Estonia: Flag and Facts
Estonia's flag has three equal horizontal stripes: blue on top, black in the middle, and white at the bottom.
- Official name
- Republic of Estonia
- Capital
- Tallinn
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population
- 1.3 million (2025)
- Languages
- Estonian
- Currency
- Euro
- Area
- 45,227 km² (17,462 sq mi)
- People
- Estonian
- Calling code
- +372
- Highest point
- Suur Munamagi 318 m
- Independence
- 24 February 1918 (from Soviet Russia)
- National symbols
- barn swallow, cornflower
About Estonia
Blue means faith and loyalty, plus the sky, sea and lakes. Black stands for the soil and the hard past of the Estonian people. White points to virtue and enlightenment, and also to birch bark, snow and bright summer nights under the midnight sun.
Danes, Swedes, Germans and Russians all ruled here over the centuries before Estonia first won independence on 24 February 1918. The Soviet Union absorbed it by force in 1940, and the US and many others never accepted that. Freedom returned in 1991, and Russian soldiers were gone by 1994. Estonia then joined NATO and the EU in 2004 and switched to the euro in 2011. The landscape is low and marshy, flat in the north and hilly in the south.
Did you know?
- The barn swallow and the cornflower are national symbols of Estonia.
- Suur Munamagi, the highest point, is only 318 meters tall.
- Tallinn, the capital, has about 454,000 residents.
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Questions about Estonia
What currency does Estonia use?
The euro, adopted in 2011.
When is Estonia's Independence Day?
24 February, marking independence in 1918.
Sources
- CIA World Factbook, checked October 8, 2026
- REST Countries data (mledoze/countries), checked October 8, 2026
- Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), checked October 8, 2026
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