In the EU as a whole, in 2023, the EU's population in private households aged 15-74 years had almost eight out of ten (78.2%) people native-born with two native-born parents (i.e. born in the country in which they currently reside).
4.2% were native born persons with one foreign-born parent, 3.0% were native-born with two foreign-born parents and 14.5% were themselves foreign-born.
In comparison, Latvia had just over two-thirds of the population (67.9%) native-born with two native-born parents. 12% had one foreign-born parent, 8.2% had two foreign-born parents and 11.8% were themselves foreign-born.
Interestingly, while Estonia's figures are broadly similar to Latvia's (65.3% native-born with two native-born parents, 10.5% with one foriegn-born parent, 9.0% with two foreign-born parents and 15.2% themselves foreign born), Lithuania's figures are very different with 91.6% native-born with two native-born parents and only 3.5% foreign-born.
Among the EU countries, the share of foreign-born people within the total population aged 15-74 years was highest in Luxembourg (55.6%), followed by Malta (32.5%) and Cyprus (27.7%). In contrast, the share was lowest in Romania (0.2%) and Bulgaria (0.4%).
Luxembourg had also the largest share of native-born people with two foreign-born parents (10.7%). It was followed by Estonia with 9.0% and Latvia with 8.2%. Estonia and Latvia also recorded the highest shares of native-born people with one foreign-born parent, at 10.5% and 12.0%, respectively.
The 3 Baltic countries - Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia - along with Poland, had the highest shares of foreign-born persons from a non-EU country.
