Estonia Facts
Facts about Estonia
Capital
Tallinn
Total Area
total: 45,226 sq km
land: 43,211 sq km
water: 2,015 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
Population
1,332,893 (July 2005 est.)
Languages
Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000 census)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2003 est.)
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran 13.6%, Orthodox 12.8%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1.4%, unaffiliated 34.1%, other and unspecified 32%, none 6.1% (2000 census)
Life Expectancy
total population: 71.77 years
male: 66.28 years
female: 77.6 years (2005 est.)
Government Type
parliamentary republic
Currency
Estonian kroon (EEK)
GDP (per capita)
purchasing power parity - $14,300 (2004 est.)
Labour Force
660,000 (2004 est.)
Exports
$5.701 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Imports
$7.318 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
Natural Resources
oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable
land, sea mud
Telephones (main lines in
use)
475,000 (2002)
Telephones (mobile cellular)
881,000 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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