Estonia
Republic of Estonia
Eesti Vabariik
Flag
Coat of arms
Anthem: Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm
(English: "My Fatherland, My Happiness and Joy")
Location of Estonia (dark green)
– on the European continent (light green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (light green) — [Legend]
Capital
(and largest city)
Tallinn
59°25′N 24°45′E / 59.417°N 24.75°E /
59.417; 24.75
Official languages
Estonian1
Ethnic groups
68.8 % Estonian
25.6 % Russian
2.1 % Ukrainian
4.5 % others
Demonym
Estonian
Government
Parliamentary republic
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President
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
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Prime Minister
Andrus Ansip (RE)
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Parliament
speaker
Ene Ergma (IRL)
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Current coalition
(RE, IRL, SDE)
Independence from
Russia and Germany
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Autonomy
declared
12 April 1917
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Independence
declared
24 February 1918
2 February 1920
Officially
recognized
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1st Soviet
occupation
1940-1941
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German
occupation
1941-1944
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2nd Soviet
occupation
1944-1991
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Independence
restored
20 August 1991
EU accession
1 May 2004
Area
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Total
45,228 km2 (132nd2)
17,413 sq mi
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Water (%)
4.45%
Population
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2007 estimate
1,340,415 (1 January
2009)[1] (151st)
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2000 census
1,376,743
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Density
29/km2 (173rd)
75/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2008 estimate
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Total
$27.207 billion[2]
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Per capita
$20,259[2]
GDP (nominal)
2008 estimate
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Total
$23.232 billion[2]
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Per capita
$17,299[2]
Gini (2005)
34 (medium)
HDI (2006)
▲ 0.871[3] (high) (42nd)
Currency
Estonian kroon (EEK)
Time zone
EET (UTC+2)
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Summer (DST)
EEST (UTC+3)
Drives on the
right
Internet TLD
.ee3
Calling code
372
1
Võro and Seto in southern counties are spoken along
with Estonian. Russian is widely spoken in Ida-
Virumaa due to the Soviet program promoting mass
immigration of urban industrial workers from the
USSR in the post-war period.
2
47,549 km² were defined according to the Tartu Peace
Treaty in 1920 between Estonia and Russia. Today the
remaining 2,323 km² are nowadays part of Russia.
The ceded areas include the Petserimaa county and the
boundary in the north of Lake Peipus as the Lands
behind the city of Narva including Ivangorod
(Jaani