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Estonia vs France statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Estonia has a population of 1.37M (ranked 153/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Estonia's land area is 16,498 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 129th vs. 48th).

By GDP, Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Main facts and rankings

Estonia France
Population
1355535
68701054
Population rank 155/197 23/197
GDP
$42.8B
2024
$3.16T
2024
GDP rank 102/197 7/197
GDP per capita
$31,170
2024
$46,150
2024
GDP per capita rank 40/197 27/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$49,334
2024
$61,322
2024
Government debt
$10.1B
2024
$3.58T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
25.4%
2025
116.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,362
2024
$52,199
2024
Government debt per person rank 66/185 8/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,368
2025
$33,898
2025
Land area
16,498 sq mi
2025
208,090 sq mi
2025
Population density
83.2 ppl/mi²
2024
329 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.31
2023
1.66
2023
Median age
43.3 years
2024
43 years
2024
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Estonia and France: Comparison Charts

Estonia and France economies compared

GDP
Estonia

France
Year GDP
Estonia France
1960 - $61,756,878,990
1961 - $66,806,595,975
1962 - $74,888,595,286
1963 - $83,957,182,115
1964 - $93,079,224,076
1965 - $100,522,559,916
1966 - $108,928,356,519
1967 - $117,751,396,249
1968 - $128,427,504,709
1969 - $140,361,802,782
1970 - $146,926,998,937
1971 - $164,238,872,973
1972 - $201,621,751,625
1973 - $262,343,828,816
1974 - $283,102,178,123
1975 - $356,780,728,163
1976 - $368,488,292,816
1977 - $406,736,454,934
1978 - $501,724,418,605
1979 - $608,218,624,730
1980 - $694,529,183,483
1981 - $609,184,791,792
1982 - $578,152,310,610
1983 - $553,356,312,936
1984 - $525,033,325,828
1985 - $547,220,981,165
1986 - $764,946,585,851
1987 - $926,320,855,615
1988 - $1,010,827,662,152
1989 - $1,016,742,237,302
1990 - $1,257,649,439,827
1991 - $1,258,961,748,634
1992 - $1,389,663,073,110
1993 $4,013,091,682 $1,314,383,368,080
1994 $4,123,011,420 $1,385,822,778,828
1995 $4,502,970,889 $1,595,219,345,512
1996 $4,786,018,988 $1,598,889,216,566
1997 $5,154,420,649 $1,449,392,222,971
1998 $5,674,080,543 $1,496,906,382,032
1999 $5,756,912,266 $1,486,915,879,702
2000 $5,686,579,748 $1,360,959,069,477
2001 $6,250,218,423 $1,370,376,677,299
2002 $7,370,119,619 $1,492,427,756,382
2003 $9,876,595,528 $1,835,095,983,049
2004 $12,148,595,031 $2,109,792,297,237
2005 $14,109,491,357 $2,192,146,403,028
2006 $17,025,671,810 $2,317,861,544,691
2007 $22,450,264,166 $2,655,816,911,867
2008 $24,342,935,404 $2,926,802,941,586
2009 $19,633,984,440 $2,700,075,882,519
2010 $19,524,355,419 $2,646,230,027,988
2011 $23,303,915,795 $2,870,408,553,990
2012 $23,237,406,116 $2,683,007,095,787
2013 $25,451,032,781 $2,816,077,607,875
2014 $27,055,689,003 $2,861,236,112,552
2015 $23,311,847,751 $2,442,483,452,643
2016 $24,561,027,788 $2,470,407,619,777
2017 $27,469,461,919 $2,588,868,323,335
2018 $31,222,632,741 $2,781,576,320,884
2019 $31,873,748,770 $2,722,793,515,172
2020 $31,820,771,494 $2,647,926,055,110
2021 $37,204,563,051 $2,966,433,692,008
2022 $38,376,046,175 $2,796,302,210,399
2023 $41,291,245,222 $3,051,831,611,385
2024 $42,764,929,169 $3,162,079,073,496

