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| | Demographics of Estonia (5th Sep 22 at 2:23pm UTC) | | The total population of Estonia is 1,306,788 people. The people of Estonia speak the Estonian language. The linguistic diversity of Estonia is diverse according to a fractionation scale, which for Estonia is 0.4944. The average age is around 41.2 years. Life expectancy in Estonia is 77. Female fertility rate in Estonia is 1.5. About 21% of the population of Estonia is obese. Ethnic diversity is quite diverse according to a fractionation scale, which for Estonia is 0.5062. Details on the language, religion, age, gender distribution and advancement of the people of Estonia can be found in the sections below, as well as the section on education in the country.
Population
In Estonia, the population density is 29 people per square kilometer (75 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered sparsely populated. The total population of Estonia is 1,306,788 people. Estonia has approximately 202,348 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Estonia make up 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in Estonia account for 16.4 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Ethnic diversity of Estonia is quite diverse according to a fractionation scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic Fractionation (EF) deals with the number, size, socioeconomic distribution, and geographic location of diverse cultural groups, usually within a state or some other demarcated area. Specific cultural characteristics can refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and power monopolization. The index of ethnic fractionation in Estonia is 0.5062. This means that there is a relatively high number of unique ethnic groups in Estonia. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read Estonia's median age and gender distribution statistics at different ages below.
Age
The average age is around 41.2 years. The average age of men is 37.6 years and the average age of women is 44.5 years.
Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for every female (estimated at birth) is 1.063. It can be further broken down into the following categories: sex ratio below 15 - 1.06; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 0.91; sex ratio over 64 - 0.49; Overall sex ratio - 0.84. The overall sex ratio differs from the sex ratio estimated at birth. This is because some newborns are included in the sex ratio estimated at birth, but die within the first few weeks of life and are not included in the overall sex ratio.
Religion
The majority religion in Estonia is Christianity, whose adherents make up 39.9% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the largest religion in the world with over 2.4 billion followers known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior of mankind, whose coming as Christ or Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions in the country. Other religions in Estonia are Islam, Buddhism. Religious diversity of Estonia is diverse according to a fractionation scale based on the number of religions in Estonia. The index of religious fractionation in Estonia is 0.4985. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.
https://www.confiduss.com/en/jurisdictions/estonia/demographics/ | |
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