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Estonia
59.0N 26.0E · 27 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA · 24 FEBRUARY 1918
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1987 – present · The Singing Revolution, Restoration and the Return to Europe
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Sep 1988 · The Singing Revolution 2 REFS
23 Aug 1989 · The Baltic Way 2 REFS
1939 – 1987 · Occupation, Annexation and the Long Night
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23 Aug 1939 · The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact 2 REFS
Jun–Aug 1940 · Soviet occupation and annexation 2 REFS
1917 – 1939 · Independence, the War of Independence and the First Republic
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24 Feb 1918 · Declaration of Independence 2 REFS
2 Feb 1920 · Treaty of Tartu 3 REFS
1710 – 1917 · The Russian Empire and the National Awakening
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1721 · Treaty of Nystad 2 REFS
1869 · The first Estonian Song Festival 2 REFS
1346 – 1710 · Hanseatic Reval, Danish and Swedish Estonia
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1558–1583 · The Livonian War 2 REFS
1561 · Reval submits to Sweden 2 REFS
c. 9000 BCE – 1346 · The Ancient Estonians and the Northern Crusades
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1202 · Foundation of the Brothers of the Sword 2 REFS
1219 · Danish conquest and the founding of Tallinn 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Tallinn
- Population
- 1.3 m
- Area
- 45,227 km²
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Languages
- Estonian
- Currency
- Euro (€)
- Demonym
- Estonian
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$47 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$34,418’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
0.6%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
4.8%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
155.8%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
1.4 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
79.3 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
70.7%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.2’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.9%’11 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
81.6’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
77.8’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
76.6’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
76.9’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
82.5’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
81.6’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
7.8%’24 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.47’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
2.0’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
83.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
98.9%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
99.9%’11 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
5.2%’22 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
97.8%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
108.5%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
65.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
1.8%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
4,800’23 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
92.2%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
151’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
18.4%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
42,730 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
57.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
23.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
7.8’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
38.0%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
1.7%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
1.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.8%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
3.4%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.4 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
7,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($47 B), superseding 2024 ($43 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($34,418), superseding 2024 ($31,428) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (0.6%), superseding 2024 (-0.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (4.8%), superseding 2024 (3.5%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (155.8%), superseding 2024 (151.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (1.4 m), superseding 2024 (1.4 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (70.7%), superseding 2024 (70.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14