People
Population:
1,459,428 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
20% (male 148,683; female 143,563)
15-64 years:
66% (male 467,759; female 501,519)
65 years and over:
14% (male 63,976; female 133,928) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate:
-1.13% (1996 est.)
Birth rate:
10.74 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate:
14.12 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate:
-7.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 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:
0.48 male(s)/female
all ages:
0.87 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
17.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
68.13 years
male:
62.5 years
female:
74.05 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.55 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Estonian(s)
adjective:
Estonian
Ethnic divisions:
Estonian 61.5%, Russian 30.3%, Ukrainian 3.2%, Byelorussian 1.8%, Finn 1.1%, other 2.1% (1989)
Religions:
Lutheran, Orthodox Christian
Languages:
Estonian (official), Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, other
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989 est.)
total population:
100%
male:
100%
female:
100%
