Area 45,100 sq km (17,413 sq mi)
Poplation 1,409,000
Capital city Tallinn (418,000)
Government Multiparty Republic
Ethnicity Groups: Estonian 65%, Russian 28%, Ukrainian 3%, Belarusian 2%, Finnish 1%
Language Estonian (official), Russian
Religions Lutheran, Russian and Estonian Orthodox, Methodist, Baptish, Roman Catholic
Currency Estonian kroon = 100 senti

The Republic of Estonia is the smallest of the three states on the Baltic Sea, which were formerly part of the Soviet Union, but which became independent in the eary 1990s.

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