| Number of foreign citizens staying in Latvia with permanent residence permits by country of origin by 1 January Country | 2007 | 2008 | Afghanistan | 12 | 12 | Albania | 1 | 1 | Algiers | 1 | 2 | Stateless person of USA | 1 | 0 | USA | 202 | 222 | Angola | 1 | 1 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | Armenia | 139 | 142 | Australia | 24 | 27 | Austria | 13 | 13 | Azerbaijan | 76 | 86 | Belarus | 1151 | 1185 | Bangladesh | 3 | 4 | Barbados | 1 | 1 | Belgium | 5 | 5 | Benin | 1 | 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2 | Brazil | 8 | 9 | Bulgaria | 17 | 17 | Burundi | 1 | 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | Chile | 1 | 1 | Denmark | 28 | 28 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | Egypt | 1 | 2 | France | 20 | 20 | Greece | 1 | 1 | Georgia | 55 | 60 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | Estonia | 20 | 21 | Estonia | 477 | 511 | India | 16 | 13 | Iraq | 1 | 2 | Iran | 0 | 1 | Ireland | 31 | 36 | Iceland | 3 | 3 | Italy | 33 | 35 | Israel | 106 | 118 | New Zealand | 4 | 4 | Jordan | 4 | 4 | Canada | 41 | 42 | Kazakhstan | 61 | 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 9 | Colombia | 1 | 1 | Congo | 1 | 1 | Korea | 1 | 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | 1 | Stateless person of Russia | 1 | 0 | Russia | 24035 | 25802 | Cuba | 19 | 19 | China | 2 | 3 | Latvian alternative status | 3 | 0 | Stateless person of Latvia | 108 | 134 | Non-citizen of Latvia (with status of permanent resident of the European Community) | 12 | 19 | Lebanon | 14 | 19 | United Kingdom | 56 | 67 | Lithuania | 1 | 5 | Lithuania | 1816 | 1966 | Madagascar | 0 | 1 | Macedonia | 1 | 1 | Malaysia | 2 | 2 | Mali | 2 | 2 | Malta | 1 | 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | Moldova | 103 | 111 | Mongolia | 1 | 3 | Namibia | 2 | 2 | Nepal | 1 | 1 | Unknown | 2 | 3 | Netherlands | 18 | 15 | Nigeria | 4 | 4 | Norway | 15 | 14 | Pakistan | 13 | 14 | Peru | 4 | 4 | Poland | 110 | 114 | Portugal | 4 | 5 | Romania | 2 | 3 | Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | 2 | Syria | 1 | 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | Finland | 10 | 11 | Spain | 15 | 14 | Sudan | 1 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 2 | Switzerland | 6 | 6 | Tajikistan | 5 | 5 | Togo | 1 | 1 | Turkey | 6 | 6 | Turkmenistan | 8 | 10 | Ukraine | 1575 | 1659 | Hungary | 9 | 9 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | Uzbekistan | 34 | 35 | Stateless person of Germany | 1 | 0 | Germany | 133 | 148 | Venezuela | 7 | 13 | Vietnam | 4 | 4 | Sweden | 59 | 70 | TOTAL | 30820 | 33055 | Number of first time permanent residence permits issued in Latvia per year by country of origin Country | 2006 | 2007 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | USA | 19 | 16 | Angola | 0 | 0 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | Australia | 1 | 3 | Austria | 2 | 0 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 6 | Belarus | 70 | 37 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | Chile | 0 | 0 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | France | 1 | 1 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | Stateless person of Estonia | 1 | 0 | Estonia | 37 | 19 | India | 0 | 0 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | Iceland | 0 | 0 | Italy | 6 | 3 | Israel | 7 | 2 | Ireland | 5 | 6 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | Canada | 4 | 2 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | Russian Federation | 2713 | 2432 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | Latvia | 35 | 6 | Non-citizen of Latvia (with status of permanent resident of the European Community) | 12 | 10 | Lebanon | 1 | 0 | United Kingdom | 3 | 5 | Stateless person of Lithuania | 3 | 0 | Lithuania | 179 | 142 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | Mali | 0 | 0 | Malta | 1 | 0 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | Moldova | 6 | 1 | Nepal | 0 | 0 | Unknown | 5 | 2 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | Netherlands | 6 | 1 | Norway | 2 | 0 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | Peru | 0 | 0 | Poland | 3 | 4 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | Romania | 0 | 0 | Syria | 0 | 0 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | Finland | 1 | 0 | Spain | 3 | 0 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | Ukraine | 73 | 56 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | Stateless person of Germany | 1 | 0 | Germany | 12 | 12 | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | Sweden | 3 | 8 | TOTAL | 3238 | 2782 |
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