1. Estonia has one of the lowest population densities in the world (28 per sq km; 72.5 per sq mi) – placing it 188th in the world.

2. Estonia is slightly bigger than Denmark and has a coastline fragmented with 1,521 islands.

3. Estonia has the fourth smallest population in the European Union, and the eighth smallest land area.

4. The country is flat as a pancake – its highest peak is 318 metres (1,043 ft) above sea level – and it’s also the highest in the Baltic states.

5. According to the largest ever study of height around the world, Estonian men and women are the third tallest people on Earth.

6. One of the biggest meteorites to hit the Earth in the recent history landed in Saaremaa island, in what today is the village of Kaali.

7. Saaremaa is also where, according to one measurement, the centre of Europe is located.