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Estonia vs Iran statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Estonia has a population of 1.37M (ranked 153/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Estonia's land area is 16,498 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 129th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Main facts and rankings

Estonia Iran
Population
1355535
93020793
Population rank 155/197 17/197
GDP
$42.8B
2024
$437B
2024
GDP rank 102/197 37/197
GDP per capita
$31,170
2024
$4,771
2024
GDP per capita rank 40/197 122/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$49,334
2024
$18,442
2024
Government debt
$10.1B
2024
$161B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
25.4%
2025
39.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,362
2024
$1,758
2024
Government debt per person rank 66/185 121/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,368
2025
$2,970
2025
Land area
16,498 sq mi
2025
626,451 sq mi
2025
Population density
83.2 ppl/mi²
2024
146.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.31
2023
1.7
2023
Median age
43.3 years
2024
34.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Estonia and Iran: Comparison Charts

Estonia and Iran economies compared

GDP
Estonia

Iran
Year GDP
Estonia Iran
1960 - $4,199,134,390
1961 - $4,426,949,095
1962 - $4,693,566,416
1963 - $4,928,628,018
1964 - $5,379,845,648
1965 - $6,197,319,929
1966 - $6,789,938,672
1967 - $7,555,383,690
1968 - $8,623,172,960
1969 - $9,743,089,607
1970 - $10,976,245,154
1971 - $13,731,802,833
1972 - $17,153,463,263
1973 - $27,081,698,250
1974 - $46,209,092,072
1975 - $51,776,222,350
1976 - $68,055,295,081
1977 - $80,600,122,702
1978 - $77,994,316,621
1979 - $90,391,877,326
1980 - $94,362,275,580
1981 - $100,499,312,750
1982 - $125,948,756,439
1983 - $156,365,156,618
1984 - $162,276,728,620
1985 - $180,183,629,600
1986 - $209,094,561,833
1987 - $134,009,995,923
1988 - $123,057,861,334
1989 - $120,496,362,916
1990 - $124,813,263,926
1991 - $131,637,664,958
1992 - $119,768,691,217
1993 $4,013,091,682 $63,743,623,231
1994 $4,123,011,420 $71,841,461,172
1995 $4,502,970,889 $96,419,225,745
1996 $4,786,018,988 $120,403,931,883
1997 $5,154,420,649 $113,919,163,421
1998 $5,674,080,543 $110,276,913,362
1999 $5,756,912,266 $113,848,450,089
2000 $5,686,579,748 $109,591,707,801
2001 $6,250,218,423 $126,878,750,296
2002 $7,370,119,619 $128,626,917,504
2003 $9,876,595,528 $151,911,222,120
2004 $12,148,595,031 $187,754,571,247
2005 $14,109,491,357 $224,970,371,329
2006 $17,025,671,810 $265,602,187,406
2007 $22,450,264,166 $349,736,591,836
2008 $24,342,935,404 $406,070,949,551
2009 $19,633,984,440 $414,059,094,950
2010 $19,524,355,419 $487,069,570,461
2011 $23,303,915,795 $629,082,257,472
2012 $23,237,406,116 $644,019,315,004
2013 $25,451,032,781 $500,399,839,840
2014 $27,055,689,003 $462,284,793,281
2015 $23,311,847,751 $409,191,686,497
2016 $24,561,027,788 $459,042,684,193
2017 $27,469,461,919 $489,168,731,811
2018 $31,222,632,741 $398,880,231,367
2019 $31,873,748,770 $333,519,146,339
2020 $31,820,771,494 $262,186,179,356
2021 $37,204,563,051 $383,436,202,447
2022 $38,376,046,175 $394,362,621,793
2023 $41,291,245,222 $404,625,655,076
2024 $42,764,929,169 $436,906,331,672

