The current population of Estonia is 1,342,600 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 1,372,341 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Estonia's population peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and has been in decline since.
- Since 2006, population has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (-0.31% decline in 20 years).
- Estonia is ranked 155/197 by population and was ranked 149th in 2006.
- For the last 20 years, Estonia has had an average decline rate of -0.02% per year.
- The UN estimates that Estonia's population is going to decline by -11.8% to 1.18M people by 2050.
- Estonia accounts for 0.02% of the world's population.
Estonia population clock
Estonia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1342600
|
8280917972
|
| Population rank | 155/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.26 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
32.8 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +6 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,055 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.15% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 159/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -7,742 | N/A |
Estonia population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,211,537 | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 1.35% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 1.39% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 1.45% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 1.37% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 1.08% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 0.93% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 1.05% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 1.1% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 1.24% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 1.13% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 0.96% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 0.87% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 0.79% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 0.72% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 0.74% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 0.69% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 0.56% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 0.61% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 0.71% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 0.72% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 0.69% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 0.67% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 0.75% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 0.78% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 0.62% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 0.07% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | -1.81% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | -2.54% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | -2.12% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | -1.77% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | -1.46% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | -1.13% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | -0.96% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 0.29% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 0.48% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | -0.63% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | -0.63% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | -0.63% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | -0.57% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | -0.27% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | -0.19% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | -0.23% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | -0.36% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | -0.36% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | -0.26% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 0.07% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 0.03% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 0.12% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 0.35% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 0.37% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 0.11% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 1.35% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 1.59% |
| 2024 | 1,372,341 | 0.15% |
| 2025 | 1,355,886 | -1.2% |
| 2026 | 1,342,600 | -0.98% |
| 2027 | 1,335,442 | -0.53% |
| 2028 | 1,328,286 | -0.54% |
| 2029 | 1,321,161 | -0.54% |
| 2030 | 1,314,069 | -0.54% |
| 2031 | 1,306,958 | -0.54% |
| 2032 | 1,299,888 | -0.54% |
| 2033 | 1,292,910 | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 1,286,022 | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 1,279,261 | -0.53% |
| 2036 | 1,272,639 | -0.52% |
| 2037 | 1,266,148 | -0.51% |
| 2038 | 1,259,837 | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 1,253,640 | -0.49% |
| 2040 | 1,247,514 | -0.49% |
| 2041 | 1,241,398 | -0.49% |
| 2042 | 1,235,251 | -0.5% |
| 2043 | 1,229,108 | -0.5% |
| 2044 | 1,222,903 | -0.5% |
| 2045 | 1,216,642 | -0.51% |
| 2046 | 1,210,354 | -0.52% |
| 2047 | 1,204,004 | -0.52% |
| 2048 | 1,197,645 | -0.53% |
| 2049 | 1,191,150 | -0.54% |
| 2050 | 1,184,441 | -0.56% |
Estonia has a population of 1.34M as of 2026, compared to 1.32M in 2016, 1.35M in 2006, and 1.42M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.2% per year. Estonia is ranked 141st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Estonia will have 1,210,354 people (-9.85% decline) with a rank change from 155th to 159th.
By the year 2100, Estonia's population is projected to decline by 38% to 833K people.
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Estonia population statistics
|
Estonia
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.6 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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