Local short name form

Official name

Area

Population

Capital

Currency

International telephone access code

ISO 3166 country codes

Car nationality plate code

Internet country code

GRC Country Code

   1 234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 17th April 2021

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The official language, Estonian , is spoken by about 62% of the population. Russian is spoken by 30% and Ukrainian by 1.4%. Belorussian , Finnish , Latvian , Lithuanian , Chuvash , Tatar and Romani are also spoken. Swedish is spoken by a few hundred people on the islands of Vormsi, Osmussaar, Pakri, Naissaar and Ruhnu, and on the Noarootsi Peninsula. Võro-Seto (in two dialects) is spoken is spoken in the south-east of the country, on the border with Russia.

Personal names tend to follow the pattern given name(s)[ ]family name.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

The following company types may be found in Estonian data:

   A.S. (Aktsiaselts – joint stock company)
   FIE (Füüsilisest isikust ettevõtja - Sole Proprietorship)
   MTÜ (Mittetulundusühing - non-profit organization)
   OÜ (Osaühing – private limited liability company)
   RAS (Riiklik Aktsiaselts – state-owned joint stock company)
   TÜ (Täisühing - General Partnership)
   Tulundusühistu - Commercial association
   UÜ (Usaldusühing - Limited Partnership)

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 27th June 2020

Addresses are formatted as follows:

   Name
   Thoroughfare[ ]number
   {Locality}
   POSTAL CODE[ ]SETTLEMENT

For example:

When an address is not in the postal town, the settlement name may be added on the line about that containing the postal code:

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

(Sub-)building & Thoroughfare types

   Note: This section last updated 10th January 2019

   Esplanaadi (Esplanade)
   Küla (Village)
   Maantee/Mnt (Esplanade)
   Maja (House)
   Plats (Square)
   Puiestee/Pst (Avenue)
   Tänav/Tn (Street)   
   Tee (Avenue)

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

The postal code (Sihtnumber) system in Estonia changed in January 1999. Codes are now composed of a block of 5 digits, commencing with any number between 1 and 9. This replaces the system inherited from the period that Estonia was part of the Soviet Union. A code in the new system can cover a village or a street or range of houses in the larger settlements.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Estonia - Postal code format

Estonia - Postal code specifics

Estonia - Postal code regular expression

Estonia - Postal code level of coverage

Estonia - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 8th April 2016

Refer to Exonyms in Estonia for full lists of place names in Estonia in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Estonia has 15 counties (maakonnad, singular - maakond). They are not used in addresses but can be recognized if encountered as their names all end in the string -maa. They are (with their administrative capitals in brackets):

    Harjumaa (Tallinn) 
    Hiiumaa (Kardla) 
    Ida-Virumaa (Johvi) 
    Järvamaa (Paide) 
    Jõgevamaa (Jogeva) 
    Läänemaa (Haapsalu) 
    Lääne-Virumaa (Rakvere) 
    Pärnumaa (Parnu) 
    Põlvamaa (Polva) 
    Raplamaa (Rapla) 
    Saaremaa (Kuessaare) 
    Tartumaa (Tartu) 
    Valgamaa (Valga) 
    Viljandimaa (Viljandi) 
    Võrumaa (Voru) 

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   Note: This section last updated 25th September 2018

Estonian telephone numbers have no area codes. All geographic subscriber numbers have 7 digits, mobile numbers have 8 or 12 digits. Mobile numbers start with 5, 81-86 or 875-879.