As of the beginning of this year, 162,682 people had non-citizen status in Latvia, according to data from the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA). The largest number of non-citizens is registered in Riga — 82,175 people. This is more than half of all holders of such status in the country. Among other cities, Daugavpils and Liepaja lead. At the beginning of the year, there were 9,856 non-citizens registered in Daugavpils, and 7,796 in Liepaja. Statistics show that the issue of non-citizenship remains relevant for tens of thousands of residents of Latvia, although their number has been gradually decreasing over the years. Non-citizens of Latvia are permanent residents of the country who were citizens of the USSR before its collapse but did not obtain citizenship of either Latvia or any other state after the restoration of independence. For younger generations, this status is gradually becoming a thing of the past. Since January 1, 2020, it has no longer been possible to register a newborn child as a non-citizen in Latvia — all children born to non-citizens automatically receive Latvian citizenship. Thus, the current number of non-citizens is mainly formed by older generations who have retained this status since the early 1990s. Despite the gradual decrease in the number of non-citizens, their total number in the country still exceeds the population of many Latvian cities.