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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Latvians of Latvia

The Latvians of Latvia, numbering approximately 1,070,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Latvia. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Standard Latvian is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Latvian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Latvia
People Cluster: Baltic
Primary Language(s): Standard Latvian (lvs)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 1,070,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG000844
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Pray for the Latvians of Latvia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

38%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Latvian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Latvian, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Latvian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Latvian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1953 British and Foreign Bible Society✓
New Latvian Interconfessional Bible✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Latvian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Latvians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Latvians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Latvians of Latvia

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
readJohn 6:35

Pray that the lost will come to Jesus and believe in Him, never to hunger or thirst again.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Latvian Across Countries (ROP3 - 105674) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
LatviansPG000251LatviansGermany39,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000557LatviansSweden9,400Unengaged and UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000654LatviansUnited Kingdom95,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000844LatviansLatvia1,070,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG024285LatviansKazakhstan2,400No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG043321LatviansUnited States112,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG043430LatviansCanada16,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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