Estonia and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita
Estonia

Iran
Year GDP per capita
Estonia Iran
1960 - $195.6
1961 - $200.1
1962 - $205.8
1963 - $209.6
1964 - $221.7
1965 - $247.5
1966 - $262.9
1967 - $283.7
1968 - $314
1969 - $345
1970 - $377
1971 - $457
1972 - $555
1973 - $851
1974 - $1,409
1975 - $1,532
1976 - $1,954
1977 - $2,243
1978 - $2,101
1979 - $2,352
1980 - $2,368
1981 - $2,393
1982 - $2,845
1983 - $3,397
1984 - $3,395
1985 - $3,634
1986 - $4,064
1987 - $2,513
1988 - $2,234
1989 - $2,125
1990 - $2,138
1991 - $2,194
1992 - $1,957
1993 $2,686 $1,038
1994 $2,819 $1,168
1995 $3,134 $1,550
1996 $3,381 $1,915
1997 $3,683 $1,790
1998 $4,093 $1,709
1999 $4,141 $1,740
2000 $4,071 $1,650
2001 $4,503 $1,881
2002 $5,343 $1,891
2003 $7,205 $2,209
2004 $8,916 $2,672
2005 $10,415 $3,132
2006 $12,641 $3,619
2007 $16,745 $4,688
2008 $18,206 $5,377
2009 $14,712 $5,416
2010 $14,664 $6,291
2011 $17,556 $8,026
2012 $17,568 $8,114
2013 $19,310 $6,223
2014 $20,582 $5,672
2015 $17,722 $4,953
2016 $18,666 $5,477
2017 $20,852 $5,753
2018 $23,618 $4,632
2019 $24,021 $3,831
2020 $23,934 $2,989
2021 $27,954 $4,335
2022 $28,451 $4,405
2023 $30,133 $4,466
2024 $31,170 $4,771

Estonia vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Estonia

Iran
Year Life expectancy, years
Estonia Iran
1950 66.4 38.2
1951 66.8 38.7
1952 67.2 39.2
1953 67.5 39.5
1954 67.8 40
1955 68.2 40.6
1956 68.5 41.1
1957 68.8 41.3
1958 68.8 42.2
1959 68.7 42.8
1960 69.3 43.3
1961 69.6 43.9
1962 69.8 43.8
1963 69.9 45.1
1964 70.6 45.7
1965 70.7 46.4
1966 70.7 47.1
1967 71 47.8
1968 70.6 47.9
1969 70.3 49.4
1970 70.4 50.2
1971 70.6 51.1
1972 70.4 51.7
1973 70.7 52.9
1974 70.8 53.9
1975 70.1 54.8
1976 69.7 55.8
1977 69.8 56.7
1978 69.7 56
1979 69.4 58.5
1980 69.5 58.4
1981 69.3 56.6
1982 69.9 57.6
1983 69.8 58.5
1984 69.6 60.9
1985 69.8 61.5
1986 70.9 62.1
1987 70.9 62.7
1988 71 63.3
1989 70.5 65.3
1990 69.9 64.1
1991 69.8 66.2
1992 69.2 66.7
1993 68.2 67
1994 66.7 67.5
1995 67.8 67.9
1996 70 68.3
1997 70.2 68.6
1998 69.8 69.2
1999 70.7 69.7
2000 71 70.2
2001 70.8 70.6
2002 71.4 71.1
2003 71.9 70.5
2004 72.4 72
2005 73 72.4
2006 73.2 72.9
2007 73.2 73.3
2008 74.3 73.7
2009 75.2 74
2010 75.9 74.4
2011 76.3 74.7
2012 76.4 75
2013 77.3 75.3
2014 77.1 75.6
2015 77.7 75.9
2016 77.8 76.2
2017 78.2 76.4
2018 78.3 76.6
2019 78.8 76.9
2020 78.9 74.1
2021 77.4 73.8
2022 78.2 76.8
2023 79.2 77.7
2024 79.3 77.9
2025 79.5 78.1

Estonia and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population
Estonia

