Estonia vs North Korea statistics compared

Estonia has a population of 1.37M (ranked 153/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Estonia's land area is 16,498 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 129th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Estonia ranks 102/197 ($42.8B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Estonia ranks 40/197 ($31,170), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

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Estonia and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Estonia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Estonia	North Korea
1993	$4,013,091,682	-
1994	$4,123,011,420	-
1995	$4,502,970,889	-
1996	$4,786,018,988	-
1997	$5,154,420,649	-
1998	$5,674,080,543	-
1999	$5,756,912,266	-
2000	$5,686,579,748	-
2001	$6,250,218,423	-
2002	$7,370,119,619	-
2003	$9,876,595,528	-
2004	$12,148,595,031	-
2005	$14,109,491,357	-
2006	$17,025,671,810	-
2007	$22,450,264,166	-
2008	$24,342,935,404	-
2009	$19,633,984,440	$23,356,470,000
2010	$19,524,355,419	$25,995,513,000
2011	$23,303,915,795	$29,005,020,000
2012	$23,237,406,116	$29,890,710,000
2013	$25,451,032,781	$30,588,922,000
2014	$27,055,689,003	$30,554,460,000
2015	$23,311,847,751	$30,723,030,000
2016	$24,561,027,788	$28,882,640,000
2017	$27,469,461,919	$29,105,440,000
2018	$31,222,632,741	$28,536,400,000
2019	$31,873,748,770	$28,222,880,000
2020	$31,820,771,494	$27,728,240,000
2021	$37,204,563,051	$32,301,720,000
2022	$38,376,046,175	$28,971,360,000
2023	$41,291,245,222	$32,155,360,000
2024	$42,764,929,169	$34,943,120,000

Estonia and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Estonia

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Estonia	North Korea
1993	$2,686	-
1994	$2,819	-
1995	$3,134	-
1996	$3,381	-
1997	$3,683	-
1998	$4,093	-
1999	$4,141	-
2000	$4,071	-
2001	$4,503	-
2002	$5,343	-
2003	$7,205	-
2004	$8,916	-
2005	$10,415	-
2006	$12,641	-
2007	$16,745	-
2008	$18,206	-
2009	$14,712	$939
2010	$14,664	$1,040
2011	$17,556	$1,156
2012	$17,568	$1,186
2013	$19,310	$1,208
2014	$20,582	$1,201
2015	$17,722	$1,201
2016	$18,666	$1,124
2017	$20,852	$1,127
2018	$23,618	$1,100
2019	$24,021	$1,084
2020	$23,934	$1,061
2021	$27,954	$1,231
2022	$28,451	$1,100
2023	$30,133	$1,217
2024	$31,170	$1,319

Estonia vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Estonia

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Estonia	North Korea
1950	66.4	14.2
1951	66.8	17.7
1952	67.2	32.8
1953	67.5	40.3
1954	67.8	50.6
1955	68.2	51.8
1956	68.5	52.8
1957	68.8	53.7
1958	68.8	54.5
1959	68.7	55.2
1960	69.3	55.8
1961	69.6	56.4
1962	69.8	57
1963	69.9	57.6
1964	70.6	58.2
1965	70.7	58.8
1966	70.7	59.4
1967	71	60.1
1968	70.6	60.8
1969	70.3	61.4
1970	70.4	62
1971	70.6	62.7
1972	70.4	63.3
1973	70.7	63.8
1974	70.8	64.3
1975	70.1	64.8
1976	69.7	65.3
1977	69.8	65.8
1978	69.7	66.3
1979	69.4	66.7
1980	69.5	67.2
1981	69.3	67.7
1982	69.9	68.1
1983	69.8	68.5
1984	69.6	68.9
1985	69.8	69.2
1986	70.9	69.5
1987	70.9	69.8
1988	71	70.1
1989	70.5	70.3
1990	69.9	70.5
1991	69.8	70.7
1992	69.2	71
1993	68.2	70.8
1994	66.7	70.5
1995	67.8	60.8
1996	70	60.8
1997	70.2	60.9
1998	69.8	60.9
1999	70.7	60.9
2000	71	60.9
2001	70.8	60.9
2002	71.4	60.9
2003	71.9	69.4
2004	72.4	69.3
2005	73	69.2
2006	73.2	69.1
2007	73.2	69
2008	74.3	69.3
2009	75.2	69.7
2010	75.9	70.2
2011	76.3	70.8
2012	76.4	71.3
2013	77.3	71.9
2014	77.1	72.5
2015	77.7	72.8
2016	77.8	73
2017	78.2	73
2018	78.3	73
2019	78.8	72.9
2020	78.9	72.8
2021	77.4	73.4
2022	78.2	73.6
2023	79.2	73.6
2024	79.3	73.7
2025	79.5	73.9

