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Belgium vs Estonia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 1.37M in Estonia (ranked 153/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 16,498 sq mi for Estonia (ranked 136th vs. 129th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170).

Main facts and rankings

Belgium Estonia
Population
11909960
1355535
Population rank 83/197 155/197
GDP
$665B
2024
$42.8B
2024
GDP rank 23/197 102/197
GDP per capita
$55,955
2024
$31,170
2024
GDP per capita rank 17/197 40/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$72,126
2024
$49,334
2024
Government debt
$694B
2024
$10.1B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
106.4%
2025
25.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$58,455
2024
$7,362
2024
Government debt per person rank 5/185 66/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$34,348
2025
$21,368
2025
Land area
11,774 sq mi
2025
16,498 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,009 ppl/mi²
2024
83.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.47
2023
1.31
2023
Median age
42.7 years
2024
43.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
79.5 years
2025

Belgium and Estonia: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Estonia economies compared

GDP
Belgium

Estonia
Year GDP
Belgium Estonia
1960 $11,810,619,368 -
1961 $12,561,701,694 -
1962 $13,436,827,167 -
1963 $14,445,805,381 -
1964 $16,168,044,450 -
1965 $17,597,783,297 -
1966 $18,894,891,312 -
1967 $20,252,508,995 -
1968 $21,654,856,965 -
1969 $24,019,653,475 -
1970 $26,706,196,047 -
1971 $29,821,661,870 -
1972 $37,209,418,019 -
1973 $47,743,801,490 -
1974 $56,033,077,879 -
1975 $65,678,189,097 -
1976 $71,113,882,968 -
1977 $82,839,905,459 -
1978 $101,246,526,194 -
1979 $116,315,456,797 -
1980 $126,829,314,388 -
1981 $104,730,018,470 -
1982 $92,095,926,188 -
1983 $87,184,239,053 -
1984 $83,349,530,159 -
1985 $86,268,264,148 -
1986 $120,018,787,249 -
1987 $149,394,404,106 -
1988 $162,299,103,675 -
1989 $164,221,056,511 -
1990 $205,331,747,948 -
1991 $210,510,999,409 -
1992 $234,781,652,447 -
1993 $224,721,795,709 $4,013,091,682
1994 $244,884,129,491 $4,123,011,420
1995 $288,025,588,396 $4,502,970,889
1996 $279,201,433,225 $4,786,018,988
1997 $252,708,051,421 $5,154,420,649
1998 $258,528,339,631 $5,674,080,543
1999 $258,245,733,221 $5,756,912,266
2000 $236,792,460,312 $5,686,579,748
2001 $236,746,141,604 $6,250,218,423
2002 $258,383,599,375 $7,370,119,619
2003 $318,082,528,507 $9,876,595,528
2004 $369,214,712,443 $12,148,595,031
2005 $385,714,762,230 $14,109,491,357
2006 $408,259,840,869 $17,025,671,810
2007 $470,922,156,309 $22,450,264,166
2008 $517,328,087,920 $24,342,935,404
2009 $485,014,525,992 $19,633,984,440
2010 $481,556,503,720 $19,524,355,419
2011 $527,196,649,049 $23,303,915,795
2012 $498,414,364,945 $23,237,406,116
2013 $524,097,026,599 $25,451,032,781
2014 $537,987,419,164 $27,055,689,003
2015 $461,044,767,545 $23,311,847,751
2016 $474,271,566,740 $24,561,027,788
2017 $500,908,767,352 $27,469,461,919
2018 $542,638,913,428 $31,222,632,741
2019 $536,726,344,405 $31,873,748,770
2020 $529,694,473,502 $31,820,771,494
2021 $598,522,422,242 $37,204,563,051
2022 $593,614,574,326 $38,376,046,175
2023 $644,655,275,112 $41,291,245,222
2024 $664,564,181,487 $42,764,929,169

