Estonians
Eestlased|
: 930,219Other significant population centers: |
Finland | 36,000 |
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Russia | 30,000 |
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Sweden | 26,000 |
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United States | 25,000 |
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Canada | 22,000 |
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Australia | 6,300 |
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Germany | 5,000 |
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Ukraine | 4,300 |
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United Kingdom | 4,000 |
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Latvia | 2,381 |
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Ireland | 2,373 |
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Estonian Võro |
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Lutheran Tradition Historically Finnish paganism |
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Baltic Finns |
Estonians (Estonian: eestlased) are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. The Estonians speak a Finno-Ugric language, known as Estonian. Although Estonia is traditionally grouped as one of the Baltic countries, Estonians are linguistically and ethnically unrelated to the Baltic peoples of Latvia and Lithuania.