Iran
Year Population
Estonia Iran
1960 1,211,537 21,470,434
1961 1,225,077 22,125,726
1962 1,241,623 22,807,907
1963 1,258,857 23,519,005
1964 1,277,086 24,262,859
1965 1,294,566 25,036,978
1966 1,308,597 25,829,270
1967 1,318,946 26,628,432
1968 1,331,214 27,437,391
1969 1,345,249 28,273,482
1970 1,360,076 29,145,100
1971 1,376,955 30,029,071
1972 1,392,518 30,921,179
1973 1,405,951 31,839,838
1974 1,418,169 32,796,463
1975 1,429,352 33,802,973
1976 1,439,576 34,837,271
1977 1,450,211 35,933,181
1978 1,460,188 37,126,535
1979 1,468,333 38,424,952
1980 1,477,219 39,842,324
1981 1,487,666 41,989,312
1982 1,498,414 44,272,141
1983 1,508,745 46,029,535
1984 1,518,617 47,793,998
1985 1,528,781 49,582,289
1986 1,540,190 51,446,045
1987 1,552,221 53,323,493
1988 1,561,900 55,072,694
1989 1,568,131 56,704,914
1990 1,569,174 58,380,092
1991 1,561,314 59,986,931
1992 1,533,091 61,184,983
1993 1,494,128 61,403,543
1994 1,462,514 61,520,598
1995 1,436,634 62,205,567
1996 1,415,594 62,881,300
1997 1,399,535 63,639,638
1998 1,386,156 64,519,859
1999 1,390,244 65,445,391
2000 1,396,985 66,418,659
2001 1,388,115 67,452,005
2002 1,379,350 68,011,317
2003 1,370,720 68,769,340
2004 1,362,550 70,256,316
2005 1,354,775 71,828,455
2006 1,346,810 73,392,747
2007 1,340,680 74,602,648
2008 1,337,090 75,514,204
2009 1,334,515 76,457,825
2010 1,331,475 77,420,842
2011 1,327,439 78,383,598
2012 1,322,696 79,370,580
2013 1,317,997 80,414,686
2014 1,314,545 81,502,045
2015 1,315,407 82,619,362
2016 1,315,790 83,812,228
2017 1,317,384 85,026,754
2018 1,321,977 86,117,998
2019 1,326,898 87,051,648
2020 1,329,522 87,723,443
2021 1,330,932 88,455,488
2022 1,348,840 89,524,246
2023 1,370,286 90,608,707
2024 1,371,986 91,567,738

Fertility rates in Estonia and Iran

Fertility rate
Estonia

Iran
Year Fertility rate
Estonia Iran
1960 1.98 7.52
1961 1.98 7.46
1962 1.95 7.4
1963 1.89 7.32
1964 1.94 7.24
1965 1.88 7.22
1966 1.87 7.21
1967 1.9 7.19
1968 2.03 7.12
1969 2.13 7.01
1970 2.17 6.8
1971 2.19 6.55
1972 2.13 6.26
1973 2.06 6.06
1974 2.07 5.97
1975 2.04 5.95
1976 2.07 6.07
1977 2.06 6.18
1978 2.02 6.34
1979 2 6.55
1980 2.02 6.63
1981 2.07 6.62
1982 2.07 6.59
1983 2.16 6.53
1984 2.17 6.43
1985 2.13 6.24
1986 2.18 6.01
1987 2.27 5.72
1988 2.27 5.43
1989 2.22 5.17
1990 2.05 4.93
1991 1.8 4.57
1992 1.71 4.1
1993 1.49 3.67
1994 1.42 3.24
1995 1.38 2.85
1996 1.37 2.54
1997 1.32 2.32
1998 1.28 2.19
1999 1.3 2.09
2000 1.36 2
2001 1.32 1.92
2002 1.36 1.84
2003 1.37 1.8
2004 1.47 1.78
2005 1.52 1.76
2006 1.58 1.76
2007 1.69 1.75
2008 1.72 1.74
2009 1.7 1.74
2010 1.72 1.75
2011 1.61 1.79
2012 1.56 1.85
2013 1.52 1.91
2014 1.54 1.98
2015 1.58 2.02
2016 1.6 2.05
2017 1.59 2.02
2018 1.67 1.92
2019 1.66 1.77
2020 1.58 1.7
2021 1.61 1.71
2022 1.41 1.7
2023 1.31 1.7

