for UNA-UK Newbury event at 2-Dec-2018

1. Estonia – tiny but spacious
UK Estonia diff(x)
population 66.0 Million 1.3 Million 50
area (km2
) 242495 45227 5
pop.
density
272 29 9
UK Estonia
0
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20000000
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population
UK Estonia
0
50000
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150000
200000
250000
300000
area (km2)
UK Estonia
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
pop. density

2. Countryside – even more space

Almost 25 000 square kilometres (55%) of the
total area of Estonia are uninhabited

Tallinn – the
capital

Tartu –
University of
Tartu since
1632

3. 5 National Parks

about 70% of the total territory
is covered with forest, marshy
land and swamp

4. Forest will heal you

Shinrin-yoku is a term
that means "taking in
the forest atmosphere"
or "forest bathing." It
was developed in
Japan during the
1980s and has become
a cornerstone of
preventive health care
and healing in
Japanese medicine.

5. Estonian language – a freak in Europe
… along with Finnish and Hungarian

6. No gendered pronouns (“she”, “he”)

7. Hardest to learn

8. UNSD - UN Statistics Division
https://unstats.un.org/ UK's major trading partners

9. Estonia's major trading partners

10. Structure
of
exports
UK vs Estonia:
both are service-
based