Estonians

Estonians Eestlased
Total population
Regions with significant populations
: 930,219Other significant population centers:
Finland 36,000 Russia 30,000 Sweden 26,000 United States 25,000 Canada 22,000 Australia 6,300 Germany 5,000 Ukraine 4,300 United Kingdom 4,000 Latvia 2,381 Ireland 2,373
Languages
Estonian Võro
Religions
Lutheran Tradition Historically Finnish paganism
Related ethnic groups
Baltic Finns

Estonians (Estonian: eestlased, previously maarahvas) 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.