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# Finland, Russia and the US top the e-residency applicants’ list

![Image](https://estonianworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/E-residency-E-residency.jpg)

An Estonian e-residency ID card in use. Photo by e-residency programme.

By  [Sten Hankewitz](https://estonianworld.com/author/stenhankewitz/)
  ·  December 5, 2016  · [Business](https://estonianworld.com/category/business/)
 · 2 minutes of reading

### The most applications for the Estonian e-residency programme come from Finland, Russia and the United States.

According to an e-residency statistics website, 16.5% of the applicants – or 2,535 people – are from Finland. The Russian Federation is second with 7.92%; 1,216 people from Russia have applied for the e-residency. The United States comes third with 6.16% or 946 applicants.

The statistics also shows that altogether, Estonia has received over 15,000 applications for e-residency, of which just over 14,000 or 93% have been approved. Of the applications that have not been approved, 499 are on a waiting list and 612 under review. Only 154 applications have received a negative response.

When it comes to gender statistics, then a whopping 88% of the applicants have been male. The biggest age group of the applicants is 31-40 – 33% of the people expressed interest in the programme fall in to this group.

Altogether, Estonia has received applications for the e-residency programme from 136 countries – and even from countries like of Vanuatu, Togo, Tajikistan and Cuba.

Estonia [opened](https://estonianworld.com/business/estonia-becomes-first-country-world-offer-e-residency/)
 the e-residency programme up for everyone in December 2014. The Estonian e-residents get a state-issued, secure digital identify that allows digital authentication and the digital signing of documents. E-residents can also open bank accounts in Estonia without having to visit a branch.

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Cover: The e-residency card in use (courtesy of EAS.)

## About The Author

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[Sten Hankewitz](https://estonianworld.com/author/stenhankewitz/)
Sten Hankewitz is a lifelong journalist and the Executive Editor at Estonian World. Having lived in Estonia, Spain, the UK and all around the US, he now resides in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He loves to write and besides working at Estonian World, he [writes books](https://estonianworld.com/culture/the-grand-illusion-estonian-worlds-sten-hankewitz-publishes-a-novel-about-growing-up-in-the-soviet-union/)
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