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Eritrea vs Estonia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Eritrea has a population of 3.54M (ranked 131/197), compared with 1.37M in Estonia (ranked 153/197). Eritrea's land area is 46,787 sq mi versus 16,498 sq mi for Estonia (ranked 96th vs. 129th).

By GDP, Eritrea ranks 179/197 ($2.07B) and Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B). By GDP per capita, Eritrea ranks 188/197 ($689), while Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170).

Main facts and rankings

Eritrea Estonia
Population
3667774
1355535
Population rank 131/197 155/197
GDP
$2.07B
2011
$42.8B
2024
GDP rank 179/197 102/197
GDP per capita
$689
2011
$31,170
2024
GDP per capita rank 188/197 40/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,742
2011
$49,334
2024
Government debt
$3.54B
2011
$10.1B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
260.4%
2019
25.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,182
2011
$7,362
2024
Government debt per person rank 137/185 66/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,342
2025
$21,368
2025
Land area
46,787 sq mi
2025
16,498 sq mi
2025
Population density
75.6 ppl/mi²
2024
83.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.71
2023
1.31
2023
Median age
19.9 years
2024
43.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
69.2 years
2025
79.5 years
2025

Eritrea and Estonia: Comparison Charts

Eritrea and Estonia economies compared

GDP
Eritrea

Estonia
Year GDP
Eritrea Estonia
1992 $477,101,652 -
1993 $467,872,715 $4,013,091,682
1994 $531,688,312 $4,123,011,420
1995 $578,015,625 $4,502,970,889
1996 $693,535,954 $4,786,018,988
1997 $686,490,090 $5,154,420,649
1998 $745,523,117 $5,674,080,543
1999 $688,918,537 $5,756,912,266
2000 $706,370,816 $5,686,579,748
2001 $752,371,689 $6,250,218,423
2002 $729,321,680 $7,370,119,619
2003 $870,248,268 $9,876,595,528
2004 $1,109,054,005 $12,148,595,031
2005 $1,098,424,686 $14,109,491,357
2006 $1,211,161,880 $17,025,671,810
2007 $1,317,974,491 $22,450,264,166
2008 $1,380,188,800 $24,342,935,404
2009 $1,856,695,551 $19,633,984,440
2010 $1,589,515,447 $19,524,355,419
2011 $2,065,001,626 $23,303,915,795
2012 - $23,237,406,116
2013 - $25,451,032,781
2014 - $27,055,689,003
2015 - $23,311,847,751
2016 - $24,561,027,788
2017 - $27,469,461,919
2018 - $31,222,632,741
2019 - $31,873,748,770
2020 - $31,820,771,494
2021 - $37,204,563,051
2022 - $38,376,046,175
2023 - $41,291,245,222
2024 - $42,764,929,169

Eritrea and Estonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Eritrea

Estonia
Year GDP per capita
Eritrea Estonia
1992 $265.2 -
1993 $252.1 $2,686
1994 $277.8 $2,819
1995 $285.4 $3,134
1996 $326 $3,381
1997 $319 $3,683
1998 $342 $4,093
1999 $311 $4,141
2000 $314 $4,071
2001 $325 $4,503
2002 $305 $5,343
2003 $349 $7,205
2004 $427 $8,916
2005 $413 $10,415
2006 $448 $12,641
2007 $480 $16,745
2008 $490 $18,206
2009 $643 $14,712
2010 $540 $14,664
2011 $689 $17,556
2012 - $17,568
2013 - $19,310
2014 - $20,582
2015 - $17,722
2016 - $18,666
2017 - $20,852
2018 - $23,618
2019 - $24,021
2020 - $23,934
2021 - $27,954
2022 - $28,451
2023 - $30,133
2024 - $31,170

Eritrea vs. Estonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Eritrea

Estonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea Estonia
1950 33.3 66.4
1951 33.6 66.8
1952 34 67.2
1953 34.4 67.5
1954 34.8 67.8
1955 35.2 68.2
1956 35.6 68.5
1957 30.4 68.8
1958 30.9 68.8
1959 37 68.7
1960 37.4 69.3
1961 37.9 69.6
1962 38.3 69.8
1963 38.8 69.9
1964 39.2 70.6
1965 39.6 70.7
1966 37.6 70.7
1967 40.2 71
1968 40.5 70.6
1969 40.8 70.3
1970 41.2 70.4
1971 41.5 70.6
1972 40.7 70.4
1973 41.1 70.7
1974 39 70.8
1975 39 70.1
1976 42.6 69.7
1977 43 69.8
1978 43.4 69.7
1979 43.8 69.4
1980 44.6 69.5
1981 45 69.3
1982 44.9 69.9
1983 37.2 69.8
1984 37.7 69.6
1985 38.6 69.8
1986 39.5 70.9
1987 47.4 70.9
1988 48.1 71
1989 47.8 70.5
1990 49.7 69.9
1991 50.5 69.8
1992 52.4 69.2
1993 53.2 68.2
1994 54 66.7
1995 54.8 67.8
1996 55.5 70
1997 56.2 70.2
1998 50 69.8
1999 44.5 70.7
2000 56.3 71
2001 58.4 70.8
2002 58.9 71.4
2003 59.5 71.9
2004 60.1 72.4
2005 60.6 73
2006 61.5 73.2
2007 62 73.2
2008 62.4 74.3
2009 63.2 75.2
2010 63.7 75.9
2011 64.2 76.3
2012 64.7 76.4
2013 65 77.3
2014 65.5 77.1
2015 65.9 77.7
2016 66.2 77.8
2017 66.6 78.2
2018 67 78.3
2019 67.3 78.8
2020 67 78.9
2021 66.9 77.4
2022 67.8 78.2
2023 68.6 79.2
2024 68.9 79.3
2025 69.2 79.5

