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Tallinn (/ ˈtælɪn /, Estonian: [ˈtɑlʲːinː] ⓘ) [5][6] is the capital and most populous [7] city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 461,000 (as of 2024) [2] and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county).
The population of Estonia grew rapidly until the Great Famine of 1695–97 in which 70,000–75,000 ... Tallinn is the capital and the largest city of Estonia, ...
2.5%. Census data show that in 2021 an estimated 76% of Estonia’s population speak a foreign language. While 10 years ago the most widely spoken foreign language in Estonia was Russian, today it is English. Estonian is spoken by 84% of the population: 67% speak it as a mother tongue and 17% as a foreign language.
REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA: FACTS. Capital: Tallinn. Area: 45,339 sq km. Population: 1.3 million. ... "Singing revolution" brings a third of the population together in a bid for national unity and self ...
Tallinn is the capital and the most populous city of Estonia. There are 46 other linn, i.e. cities and towns in Estonia (as of 2022). The Estonian word linn means both "a city" or "a town". More than 70% of the country's population lives in the cities and towns.
The population is measured within city limits on a national level, independently, by each statistical bureau: Central Statistic Bureau of Latvia, [ 1] Statistics Estonia [ 2] and State Data Agency of Lithuania. [ 3] Of the top 30 cities by population in the Baltics, 15 are Lithuanian, 10 are Latvian, and 5 are Estonian. 1. Riga. 2. Vilnius. 3.
Cities portal. v. t. e. This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.
Tallinn, the capital city, and Tartu are the two largest urban areas. The Estonian language is the indigenous and official language. It is the first language of the majority of the population of 1.4 million. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited by humans since at least 9,000 BCE.