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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Estonians of Estonia

The Estonians of Estonia, numbering approximately 900,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Finnic people of the eastern Baltic coast, speakers of Estonian, historically Lutheran but among the least religious populations in Europe, with a revived pre-Christian Maausk tradition and strong song-festival and sauna traditions They are an Indigenous people, with Estonian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Finno-Ugric people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Agnosticism. They primarily speak Estonian, Standard.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Estonian

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Estonia
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Estonian, Standard (ekk)
Primary Religion(s): Agnosticism
Population: 900,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG000779
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Agnosticism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

87%
%
Agnosticism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Estonian, Standard
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Estonian, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Estonian, Standard:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Estonian, Standard:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Estonian, Standard bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Estonians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Estonians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Estonians of Estonia

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
readPsalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
readRomans 8:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the God who has given them freedom from fear so that they will trust Him completely as their good Father who meets all their needs.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Estonian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102954) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EstoniansPG000779EstoniansEstonia900,000No Longer UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000552EstoniansSweden13,500Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000629EstoniansUnited Kingdom13,000Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043392EstoniansCanada10,500No Longer UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043235EstoniansUnited States7,200Engaged yet UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024267EstoniansKazakhstan2,400Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024673EstoniansUzbekistan1,600Unengaged and UnreachedEstonian, StandardAgnosticism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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