Lääne-Viru

County in Estonia

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Name	Status	Population Census 2000-03-31	Population Census 2011-12-31	Population Census 2021-12-31
Lääne-Viru	County	71,795	61,649	58,709
Haljala	Rural Municipality	4,975	4,077	4,090	→
Kadrina	Rural Municipality	5,439	4,902	4,838	→
Rakvere	Rural Municipality	6,209	5,925	5,745	→
Rakvere linn	Urban Municipality	17,107	15,264	15,141	→
Tapa	Rural Municipality	14,073	11,772	10,901	→
Väike-Maarja	Rural Municipality	7,654	6,049	5,664	→
Vinni	Rural Municipality	8,685	7,238	6,683	→
Viru-Nigula	Rural Municipality	7,653	6,422	5,647	→
Eesti [Estonia]	Republic	1,370,052	1,294,455	1,331,824

Source: Statistical Office of Estonia (web).

Explanation: Counties and municipalities after the administrative reform of 2017.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	28,219
Females	30,490

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	11,102
18-64 years	34,250
65+ years	13,357

Age Distribution (C 2021)
90+ years	642
80-89 years	3,232
70-79 years	5,578
60-69 years	8,161
50-59 years	8,150
40-49 years	7,243
30-39 years	7,330
20-29 years	6,048
10-19 years	6,385
0-9 years	5,940

Citizenship (C 2021)
Estonia	54,710
Russia	1,326
Other Citizenship	935

Country of Birth (C 2021)
Estonia	53,579
Russia	3,164
Other Country	1,959

First Language (C 2021)
Estonian	51,002
Russian	6,516
Other Language	979

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
Estonians	51,028
Russians	5,385
Other Ethnic Group	2,124

Religion (C 2011)
Lutheran	4,869
Orthodox	3,144
Other Religion	1,299
No Religion	35,949

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