The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 68,516,699 people in France in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 68,701,054 in France.
Population statistics:
- France's population is 50.7 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while France is the 23rd.
- The countries together account for 0.85% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.83% for France.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +0.34% in France.
- Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while France has grown from 63.2M to 68.7M (8.74% growth).
- France is projected to reach its peak in 2095 at 70.6M people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 832K people by 2100.
Estonia vs France: live population counter
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| Current population |
1355535
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68701054
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 23/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.83% |
| One net population change |
5.15 hours
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2.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
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46.6 seconds
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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50.2 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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5.81 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,742 | +90,527 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | +628 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,700 | +229,212 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.12% | +0.34% |
| Population growth rate rank | 157/197 | 147/197 |
Estonia and France: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 47,412,964 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 47,905,982 | 1.12% | 1.04% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 48,389,516 | 1.35% | 1.01% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 48,877,567 | 1.39% | 1.01% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 49,401,492 | 1.45% | 1.07% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 49,877,725 | 1.37% | 0.96% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 50,311,637 | 1.08% | 0.87% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 50,722,791 | 0.79% | 0.82% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 51,112,980 | 0.93% | 0.77% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 51,536,014 | 1.05% | 0.83% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 52,007,169 | 1.1% | 0.91% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 52,499,553 | 1.24% | 0.95% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 52,962,356 | 1.13% | 0.88% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 53,392,161 | 0.96% | 0.81% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 53,746,571 | 0.87% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 54,002,853 | 0.79% | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 54,232,383 | 0.72% | 0.43% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 54,486,467 | 0.74% | 0.47% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 54,734,030 | 0.69% | 0.45% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 54,979,851 | 0.56% | 0.45% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 55,274,184 | 0.61% | 0.54% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 55,603,353 | 0.71% | 0.6% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 55,806,789 | 0.72% | 0.37% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 56,108,330 | 0.69% | 0.54% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 56,383,085 | 0.65% | 0.49% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 56,665,619 | 0.67% | 0.5% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 56,956,002 | 0.75% | 0.51% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 57,266,167 | 0.78% | 0.54% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 57,598,186 | 0.62% | 0.58% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 57,943,062 | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 58,261,012 | 0.07% | 0.55% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 58,554,242 | -0.5% | 0.5% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 58,846,584 | -1.81% | 0.5% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 59,103,094 | -2.54% | 0.44% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 59,324,863 | -2.12% | 0.38% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 59,541,294 | -1.77% | 0.36% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 59,754,504 | -1.46% | 0.36% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 59,968,066 | -1.13% | 0.36% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 60,190,684 | -0.96% | 0.37% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 60,501,986 | 0.29% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 60,918,661 | 0.48% | 0.69% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 61,364,377 | -0.63% | 0.73% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 61,812,142 | -0.63% | 0.73% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 62,249,855 | -0.63% | 0.71% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 62,707,588 | -0.6% | 0.74% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 63,180,854 | -0.57% | 0.75% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 63,622,342 | -0.59% | 0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 64,016,890 | -0.46% | 0.62% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 64,375,116 | -0.27% | 0.56% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 64,706,436 | -0.19% | 0.51% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 65,026,211 | -0.23% | 0.49% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 65,340,830 | -0.3% | 0.48% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 65,657,659 | -0.36% | 0.48% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 65,997,932 | -0.36% | 0.52% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 66,312,067 | -0.26% | 0.48% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 66,548,272 | 0.07% | 0.36% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 66,724,104 | 0.03% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 66,918,020 | 0.12% | 0.29% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 67,158,348 | 0.35% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 67,382,061 | 0.37% | 0.33% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 67,601,110 | 0.2% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 67,842,811 | 0.11% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 68,065,015 | 1.35% | 0.33% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 68,287,487 | 1.59% | 0.33% |
| 2024 | 1,371,986 | 68,516,699 | 0.12% | 0.34% |
| 2025 | 1,355,535 | 68,621,995 | -1.2% | 0.15% |
| 2026 | 1,342,253 | 68,720,416 | -0.98% | 0.14% |
| 2027 | 1,335,097 | 68,814,997 | -0.53% | 0.14% |
| 2028 | 1,327,942 | 68,908,044 | -0.54% | 0.14% |
| 2029 | 1,320,819 | 69,000,393 | -0.54% | 0.13% |
| 2030 | 1,313,729 | 69,092,395 | -0.54% | 0.13% |
| 2031 | 1,306,620 | 69,182,139 | -0.54% | 0.13% |
| 2032 | 1,299,552 | 69,271,844 | -0.54% | 0.13% |
| 2033 | 1,292,576 | 69,361,763 | -0.54% | 0.13% |
| 2034 | 1,285,689 | 69,453,221 | -0.53% | 0.13% |
| 2035 | 1,278,930 | 69,545,666 | -0.53% | 0.13% |
| 2036 | 1,272,310 | 69,635,631 | -0.52% | 0.13% |
| 2037 | 1,265,820 | 69,723,960 | -0.51% | 0.13% |
| 2038 | 1,259,511 | 69,807,163 | -0.5% | 0.12% |
| 2039 | 1,253,315 | 69,880,758 | -0.49% | 0.11% |
| 2040 | 1,247,191 | 69,948,192 | -0.49% | 0.1% |
| 2041 | 1,241,077 | 70,013,748 | -0.49% | 0.09% |
| 2042 | 1,234,931 | 70,076,842 | -0.5% | 0.09% |
| 2043 | 1,228,790 | 70,130,305 | -0.5% | 0.08% |
| 2044 | 1,222,587 | 70,172,822 | -0.5% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 1,216,327 | 70,207,698 | -0.51% | 0.05% |
| 2046 | 1,210,041 | 70,232,113 | -0.52% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 1,203,693 | 70,246,945 | -0.52% | 0.02% |
| 2048 | 1,197,336 | 70,253,351 | -0.53% | 0.009% |
| 2049 | 1,190,841 | 70,249,312 | -0.54% | -0.006% |
| 2050 | 1,184,135 | 70,237,272 | -0.56% | -0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Estonia's population will shrink by 12.6% to 1,184,135 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tallinn | 458K |
| Tartu | 97.8K |
| Narva | 53.4K |
| Parnu | 41.5K |
| Kohtla-Jarve | 33.4K |
| Viljandi | 17.3K |
| Maardu | 17K |
| Rakvere | 15.7K |
| Kuressaare | 13.2K |
| Sillamae | 12.4K |
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| City | Population |
| Paris | 2.15M |
| Marseille | 877K |
| Lyon | 521K |
| Toulouse | 512K |
| Nice | 354K |
| Nantes | 325K |
| Strasbourg | 292K |
| Toulon | 181K |
| Saint-Etienne | 173K |
| Saint-Denis | 156K |
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Population differences between Estonia and France
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| Life expectancy | 79.5 years | 83.6 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 42.6 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 43 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 1.66 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 329 ppl/mi² |
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