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Tallinn Facts & Figures 09 TALLINN - HOME FOR BUSINESS TALLINN FACTS & FIGURES 09 REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA 3 TALLINN 4 POPULATION 7 LABOUR MARKET 10 ECONOMY 12 BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 18 TOURISM 22 FOREIGN TRADE 25 HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE 27 TRANSPORT 29 COMMUNICATIONS 31 HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL CARE 35 EDUCATION 36 CULTURE 38 ENVIRONMENT 40 TALLINN’S BUDGET 41 Published by: Tallinn City Enterprise Board (www.investor.tallinn.ee) Design: Ecwador Advertising Photos: Toomas Volmer, Triin Abel, Karel Koplimets, Toomas Tuul, Meelis Lokk, Maido Juss, Arno Mikkor, Kärt Kübarsepp, Kaido Haagen, Harri Rospu, Andreas Meichsner, Meeli Tulik, Laulasmaa Resort, Arco Vara, Tallinn Airport, IB Genetics OÜ, Port of Tallinn Print: Folger Art TALLINN - HOME FOR BUSINESS 03 REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA Area 45 227 km2 Climate Average temperature in July +16.7° C (2008) Average temperature in February -4° C (2009) Population 1,340,341 (1 January 2009) Time zone GMT +2 in winter GMT +3 in summer Language Estonian Currency Estonian kroon (EEK) 1 EEK = 100 cents 1 EUR = 15.6466 EEK As of May 1, 2004, Estonia is a European Union member state. As of March 29, 2004, Estonia is a full member of NATO. As of December 21, 2007, Estonia belongs to the Schengen Area. 04 TALLINN Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is located in Northern Europe in the northeast part of the Baltic Sea Region, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. A favourable geographic location has helped Tallinn develop into a port city, as well as an industrial and commercial centre. Tallinn, a well-known Hanseatic town, received its township rights in 1248. LOCATION IN THE WORLD Latitude 59o 26’ North and longitude 24o 46’ East GEOGRAPHIC INDICATORS Area 159.2 km2 Islands (1): Aegna 3.04 km2 Lakes (2): Harku 1.7 km2, Ülemiste 9.4 km2 Sea coast 46 km Land border 59 km The highest point in Nõmme is 63.6 m above sea level. Population 404,556 (1 April 2009) Population density 2,541 in/km2 LAND OWNERSHIP The National Land Registry has registered 10,913.8 hectares of land, which is 69% of Tallinn’s territory. Unreformed state-owned land made up 31% of Tallinn’s territory. According to the Land Registry, 3,284.6 hectares of the registered land is municipal land, which is 20.8% of Tallinn’s territory. Of the registered land, 2,050.5 hectares is state-owned land, which is 13% of Tallinn’s territory, while 5,578.7 hectares is private property, which is 35.2% of Tallinn’s territory. Tallinn has 40 km2 of parks, forests, etc. 05 As of 2009, Tallinn is a member of the following international organizations Baltic Metropolises Cooperation network of the metropolises in the Baltic Sea Region Hanseatic League EC/EUROCITIES Union of Eurocities UBC Union of Baltic Cities ARC Airport Regions Conference ECAD European Cities Against Drugs OWHC Organization of World Heritage Cities ECM European Cities Marketing EUREGIO Cooperation project of Helsinki and Tallinn INTA International Network for Urban Development ASCE Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe UCEU The Union of Capitals of the European Union LUCI The Lighting Urban Community International POLIS European Cities and Regions Networking for New Transport Solutions Tallinn has permanent associations with 26 cities in the world Annapolis (USA) Newcastle/Gateshead (United Kingdom) Berlin (Germany) Odessa (Ukraine) Dartford (United Kingdom) Peking (China) Florence (Italy) Riga (Latvia) Gent (Belgium) Schwerin (Germany) Groningen (The Netherlands) Skopje (Macedonia) Hangzhou (China) Stockholm (Sweden) Helsinki (Finland) St. Petersburg (Russia) Kiel (Germany) Toronto (Canada) Kiev (Ukraine) Turku (Finland) Kotka (Finland) Venice (Italy) Malmö (Sweden) Vienna (Austria) Moscow (Russia) Vilnius (Lithuania) 06 Distances and flight times to larger cities,2009 City Distance from Tallinn (by plane, km) Flight duration (h) Helsinki 82 0.5 Riga 280 1.0 Stockholm 380 1.0 Vilnius 530 1.5 Oslo 800 1.5 Copenhagen 860 1.5 Moscow 860 1.75 Kiev 1,075 2.0 Prague 1,200 2.0 Frankfurt 1,400 2.0 Brussels 1,600 2.5 London 1,750 2.75 Source: Tallinn Airport Regular international passenger traffic between the Port of Tallinn and other cities, 2009 Departures per week from the Destination Duration (h) Port of Tallinn during the summer Helsinki 71 2 - 3.5* Mariehamn 7 11 Stockholm 7 16 * depending on vessel