Estonia and France economies compared

GDP per capita
Estonia

France
Year GDP per capita
Estonia France
1960 - $1,303
1961 - $1,395
1962 - $1,548
1963 - $1,718
1964 - $1,884
1965 - $2,015
1966 - $2,165
1967 - $2,321
1968 - $2,513
1969 - $2,724
1970 - $2,825
1971 - $3,128
1972 - $3,807
1973 - $4,914
1974 - $5,267
1975 - $6,607
1976 - $6,795
1977 - $7,465
1978 - $9,167
1979 - $11,063
1980 - $12,565
1981 - $10,956
1982 - $10,360
1983 - $9,862
1984 - $9,312
1985 - $9,657
1986 - $13,430
1987 - $16,176
1988 - $17,550
1989 - $17,547
1990 - $21,586
1991 - $21,501
1992 - $23,615
1993 $2,686 $22,239
1994 $2,819 $23,360
1995 $3,134 $26,792
1996 $3,381 $26,758
1997 $3,683 $24,169
1998 $4,093 $24,869
1999 $4,141 $24,576
2000 $4,071 $22,341
2001 $4,503 $22,332
2002 $5,343 $24,145
2003 $7,205 $29,480
2004 $8,916 $33,645
2005 $10,415 $34,696
2006 $12,641 $36,432
2007 $16,745 $41,486
2008 $18,206 $45,465
2009 $14,712 $41,728
2010 $14,664 $40,695
2011 $17,556 $43,930
2012 $17,568 $40,864
2013 $19,310 $42,669
2014 $20,582 $43,148
2015 $17,722 $36,702
2016 $18,666 $37,024
2017 $20,852 $38,687
2018 $23,618 $41,418
2019 $24,021 $40,408
2020 $23,934 $39,170
2021 $27,954 $43,725
2022 $28,451 $41,083
2023 $30,133 $44,691
2024 $31,170 $46,150

Estonia vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Estonia

France
Year Life expectancy, years
Estonia France
1950 66.4 66.4
1951 66.8 66.1
1952 67.2 67.4
1953 67.5 67.3
1954 67.8 68.2
1955 68.2 68.4
1956 68.5 68.5
1957 68.8 68.9
1958 68.8 70.1
1959 68.7 70.2
1960 69.3 70.4
1961 69.6 71
1962 69.8 70.5
1963 69.9 70.3
1964 70.6 71.3
1965 70.7 71.1
1966 70.7 71.5
1967 71 71.5
1968 70.6 71.5
1969 70.3 71.2
1970 70.4 72.1
1971 70.6 72.1
1972 70.4 72.3
1973 70.7 72.5
1974 70.8 72.8
1975 70.1 72.9
1976 69.7 73.1
1977 69.8 73.7
1978 69.7 73.8
1979 69.4 74.1
1980 69.5 74.2
1981 69.3 74.4
1982 69.9 74.8
1983 69.8 74.7
1984 69.6 75.2
1985 69.8 75.3
1986 70.9 75.6
1987 70.9 76.1
1988 71 76.4
1989 70.5 76.5
1990 69.9 76.8
1991 69.8 77
1992 69.2 77.3
1993 68.2 77.3
1994 66.7 77.8
1995 67.8 77.9
1996 70 78.1
1997 70.2 78.4
1998 69.8 78.6
1999 70.7 78.7
2000 71 79
2001 70.8 79.2
2002 71.4 79.4
2003 71.9 79.4
2004 72.4 80.3
2005 73 80.3
2006 73.2 80.7
2007 73.2 81
2008 74.3 81
2009 75.2 81.2
2010 75.9 81.4
2011 76.3 81.8
2012 76.4 81.7
2013 77.3 82
2014 77.1 82.4
2015 77.7 82.1
2016 77.8 82.4
2017 78.2 82.4
2018 78.3 82.6
2019 78.8 82.7
2020 78.9 82.2
2021 77.4 82.3
2022 78.2 82.5
2023 79.2 83.3
2024 79.3 83.5
2025 79.5 83.6