Estonia and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Estonia

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Estonia	North Korea
1960	1,211,537	11,722,953
1961	1,225,077	11,990,713
1962	1,241,623	12,262,882
1963	1,258,857	12,567,057
1964	1,277,086	12,889,770
1965	1,294,566	13,219,369
1966	1,308,597	13,569,094
1967	1,318,946	13,958,350
1968	1,331,214	14,365,596
1969	1,345,249	14,767,615
1970	1,360,076	15,172,775
1971	1,376,955	15,572,457
1972	1,392,518	15,975,069
1973	1,405,951	16,350,367
1974	1,418,169	16,673,121
1975	1,429,352	16,971,055
1976	1,439,576	17,243,450
1977	1,450,211	17,492,798
1978	1,460,188	17,735,995
1979	1,468,333	17,983,470
1980	1,477,219	18,236,786
1981	1,487,666	18,501,295
1982	1,498,414	18,776,357
1983	1,508,745	19,054,034
1984	1,518,617	19,335,043
1985	1,528,781	19,620,388
1986	1,540,190	19,910,855
1987	1,552,221	20,205,483
1988	1,561,900	20,503,161
1989	1,568,131	20,804,367
1990	1,569,174	21,112,137
1991	1,561,314	21,428,638
1992	1,533,091	21,750,911
1993	1,494,128	22,073,352
1994	1,462,514	22,393,975
1995	1,436,634	22,669,304
1996	1,415,594	22,895,746
1997	1,399,535	23,110,830
1998	1,386,156	23,311,564
1999	1,390,244	23,497,599
2000	1,396,985	23,665,910
2001	1,388,115	23,815,358
2002	1,379,350	23,943,973
2003	1,370,720	24,090,380
2004	1,362,550	24,254,943
2005	1,354,775	24,396,433
2006	1,346,810	24,524,507
2007	1,340,680	24,646,383
2008	1,337,090	24,764,618
2009	1,334,515	24,878,332
2010	1,331,475	24,987,258
2011	1,327,439	25,097,874
2012	1,322,696	25,211,728
2013	1,317,997	25,329,451
2014	1,314,545	25,451,262
2015	1,315,407	25,575,350
2016	1,315,790	25,698,326
2017	1,317,384	25,817,709
2018	1,321,977	25,931,147
2019	1,326,898	26,037,632
2020	1,329,522	26,136,312
2021	1,330,932	26,232,534
2022	1,348,840	26,328,845
2023	1,370,286	26,418,204
2024	1,371,986	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Estonia and North Korea

Fertility rate

Estonia

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Estonia	North Korea
1960	1.98	3.57
1961	1.98	3.26
1962	1.95	3.41
1963	1.89	3.63
1964	1.94	3.55
1965	1.88	3.56
1966	1.87	3.71
1967	1.9	4.05
1968	2.03	3.87
1969	2.13	3.86
1970	2.17	3.85
1971	2.19	3.74
1972	2.13	3.89
1973	2.06	3.35
1974	2.07	3.14
1975	2.04	3.05
1976	2.07	2.84
1977	2.06	2.77
1978	2.02	2.79
1979	2	2.85
1980	2.02	2.84
1981	2.07	2.92
1982	2.07	2.85
1983	2.16	2.78
1984	2.17	2.71
1985	2.13	2.65
1986	2.18	2.59
1987	2.27	2.53
1988	2.27	2.47
1989	2.22	2.41
1990	2.05	2.39
1991	1.8	2.35
1992	1.71	2.29
1993	1.49	2.22
1994	1.42	2.18
1995	1.38	2.15
1996	1.37	2.09
1997	1.32	2.03
1998	1.28	1.99
1999	1.3	1.97
2000	1.36	1.94
2001	1.32	1.94
2002	1.36	1.92
2003	1.37	1.91
2004	1.47	1.9
2005	1.52	1.87
2006	1.58	1.94
2007	1.69	1.94
2008	1.72	1.97
2009	1.7	1.91
2010	1.72	1.89
2011	1.61	1.88
2012	1.56	1.88
2013	1.52	1.88
2014	1.54	1.87
2015	1.58	1.86
2016	1.6	1.86
2017	1.59	1.85
2018	1.67	1.83
2019	1.66	1.83
2020	1.58	1.82
2021	1.61	1.81
2022	1.41	1.8
2023	1.31	1.78

Estonia and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Estonia

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Estonia	North Korea
1960	32.2	19.9
1961	32.4	20.2
1962	32.5	20.6
1963	32.7	20.8
1964	32.8	21
1965	33	21.2
1966	33.2	21.3
1967	33.4	21.4
1968	33.6	21.4
1969	33.7	21.4
1970	33.7	21.4
1971	33.8	21.2
1972	33.9	20.9
1973	34.1	20.7
1974	34.2	20.7
1975	34.2	20.9
1976	34.3	21.1
1977	34.3	21.4
1978	34.2	21.8
1979	34	22.2
1980	33.9	22.5
1981	33.8	22.8
1982	33.8	23.1
1983	33.9	23.5
1984	33.9	23.9
1985	33.9	24.2
1986	34	24.5
1987	34	24.8
1988	34.1	25.1
1989	34.2	25.6
1990	34.3	26
1991	34.6	26.4
1992	35	26.8
1993	35.6	27.2
1994	36	27.6
1995	36.3	28
1996	36.7	28.3
1997	37	28.8
1998	37.3	29.2
1999	37.6	29.6
2000	38	30.1
2001	38.3	30.5
2002	38.5	31
2003	38.8	31.4
2004	39.1	31.8
2005	39.3	32.1
2006	39.6	32.5
2007	39.7	32.9
2008	39.8	33.3
2009	40	33.7
2010	40.3	34
2011	40.6	34.3
2012	40.9	34.5
2013	41.1	34.7
2014	41.4	35
2015	41.5	35.2
2016	41.7	35.4
2017	41.9	35.7
2018	42	35.9
2019	42.2	36.2
2020	42.4	36.4
2021	42.5	36.6
2022	42.7	36.8
2023	42.9	37.1
2024	43.3	37.3

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