Estonia People:
Population:
1,332,893 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.5% (male:106,300; female:100,446)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male:429,843; female:472,034)
65 years and over: 16.8% (male:74,037; female:150,233) (2005)
Median age:
total: 39.06 years
male: 35.52 years
female: 42.35 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
-0.65% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
9.91 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
13.21 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-3.18 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.49 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.84 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.87 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 9.06 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 6.6 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 71.77 years (2005 est.)
male: 66.28 years
female: 77.6 years
Total fertility rate:
1.39 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
1.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
7,800 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Estonian(s)
adjective: Estonian
Ethnic groups:
Estonian 67.9%, Russian 25.6%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Belarusian 1.3%, Finn 0.9%, other 2.2% (2000)
Religions:
Evangelical Lutheran 13.6%, Orthodox 12.8%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1.4%, unaffiliated 34.1%, other and unspecified 32%, none 6.1%
Languages:
Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2003)
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