At the beginning of 2007, there were 27,380 Russian citizens residing in Latvia, but by January 1, 2017, their number had grown to 55,440. This figure, however, is smaller than 55,989, recorded a year ago.
Compared to be beginning of 2007 the population of ethnic Russians with Latvian citizenship has declined by 13,559 people from 365,459 people, while the population of ethnic Russians without citizenship has dropped by 92,667.
