This article is about the Finnic peoples living near the Baltic Sea. For other uses, see Finnic peoples.
Baltic Finnic peoples
Finnic languages at the beginning of the 20th century
Total population
c. 7.4–8.2 million
Regions with significant populations
Finns[a]
c. 6.2–7 million
Estonians
c. 1.1 million
Karelians
c. 75,000
Vepsians
c. 6,000
Izhorians
c. 1,000
Livonians
c. 200
Votes
c. 100
Languages
Finnic languages
Religion
Predominantly Christianity (either Lutheranism or Eastern Orthodoxy);[1] minority Uralic Neopaganism
Related ethnic groups
Other Finno-Ugric peoples
a Tornedalians, Ingrians, Kvens and Forest Finns are subsumed under Finns, as they are most commonly described as being subgroups of Finns proper rather than separate ethnic groups altogether.
The Baltic Finnic peoples, often simply referred to as the Finnic peoples,[a] are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern and Eastern Europe who speak Finnic languages. They include the Finns, Estonians (including Võros and Setos), Karelians (including Ludes and Livvi), Veps, Izhorians, Votes, and Livonians. In some cases the Kvens, Ingrians, Tornedalians and speakers of Meänkieli are considered separate from the Finns.
The bulk of the Finnic peoples (more than 98%) are ethnic Finns and Estonians, who reside in the two independent Finnic nation states—Finland and Estonia.[2]
Finnic peoples are also significant minority groups in neighbouring countries of Sweden, Norway and especially Russia.
^"Population". Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^"Finnic peoples". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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