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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 19.
Published in final edited form as: Ethnicities. 2009 Dec 1;9(4):10.1177/1468796809345433. doi: 10.1177/1468796809345433

Table 1.

Size and citizenship status of minority populations in the Baltic countries.

Estonia Latvia (% of total) Lithuania
Total population 1.4 million (100%) 2.3 million (100%) 3.4 million (100%)
Non-titular* ethnicity 440,000 (34%) 939,000 (41%) 521,000 (15%)
Non-titulars who are citizens of country of residence 173,000 (13%) 486,000 (21%) 3,370,000 (99.5%)
Non-titulars who are NOT citizens of country of residence 266,000 (21%) 453,000 (20%) 24,000 (0.7%)
Non-titulars who not citizens of any country (stateless) 165,000 (13%) 416,000 (18%) 8,600 (0.3%)
*

Non-titular=those not belonging to the indigenous ethnic group of the country that gives the country its name, includes ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, Belarussians, Tatars, Jews, and others Sources: Statistics Estonia, Population Census 2000, [www.stat.ee]; The Naturalization Board of the Republic of Latvia 2006, [www.np.gov.lv]; Statistics Lithuania, Residents’ Registrar database January 1, 2007, [www.stat.gov.lt]