Population: Approximately 1.3 million people live in Estonia.

Capital City: Tallinn, a beautifully preserved medieval city on the Baltic Sea, is home to around 440,000 residents.

Area: Estonia covers about 45,339 km² — roughly the size of Denmark or the Netherlands.

Official Language: Estonian, a Finno-Ugric language closely related to Finnish, and very different from Latvian or Lithuanian.

Currency: Euro (€)

Time Zone: Eastern European Time (EET, UTC+2), shifting to Eastern European Summer Time (EEST, UTC+3) in summer.

Borders: Estonia shares land borders with Latvia and Russia and has a long coastline along the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.

Natural Beauty: Estonia is home to over 2,300 islands, ancient bogs, and half of its land is covered by forest.

Historical Tidbit: Estonia became the first country in the world to allow online voting in national elections in 2005 and is known for its digital society.