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== Demographics ==
Due to itsthe low prevalence of religion, irreligion in Estonia is typically marked by indifference toward religion rather than opposition to it. Most Estonians have little experience with formal religion or religious ideas, and as a result, irreligious Estonians don't consider irreligion to be part of their identity.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Remmel |first=Atko |title=Religious Indifference: New Perspectives From Studies on Secularization and Nonreligion |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |year=2017 |isbn=3319484745 |editor-last=Quack |editor-first=Johannes |pages=123–142 |chapter=Religion, Interrupted? Observations on Religious Indifference in Estonia |editor-last2=Schuh |editor-first2=Cora}}</ref> In 2008, [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] found that only 14% of Estonians consider religion to be an important part of their life, lower than any other country they surveyed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Crabtree|first1=Steve|last2=Pelham|first2=Brett|date=February 9, 2009|title=What Alabamians and Iranians Have in Common|url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/114211/Alabamians-Iranians-Common.aspx|access-date=21 February 2010|publisher=[[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]]}}</ref>
 
In the 2000 census, 40.16% of Estonians identified as irreligious.<ref>{{cite web|date=31 March 2000|title=PC231: POPULATION BY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION AND ETHNIC NATIONALITY|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=PC231&ti=POPULATION+BY+RELIGIOUS+AFFILIATION+AND+ETHNIC+NATIONALITY*&path=../I_Databas/Population_census/PHC2000/16Religious_affiliation/&lang=1|access-date=9 January 2014|publisher=[[Statistics Estonia]]}}</ref> In the 2011 census, 54.14% of Estonians identified as irreligious. Irreligion is more common among ethnic [[Estonians]], where irreligion was found to be as high as 65.47% in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|date=31 December 2011|title=PC0454: Persons at Least 15-Years-Old, by Religion, Sex, Age group, Ethnic nationality and county, 31 Dec 2011|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=PC0454&lang=1|access-date=9 January 2014|publisher=[[Statistics Estonia]]}}</ref> Despite the limited presence of religion and the church in Estonian society, [[spirituality]] is still prevalent. [[New Age]] ideas and belief in the supernatural maintain a significant presence in Estonia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Uibu|first=Marko|date=2015|title=Reemerging religiosity: the mainstreaming of new spirituality in Estonia|journal=[[Journal of Baltic Studies]]|volume=47|issue=2|pages=257–274}}</ref>
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