The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 83,510,950 people in Germany in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 83,039,665 in Germany.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 61.3 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Germany is the 19th.
- The countries together account for 1.02% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 1% for Germany.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +0.32% in Germany.
- Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Germany has grown from 82.5M to 83M (0.69% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 27% of the population in Estonia and 13.4% in Germany.
Estonia vs Germany: live population counter
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| Current population |
1355535
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83039665
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 19/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 1% |
| One net population change |
5.15 hours
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1.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
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45.3 seconds
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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30.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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14.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,742 | +36,954 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | -1,071 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,700 | -390,973 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.12% | -0.47% |
| Population growth rate rank | 157/197 | 184/197 |
Estonia and Germany: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 72,814,900 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 73,377,632 | 1.12% | 0.77% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 74,025,784 | 1.35% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 74,714,353 | 1.39% | 0.93% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 75,318,337 | 1.45% | 0.81% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 75,963,695 | 1.37% | 0.86% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 76,600,311 | 1.08% | 0.84% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 76,951,336 | 0.79% | 0.46% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 77,294,314 | 0.93% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 77,909,682 | 1.05% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 78,169,289 | 1.1% | 0.33% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 78,312,842 | 1.24% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 78,688,452 | 1.13% | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 78,936,666 | 0.96% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 78,967,433 | 0.87% | 0.04% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 78,673,554 | 0.79% | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 78,336,950 | 0.72% | -0.43% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 78,159,814 | 0.74% | -0.23% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 78,091,820 | 0.69% | -0.09% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 78,126,350 | 0.56% | 0.04% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 78,288,576 | 0.61% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 78,407,907 | 0.71% | 0.15% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 78,333,366 | 0.72% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 78,128,282 | 0.69% | -0.26% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 77,858,685 | 0.65% | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 77,684,873 | 0.67% | -0.22% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 77,720,436 | 0.75% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 77,839,920 | 0.78% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 78,144,619 | 0.62% | 0.39% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 78,751,283 | 0.4% | 0.78% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 79,433,029 | 0.07% | 0.87% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 80,013,896 | -0.5% | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 80,624,598 | -1.81% | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 81,156,363 | -2.54% | 0.66% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 81,438,348 | -2.12% | 0.35% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 81,678,051 | -1.77% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 81,914,831 | -1.46% | 0.29% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 82,034,771 | -1.13% | 0.15% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 82,047,195 | -0.96% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 82,100,243 | 0.29% | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 82,211,508 | 0.48% | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 82,349,925 | -0.63% | 0.17% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 82,488,495 | -0.63% | 0.17% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 82,534,176 | -0.63% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 82,516,260 | -0.6% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 82,469,422 | -0.57% | -0.06% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 82,376,451 | -0.59% | -0.11% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 82,266,372 | -0.46% | -0.13% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 82,110,097 | -0.27% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 81,902,307 | -0.19% | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 81,776,930 | -0.23% | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 80,274,983 | -0.3% | -1.84% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 80,425,823 | -0.36% | 0.19% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 80,645,605 | -0.36% | 0.27% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 80,982,500 | -0.26% | 0.42% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 81,686,611 | 0.07% | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 82,348,669 | 0.03% | 0.81% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 82,657,002 | 0.12% | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 82,905,782 | 0.35% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 83,092,962 | 0.37% | 0.23% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 83,160,871 | 0.2% | 0.08% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 83,196,078 | 0.11% | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 83,797,985 | 1.35% | 0.72% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 83,901,923 | 1.59% | 0.12% |
| 2024 | 1,371,986 | 83,510,950 | 0.12% | -0.47% |
| 2025 | 1,355,535 | 83,039,665 | -1.2% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 1,342,253 | 82,614,154 | -0.98% | -0.51% |
| 2027 | 1,335,097 | 82,415,087 | -0.53% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 1,327,942 | 82,204,095 | -0.54% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 1,320,819 | 81,983,207 | -0.54% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 1,313,729 | 81,761,486 | -0.54% | -0.27% |
| 2031 | 1,306,620 | 81,535,782 | -0.54% | -0.28% |
| 2032 | 1,299,552 | 81,309,833 | -0.54% | -0.28% |
| 2033 | 1,292,576 | 81,088,671 | -0.54% | -0.27% |
| 2034 | 1,285,689 | 80,874,239 | -0.53% | -0.26% |
| 2035 | 1,278,930 | 80,664,119 | -0.53% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 1,272,310 | 80,440,400 | -0.52% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 1,265,820 | 80,216,687 | -0.51% | -0.28% |
| 2038 | 1,259,511 | 79,996,530 | -0.5% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 1,253,315 | 79,775,309 | -0.49% | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 1,247,191 | 79,559,716 | -0.49% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 1,241,077 | 79,356,179 | -0.49% | -0.26% |
| 2042 | 1,234,931 | 79,162,051 | -0.5% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 1,228,790 | 78,957,628 | -0.5% | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 1,222,587 | 78,737,840 | -0.5% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 1,216,327 | 78,512,825 | -0.51% | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 1,210,041 | 78,288,289 | -0.52% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 1,203,693 | 78,060,952 | -0.52% | -0.29% |
| 2048 | 1,197,336 | 77,820,753 | -0.53% | -0.31% |
| 2049 | 1,190,841 | 77,573,634 | -0.54% | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 1,184,135 | 77,330,385 | -0.56% | -0.31% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.
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Population differences between Estonia and Germany
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| Life expectancy | 79.5 years | 81.7 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 45 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 46.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 619 ppl/mi² |
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