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Ethnic group
Estonians in Finland
Eestlased Soomes / Soome eestlased Virolaiset Suomessa / Suomenvirolaiset
Total population
51,539 Estonian citizens (2017)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, Turku, Kerava
Languages
Estonian, Finnish
Religion
Lutheranism, Orthodoxy
Related ethnic groups
Finnish people
Estonians in Finland or Finnish Estonians (Estonian: Eestlased Soomes; Finnish: Suomen virolaiset) are people with an ethnic Estonian background residing in Finland. In 2017, there were 52,424 Estonian immigrants in Finland, according to the UN.[2] Estonians are Finland's second largest immigrant group, after Russians.
Estonians have for a long time helped the workforce in Finland, especially in the capital region. Over 35,000 of them reside in Uusimaa.
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^"United Nations Population Division - Department of Economic and Social Affairs". United Nations. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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