Population:
1,408,556 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.8% (male 113,239; female 108,876)
15-64 years: 68.8% (male 467,041; female 501,805)
65 years and over: 15.4% (male 71,512; female 146,083) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 38.1 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 41.3 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
-0.49% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
9.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
13.42 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.49 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 12.03 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 13.88 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.31 years
male: 64.36 years
female: 76.57 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.27 children born/woman (2003 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:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2003 est.)