Estonia and France population clocks and comparison

Population
Estonia

France
Year Population
Estonia France
1960 1,211,537 47,412,964
1961 1,225,077 47,905,982
1962 1,241,623 48,389,516
1963 1,258,857 48,877,567
1964 1,277,086 49,401,492
1965 1,294,566 49,877,725
1966 1,308,597 50,311,637
1967 1,318,946 50,722,791
1968 1,331,214 51,112,980
1969 1,345,249 51,536,014
1970 1,360,076 52,007,169
1971 1,376,955 52,499,553
1972 1,392,518 52,962,356
1973 1,405,951 53,392,161
1974 1,418,169 53,746,571
1975 1,429,352 54,002,853
1976 1,439,576 54,232,383
1977 1,450,211 54,486,467
1978 1,460,188 54,734,030
1979 1,468,333 54,979,851
1980 1,477,219 55,274,184
1981 1,487,666 55,603,353
1982 1,498,414 55,806,789
1983 1,508,745 56,108,330
1984 1,518,617 56,383,085
1985 1,528,781 56,665,619
1986 1,540,190 56,956,002
1987 1,552,221 57,266,167
1988 1,561,900 57,598,186
1989 1,568,131 57,943,062
1990 1,569,174 58,261,012
1991 1,561,314 58,554,242
1992 1,533,091 58,846,584
1993 1,494,128 59,103,094
1994 1,462,514 59,324,863
1995 1,436,634 59,541,294
1996 1,415,594 59,754,504
1997 1,399,535 59,968,066
1998 1,386,156 60,190,684
1999 1,390,244 60,501,986
2000 1,396,985 60,918,661
2001 1,388,115 61,364,377
2002 1,379,350 61,812,142
2003 1,370,720 62,249,855
2004 1,362,550 62,707,588
2005 1,354,775 63,180,854
2006 1,346,810 63,622,342
2007 1,340,680 64,016,890
2008 1,337,090 64,375,116
2009 1,334,515 64,706,436
2010 1,331,475 65,026,211
2011 1,327,439 65,340,830
2012 1,322,696 65,657,659
2013 1,317,997 65,997,932
2014 1,314,545 66,312,067
2015 1,315,407 66,548,272
2016 1,315,790 66,724,104
2017 1,317,384 66,918,020
2018 1,321,977 67,158,348
2019 1,326,898 67,382,061
2020 1,329,522 67,601,110
2021 1,330,932 67,842,811
2022 1,348,840 68,065,015
2023 1,370,286 68,287,487
2024 1,371,986 68,516,699

Fertility rates in Estonia and France

Fertility rate
Estonia

France
Year Fertility rate
Estonia France
1960 1.98 2.85
1961 1.98 2.87
1962 1.95 2.89
1963 1.89 2.89
1964 1.94 2.87
1965 1.88 2.84
1966 1.87 2.8
1967 1.9 2.75
1968 2.03 2.69
1969 2.13 2.62
1970 2.17 2.55
1971 2.19 2.47
1972 2.13 2.38
1973 2.06 2.28
1974 2.07 2.18
1975 2.04 2.09
1976 2.07 2.01
1977 2.06 1.94
1978 2.02 1.89
1979 2 1.87
1980 2.02 1.85
1981 2.07 1.85
1982 2.07 1.86
1983 2.16 1.86
1984 2.17 1.86
1985 2.13 1.86
1986 2.18 1.85
1987 2.27 1.83
1988 2.27 1.81
1989 2.22 1.79
1990 2.05 1.77
1991 1.8 1.75
1992 1.71 1.74
1993 1.49 1.73
1994 1.42 1.73
1995 1.38 1.74
1996 1.37 1.75
1997 1.32 1.77
1998 1.28 1.78
1999 1.3 1.81
2000 1.36 1.89
2001 1.32 1.9
2002 1.36 1.88
2003 1.37 1.89
2004 1.47 1.92
2005 1.52 1.94
2006 1.58 2
2007 1.69 1.98
2008 1.72 2.01
2009 1.7 2
2010 1.72 2.03
2011 1.61 2.01
2012 1.56 2.01
2013 1.52 1.99
2014 1.54 2
2015 1.58 1.96
2016 1.6 1.92
2017 1.59 1.89
2018 1.67 1.87
2019 1.66 1.86
2020 1.58 1.83
2021 1.61 1.84
2022 1.41 1.79
2023 1.31 1.66

