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Religion
The largest religion is Christianity, although only 7% of population attend religious services regularly.
The largest groups in 2006 are: .
Lutheran — 400,000[citation needed] .
Roman Catholic — 450,000 .
Eastern Orthodox — 350,000 .
According to the most recent Eurobarometer Poll 2005, 37% of Latvian citizens responded that "they believe there is a god", whereas 49% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 10% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force".
Lutheranism was much stronger before the Soviet occupation, when it was a majority religion, but since then Lutheranism in all the Baltic States has declined to a much greater extent than Roman Catholicism has.
The country's Orthodox Christians belong to the Latvian Orthodox Church, a semi-autonomous body within the Russian Orthodox Church.
There are 182 known Muslims living in Latvia though the total number is estimated to be much larger: from 500 to 5,000.
There are also Jews (9,743 in 2006) in Latvia.[citations needed] .
There are more than 600 Latvian neopagans, Dievturi (The Godskeepers), whose religion is based on Latvian mythology.
About 40% of the total population is not affiliated with a specific religion.[citations needed] .
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International rankings
Environmental Sustainability Index: 15/146 .
Reporters Without Borders World-wide press freedom index: 12/168 .
Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index: 49/163 .
Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom: 39/157 .
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Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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