INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN LATVIA
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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN LATVIA
Peteris Zvidrins
Head of Dpt of Statistics and Demography University of Latvia
Prepared for the Seminar “Migration in the post-Soviet area: trends, effects and prospects”, organized by the Moscow State Lomonosov University on 2-3 December 2011
Moscow, 2 December 2011
Long-term migration in Latvia
Year Immigration Emigration Net migration
1986-1990 242 638 213 044 29 594
1991-1995 30 872 168 230 -137 388
1996- 2000 12 223 47 064 -34 841
2001- 2005 7 778 17 268 -9 482
2006 - 2010 15 285 33 532 -18 247
Migration of ethnic Latvians and Russians in Latvia during 2000-2010
Immigration Emigration Net migration
Latvians Russians Latvians Russians Latvians Russians
2000 263 723 653 3 787 -390 -3 064
2001 250 522 544 3 645 -294 -3 123
2002 171 376 225 1 333 -54 -957
2003 259 274 281 984 -22 -710
2004 352 325 432 1 168 -80 -843
2005 491 427 564 971 -73 -544
2006 351 890 1 046 2 172 -695 -1 282
2007 652 645 994 1 937 -342 -1 292
2008 561 653 2 085 2 225-1 524
-1 572
2009 343 748 2 293 2 574-1 950
-1 826
2010 373 1 005 4 584 3 439-4 211
-2 434
TOTAL 4 066 6 588 13 701 24 235 -9 635 -17 647
Structure of population change, 2000-2010, (% of the number on beginning of 2000)
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MigrationNatural change
Source: EUROSTAT database
Negative Net Migration in Latvia during 2000-2011 (thousands)
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Estimation by theauthor
CSB data
Government views on migration policies in 2009
Source: World Population Policies 2009, UN, NY, 2010
View Policy View Policy
Denmark Too high Lower Satisfactory No interv.
Finland Too low Raise Satisfactory No interv.
Norway Satisfactory Maintain Too low Raise
Sweden Too low Raise Satisfactory No interv.
Germany Satisfactory Maintain Satisfactory No interv.
Poland Satisfactory Raise Too high Lower
Estonia Satisfactory Maintain Satisfactory No interv.
Latvia Satisfactory Maintain Satisfactory No interv.
Lithuania Satisfactory Maintain Satisfactory No interv.
Russia Too high Lower Too high No interv.
CountryImmigration Emigration