Eritrea and Estonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Eritrea

Estonia
Year Population
Eritrea Estonia
1960 972,547 1,211,537
1961 995,573 1,225,077
1962 1,019,788 1,241,623
1963 1,045,092 1,258,857
1964 1,071,287 1,277,086
1965 1,098,335 1,294,566
1966 1,124,957 1,308,597
1967 1,152,339 1,318,946
1968 1,181,737 1,331,214
1969 1,212,005 1,345,249
1970 1,243,453 1,360,076
1971 1,276,154 1,376,955
1972 1,309,235 1,392,518
1973 1,342,669 1,405,951
1974 1,375,688 1,418,169
1975 1,408,210 1,429,352
1976 1,443,807 1,439,576
1977 1,482,565 1,450,211
1978 1,522,378 1,460,188
1979 1,563,332 1,468,333
1980 1,605,797 1,477,219
1981 1,649,939 1,487,666
1982 1,695,461 1,498,414
1983 1,736,160 1,508,745
1984 1,771,730 1,518,617
1985 1,807,816 1,528,781
1986 1,845,164 1,540,190
1987 1,888,669 1,552,221
1988 1,938,255 1,561,900
1989 1,987,017 1,568,131
1990 2,032,737 1,569,174
1991 1,919,571 1,561,314
1992 1,798,748 1,533,091
1993 1,856,006 1,494,128
1994 1,913,915 1,462,514
1995 2,025,267 1,436,634
1996 2,128,464 1,415,594
1997 2,152,135 1,399,535
1998 2,180,419 1,386,156
1999 2,212,780 1,390,244
2000 2,247,031 1,396,985
2001 2,312,079 1,388,115
2002 2,392,978 1,379,350
2003 2,493,903 1,370,720
2004 2,598,284 1,362,550
2005 2,661,215 1,354,775
2006 2,703,502 1,346,810
2007 2,743,222 1,340,680
2008 2,816,327 1,337,090
2009 2,887,885 1,334,515
2010 2,945,186 1,331,475
2011 2,998,485 1,327,439
2012 3,036,988 1,322,696
2013 3,074,360 1,317,997
2014 3,095,173 1,314,545
2015 3,105,546 1,315,407
2016 3,124,698 1,315,790
2017 3,150,347 1,317,384
2018 3,192,760 1,321,977
2019 3,240,194 1,326,898
2020 3,291,271 1,329,522
2021 3,350,183 1,330,932
2022 3,409,447 1,348,840
2023 3,470,390 1,370,286
2024 3,535,603 1,371,986

Fertility rates in Eritrea and Estonia

Fertility rate
Eritrea

Estonia
Year Fertility rate
Eritrea Estonia
1960 6.48 1.98
1961 6.47 1.98
1962 6.5 1.95
1963 6.48 1.89
1964 6.49 1.94
1965 6.49 1.88
1966 6.5 1.87
1967 6.5 1.9
1968 6.5 2.03
1969 6.5 2.13
1970 6.54 2.17
1971 6.54 2.19
1972 6.54 2.13
1973 6.55 2.06
1974 6.57 2.07
1975 6.59 2.04
1976 6.6 2.07
1977 6.61 2.06
1978 6.61 2.02
1979 6.62 2
1980 6.61 2.02
1981 6.62 2.07
1982 6.63 2.07
1983 6.65 2.16
1984 6.62 2.17
1985 6.59 2.13
1986 6.56 2.18
1987 6.52 2.27
1988 6.47 2.27
1989 6.41 2.22
1990 6.34 2.05
1991 6.24 1.8
1992 6.16 1.71
1993 6.07 1.49
1994 6.01 1.42
1995 5.94 1.38
1996 5.84 1.37
1997 5.74 1.32
1998 5.63 1.28
1999 5.52 1.3
2000 5.4 1.36
2001 5.31 1.32
2002 5.23 1.36
2003 5.14 1.37
2004 5.04 1.47
2005 4.93 1.52
2006 4.88 1.58
2007 4.81 1.69
2008 4.74 1.72
2009 4.66 1.7
2010 4.57 1.72
2011 4.49 1.61
2012 4.41 1.56
2013 4.34 1.52
2014 4.27 1.54
2015 4.22 1.58
2016 4.16 1.6
2017 4.11 1.59
2018 4.06 1.67
2019 4 1.66
2020 3.93 1.58
2021 3.87 1.61
2022 3.79 1.41
2023 3.71 1.31

