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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