Estonia in a European country to the north.
Estonia ( [ ɛˈstoʊniə ] Eesti [ ˈeːsti ] ) , officially the Republic of Estonia ( [ Eesti Vabariik , links = no ] ) , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe . It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland , to the west by the Baltic Sea , to the south by Latvia ( 343 km ) , and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia ( 338.6 km ) . With a population of 1.3 million , it is one of the least-populous member states of the European Union , Eurozone , North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) , OECD and Schengen Area . The Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG ) is a Central European country and member of the European Union , G4 , G8 , the G20 , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) . Spain ( España [ esˈpaɲa ] ) , officially the Kingdom of Spain ( [ Reino de España , links = no ] ) , is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagoes , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast .