| Population |
1,341,664 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 16% (male 110,452; female 104,363)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 431,493; female 474,255)
65 years and over: 16.5% (male 72,819; female 148,282) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 38.8 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 42.1 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
-0.66% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
9.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
13.27 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-3.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.06 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: 0.85 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 8.08 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 9.32 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 71.38 years
male: 65.78 years
female: 77.33 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.39 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
less than 7,700 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: estonian(s)
adjective: estonian |
| Ethnic groups |
Estonian 65.3%, Russian 28.1%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Belarusian 1.5%, Finn 1%, other 1.6% (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, Finnish, other |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: republic of estonia
conventional short form: estonia
local short form: eesti
former: estonian soviet socialist republic
local long form: eesti vabariik |