2021 Census: Estonia’s Population More Than 1.33 Million
Estonia’s population has increased over the past ten years, standing at 1,331,824 permanent residents as of December 31, 2021, according to data from the 2021 national Population and Hou-sing Census published on June 1. The average resident of Estonia is 42.2 years old, or 1.4 years older than the average resident ten years ago, Statistics Estonia said in a press release. “The positive side of an aging population is that the number of people aged 80 and over has in-creased — in other words, people are living longer, and this is particularly noticeable in the case of men,” Terje Tras-berg, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia said. Accor-ding to the 2021 census, there are representatives of 211 ethnicities living in Estonia, which is 31 more than ten years ago. 69.4 percent of people living in Estonia are ethnically Esto-nian, up from 68.3 percent 20 years ago.
Estonian Inflation Still Highest in the EU
The Eurostat flash estimate puts the annual inflation of the Eurozone at 8.1 percent and Estonia’s in the lead at 20.1 percent. Estonia’s April figure was 18.1 percent. Following Estonia in May are Lithuania at 18.5 percent, Latvia (16.4 percent) and Slovakia (11.8 percent). Price advance was slowest in Malta at just 5.6 percent. Energy prices continued to have the greatest effect in May, with price advances jumping from 37.5 percent in April to 39.2 percent in May. Food, alcohol and tobacco became more expensive by 7.5 percent in May, up from 6.3 in April. (Pg 6)
Estonia Gained Two More Flag Days
The government sent a bill to the Riigikogu, according to which January 30 will be marked as a day celebrating Estonian literature and ob-served as a flag day. According to the draft, flags must also be raised on the day of the general song and dance festival as well as the youth song and dance festival. (Pg 6)
