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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,372,341 in 2024 vs 527,799 people in Maldives in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,342,600 people compared to 531,534 in Maldives.

Population statistics:

  • Estonia's population is 2.53 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Maldives is the 168th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.006% for Maldives.
  • For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +2.56% in Maldives.
  • Since 2006, the population of Estonia has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (0.31% decline), while Maldives has grown from 314K to 532K (69.4% growth).
  • Maldives is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 597K people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 833K people by 2100.

Estonia vs Maldives: live population counter

Estonia Maldives
Current population
1342600
531534
Population rank 155/197 168/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.006%
One net population change
4.26 hours
4.85 hours
One birth every
47.9 minutes
1.51 hours
One death every
32.8 minutes
7.13 hours
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
3.62 hours
Annual migration change -7,742 -2,421
Daily growth/decline +6 +5
Annual growth/decline +2,055 +1,805
Annual growth/decline rate +0.15% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 159/197 146/197

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

Estonia
Population

Growth rate
Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Estonia Maldives Estonia Maldives
1960 1,211,537 91,189 - -
1961 1,225,077 93,450 1.12% 2.48%
1962 1,241,623 95,802 1.35% 2.52%
1963 1,258,857 98,222 1.39% 2.53%
1964 1,277,086 100,662 1.45% 2.48%
1965 1,294,566 104,102 1.37% 3.42%
1966 1,308,597 108,507 1.08% 4.23%
1967 1,318,946 112,528 0.79% 3.71%
1968 1,331,214 116,075 0.93% 3.15%
1969 1,345,249 119,564 1.05% 3.01%
1970 1,360,076 123,219 1.1% 3.06%
1971 1,376,955 127,035 1.24% 3.1%
1972 1,392,518 130,968 1.13% 3.1%
1973 1,405,951 134,952 0.96% 3.04%
1974 1,418,169 138,978 0.87% 2.98%
1975 1,429,352 143,158 0.79% 3.01%
1976 1,439,576 147,525 0.72% 3.05%
1977 1,450,211 151,930 0.74% 2.99%
1978 1,460,188 156,159 0.69% 2.78%
1979 1,468,333 160,360 0.56% 2.69%
1980 1,477,219 164,835 0.61% 2.79%
1981 1,487,666 169,532 0.71% 2.85%
1982 1,498,414 174,333 0.72% 2.83%
1983 1,508,745 179,128 0.69% 2.75%
1984 1,518,617 184,198 0.65% 2.83%
1985 1,528,781 190,169 0.67% 3.24%
1986 1,540,190 196,935 0.75% 3.56%
1987 1,552,221 203,944 0.78% 3.56%
1988 1,561,900 210,885 0.62% 3.4%
1989 1,568,131 217,738 0.4% 3.25%
1990 1,569,174 224,762 0.07% 3.23%
1991 1,561,314 231,802 -0.5% 3.13%
1992 1,533,091 238,543 -1.81% 2.91%
1993 1,494,128 244,884 -2.54% 2.66%
1994 1,462,514 250,822 -2.12% 2.42%
1995 1,436,634 256,649 -1.77% 2.32%
1996 1,415,594 262,347 -1.46% 2.22%
1997 1,399,535 267,707 -1.13% 2.04%
1998 1,386,156 272,723 -0.96% 1.87%
1999 1,390,244 277,412 0.29% 1.72%
2000 1,396,985 282,019 0.48% 1.66%
2001 1,388,115 286,767 -0.63% 1.68%
2002 1,379,350 291,616 -0.63% 1.69%
2003 1,370,720 296,491 -0.63% 1.67%
2004 1,362,550 301,413 -0.6% 1.66%
2005 1,354,775 306,429 -0.57% 1.66%
2006 1,346,810 313,851 -0.59% 2.42%
2007 1,340,680 324,479 -0.46% 3.39%
2008 1,337,090 336,170 -0.27% 3.6%
2009 1,334,515 348,275 -0.19% 3.6%
2010 1,331,475 360,792 -0.23% 3.59%
2011 1,327,439 373,674 -0.3% 3.57%
2012 1,322,696 386,818 -0.36% 3.52%
2013 1,317,997 400,070 -0.36% 3.43%
2014 1,314,545 413,617 -0.26% 3.39%
2015 1,315,407 428,154 0.07% 3.51%
2016 1,315,790 443,308 0.03% 3.54%
2017 1,317,384 458,287 0.12% 3.38%
2018 1,321,977 473,099 0.35% 3.23%
2019 1,326,898 487,731 0.37% 3.09%
2020 1,329,522 502,118 0.2% 2.95%
2021 1,330,932 516,154 0.11% 2.8%
2022 1,348,840 524,106 1.35% 1.54%
2023 1,370,286 525,994 1.59% 0.36%
2024 1,372,341 527,799 0.15% 0.34%
2025 1,355,886 529,677 -1.2% 0.36%
2026 1,342,600 531,514 -0.98% 0.35%
2027 1,335,442 533,433 -0.53% 0.36%
2028 1,328,286 535,502 -0.54% 0.39%
2029 1,321,161 537,574 -0.54% 0.39%
2030 1,314,069 539,667 -0.54% 0.39%
2031 1,306,958 541,929 -0.54% 0.42%
2032 1,299,888 544,288 -0.54% 0.44%
2033 1,292,910 546,723 -0.54% 0.45%
2034 1,286,022 549,162 -0.53% 0.45%
2035 1,279,261 551,599 -0.53% 0.44%
2036 1,272,639 554,092 -0.52% 0.45%
2037 1,266,148 556,637 -0.51% 0.46%
2038 1,259,837 559,231 -0.5% 0.47%
2039 1,253,640 561,958 -0.49% 0.49%
2040 1,247,514 564,800 -0.49% 0.51%
2041 1,241,398 567,606 -0.49% 0.5%
2042 1,235,251 570,381 -0.5% 0.49%
2043 1,229,108 573,138 -0.5% 0.48%
2044 1,222,903 575,811 -0.5% 0.47%
2045 1,216,642 578,459 -0.51% 0.46%
2046 1,210,354 581,026 -0.52% 0.44%
2047 1,204,004 583,393 -0.52% 0.41%
2048 1,197,645 585,720 -0.53% 0.4%
2049 1,191,150 587,988 -0.54% 0.39%
2050 1,184,441 589,960 -0.56% 0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.

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