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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Estonia	Lithuania	Estonia	Lithuania
1960	1,211,537	2,778,550	-	-
1961	1,225,077	2,823,550	1.12%	1.62%
1962	1,241,623	2,863,350	1.35%	1.41%
1963	1,258,857	2,898,950	1.39%	1.24%
1964	1,277,086	2,935,200	1.45%	1.25%
1965	1,294,566	2,971,450	1.37%	1.24%
1966	1,308,597	3,008,050	1.08%	1.23%
1967	1,318,946	3,044,400	0.79%	1.21%
1968	1,331,214	3,078,850	0.93%	1.13%
1969	1,345,249	3,107,321	1.05%	0.92%
1970	1,360,076	3,139,689	1.1%	1.04%
1971	1,376,955	3,179,041	1.24%	1.25%
1972	1,392,518	3,213,622	1.13%	1.09%
1973	1,405,951	3,244,438	0.96%	0.96%
1974	1,418,169	3,273,894	0.87%	0.91%
1975	1,429,352	3,301,652	0.79%	0.85%
1976	1,439,576	3,328,664	0.72%	0.82%
1977	1,450,211	3,355,036	0.74%	0.79%
1978	1,460,188	3,379,514	0.69%	0.73%
1979	1,468,333	3,397,842	0.56%	0.54%
1980	1,477,219	3,413,202	0.61%	0.45%
1981	1,487,666	3,432,947	0.71%	0.58%
1982	1,498,414	3,457,179	0.72%	0.71%
1983	1,508,745	3,485,192	0.69%	0.81%
1984	1,518,617	3,514,205	0.65%	0.83%
1985	1,528,781	3,544,543	0.67%	0.86%
1986	1,540,190	3,578,914	0.75%	0.97%
1987	1,552,221	3,616,367	0.78%	1.05%
1988	1,561,900	3,655,049	0.62%	1.07%
1989	1,568,131	3,684,255	0.4%	0.8%
1990	1,569,174	3,697,838	0.07%	0.37%
1991	1,561,314	3,704,134	-0.5%	0.17%
1992	1,533,091	3,700,114	-1.81%	-0.11%
1993	1,494,128	3,682,613	-2.54%	-0.47%
1994	1,462,514	3,657,144	-2.12%	-0.69%
1995	1,436,634	3,629,102	-1.77%	-0.77%
1996	1,415,594	3,601,613	-1.46%	-0.76%
1997	1,399,535	3,575,137	-1.13%	-0.74%
1998	1,386,156	3,549,331	-0.96%	-0.72%
1999	1,390,244	3,524,238	0.29%	-0.71%
2000	1,396,985	3,499,536	0.48%	-0.7%
2001	1,388,115	3,470,818	-0.63%	-0.82%
2002	1,379,350	3,443,067	-0.63%	-0.8%
2003	1,370,720	3,415,213	-0.63%	-0.81%
2004	1,362,550	3,377,075	-0.6%	-1.12%
2005	1,354,775	3,322,528	-0.57%	-1.62%
2006	1,346,810	3,269,909	-0.59%	-1.58%
2007	1,340,680	3,231,294	-0.46%	-1.18%
2008	1,337,090	3,198,231	-0.27%	-1.02%
2009	1,334,515	3,162,916	-0.19%	-1.1%
2010	1,331,475	3,097,282	-0.23%	-2.08%
2011	1,327,439	3,028,115	-0.3%	-2.23%
2012	1,322,696	2,989,139	-0.36%	-1.29%
2013	1,317,997	2,961,250	-0.36%	-0.93%
2014	1,314,545	2,937,253	-0.26%	-0.81%
2015	1,315,407	2,911,109	0.07%	-0.89%
2016	1,315,790	2,877,325	0.03%	-1.16%
2017	1,317,384	2,842,639	0.12%	-1.21%
2018	1,321,977	2,819,200	0.35%	-0.82%
2019	1,326,898	2,811,089	0.37%	-0.29%
2020	1,329,522	2,810,369	0.2%	-0.03%
2021	1,330,932	2,808,380	0.11%	-0.07%
2022	1,348,840	2,831,639	1.35%	0.83%
2023	1,370,286	2,871,585	1.59%	1.41%
2024	1,372,341	2,888,278	0.15%	0.58%
2025	1,355,886	2,859,019	-1.2%	-1.01%
2026	1,342,600	2,825,872	-0.98%	-1.16%
2027	1,335,442	2,802,522	-0.53%	-0.83%
2028	1,328,286	2,779,241	-0.54%	-0.83%
2029	1,321,161	2,756,374	-0.54%	-0.82%
2030	1,314,069	2,733,965	-0.54%	-0.81%
2031	1,306,958	2,711,850	-0.54%	-0.81%
2032	1,299,888	2,689,971	-0.54%	-0.81%
2033	1,292,910	2,668,091	-0.54%	-0.81%
2034	1,286,022	2,645,992	-0.53%	-0.83%
2035	1,279,261	2,623,885	-0.53%	-0.84%
2036	1,272,639	2,601,771	-0.52%	-0.84%
2037	1,266,148	2,579,132	-0.51%	-0.87%
2038	1,259,837	2,556,278	-0.5%	-0.89%
2039	1,253,640	2,533,153	-0.49%	-0.9%
2040	1,247,514	2,510,186	-0.49%	-0.91%
2041	1,241,398	2,487,576	-0.49%	-0.9%
2042	1,235,251	2,464,721	-0.5%	-0.92%
2043	1,229,108	2,441,596	-0.5%	-0.94%
2044	1,222,903	2,418,754	-0.5%	-0.94%
2045	1,216,642	2,396,338	-0.51%	-0.93%
2046	1,210,354	2,373,879	-0.52%	-0.94%
2047	1,204,004	2,350,981	-0.52%	-0.96%
2048	1,197,645	2,327,866	-0.53%	-0.98%
2049	1,191,150	2,305,016	-0.54%	-0.98%
2050	1,184,441	2,281,808	-0.56%	-1.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Lithuania lost 392,584 people (a 12% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Lithuania's population decreased by -51,453 (a 1.79% decline).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. Lithuania was ranked 130th in 2006 and ranked 140th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Estonia's population will shrink by 11.8% to 1,184,441 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of Lithuania will decrease by 19.3% to 2,281,808 people and rank change from 140th to 145th.