Göler, DanielDanielGöler0000-0003-0377-07242019-09-192018-07-302018https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/44026Since regaining independence in 1991, Latvia has suffered massive population loss. At that time, the country had roughly 2.7 million inhabitants. Today, officials count almost 2 million. Between the censuses in 1989 and 2011, this decline was approximately 600,000 people, representing 22.5% of the population. This is by far the highest value in Europe. Latvia’s shrinking population is a result of the interplay between natural and spatial population movements. Latvia is facing a persistent demographic crisis with problems such as fertility decline, ageing, out-migration, brain drain and regional polarization.engLatviaMigrationDemographic Crisis910articlehttps://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bamberg/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45251urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-opus4-522576