Estonians in Finland
Eestlased Soomes / Soome eestlased Virolaiset Suomessa / Suomenvirolaiset | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 50,444 Estonian citizens; 49,563 Estonian speakers (2024) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Helsinki, Turku and Tampere regions & Lahti | |
| 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 who originate from Estonia and who live in Finland. People can be born in Estonia, have Estonian ancestry and/or be citizens of Estonia. As of 2024, there were 46,675 people born in Estonia living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Estonian citizenship was 50,444. The number of people who spoke Estonian as their mother tongue was 49,563.
Finland has the largest Estonian community outside Estonia.