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HIV news : 1% (2001 est.) Population below poverty line news : NA (2000) . Literacy : 99,80% House hold income lowest than 10% news : 3% House hold income highest than 10% news : 29.8% (1998) Inflation news : 1.3% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate news : 10.1% (2003) . Internet Users news : 444,000 (2002) . Location : Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia . Geographic Coordinates : 59 00 N, 26 00 E . Religion Estonia news : Evangelical Lutheran, Russian Orthodox, Estonian Orthodox, Baptist, Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Word of Life, Jewish . Administrative region : 15 counties (maakonnad, singular - maakond): Harjumaa (Tallinn), Hiiumaa (Kardla), Ida-Virumaa (Johvi), Jarvamaa (Paide), Jogevamaa (Jogeva), Laanemaa (Haapsalu), Laane-Virumaa (Rakvere), Parnumaa (Parnu), Polvamaa (Polva), Raplamaa (Rapla), Saaremaa (Kuressaare), Tartumaa (Tartu), Valgamaa (Valga), Viljandimaa (Viljandi), Vorumaa (Voru) . Terrain : marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south . Elevation extremes lowest : Baltic Sea 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Suur Munamagi 318 m . Natural resources : oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud . Land use arable land : 16,04%. Land use permanentcrops : 0,45%. Irrigated land : 40 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : sometimes flooding occurs in the spring . Environment current issues : air polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; however, the amount of pollutants emitted to the air have fallen steadily, the emissions of 2000 were 80% less than in 1980; the amount of unpurified wastewater discharged to water bodies in 2000 was one twentieth the level of 1980; in connection with the start-up of new water purification plants, the pollution load of wastewater decreased; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas need to be monitored; coastal seawater is polluted in certain locations . Geography note : the mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands . Population news : 1,341,664 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 16%. age -14 men : 110 452. age -14 ladies : 104 363. age 15/64 p : 67,50%. age 15/64 men : 431 493. age 15/64 ladies : 474 255. age +65 p : 16,50%. age +65 men : 72 819. age +65 ladies : 148 282. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 38.8 years . median age male : 35.1 years . median age female : 42.1 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : -0.66% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 9.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 13.27 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : -3.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.06 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.06 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 0.91 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.49 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 0.85 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 9.32 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 71.38 years . life expectancy at birth male : 65.78 years . life expectancy at birth female : 77.33 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 1.39 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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10/149 City and News websites in Estonia. Estonia City news entertainment journal, election Estonia, e internet, celebrity headline, latest new us, channel sports, business : Estonia. After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops left in 1994, Estonia has been free to promote economic and political ties with Western Europe. It joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia
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