| People | Estonia |
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Population:
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1,282,963 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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31 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 69% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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TALLINN (capital) 399,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 15.1% (male 99,919/female 94,066)
15-64 years: 67.2% (male 410,132/female 451,736)
65 years and over: 17.7% (male 74,803/female 152,307) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 40.5 years
male: 37 years
female: 43.9 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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-0.641% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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10.45 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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13.55 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-3.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.063 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.49 male(s)/female
total population: 0.84 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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12 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 7.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.33 years
male: 68.02 years
female: 78.97 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.44 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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4.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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3.409 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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5.71 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 97% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 3% of population
total: 2% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 96% of population
rural: 94% of population
total: 95% of population
unimproved:
urban: 4% of population
rural: 6% of population
total: 5% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne disease: tickborne encephalitis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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9,900 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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14.4% (2004) |
Nationality:
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noun: Estonian(s)
adjective: Estonian |
Ethnic groups:
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Estonian 68.7%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarusian 1.2%, Finn 0.8%, other 1.6% (2008 census) |
Religions:
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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) |
Languages:
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Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000 census) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2008) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.9% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
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void |
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