Estonia

Geography
Estonia, with a total area of 45100 SqKm, is one of the three Baltic states. It is bordered in the north by the Gulf of Finland, in the east by the Russian Federation, in the south by Latvia and in the west by the Baltic Sea. Estonia is situated on the southern slope of the Fennoscadian shield. The territory of Estonia rose from the sea bed and its surface is relatively flat with an average altitude of 50 m above sea level. The higher areas are the Haanja uplands in the southeast, with a peak of 318 m, and the Pandivere uplands in the northeast, with a peak of 166 m. More than 1500 islands in the Baltic Sea are part of Estonia, constituting 9% of the territory.

Population and land use
The total population is about 1.3 Million (Population Reference Bureau, 2019), of which about 27% is rural. About 41% of the urban population lives in the capital Tallinn. The average population densit ...Read more