Russia’s coastline is 9.9 times as long as Estonia’s

Estonia: 3,794 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 5,324 m above Estonia’s

Estonia: 318 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 23% of Estonia, versus 13% of Russia

Estonia: 23% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 105 times as many people as Estonia

Estonia: 1.37 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Estonia is 3.6 times as densely populated as Russia

Estonia: 32 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Estonia is 2.4 years older than in Russia

Estonia: 41.9 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

Women in Russia have 0.2 more children on average than in Estonia

Estonia: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Estonia are 65 or older, versus 18% in Russia

Estonia: 21.8% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Estonia hosts 367 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Estonia: 30.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Estonia none

Estonia: 0 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Estonia and Russia are practically level

Estonia: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 54 times the size of Estonia’s

Estonia: $47 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Estonia produces 5% more per person than Russia

Estonia: Int$52,106 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Russia than in Estonia (Gini 2.3 points higher)

Estonia: 30.7 (2023) · Russia: 33 (2023)

Estonia and Russia are practically level

Estonia: 0.3% (2023) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Estonia, versus 2.1% in Russia

Estonia: 8.3% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Estonia 3.4%

Estonia: 3.4% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Estonia’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Estonia: 22.7% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Estonia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Russia’s

Estonia: 66% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Estonia spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Russia

Estonia: $2,438 (2024) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Russia is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Estonia

Estonia: 1.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 47% more doctors per person than Estonia

Estonia: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 65% more hospital beds per person than Estonia

Estonia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 41% higher than in Estonia

Estonia: 14 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

25% of adults in Estonia are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Estonia: 25% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 26% in Estonia

Estonia: 26.1% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Estonia rate their lives 0.58 points higher than in Russia

Estonia: 6.41 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Russia and Estonia are nearly identical here

Estonia: 10.4 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 31% more meat per person than Estonia

Estonia: 64.7 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 242 kcal more food per person per day than Estonia

Estonia: 3,287 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 481 more hours a year than in Estonia

Estonia: 1,606 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Estonia went to school 1.2 years longer than in Russia

Estonia: 13.6 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Estonia: 1.61 (2022) · Russia: no data

Russia has 31 more World Heritage sites than Estonia (33 against 2)

Estonia: 2 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Estonia 45

Estonia: 45 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 92% in Estonia

Estonia: 92% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Estonia: 161 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Estonia and Russia are practically level

Estonia: 100% (2024) · Russia: 100% (2024)

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 71% in Estonia

Estonia: 71% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Estonia 151

Estonia: 151 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 83 times as long as Estonia’s

Estonia: 1,033 km (2017) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 1,099 times as many passengers per resident as those from Estonia

Estonia: 0.00063 (2019) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 57% of Estonia, but only 51% of Russia

Estonia: 57.2% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Estonia

Estonia: 6.1 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

60% of Estonia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Estonia: 59.6% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Russia carries 93% more fine dust than in Estonia

Estonia: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.1 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Estonia

Estonia: 1.5 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Russia are 2.1 times as deadly as in Estonia

Estonia: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Estonia is on average 9.7 °C warmer than Russia

Estonia: 7.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Estonia gets 29% more rain than Russia

Estonia: 759 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)