Estonia 
Facts
Population:
1,423,316 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
17.08% (male 123,997; female 119,166)
15-64 years:
68.14% (male 466,823; female 503,032)
65 years and over:
14.78% (male 68,802; female 141,496) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.55% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
8.7 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
13.48 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.49 male(s)/female
total population:
0.86 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
12.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.73 years
male:
63.72 years
female:
76.05 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.21 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.04% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 500 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Estonian(s)
adjective:
Estonian
Ethnic groups:
Estonian 65.1%, Russian 28.1%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Byelorussian 1.5%, Finn 1%, other 1.8% (1998)
Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish
Languages:
Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, English, Finnish, other
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
100%
male:
100%
female:
100% (1998 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $14.7 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
6.4% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $10,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
3.6%
industry:
30.7%
services:
65.7% (1999)
Population below poverty line:
8.9% (1995 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
3.2%
highest 10%:
28.5% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.1% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
785,500 (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
industry 20%, agriculture 11%, services 69% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
11.7% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$1.37 billion
expenditures:
$1.37 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Industries:
oil shale, shipbuilding, phosphates, electric motors, excavators, cement, furniture, clothing, textiles, paper, shoes, apparel
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
7.782 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
99.72%
hydro:
0.09%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0.19% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
6.807 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
530 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
100 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
potatoes, fruits, vegetables; livestock and dairy products; fish
Exports:
$3.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 24%, wood products 20%, textiles 17%, food products 9%, metals, chemical products (1999)
Exports - partners:
Finland 19.4%, Sweden 18.8%, Russia 9.2%, Latvia 8.7%, Germany 7.5%, US 2.5% (1999)
Imports:
$4 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment 31%, chemical products 13%, foodstuffs 11%, metal products 8%, textiles 8% (1999)
Imports - partners:
Finland 22.8%, Russia 13.5%, Sweden 9.3%, Germany 9.3%, Japan 4.7% (1999)
Debt - external:
$1.6 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$137.3 million (1995)
Currency:
Estonian kroon (EEK)
Currency code:
EEK
Exchange rates:
krooni per US dollar - 16.663 (January 2001), 16.969 (2000), 14.678 (1999), 14.075 (1998), 13.882 (1997), 12.034 (1996); note - krooni are tied to the German deutsche mark at a fixed rate of 8 to 1
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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http://www.lounaleht.ee/
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