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title: "Estonia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Estonia: capital Tallinn, area 45,228 km², population 1,366,475 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/estonia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Estonia

**Estonia: Capital Tallinn**

45,228 km² · 1,366,475 people (2025) · Euro

About half the country is forest and it has more than 2,300 islands. Lake Peipus on the Russian border is the fifth-largest lake in Europe. Estonia is one of the flattest countries in Europe, topping out at 318 m, and about a fifth of its land is protected.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Tallinn
- **Area:** 45,228 km² — 17,463 sq mi
- **Population:** 1,366,475 (2025)
- **Density:** 30.2 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** Estonian
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +372
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** EE · EST
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 130 of 200
- **By population:** 158 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Slovakia | 49,035 | 5,413,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 48,670 | 11,520,487 |
| Estonia ← | 45,228 | 1,366,475 |
| Denmark | 43,094 | 6,009,169 |
| Netherlands | 41,543 | 18,087,633 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Estonia?

Tallinn

### What currency does Estonia use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Estonia?

45,228 km², or 17,463 square miles — 130 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Estonia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Slovakia](https://atoneplace.net/country/slovakia/)
- [Dominican Republic](https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/)
- [Denmark](https://atoneplace.net/country/denmark/)
- [Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]