Religion in Latvia

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Fast Facts and Religious Adherent Statistics
Population 1,862,687 (#153 in world) (2021 est.)
Ethnic Groups Latvian 62.2%, Russian 25.2%, Belarusian 3.2%, Ukrainian 2.2%, Polish 2.1%, Lithuanian 1.2%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.3% (2018 est.)
Religions Lutheran 36.2%, Roman Catholic 19.5%, Orthodox 19.1%, other Christian 1.6%, other 0.1%, unspecified/none 23.5% (2017 est.)
Christianity 76.4% (2017 est.)
Lutheranism 36.2% (2017 est.)
Protestantism 36.2% (2017 est.)
Unaffiliated 23.5% (2017 est.)
Roman Catholicism 19.5% (2017 est.)
Russian Orthodoxy 19.1% (2017 est.)

Sources

  1. “Latvia.” CIA World Factbook.
  2. “Latvia.” Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project.
  3. “Latvia.” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
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Title Religion in Latvia
Published
Last UpdatedFebruary 13, 2021
URL religionfacts.com/latvia
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MLA Citation “Religion in Latvia.” ReligionFacts.com. 13 Feb. 2021. Web. Accessed 22 Jan. 2022. <religionfacts.com/latvia>