Belgium and Estonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Belgium

Estonia
Year GDP per capita
Belgium Estonia
1960 $1,290 -
1961 $1,368 -
1962 $1,457 -
1963 $1,555 -
1964 $1,724 -
1965 $1,860 -
1966 $1,983 -
1967 $2,114 -
1968 $2,251 -
1969 $2,490 -
1970 $2,766 -
1971 $3,083 -
1972 $3,832 -
1973 $4,901 -
1974 $5,734 -
1975 $6,701 -
1976 $7,243 -
1977 $8,427 -
1978 $10,290 -
1979 $11,811 -
1980 $12,864 -
1981 $10,623 -
1982 $9,344 -
1983 $8,846 -
1984 $8,457 -
1985 $8,751 -
1986 $12,170 -
1987 $15,136 -
1988 $16,391 -
1989 $16,525 -
1990 $20,600 -
1991 $21,042 -
1992 $23,373 -
1993 $22,284 $2,686
1994 $24,209 $2,819
1995 $28,414 $3,134
1996 $27,490 $3,381
1997 $24,821 $3,683
1998 $25,338 $4,093
1999 $25,253 $4,141
2000 $23,099 $4,071
2001 $23,015 $4,503
2002 $25,006 $5,343
2003 $30,655 $7,205
2004 $35,429 $8,916
2005 $36,810 $10,415
2006 $38,705 $12,641
2007 $44,319 $16,745
2008 $48,303 $18,206
2009 $44,923 $14,712
2010 $44,197 $14,664
2011 $47,761 $17,556
2012 $44,874 $17,568
2013 $46,965 $19,310
2014 $47,996 $20,582
2015 $40,894 $17,722
2016 $41,855 $18,666
2017 $44,035 $20,852
2018 $47,487 $23,618
2019 $46,717 $24,021
2020 $45,906 $23,934
2021 $51,658 $27,954
2022 $50,822 $28,451
2023 $54,690 $30,133
2024 $55,955 $31,170

Belgium vs. Estonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belgium

Estonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Belgium Estonia
1950 66.3 66.4
1951 66.7 66.8
1952 68 67.2
1953 68.4 67.5
1954 68.6 67.8
1955 68.5 68.2
1956 68.8 68.5
1957 69.2 68.8
1958 69.9 68.8
1959 70.3 68.7
1960 69.6 69.3
1961 70.5 69.6
1962 70.2 69.8
1963 70 69.9
1964 70.7 70.6
1965 70.6 70.7
1966 70.6 70.7
1967 70.9 71
1968 70.6 70.6
1969 70.7 70.3
1970 70.9 70.4
1971 71.1 70.6
1972 71.4 70.4
1973 71.6 70.7
1974 72 70.8
1975 72 70.1
1976 72.1 69.7
1977 72.8 69.8
1978 72.7 69.7
1979 73.2 69.4
1980 73.2 69.5
1981 73.7 69.3
1982 73.9 69.9
1983 73.9 69.8
1984 74.4 69.6
1985 74.5 69.8
1986 74.7 70.9
1987 75.3 70.9
1988 75.6 71
1989 75.6 70.5
1990 76.1 69.9
1991 76.2 69.8
1992 76.4 69.2
1993 76.4 68.2
1994 76.7 66.7
1995 76.8 67.8
1996 77.2 70
1997 77.4 70.2
1998 77.5 69.8
1999 77.6 70.7
2000 77.8 71
2001 78.1 70.8
2002 78.2 71.4
2003 78.3 71.9
2004 79 72.4
2005 79.1 73
2006 79.4 73.2
2007 79.5 73.2
2008 79.6 74.3
2009 79.8 75.2
2010 80 75.9
2011 80.4 76.3
2012 80.3 76.4
2013 80.5 77.3
2014 81.1 77.1
2015 80.9 77.7
2016 81.3 77.8
2017 81.4 78.2
2018 81.5 78.3
2019 81.8 78.8
2020 80.8 78.9
2021 81.7 77.4
2022 81.2 78.2
2023 82.1 79.2
2024 82.3 79.3
2025 82.4 79.5

