Editing Demographics of Estonia (section)

== Religion ==
{{Update section|date=April 2025|reason=It is old dated new 2021 census released, see [https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat/rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__usk/RL21454]}}{{Main|Religion in Estonia}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Estonia (2011)<ref name=stat2011>{{cite web|url=https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat/rahvaloendus__rel2011__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__usk/RL0451|title= POPULATION, 31. DECEMBER 2011 by Religion, Place of residence and Sex |date= 31 December 2011|access-date= 9 January 2014|publisher= [[Statistics Estonia]]}}</ref> 
<ref>{{cite web|url= https://vana.stat.ee/65352|title= PHC 2011: over a quarter of the population are affiliated with a particular religion|date= 29 April 2013|access-date= 9 January 2014|publisher= [[Statistics Estonia]]|archive-date= 31 January 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210131001234/https://vana.stat.ee/65352|url-status= dead}}</ref>
|label5 = [[Irreligion|Non-religious]]
|value5 = 54.14
|color5 = DarkGray
|label4 = Undeclared
|value4 = 8.55
|color4 = SlateGray
|label1 = [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodoxy]]
|value1 = 24.15
|color1 = DeepPink
|label2 = [[Lutheranism]]
|value2 = 9.91
|color2 = DodgerBlue
|label3 = Other religions
|value3 = 3.25
|color3 = YellowGreen
}}
[[File:Religious_share_in_Estonia.png|thumb|left|350px|Religious people in Estonia]]
[[File:Biggest religion in Estonia.png|thumb|left|350px|Biggest religion in Estonia. Notice the plurality of Orthodoxy in many traditionally Lutheran areas due to the trend towards irreligion among ethnic Estonians.]]
According to the most recent [[Eurobarometer]] Poll 2010,<ref name="Special Eurobarometer 393 ">''[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Biotechnology report 2010] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215001129/http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf |date=December 15, 2010 }}'' p.383</ref> 18% of Estonian residents responded that "they believe there is a God", whereas 50% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 29% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force". This, according to the survey, would have made [[Estonians]] the [[Irreligion|most non-religious people]] in the then 27-member [[European Union]]. A survey conducted in 2006–2008 by [[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]] showed that 14% of Estonians answered positively to the question: "Is religion an important part of your daily life?", which was the lowest among 143 countries polled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/114211/Alabamians-Iranians-Common.aspx|title=What Alabamians and Iranians Have in Common|date=February 9, 2009|publisher=[[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]]|first1=Steve|last1=Crabtree|first2=Brett|last2=Pelham|access-date=21 February 2010}}</ref>

In 2000, according to the census, 29.2% of the population considered themselves to be related to any religion, thereof:<ref name="stat.ee-religion">{{cite web | url=https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat/rahvaloendus__rel2011__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__usk | title=Statistical database: Population Census 2000&nbsp;– Religious affiliation | access-date=2011-02-18 | date=22 October 2002 | publisher=[[Statistics Estonia]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515094242/http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/I_Databas/Population_census/16Religious_affiliation/16Religious_affiliation.asp | archive-date=15 May 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

* 13.6% [[Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church|Lutheran Christians]]
* 12.8% [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]]
* 6,009 [[Baptists]]
* 5,745 [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]
* 4,254 [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
* 2,648 [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]]
* 2,515 [[Old Believer]]s
* 1,561 [[Adventism|Adventist]]s
* 1,455 [[Methodist]]s
* 1,387 [[Islam|Muslims]]
* 5,008 followers of other religions

In 2011, according to the census, 29.31% of the population considered themselves to be related to any religion:

* 16.15% [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]]
* 9.91% [[Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church|Lutheran Christians]]
* 0.41% [[Baptists]]
* 0.41% [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholics]]
* 0.36% [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]
* 0.24% [[Old Believer]]s
* 0.17% [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]]
* 0.14% [[Islam|Muslims]]
* 0.11% [[Adventism|Adventist]]s
* 0.10% [[Methodist]]s
* 3.25% Other religions

There are also a number of smaller [[Judaism|Jewish]], and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] groups. The organisation [[Maavalla Koda]] ([[Taaraism]]) unites adherents of animist traditional religions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maavald.ee/eng/uudised.html?rubriik=50&id=363&op=lugu|title=Old estonian religions|access-date=3 January 2013|publisher=Maavalla Koda|author=Ahto Kaasik}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/world/europe/09iht-estonia.4.18535971.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ellen | last=Barry | date=2008-11-09 | title=Some Estonians return to pre-Christian animist traditions}}</ref> The Russian [[neopagan]] organisation "Vene Rahvausu Kogudus Eestis" is registered in Tartu.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kompass.pereraadio.ee/?id=13677&print=1 |title="MTÜ Kompass" pisiportaal |access-date=2013-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109035637/http://kompass.pereraadio.ee/?id=13677&print=1 |archive-date=2014-01-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The irrereligiousity of Estonians is a relic of Soviet occupation, but culturally Estonia still belongs to the Lutheran cultural sphere, like most of Northern Europe.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
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