Interesting facts about Estonia in 2024
Location
- The Republic of Estonia is in the Baltic region of Northern Europe;
- 50% of the territory is forest and 22% is agriculture;
People
- Estonia is a well-developed country with a high-income economy and high standard of living;
- The population of Estonia is approximately 1.4 million. The two major ethnic groups are Estonians and Russians;
- Estonia has the third highest literacy rate of the world (99,8%);
- Estonia one of the less religious countries in Europe;
- Estonia is considered to have one of the lowest population densities on earth, with just 32 people per square kilometer, compared to Singapore which has approximately 7,300;
Languages
- Russian is widely spoken in Estonia;
- The Estonian language comes from the Finno-Ugric language family (as is Finnish & Hungarian) and is considered very difficult to learn;
Economy
- The most important industry sectors for Estonia are food, construction, electronics and chemicals. Oil shale, limestone and forests (cover 50% of the country) are amongst Estonia’s most abundant natural resources;
- Estonia adopted the Euro on the 1st January 2011;
- Estonia is the first country in the world to have implemented flat tax system;
- Estonia has the highest number of startups per capita in Europe;
- Skype software originated from Estonians.