Belgium and Estonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Belgium

Estonia
Year Population
Belgium Estonia
1960 9,153,489 1,211,537
1961 9,183,948 1,225,077
1962 9,220,578 1,241,623
1963 9,289,770 1,258,857
1964 9,378,113 1,277,086
1965 9,463,667 1,294,566
1966 9,527,807 1,308,597
1967 9,580,991 1,318,946
1968 9,618,756 1,331,214
1969 9,646,032 1,345,249
1970 9,655,549 1,360,076
1971 9,673,162 1,376,955
1972 9,711,115 1,392,518
1973 9,741,720 1,405,951
1974 9,772,419 1,418,169
1975 9,800,700 1,429,352
1976 9,818,227 1,439,576
1977 9,830,358 1,450,211
1978 9,839,534 1,460,188
1979 9,848,382 1,468,333
1980 9,859,242 1,477,219
1981 9,858,982 1,487,666
1982 9,856,303 1,498,414
1983 9,855,520 1,508,745
1984 9,855,372 1,518,617
1985 9,858,308 1,528,781
1986 9,861,823 1,540,190
1987 9,870,234 1,552,221
1988 9,901,664 1,561,900
1989 9,937,697 1,568,131
1990 9,967,379 1,569,174
1991 10,004,486 1,561,314
1992 10,045,158 1,533,091
1993 10,084,475 1,494,128
1994 10,115,603 1,462,514
1995 10,136,811 1,436,634
1996 10,156,637 1,415,594
1997 10,181,245 1,399,535
1998 10,203,008 1,386,156
1999 10,226,419 1,390,244
2000 10,251,250 1,396,985
2001 10,286,570 1,388,115
2002 10,332,785 1,379,350
2003 10,376,133 1,370,720
2004 10,421,137 1,362,550
2005 10,478,617 1,354,775
2006 10,547,958 1,346,810
2007 10,625,700 1,340,680
2008 10,709,973 1,337,090
2009 10,796,493 1,334,515
2010 10,895,586 1,331,475
2011 11,038,264 1,327,439
2012 11,106,932 1,322,696
2013 11,159,407 1,317,997
2014 11,209,057 1,314,545
2015 11,274,196 1,315,407
2016 11,331,422 1,315,790
2017 11,375,158 1,317,384
2018 11,427,054 1,321,977
2019 11,488,980 1,326,898
2020 11,538,604 1,329,522
2021 11,586,195 1,330,932
2022 11,680,210 1,348,840
2023 11,787,423 1,370,286
2024 11,876,844 1,371,986

Fertility rates in Belgium and Estonia

Fertility rate
Belgium

Estonia
Year Fertility rate
Belgium Estonia
1960 2.54 1.98
1961 2.63 1.98
1962 2.59 1.95
1963 2.68 1.89
1964 2.71 1.94
1965 2.61 1.88
1966 2.52 1.87
1967 2.41 1.9
1968 2.31 2.03
1969 2.27 2.13
1970 2.25 2.17
1971 2.21 2.19
1972 2.09 2.13
1973 1.95 2.06
1974 1.83 2.07
1975 1.74 2.04
1976 1.73 2.07
1977 1.71 2.06
1978 1.69 2.02
1979 1.69 2
1980 1.68 2.02
1981 1.66 2.07
1982 1.61 2.07
1983 1.57 2.16
1984 1.54 2.17
1985 1.51 2.13
1986 1.54 2.18
1987 1.54 2.27
1988 1.57 2.27
1989 1.58 2.22
1990 1.62 2.05
1991 1.66 1.8
1992 1.65 1.71
1993 1.61 1.49
1994 1.56 1.42
1995 1.56 1.38
1996 1.59 1.37
1997 1.6 1.32
1998 1.6 1.28
1999 1.62 1.3
2000 1.67 1.36
2001 1.67 1.32
2002 1.65 1.36
2003 1.67 1.37
2004 1.72 1.47
2005 1.76 1.52
2006 1.8 1.58
2007 1.82 1.69
2008 1.85 1.72
2009 1.84 1.7
2010 1.86 1.72
2011 1.81 1.61
2012 1.8 1.56
2013 1.76 1.52
2014 1.74 1.54
2015 1.7 1.58
2016 1.68 1.6
2017 1.65 1.59
2018 1.62 1.67
2019 1.6 1.66
2020 1.55 1.58
2021 1.6 1.61
2022 1.53 1.41
2023 1.47 1.31

