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One other 4,696 non-citizens lived overseas.
Statistics present that since 1995, the variety of non-citizens has decreased yearly. If in 1995 there have been 730,000 non-citizens registered within the nation, then in 2023 – 187,404 non-citizens.
Initially of the yr, 91,689 non-citizens have been registered in Riga, and 10,744 in Daugavpils. A smaller variety of non-citizens was registered in different main cities, for instance, in Rēzekne – 1,241 non-citizens, and in Ogre county – 2,694 non-citizens.
About half of the non-citizens have been older folks. 30% are aged 71 and over, and 24% are aged 61 to 70. However, 20% are aged between 51 and 60 years. These kids who have been born in non-citizen households after January 1, 2020, now not obtain non-citizen standing.
This yr, seven folks renounced the standing of non-citizen of Latvia, whereas 48 have been disadvantaged of this standing. Amongst them are residents of the USA, Russia and Israel.
The variety of naturalization functions exhibits that 1939 functions have been obtained in 2013, then 562 in 2021, 1175 in 2022, and 1280 in 2023. This yr, till the top of April, 301 submissions have been registered.
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