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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Estonia	Moldova	Estonia	Moldova
1960	1,211,537	2,058,020	-	-
1961	1,225,077	2,103,327	1.12%	2.2%
1962	1,241,623	2,147,227	1.35%	2.09%
1963	1,258,857	2,188,895	1.39%	1.94%
1964	1,277,086	2,228,000	1.45%	1.79%
1965	1,294,566	2,265,287	1.37%	1.67%
1966	1,308,597	2,301,871	1.08%	1.61%
1967	1,318,946	2,337,695	0.79%	1.56%
1968	1,331,214	2,373,073	0.93%	1.51%
1969	1,345,249	2,408,469	1.05%	1.49%
1970	1,360,076	2,437,590	1.1%	1.21%
1971	1,376,955	2,460,611	1.24%	0.94%
1972	1,392,518	2,484,742	1.13%	0.98%
1973	1,405,951	2,510,584	0.96%	1.04%
1974	1,418,169	2,538,164	0.87%	1.1%
1975	1,429,352	2,566,998	0.79%	1.14%
1976	1,439,576	2,596,491	0.72%	1.15%
1977	1,450,211	2,626,298	0.74%	1.15%
1978	1,460,188	2,656,211	0.69%	1.14%
1979	1,468,333	2,683,035	0.56%	1.01%
1980	1,477,219	2,708,675	0.61%	0.96%
1981	1,487,666	2,735,987	0.71%	1.01%
1982	1,498,414	2,763,101	0.72%	0.99%
1983	1,508,745	2,791,207	0.69%	1.02%
1984	1,518,617	2,820,518	0.65%	1.05%
1985	1,528,781	2,850,787	0.67%	1.07%
1986	1,540,190	2,883,057	0.75%	1.13%
1987	1,552,221	2,916,306	0.78%	1.15%
1988	1,561,900	2,948,891	0.62%	1.12%
1989	1,568,131	2,970,039	0.4%	0.72%
1990	1,569,174	2,977,912	0.07%	0.27%
1991	1,561,314	2,981,566	-0.5%	0.12%
1992	1,533,091	2,980,965	-1.81%	-0.02%
1993	1,494,128	2,975,966	-2.54%	-0.17%
1994	1,462,514	2,966,745	-2.12%	-0.31%
1995	1,436,634	2,953,200	-1.77%	-0.46%
1996	1,415,594	2,947,293	-1.46%	-0.2%
1997	1,399,535	2,936,413	-1.13%	-0.37%
1998	1,386,156	2,935,227	-0.96%	-0.04%
1999	1,390,244	2,930,622	0.29%	-0.16%
2000	1,396,985	2,924,668	0.48%	-0.2%
2001	1,388,115	2,918,135	-0.63%	-0.22%
2002	1,379,350	2,911,385	-0.63%	-0.23%
2003	1,370,720	2,903,198	-0.63%	-0.28%
2004	1,362,550	2,896,023	-0.6%	-0.25%
2005	1,354,775	2,888,985	-0.57%	-0.24%
2006	1,346,810	2,880,967	-0.59%	-0.28%
2007	1,340,680	2,874,299	-0.46%	-0.23%
2008	1,337,090	2,868,833	-0.27%	-0.19%
2009	1,334,515	2,865,213	-0.19%	-0.13%
2010	1,331,475	2,862,354	-0.23%	-0.1%
2011	1,327,439	2,860,699	-0.3%	-0.06%
2012	1,322,696	2,860,324	-0.36%	-0.01%
2013	1,317,997	2,859,558	-0.36%	-0.03%
2014	1,314,545	2,857,815	-0.26%	-0.06%
2015	1,315,407	2,835,978	0.07%	-0.76%
2016	1,315,790	2,803,186	0.03%	-1.16%
2017	1,317,384	2,755,189	0.12%	-1.71%
2018	1,321,977	2,707,203	0.35%	-1.74%
2019	1,326,898	2,664,224	0.37%	-1.59%
2020	1,329,522	2,635,130	0.2%	-1.09%
2021	1,330,932	2,595,809	0.11%	-1.49%
2022	1,348,840	2,528,654	1.35%	-2.59%
2023	1,370,286	2,457,783	1.59%	-2.8%
2024	1,372,341	2,402,306	0.15%	-2.26%
2025	1,355,886	2,371,543	-1.2%	-1.28%
2026	1,342,600	2,343,963	-0.98%	-1.16%
2027	1,335,442	2,321,110	-0.53%	-0.97%
2028	1,328,286	2,298,239	-0.54%	-0.99%
2029	1,321,161	2,275,251	-0.54%	-1%
2030	1,314,069	2,252,131	-0.54%	-1.02%
2031	1,306,958	2,229,191	-0.54%	-1.02%
2032	1,299,888	2,206,559	-0.54%	-1.02%
2033	1,292,910	2,183,929	-0.54%	-1.03%
2034	1,286,022	2,161,282	-0.53%	-1.04%
2035	1,279,261	2,138,754	-0.53%	-1.04%
2036	1,272,639	2,116,659	-0.52%	-1.03%
2037	1,266,148	2,095,127	-0.51%	-1.02%
2038	1,259,837	2,074,054	-0.5%	-1.01%
2039	1,253,640	2,053,352	-0.49%	-1%
2040	1,247,514	2,033,323	-0.49%	-0.98%
2041	1,241,398	2,014,222	-0.49%	-0.94%
2042	1,235,251	1,995,750	-0.5%	-0.92%
2043	1,229,108	1,977,688	-0.5%	-0.9%
2044	1,222,903	1,960,241	-0.5%	-0.88%
2045	1,216,642	1,943,187	-0.51%	-0.87%
2046	1,210,354	1,926,432	-0.52%	-0.86%
2047	1,204,004	1,910,142	-0.52%	-0.85%
2048	1,197,645	1,894,069	-0.53%	-0.84%
2049	1,191,150	1,877,822	-0.54%	-0.86%
2050	1,184,441	1,861,554	-0.56%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.