Estonia and France demographics compared

Median age
Estonia

France
Year Median age, years
Estonia France
1960 32.2 32.8
1961 32.4 32.8
1962 32.5 32.9
1963 32.7 32.8
1964 32.8 32.8
1965 33 32.7
1966 33.2 32.7
1967 33.4 32.7
1968 33.6 32.6
1969 33.7 32.5
1970 33.7 32.4
1971 33.8 32.2
1972 33.9 32
1973 34.1 31.8
1974 34.2 31.7
1975 34.2 31.6
1976 34.3 31.7
1977 34.3 31.9
1978 34.2 32.1
1979 34 32.3
1980 33.9 32.4
1981 33.8 32.6
1982 33.8 32.8
1983 33.9 33
1984 33.9 33.3
1985 33.9 33.5
1986 34 33.7
1987 34 34
1988 34.1 34.2
1989 34.2 34.5
1990 34.3 34.7
1991 34.6 35
1992 35 35.3
1993 35.6 35.6
1994 36 35.9
1995 36.3 36.2
1996 36.7 36.5
1997 37 36.8
1998 37.3 37.1
1999 37.6 37.4
2000 38 37.7
2001 38.3 37.9
2002 38.5 38.2
2003 38.8 38.4
2004 39.1 38.6
2005 39.3 38.9
2006 39.6 39.1
2007 39.7 39.4
2008 39.8 39.6
2009 40 39.8
2010 40.3 40
2011 40.6 40.3
2012 40.9 40.5
2013 41.1 40.8
2014 41.4 41
2015 41.5 41.2
2016 41.7 41.4
2017 41.9 41.6
2018 42 41.9
2019 42.2 42.1
2020 42.4 42.3
2021 42.5 42.4
2022 42.7 42.6
2023 42.9 42.8
2024 43.3 43

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Estonia France
GNI, Atlas method
$39.4B
2024
$3.1T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
57.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.21%
2022
5.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel
7,000
2020
304,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.69%
2025
-5.46%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.5%
2024
7.39%
2024
Services, % of GDP
65.1%
2024
70.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
20.5%
2024
17.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
78.9
2025
64.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.7%
2023
25%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2023
3%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
2,868,031
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.42%
2024
Number of billionaires
2
2025
52
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
14
2003
457
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.37T
2018
Total reserves including gold
$2.07B
2024
$283B
2024
Personal remittances received
$496M
2024
$38.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,695,000
2020
117,109,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.98%
2020
4.8%
2020
Banked people share
98.9%
2024
99.2%
2024

Energy

Estonia France
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,089 kg
2023
3,140 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.1
2023
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
11.4 megatons
2023
282.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.35 tons
2023
4.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
60.9%
2023
46.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
38%
2021
16.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.9%
2023
46.7%
2023
Net energy imports use share
3.77%
2023
47.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,722 kWh
2023
6,423 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
22.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.42%
2023
11.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
64.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Estonia France
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,742
2024
+90,527
2024
Urban population
70%
2024
82%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
6 ft
2025
5.86 ft
2025
Average female height
5.53 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
82
2025
85.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2024
67
2024
Higher education index
81
2025
85
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.54
2023
1.34
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.5
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
99%
2003
English speaking
50.2%
2023
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
92.2%
2024
88.7%
2024

Health

Estonia France
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,999
2022
$4,865
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$463
2022
$434
2022
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.44
2021
3.34
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2023
29.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
7
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.1
2023
4.3
2023
Obesity rate
22.8%
2022
10%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
6.5%
2024
Air quality index
95
2025
80
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
28.3%
2022
34.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.7 liters
2020
10.3 liters
2020

Territory

Estonia France
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.36%
2025
Land area per capita
12,025 sq mi
2024
3,037 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
3,815 sq mi
2025
109,256 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,415 sq mi
2025
67,580 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
654,437 mi
2011

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