneburg) and 17,000 in Riga. People of Polish ethnicity have lived on the territory of modern Latvia since the 16th century. In modern Latvia their citizenship status vary: non-citizens of Latvia, as citizens of Poland, or as citizens of Latvia.