ESTONIA ESTONIA REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 6 1991 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 28 1992 POPULATION 1408523 1999 EST AREA 17462 SQ MI CAPITAL TALLINN FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY MAIN INDUSTRIES SHIPBUILDING ELECTRIC MOTORS ELECTRICITY FURNITURE TEXTILES AGRICULTURE POTATOES FRUITS VEGETABLES NATURAL RESOURCES OIL SHALE PHOSPHORITE LIMESTONE CURRENCY KROON GDP 7.8 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 5500 1998 EST LANGUAGES ESTONIAN OFFICIAL RUSSIAN LATVIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN LUTHERAN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX LITERACY RATE 100 LIFE EXPECTANCY 63 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 9 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 14 PER 1000 POPULATION
