The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 123,324,642 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 91 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.51% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 1.49% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (3.48% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 27% of the population in Estonia and 29% in Japan.
Estonia vs Japan: live population counter
Estonia
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1355535
|
123324642
|
| Population rank | 155/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 1.49% |
| One net population change |
5.15 hours
|
58.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
|
42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
32.8 minutes
|
19.5 seconds
|
| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
3.43 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -7,742 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,700 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.12% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 157/197 | 182/197 |
Estonia and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Estonia
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Estonia
|
Japan
|
Estonia
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 94,055,000 | 1.12% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 94,933,000 | 1.35% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 95,900,000 | 1.39% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 96,903,000 | 1.45% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 97,952,000 | 1.37% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 98,851,000 | 1.08% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 99,879,000 | 0.79% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 101,011,000 | 0.93% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 102,219,000 | 1.05% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 103,403,000 | 1.1% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 105,697,000 | 1.24% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 107,188,000 | 1.13% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 108,707,000 | 0.96% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 110,162,000 | 0.87% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 111,573,000 | 0.79% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 112,775,000 | 0.72% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 113,872,000 | 0.74% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 114,913,000 | 0.69% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 115,890,000 | 0.56% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 116,807,000 | 0.61% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 117,661,000 | 0.71% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 118,480,000 | 0.72% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 119,307,000 | 0.69% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 120,083,000 | 0.65% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 120,837,000 | 0.67% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 121,482,000 | 0.75% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 122,069,000 | 0.78% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 122,578,000 | 0.62% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 123,069,000 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 123,478,000 | 0.07% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 123,964,000 | -0.5% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 124,425,000 | -1.81% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 124,829,000 | -2.54% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 125,178,000 | -2.12% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 125,472,000 | -1.77% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 125,757,000 | -1.46% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 126,057,000 | -1.13% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 126,400,000 | -0.96% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 126,631,000 | 0.29% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 126,843,000 | 0.48% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 127,149,000 | -0.63% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 127,445,000 | -0.63% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 127,718,000 | -0.63% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 127,761,000 | -0.6% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 127,773,000 | -0.57% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 127,854,000 | -0.59% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 128,001,000 | -0.46% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 128,063,000 | -0.27% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 128,047,000 | -0.19% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 128,070,000 | -0.23% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 127,833,000 | -0.3% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 127,629,000 | -0.36% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 127,445,000 | -0.36% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 127,276,000 | -0.26% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 127,141,000 | 0.07% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 127,076,000 | 0.03% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 126,972,000 | 0.12% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 126,811,000 | 0.35% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 126,633,000 | 0.37% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 126,261,000 | 0.2% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 125,681,593 | 0.11% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 125,124,989 | 1.35% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 124,516,650 | 1.59% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 1,371,986 | 123,975,371 | 0.12% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 1,355,535 | 123,324,642 | -1.2% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 1,342,253 | 122,647,678 | -0.98% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 1,335,097 | 121,951,038 | -0.53% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 1,327,942 | 121,241,776 | -0.54% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 1,320,819 | 120,524,230 | -0.54% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 1,313,729 | 119,798,959 | -0.54% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 1,306,620 | 119,065,610 | -0.54% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 1,299,552 | 118,326,333 | -0.54% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 1,292,576 | 117,583,337 | -0.54% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 1,285,689 | 116,836,274 | -0.53% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 1,278,930 | 116,084,328 | -0.53% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 1,272,310 | 115,332,395 | -0.52% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 1,265,820 | 114,582,890 | -0.51% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 1,259,511 | 113,837,760 | -0.5% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 1,253,315 | 113,097,352 | -0.49% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 1,247,191 | 112,359,802 | -0.49% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 1,241,077 | 111,622,622 | -0.49% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 1,234,931 | 110,891,223 | -0.5% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 1,228,790 | 110,169,955 | -0.5% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 1,222,587 | 109,455,823 | -0.5% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 1,216,327 | 108,747,012 | -0.51% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 1,210,041 | 108,044,346 | -0.52% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 1,203,693 | 107,350,486 | -0.52% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 1,197,336 | 106,665,616 | -0.53% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 1,190,841 | 105,986,908 | -0.54% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 1,184,135 | 105,312,022 | -0.56% | -0.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Estonia and Japan
|
Estonia
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.5 years | 85 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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