type Source: Port of Tallinn 07 POPULATION Population of Tallinn, 1970-2007 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 478,974 428,537 401,372 401,821 397,150 400,781 396,193 398,434 399,685 396,010 404,005 362,536 100,000 0 1970 1979 1989 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Sources: Statistical Office of Estonia, Register of Population In 2008, the birth rate increased by 1.2% compared to the previous year. In the record months of January and April, an average of 539 births per month was registered in Tallinn. Live births in Tallinn, 2000-2008 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 3,672 3,550 3,538 4,283 4,805 5,031 5,557 5,836 5,907 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Statistical Office of Estonia 08 Population by districts, 1 April 2009 District Area (km2) Population (%) Population density km2 City Centre 30.6 12 1,580 Nõmme 29.2 9.5 1,314 Lasnamäe 27.4 28 4,135 Haabersti 22.1 10 1,837 Pirita 18.7 3.5 789 North-Tallinn 15.2 14 3,664 Kristiine 7.9 7 3,698 Mustamäe 8.1 16 7,932 TALLINN total 159.2 100 2,541 Source: Register of Population General population data of Tallinn, 2008 Total (per 1,000 inhabitants) Births 5,907 14.6 Deaths 4,944 12.2 Natural increase 963 2.3 Marriages 2,676 6.6 Divorces 1,519 3.8 Name changes 578 1.4 Source: Statistical Office of Estonia Resident population by age in Tallinn, 1 January 2009 300,000 68.4 % 250,000 200,000 150,000 276,461 100,000 14.4 % 17.1 % 50,000 58,303 69,241 0 0-14 15-64 65+ Source: Population Register National composition of population in Tallinn 2 January 2009 2.1 % 3.3 % 3.8 % Estonians Russians Ukrainians Belarusians 38.6 % 52.2 % Others Source: Population Register 10 LABOUR MARKET In comparison to the other areas of Estonia, the level of employment in Tallinn is high, which can be explained by the economic concentration in Tallinn and the favourable investment climate. Population of Tallinn by economic status, 2008 (thousands) 1. Economically active population (labour force) 225.6 - Employed 215.6 - Unemployed 10 2. Economically inactive population 87.8 Labour force participation rate (%) 72.0 Employment rate (%) 68.8 Unemployment rate (%) 4.4 Source: Statistical Office of Estonia, Estonian Labour Force Survey Employment in Tallinn, 2000 - 2008 (%) 80 71.4 72.0 68.8 69.1 68.8 70.0 69.2 70.1 70.5 70 68.8 67. 3 68.9 60 64.4 60.4 60.5 62.4 62.6 62.3 50 40 30 20 12.2 12.5 9.3 10.6 10.0 10 8.2 4.5 3.4 4.4 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Statistical Office of Estonia, Estonian Labour Force Survey The unemployment rate is the percentage of unemployed people in the labour force The employment rate is the percentage of employed people in the working-age population Labour force participation is the percentage of the labour force in the working-age population (ages 15 to74) 11 Employment in Tallinn by field of activity, 2008 thousands % Manufacturing 42.8 17.5 Trade 39.1 15.9 Real estate, rent and business services 31.6 12.9 Construction 29.6 12.1 Transport and communications 26.0 10.6 Education 17.7 7.2 State government and defence 15.4 6.3 Hotels and restaurants 10.1 4.1 Health care and social work 9.1 3.7 Finance and business services 7.6 3.1 Electricity, gas and water supply 1.3 0.5 Others 14.9 6.1 TOTAL 245.0 100.0 Sources: Statistical Office of Estonia, Estonian Labour Force Survey 12 ECONOMY ECONOMIC GROWTH • In 2008, GDP at current prices was 15.9 billion EUR and GDP in constant prices (2000) was 10.1 billion EUR GDP per capita in Estonia, EUR 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 11,827 11,381 4,000 9,753 8,239 7,153 6,422 2,000 5,709 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: Bank of Estonia Real growth of GDP in Estonia, (%) 12 10.4 9.2 9 7.8 7.1 7.5 6.3 6 4.7* 3 0.2* 0 -3 -3.6 -6 -9 -12 -12.3* -15 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009* 2010* 2011* * forecast Source: Bank of Estonia TALLINN - HOME OF BUSINESS 013 GDP per capita in the Baltic Sea Region, Real growth of 2008 (EUR) GDP by countries (%) Norway 44,850 Poland 5.3 Sweden 30,888 Lithuania 5.1 Denmark 30,342 Czech Republic 3.9 Finland 29,952 Norway 2.8 Germany 27,144 Germany 1.7 Czech Republic 20,904 Finland 1.5 Estonia 17,082 Sweden 0.9 Hungary 15,990 Denmark 0.3 Lithuania 14,352 Hungary -1.5 Latvia 13,884 Estonia -3 Poland 13,884 Latvia -5 Source: CIA World Factbook 2008 • In the Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008 compiled by the World Economic Forum, Estonia ranks 32nd among 134 countries.
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