Eritrea and Estonia demographics compared

Median age
Eritrea

Estonia
Year Median age, years
Eritrea Estonia
1960 18.8 32.2
1961 18.9 32.4
1962 18.9 32.5
1963 19 32.7
1964 19 32.8
1965 19 33
1966 19 33.2
1967 18.9 33.4
1968 18.9 33.6
1969 18.8 33.7
1970 18.6 33.7
1971 18.5 33.8
1972 18.3 33.9
1973 18.2 34.1
1974 18.2 34.2
1975 18.1 34.2
1976 18 34.3
1977 17.9 34.3
1978 17.8 34.2
1979 17.8 34
1980 17.8 33.9
1981 17.7 33.8
1982 17.7 33.8
1983 17.7 33.9
1984 17.8 33.9
1985 17.8 33.9
1986 17.9 34
1987 17.9 34
1988 17.8 34.1
1989 17.7 34.2
1990 17.6 34.3
1991 17.6 34.6
1992 17.5 35
1993 17.6 35.6
1994 17.6 36
1995 18.1 36.3
1996 18.4 36.7
1997 18 37
1998 17.8 37.3
1999 17.5 37.6
2000 17.4 38
2001 17.5 38.3
2002 17.7 38.5
2003 18 38.8
2004 18.3 39.1
2005 18.3 39.3
2006 18.2 39.6
2007 18.1 39.7
2008 18.2 39.8
2009 18.4 40
2010 18.4 40.3
2011 18.5 40.6
2012 18.5 40.9
2013 18.5 41.1
2014 18.5 41.4
2015 18.4 41.5
2016 18.4 41.7
2017 18.5 41.9
2018 18.7 42
2019 18.9 42.2
2020 19.1 42.4
2021 19.3 42.5
2022 19.5 42.7
2023 19.7 42.9
2024 19.9 43.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Eritrea Estonia
GNI, Atlas method
$1.94B
2011
$39.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
31.3%
2019
44.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.13%
2006
5.21%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
20.9%
2003
2.87%
2023
Armed forces personnel
202,000
2020
7,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.72%
2019
-2.69%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.8%
2017
7.5%
2024
Services, % of GDP n/a
65.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
21.8%
2009
20.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
38.6
2025
78.9
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
23.7%
2023
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
3.1%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
2
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
14
2003
Total reserves including gold
$192M
2019
$2.07B
2024
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$496M
2024
International tourist arrivals
142,000
2016
1,695,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
36.8%
2000
3.98%
2020
Banked people share n/a
98.9%
2024

Energy

Eritrea Estonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
289.5 kg
2022
3,089 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$6.73
2011
$15.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.67 megatons
2023
11.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.19 tons
2023
8.35 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
22.4%
2022
60.9%
2023
Renewable energy use share
80.7%
2021
38%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.1%
2022
2.9%
2023
Net energy imports use share
34.8%
2004
3.77%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
102.4 kWh
2022
5,722 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
5.79%
2021
40%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0.42%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
54.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Eritrea Estonia
% of world population
0.04%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-12,696
2024
-7,742
2024
Urban population
43.9%
2024
70%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
6 ft
2025
Average female height
5.17 ft
2025
5.53 ft
2025
Quality of life index
8.3
2025
82
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
13
2024
76
2024
Higher education index
5
2025
81
2025
Homicides per 100K people
14.6
2012
1.54
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
37.9
2019
4.5
2019
Visa free countries
51
2025
173
2025
Adult literacy rate
76.6%
2018
99.9%
2021
English speaking
0%
2025
50.2%
2023
People using the Internet
20%
2023
92.2%
2024

Health

Eritrea Estonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$27.1
2022
$1,999
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$14.7
2022
$463
2022
Life expectancy
69.2 years
2025
79.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
22.5%
2022
0.01%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.07
2022
3.44
2021
Age at first childbirth
21.3 years
2025
28.7 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
291
2023
5
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
35.4
2023
2.1
2023
Obesity rate
4.94%
2022
22.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.4%
2024
6.9%
2024
Air quality index
30
2025
95
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
28.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.07 liters
2020
10.7 liters
2020

Territory

Eritrea Estonia
% of world land
0.08%
2025
0.03%
2025
Land area per capita
13,233 sq mi
2024
12,025 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
29,313 sq mi
2025
3,815 sq mi
2025
Forest area
4,038 sq mi
2025
9,415 sq mi
2025
Roads length
9,942 mi
2018
n/a

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