2
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
2
Telecommunications:
NA

@Eritrea, Defense Forces

Branches:
Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF)
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

@Estonia, Geography

Location:
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Russia
Map references:
Arctic Region, Asia, Europe, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
45,100 sq km
land area:
43,200 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than New Hampshire and Vermont combined
note:
includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea
Land boundaries:
total 557 km, Latvia 267 km, Russia 290 km
Coastline:
1,393 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea:
12 nm
International disputes:
none
Climate:
maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers
Terrain:
marshy, lowlands
Natural resources:
shale oil, peat, phosphorite, amber
Land use:
arable land:
22%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
11%
forest and woodland:
31%
other:
36%
Irrigated land:
110 sq km (1990)
Environment:
current issues:
air heavily polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power
plants in northeast; contamination of soil and ground water with
petroleum products, chemicals at military bases
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
party to - Hazardous Wastes, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified
- Biodiversity, Climate Change
Population:
1,616,882 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.52% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
13.98 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
12.04 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
19.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.96 years
male:
64.98 years
female:
75.19 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Estonian(s)
adjective:
Estonian
Ethnic divisions:
Estonian 61.5%, Russian 30.3%, Ukrainian 3.17%, Byelorussian 1.8%,
Finn 1.1%, other 2.13% (1989)
Religions:
Lutheran
Languages:
Estonian (official), Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, other
Literacy:
age 9-49 can read and write (1989)
total population:
100%
male:
100%
female:
100%
Labor force:
750,000 (1992)
by occupation:
industry and construction 42%, agriculture and forestry 20%, other 38%
(1990)

@Estonia, Governmen