Estonia Profile.pdf - WorldMap

The population of Estonia is 1,324,333.Major Cities include:Tallinn (Capital) (pop. 401,694 in 2005)Tartu (pop. 100,872 in 2005)Narva (pop. 69,410 in 2005)Kohtla-Järve (pop .44,679 in 2005)Pärnu (pop. 43,528 in 2005)Viljandi (pop. 20,283 in 2005)Country ProfileBasic FactsDemographics0-14 years: 15.2% (male 103,367/female 97,587)15-64 years: 67.6% (male 427,043/female 468,671)65 years and over: 17.2% (male 75,347/female 152,318) (2006 est.)The median age is 39.3 yearsmale: 35.8 yearsfemale: 42.6 years (2006 est.)The population growth rate is -0.64% with 10.04 births per 1,000 people. The netmigration rate is -3.2% per 1,000 people.Life Expectancy is 72.04 years.male: 66.58 yearsfemale: 77.83 years (2006 est.)Around 7,800 people live with AIDS that reflects to 1.1% of the population living withAIDS. This is the highest prevalence rate in Europe right behind the Ukraine.http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/en.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia#Religionhttp://www.parnu.ee/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/linn_arvudes_eng_2004.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_EstoniaLanguageThe official language is Estonian which is closely related to Finnish. Russian is also asignificant language in Estonia due to its proximity to Russia and the requirement duringthe Soviet Era in Estonia’s history that required that Russian be the official secondlanguage in the classroom.