Estonia Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Estonia with its capital Tallinn is located in Europe (Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland). It covers some 45,227 square kilometres (slightly smaller than New Hampshire and Vermont combined) with 1,307,000 citizens. Estonian and Russian are the the official languages used in Estonia. It is charing borders with Russia and Latvia.

Estonia is a Baltic state in northeastern Europe. Public transport system is well-developed. Estonia's train network does not cover the whole country but it has a comprehensive bus network. The main reason most people first come to Estonia is to see the best protected and intact medieval city in Europe - Tallinn. Estonia remains cheaper than Western Europe, but it is no longer the bargain basement it used to be; and in touristy areas (say Tallinn's Old Town), prices are almost at Scandinavian levels. Estonia has a fair amount of foreign students studying in its universities, especially from Nordic countries, as Estonian diplomas are recognized throughout the EU. The police are very effective and they are not corrupt compared to neighboring Russia. The main advice to anyone worried about personal security is to stay reasonably sober despite tempting alcohol prices. When driving, make sure you have had absolutely no alcohol beforehand.

Pictures from Capital (Tallinn)

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About Estonia

The topography features marshy, lowlands with flat in the north, hilly in the south. The average density of population is about 28 per km². The climate in Estonia can be described as maritime with wet, moderate winters, cool summers. Potential natural disasters are sometimes flooding occurs in the spring.

To reach someone in Estonia dial +372 prior to a number. There are 492,800 installed telephones. And there are 2,720,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ee". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 15 regions/states in Estonia we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Estonian population shrinked at a rate of -0.64% (or by 8,199 citizens). With 17,405 deaths and 13,454 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at -0.31%. -4,248 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Estonia: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.