Estonia

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PROFILE
  • Area: 45,228 sq. km (17,463 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 1,258,545 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.54% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 76.7 years (2016)
  • Languages: Estonian (official) 68.5%, Russian 29.6%, Ukrainian 0.6%
  • Religions: Lutheran 9.9%, Orthodox 16.2%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 2.2%, other 0.9%, none 54.1%, unspecified 16.7%
  • Formal name: Republic of Estonia
  • Alternate names: Eesti, Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik, Eesti Vabariik, Estland, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Estoniya, Estonja, Estonskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Republic of Estonia
  • Government type: parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Kersti KALJULAID; head of government: Juri RATAS
  • Capital: Tallinn
  • Administrative divisions: 15 counties
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $28,600 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: machinery and electrical equipment 34%, food products and beverages 9%, mineral fuels 9%, wood and wood products 10%, metals 7%, furniture 9%, vehicles and parts 6%, chemicals 5% (2015 est.)
  • Imports: machinery and electrical equipment 28 %, mineral fuels 11%, food and food products 10%, vehicles 9%, chemical products 8%, metals 8% (2015 est.)
  • Currency: euro (EUR)
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