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Population in Estonia compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • The Netherlands' population is 13.4 times bigger than Estonia's.
  • Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M 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 Netherlands: live population counter

Estonia Netherlands
Current population
1355535
18191638
Population rank 155/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.22%
One net population change
5.15 hours
4.49 minutes
One birth every
47.9 minutes
3.2 minutes
One death every
32.8 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -7,742 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +5 +321
Annual growth/decline +1,700 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +0.12% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 157/197 122/197

Estonia and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Estonia
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Estonia Netherlands Estonia Netherlands
1960 1,211,537 11,486,631 - -
1961 1,225,077 11,638,712 1.12% 1.32%
1962 1,241,623 11,805,689 1.35% 1.43%
1963 1,258,857 11,965,966 1.39% 1.36%
1964 1,277,086 12,127,120 1.45% 1.35%
1965 1,294,566 12,294,732 1.37% 1.38%
1966 1,308,597 12,456,251 1.08% 1.31%
1967 1,318,946 12,598,201 0.79% 1.14%
1968 1,331,214 12,729,721 0.93% 1.04%
1969 1,345,249 12,877,984 1.05% 1.16%
1970 1,360,076 13,038,526 1.1% 1.25%
1971 1,376,955 13,194,497 1.24% 1.2%
1972 1,392,518 13,328,593 1.13% 1.02%
1973 1,405,951 13,439,322 0.96% 0.83%
1974 1,418,169 13,545,056 0.87% 0.79%
1975 1,429,352 13,666,335 0.79% 0.9%
1976 1,439,576 13,774,037 0.72% 0.79%
1977 1,450,211 13,856,185 0.74% 0.6%
1978 1,460,188 13,941,700 0.69% 0.62%
1979 1,468,333 14,038,270 0.56% 0.69%
1980 1,477,219 14,149,800 0.61% 0.79%
1981 1,487,666 14,247,208 0.71% 0.69%
1982 1,498,414 14,312,690 0.72% 0.46%
1983 1,508,745 14,367,070 0.69% 0.38%
1984 1,518,617 14,424,211 0.65% 0.4%
1985 1,528,781 14,491,632 0.67% 0.47%
1986 1,540,190 14,572,278 0.75% 0.56%
1987 1,552,221 14,665,037 0.78% 0.64%
1988 1,561,900 14,760,094 0.62% 0.65%
1989 1,568,131 14,848,907 0.4% 0.6%
1990 1,569,174 14,951,510 0.07% 0.69%
1991 1,561,314 15,069,798 -0.5% 0.79%
1992 1,533,091 15,184,166 -1.81% 0.76%
1993 1,494,128 15,290,368 -2.54% 0.7%
1994 1,462,514 15,382,838 -2.12% 0.6%
1995 1,436,634 15,459,006 -1.77% 0.5%
1996 1,415,594 15,530,498 -1.46% 0.46%
1997 1,399,535 15,610,650 -1.13% 0.52%
1998 1,386,156 15,707,209 -0.96% 0.62%
1999 1,390,244 15,812,088 0.29% 0.67%
2000 1,396,985 15,925,513 0.48% 0.72%
2001 1,388,115 16,046,180 -0.63% 0.76%
2002 1,379,350 16,148,929 -0.63% 0.64%
2003 1,370,720 16,225,302 -0.63% 0.47%
2004 1,362,550 16,281,779 -0.6% 0.35%
2005 1,354,775 16,319,868 -0.57% 0.23%
2006 1,346,810 16,346,101 -0.59% 0.16%
2007 1,340,680 16,381,696 -0.46% 0.22%
2008 1,337,090 16,445,593 -0.27% 0.39%
2009 1,334,515 16,530,388 -0.19% 0.52%
2010 1,331,475 16,615,394 -0.23% 0.51%
2011 1,327,439 16,693,074 -0.3% 0.47%
2012 1,322,696 16,754,962 -0.36% 0.37%
2013 1,317,997 16,804,432 -0.36% 0.3%
2014 1,314,545 16,865,008 -0.26% 0.36%
2015 1,315,407 16,939,923 0.07% 0.44%
2016 1,315,790 17,030,314 0.03% 0.53%
2017 1,317,384 17,131,296 0.12% 0.59%
2018 1,321,977 17,231,624 0.35% 0.59%
2019 1,326,898 17,344,874 0.37% 0.66%
2020 1,329,522 17,441,500 0.2% 0.56%
2021 1,330,932 17,533,044 0.11% 0.52%
2022 1,348,840 17,700,982 1.35% 0.96%
2023 1,370,286 17,877,117 1.59% 1%
2024 1,371,986 17,994,237 0.12% 0.66%
2025 1,355,535 18,110,800 -1.2% 0.65%
2026 1,342,253 18,211,436 -0.98% 0.56%
2027 1,335,097 18,299,531 -0.53% 0.48%
2028 1,327,942 18,379,573 -0.54% 0.44%
2029 1,320,819 18,452,044 -0.54% 0.39%
2030 1,313,729 18,515,913 -0.54% 0.35%
2031 1,306,620 18,571,934 -0.54% 0.3%
2032 1,299,552 18,621,087 -0.54% 0.26%
2033 1,292,576 18,664,975 -0.54% 0.24%
2034 1,285,689 18,702,456 -0.53% 0.2%
2035 1,278,930 18,733,223 -0.53% 0.16%
2036 1,272,310 18,760,054 -0.52% 0.14%
2037 1,265,820 18,781,793 -0.51% 0.12%
2038 1,259,511 18,798,283 -0.5% 0.09%
2039 1,253,315 18,810,276 -0.49% 0.06%
2040 1,247,191 18,817,745 -0.49% 0.04%
2041 1,241,077 18,820,870 -0.49% 0.02%
2042 1,234,931 18,819,607 -0.5% -0.007%
2043 1,228,790 18,815,261 -0.5% -0.02%
2044 1,222,587 18,807,564 -0.5% -0.04%
2045 1,216,327 18,797,005 -0.51% -0.06%
2046 1,210,041 18,785,724 -0.52% -0.06%
2047 1,203,693 18,771,651 -0.52% -0.07%
2048 1,197,336 18,754,325 -0.53% -0.09%
2049 1,190,841 18,735,299 -0.54% -0.1%
2050 1,184,135 18,714,579 -0.56% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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