Estonia and Iran demographics compared

Median age
Estonia

Iran
Year Median age, years
Estonia Iran
1960 32.2 19.1
1961 32.4 18.7
1962 32.5 18.4
1963 32.7 18.1
1964 32.8 17.9
1965 33 17.8
1966 33.2 17.7
1967 33.4 17.7
1968 33.6 17.6
1969 33.7 17.6
1970 33.7 17.6
1971 33.8 17.7
1972 33.9 17.8
1973 34.1 17.9
1974 34.2 18
1975 34.2 18.1
1976 34.3 18.2
1977 34.3 18.3
1978 34.2 18.3
1979 34 18.3
1980 33.9 18.2
1981 33.8 18.4
1982 33.8 18.6
1983 33.9 18.5
1984 33.9 18.4
1985 33.9 18.3
1986 34 18.2
1987 34 18.2
1988 34.1 18.2
1989 34.2 18.1
1990 34.3 18.2
1991 34.6 18.3
1992 35 18.4
1993 35.6 18.3
1994 36 18.4
1995 36.3 18.7
1996 36.7 19.1
1997 37 19.5
1998 37.3 20
1999 37.6 20.7
2000 38 21.4
2001 38.3 22
2002 38.5 22.6
2003 38.8 23.1
2004 39.1 23.7
2005 39.3 24.3
2006 39.6 24.8
2007 39.7 25.5
2008 39.8 26.1
2009 40 26.6
2010 40.3 27.2
2011 40.6 27.7
2012 40.9 28.2
2013 41.1 28.7
2014 41.4 29.2
2015 41.5 29.7
2016 41.7 30.2
2017 41.9 30.7
2018 42 31.2
2019 42.2 31.7
2020 42.4 32.3
2021 42.5 32.8
2022 42.7 33.3
2023 42.9 33.8
2024 43.3 34.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Estonia Iran
GNI, Atlas method
$39.4B
2024
$426B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.4%
2025
15%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.21%
2022
2.82%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.87%
2023
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel
7,000
2020
650,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.69%
2025
-5.47%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.5%
2024
8.13%
2023
Services, % of GDP
65.1%
2024
47.9%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
20.5%
2024
36.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
78.9
2025
42.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.7%
2023
28.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.1%
2023
2.8%
2023
Number of billionaires
2
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
14
2003
594
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$172B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.07B
2024
$7.69B
1982
Personal remittances received
$496M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
1,695,000
2020
1,550,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.98%
2020
2.28%
2000
Banked people share
98.9%
2024
91.1%
2024

Energy

Estonia Iran
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,089 kg
2023
3,266 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.1
2023
$5.03
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
11.4 megatons
2023
779 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.35 tons
2023
8.6 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
60.9%
2023
98.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
38%
2021
0.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.9%
2023
1.14%
2022
Net energy imports use share
3.77%
2023
-32.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita
5,722 kWh
2023
3,664 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
4.24%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.42%
2023
3.43%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
2.2%
2022
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Estonia Iran
% of world population
0.02%
2024
1.12%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,742
2024
+190,156
2024
Urban population
70%
2024
77.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
6 ft
2025
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height
5.53 ft
2025
5.29 ft
2025
Quality of life index
82
2025
40.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
76
2024
23
2024
Higher education index
81
2025
78
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.54
2023
2.42
2014
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.5
2019
21.5
2019
Visa free countries
173
2025
55
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.9%
2021
88.9%
2023
English speaking
50.2%
2023
12%
2025
People using the Internet
92.2%
2024
79.6%
2023

Health

Estonia Iran
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,999
2022
$237.8
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$463
2022
$92.9
2022
Life expectancy
79.5 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
0.43%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.44
2021
1.51
2018
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
16
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.1
2023
11.8
2023
Obesity rate
22.8%
2022
25.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.9%
2024
9%
2024
Air quality index
95
2025
27
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
28.3%
2022
13.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.7 liters
2020
0.51 liters
2020

Territory

Estonia Iran
% of world land
0.03%
2025
1.09%
2025
Land area per capita
12,025 sq mi
2024
6,841 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
3,815 sq mi
2025
181,727 sq mi
2025
Forest area
9,415 sq mi
2025
41,654 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
138,867 mi
2018

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