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Population in Estonia compared to Iceland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 404,610 people in Iceland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 412,970 in Iceland.

Population statistics:

  • Estonia's population is 3.28 times bigger than Iceland's.
  • Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Iceland is the 172nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.005% for Iceland.
  • For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +2.05% in Iceland.
  • Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Iceland has grown from 297K to 413K (39.2% growth).
  • Iceland is projected to reach its peak in 2049 at 445K 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 Iceland: live population counter

Estonia Iceland
Current population
1355535
412970
Population rank 155/197 172/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.005%
One net population change
5.15 hours
46.7 minutes
One birth every
47.9 minutes
2.02 hours
One death every
32.8 minutes
3.37 hours
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
2.47 hours
Annual migration change -7,742 +3,543
Daily growth/decline +5 +31
Annual growth/decline +1,700 +11,261
Annual growth/decline rate +0.12% +2.86%
Population growth rate rank 157/197 21/197

Estonia and Iceland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Estonia
Population

Growth rate
Iceland
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Estonia Iceland Estonia Iceland
1960 1,211,537 175,574 - -
1961 1,225,077 179,029 1.12% 1.97%
1962 1,241,623 182,378 1.35% 1.87%
1963 1,258,857 185,653 1.39% 1.8%
1964 1,277,086 188,983 1.45% 1.79%
1965 1,294,566 192,286 1.37% 1.75%
1966 1,308,597 195,570 1.08% 1.71%
1967 1,318,946 198,751 0.79% 1.63%
1968 1,331,214 201,488 0.93% 1.38%
1969 1,345,249 203,369 1.05% 0.93%
1970 1,360,076 204,438 1.1% 0.53%
1971 1,376,955 206,098 1.24% 0.81%
1972 1,392,518 209,137 1.13% 1.47%
1973 1,405,951 212,317 0.96% 1.52%
1974 1,418,169 215,209 0.87% 1.36%
1975 1,429,352 217,979 0.79% 1.29%
1976 1,439,576 220,154 0.72% 1%
1977 1,450,211 221,799 0.74% 0.75%
1978 1,460,188 223,537 0.69% 0.78%
1979 1,468,333 225,735 0.56% 0.98%
1980 1,477,219 228,138 0.61% 1.06%
1981 1,487,666 230,755 0.71% 1.15%
1982 1,498,414 233,860 0.72% 1.35%
1983 1,508,745 236,977 0.69% 1.33%
1984 1,518,617 239,511 0.65% 1.07%
1985 1,528,781 241,405 0.67% 0.79%
1986 1,540,190 243,180 0.75% 0.74%
1987 1,552,221 245,859 0.78% 1.1%
1988 1,561,900 249,740 0.62% 1.58%
1989 1,568,131 252,852 0.4% 1.25%
1990 1,569,174 254,826 0.07% 0.78%
1991 1,561,314 257,797 -0.5% 1.17%
1992 1,533,091 261,057 -1.81% 1.26%
1993 1,494,128 263,725 -2.54% 1.02%
1994 1,462,514 266,021 -2.12% 0.87%
1995 1,436,634 267,468 -1.77% 0.54%
1996 1,415,594 268,916 -1.46% 0.54%
1997 1,399,535 271,128 -1.13% 0.82%
1998 1,386,156 274,047 -0.96% 1.08%
1999 1,390,244 277,381 0.29% 1.22%
2000 1,396,985 281,205 0.48% 1.38%
2001 1,388,115 284,968 -0.63% 1.34%
2002 1,379,350 287,523 -0.63% 0.9%
2003 1,370,720 289,521 -0.63% 0.69%
2004 1,362,550 292,074 -0.6% 0.88%
2005 1,354,775 296,734 -0.57% 1.6%
2006 1,346,810 303,782 -0.59% 2.38%
2007 1,340,680 311,566 -0.46% 2.56%
2008 1,337,090 317,414 -0.27% 1.88%
2009 1,334,515 318,499 -0.19% 0.34%
2010 1,331,475 318,041 -0.23% -0.14%
2011 1,327,439 319,014 -0.3% 0.31%
2012 1,322,696 320,716 -0.36% 0.53%
2013 1,317,997 323,764 -0.36% 0.95%
2014 1,314,545 327,386 -0.26% 1.12%
2015 1,315,407 330,815 0.07% 1.05%
2016 1,315,790 335,439 0.03% 1.4%
2017 1,317,384 343,400 0.12% 2.37%
2018 1,321,977 352,721 0.35% 2.71%
2019 1,326,898 360,563 0.37% 2.22%
2020 1,329,522 366,463 0.2% 1.64%
2021 1,330,932 372,520 0.11% 1.65%
2022 1,348,840 382,003 1.35% 2.55%
2023 1,370,286 393,349 1.59% 2.97%
2024 1,371,986 404,610 0.12% 2.86%
2025 1,355,535 409,614 -1.2% 1.24%
2026 1,342,253 413,792 -0.98% 1.02%
2027 1,335,097 417,406 -0.53% 0.87%
2028 1,327,942 420,691 -0.54% 0.79%
2029 1,320,819 423,592 -0.54% 0.69%
2030 1,313,729 426,158 -0.54% 0.61%
2031 1,306,620 428,479 -0.54% 0.54%
2032 1,299,552 430,544 -0.54% 0.48%
2033 1,292,576 432,406 -0.54% 0.43%
2034 1,285,689 434,083 -0.53% 0.39%
2035 1,278,930 435,646 -0.53% 0.36%
2036 1,272,310 437,132 -0.52% 0.34%
2037 1,265,820 438,466 -0.51% 0.31%
2038 1,259,511 439,670 -0.5% 0.27%
2039 1,253,315 440,754 -0.49% 0.25%
2040 1,247,191 441,687 -0.49% 0.21%
2041 1,241,077 442,487 -0.49% 0.18%
2042 1,234,931 443,200 -0.5% 0.16%
2043 1,228,790 443,884 -0.5% 0.15%
2044 1,222,587 444,457 -0.5% 0.13%
2045 1,216,327 444,812 -0.51% 0.08%
2046 1,210,041 445,028 -0.52% 0.05%
2047 1,203,693 445,183 -0.52% 0.03%
2048 1,197,336 445,283 -0.53% 0.02%
2049 1,190,841 445,335 -0.54% 0.01%
2050 1,184,135 445,330 -0.56% -0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.

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