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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 21.8%
- people aged 65 or older
- 297.9K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 29.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 23 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 35.6%
- women 44.2%, men 20.4%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 2.9%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2011 census
Languages
12 languages, 7 of them endangered
- Estonian SwedishCritically endangered
- IngrianSeverely endangered
- ErzyaDefinitely endangered
- Estonian Sign LanguageDefinitely endangered
- South EstonianDefinitely endangered
- ChuvashVulnerable
- LatvianVulnerable
- Eastern Yiddish
- Estonian
- Finnish
- Russian
- Tatar
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Cooking and eating Mulgi puder, traditional mashed potato with barley in the Mulgimaa region, Estonia2024
- Pysanka, Ukrainian tradition and art of decorating eggs2024
- Building and use of expanded dugout boats in the Soomaa region2021
- Smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa2014
- Seto Leelo, Seto polyphonic singing tradition2009
- Kihnu cultural space2008
- Baltic song and dance celebrations2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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