Estonians in Finland

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Estonians in Finland

Eestlased Soomes / Soome eestlased Virolaiset Suomessa / Suomenvirolaiset
Total population
52,593 Estonian-background population (2023)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, Turku, Kerava
Languages
Estonian, Finnish
Religion
Lutheranism, Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Finns, Estonians, Baltic Finns, Finnic people

Estonians in Finland or Finnish Estonians (Estonian: Eestlased Soomes; Finnish: Suomen virolaiset) are people with an Estonian background residing in Finland. In 2023, according to Statistics Finland, there were 52,593 Estonian-background residents in Finland. ^[2] In 2023, Estonian was the native tongue for 0.9% of Finland's population.^[3]

Finland has the largest community of Estonians outside of Estonia.^[4]

In 2023, the greatest share of the population in Finland who was born in Estonia lived in Uusimaa (33 078), followed by Southwest Finland (3 771), Pirkanmaa (2 228) and Päijät-Häme (1 585).^[5]