Belgium and Estonia demographics compared

Median age
Belgium

Estonia
Year Median age, years
Belgium Estonia
1960 34.9 32.2
1961 34.9 32.4
1962 34.9 32.5
1963 34.9 32.7
1964 34.8 32.8
1965 34.8 33
1966 34.7 33.2
1967 34.7 33.4
1968 34.7 33.6
1969 34.6 33.7
1970 34.5 33.7
1971 34.4 33.8
1972 34.3 33.9
1973 34.3 34.1
1974 34.3 34.2
1975 34.2 34.2
1976 34.1 34.3
1977 34.1 34.3
1978 34.1 34.2
1979 34.1 34
1980 34.2 33.9
1981 34.3 33.8
1982 34.5 33.8
1983 34.8 33.9
1984 35 33.9
1985 35.2 33.9
1986 35.4 34
1987 35.6 34
1988 35.9 34.1
1989 36.1 34.2
1990 36.3 34.3
1991 36.5 34.6
1992 36.7 35
1993 37 35.6
1994 37.2 36
1995 37.5 36.3
1996 37.8 36.7
1997 38.1 37
1998 38.3 37.3
1999 38.6 37.6
2000 38.9 38
2001 39.2 38.3
2002 39.4 38.5
2003 39.7 38.8
2004 40 39.1
2005 40.2 39.3
2006 40.4 39.6
2007 40.6 39.7
2008 40.7 39.8
2009 40.8 40
2010 40.8 40.3
2011 40.9 40.6
2012 41.1 40.9
2013 41.2 41.1
2014 41.3 41.4
2015 41.4 41.5
2016 41.4 41.7
2017 41.6 41.9
2018 41.7 42
2019 41.8 42.2
2020 41.9 42.4
2021 42 42.5
2022 42.2 42.7
2023 42.4 42.9
2024 42.7 43.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belgium Estonia
GNI, Atlas method
$651B
2024
$39.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
54.6%
2025
44.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.28%
2022
5.21%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.21%
2023
2.87%
2023
Armed forces personnel
24,000
2020
7,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.03%
2025
-2.69%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.7%
2024
7.5%
2024
Services, % of GDP
72.1%
2024
65.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.6%
2024
20.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
69
2025
78.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.2%
2023
23.7%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2023
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires
564,666
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
6.08%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
11
2025
2
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies
117
2015
14
2003
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$321B
2018
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$41.4B
2024
$2.07B
2024
Personal remittances received
$15.2B
2024
$496M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,584,000
2020
1,695,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.77%
2020
3.98%
2020
Banked people share
98.2%
2024
98.9%
2024

Energy

Belgium Estonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,049 kg
2023
3,089 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$17.1
2023
$15.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
84.3 megatons
2023
11.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.15 tons
2023
8.35 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
69.3%
2023
60.9%
2023
Renewable energy use share
11.7%
2021
38%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
22.3%
2023
2.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
89.2%
2023
3.77%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
6,927 kWh
2023
5,722 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
23.5%
2021
40%
2021
Hydroelectric share
1.98%
2023
0.42%
2023
Nuclear share
39.4%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belgium Estonia
% of world population
0.15%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
+36,243
2024
-7,742
2024
Urban population
98.2%
2024
70%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.88 ft
2025
6 ft
2025
Average female height
5.36 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Quality of life index
87.9
2025
82
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
69
2024
76
2024
Higher education index
96
2025
81
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.08
2021
1.54
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.8
2019
4.5
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
173
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.9%
2021
English speaking
59%
2023
50.2%
2023
People using the Internet
95.8%
2024
92.2%
2024

Health

Belgium Estonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$5,405
2022
$1,999
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,083
2022
$463
2022
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
79.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.24
2021
3.44
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.5 years
2023
28.7 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
4
2023
5
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.6
2023
2.1
2023
Obesity rate
20.5%
2022
22.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.9%
2024
6.9%
2024
Air quality index
74
2025
95
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.7%
2022
28.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.43 liters
2020
10.7 liters
2020

Territory

Belgium Estonia
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.03%
2025
Land area per capita
991 sq mi
2024
12,025 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,225 sq mi
2025
3,815 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2,661 sq mi
2025
9,415 sq mi
2025
Roads length
73,579 mi
2015
n/a

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