The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,372,341 in 2024 vs 5,287,500 people in New Zealand in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,342,600 people compared to 5,362,441 in New Zealand.
Population statistics:
- New Zealand's population is 3.99 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while New Zealand is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.06% for New Zealand.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +1.6% in New Zealand.
- Since 2006, the population of Estonia has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (0.31% decline), while New Zealand has grown from 4.18M to 5.36M (28.1% growth).
- New Zealand is projected to reach its peak in 2078 at 5.95M 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 New Zealand: live population counter
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| Current population |
1342600
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5362441
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
4.26 hours
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6.01 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
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9.31 minutes
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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14 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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28 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,742 | +18,766 |
| Daily growth/decline | +6 | +240 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,055 | +87,500 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.15% | +1.68% |
| Population growth rate rank | 159/197 | 65/197 |
Estonia and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 2,371,800 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 2,419,700 | 1.12% | 2.02% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 2,482,000 | 1.35% | 2.57% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 2,531,800 | 1.39% | 2.01% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 2,585,400 | 1.45% | 2.12% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 2,628,400 | 1.37% | 1.66% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 2,675,900 | 1.08% | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 2,724,100 | 0.79% | 1.8% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 2,748,100 | 0.93% | 0.88% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 2,772,800 | 1.05% | 0.9% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 2,810,700 | 1.1% | 1.37% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 2,853,000 | 1.24% | 1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 2,903,900 | 1.13% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 2,961,300 | 0.96% | 1.98% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 3,023,700 | 0.87% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 3,083,100 | 0.79% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 3,110,500 | 0.72% | 0.89% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 3,120,200 | 0.74% | 0.31% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 3,121,200 | 0.69% | 0.03% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 3,109,000 | 0.56% | -0.39% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 3,112,900 | 0.61% | 0.13% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 3,124,900 | 0.71% | 0.39% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 3,156,100 | 0.72% | 1% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 3,199,300 | 0.69% | 1.37% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 3,227,100 | 0.65% | 0.87% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 3,247,100 | 0.67% | 0.62% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 3,246,300 | 0.75% | -0.02% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 3,274,400 | 0.78% | 0.87% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 3,283,400 | 0.62% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 3,299,200 | 0.4% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 3,329,800 | 0.07% | 0.93% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 3,495,100 | -0.5% | 4.96% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 3,531,700 | -1.81% | 1.05% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 3,572,200 | -2.54% | 1.15% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 3,620,000 | -2.12% | 1.34% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 3,673,400 | -1.77% | 1.48% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 3,732,000 | -1.46% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 3,781,300 | -1.13% | 1.32% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 3,815,000 | -0.96% | 0.89% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 3,835,100 | 0.29% | 0.53% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 3,857,700 | 0.48% | 0.59% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 3,880,500 | -0.63% | 0.59% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 3,948,500 | -0.63% | 1.75% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 4,027,200 | -0.63% | 1.99% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 4,087,500 | -0.6% | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 4,133,900 | -0.57% | 1.14% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 4,184,600 | -0.59% | 1.23% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 4,223,800 | -0.46% | 0.94% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 4,259,800 | -0.27% | 0.85% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 4,302,600 | -0.19% | 1% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 4,350,700 | -0.23% | 1.12% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 4,384,000 | -0.3% | 0.77% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 4,408,100 | -0.36% | 0.55% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 4,442,100 | -0.36% | 0.77% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 4,516,500 | -0.26% | 1.67% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 4,609,400 | 0.07% | 2.06% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 4,714,100 | 0.03% | 2.27% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 4,813,600 | 0.12% | 2.11% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 4,900,600 | 0.35% | 1.81% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 4,970,300 | 0.37% | 1.42% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 5,072,400 | 0.2% | 2.05% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 5,084,600 | 0.11% | 0.24% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 5,081,700 | 1.35% | -0.06% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 5,200,000 | 1.59% | 2.33% |
| 2024 | 1,372,341 | 5,287,500 | 0.15% | 1.68% |
| 2025 | 1,355,886 | 5,325,989 | -1.2% | 0.73% |
| 2026 | 1,342,600 | 5,362,071 | -0.98% | 0.68% |
| 2027 | 1,335,442 | 5,395,933 | -0.53% | 0.63% |
| 2028 | 1,328,286 | 5,427,327 | -0.54% | 0.58% |
| 2029 | 1,321,161 | 5,456,502 | -0.54% | 0.54% |
| 2030 | 1,314,069 | 5,483,630 | -0.54% | 0.5% |
| 2031 | 1,306,958 | 5,509,118 | -0.54% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 1,299,888 | 5,533,087 | -0.54% | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 1,292,910 | 5,555,912 | -0.54% | 0.41% |
| 2034 | 1,286,022 | 5,577,658 | -0.53% | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 1,279,261 | 5,598,481 | -0.53% | 0.37% |
| 2036 | 1,272,639 | 5,618,949 | -0.52% | 0.37% |
| 2037 | 1,266,148 | 5,638,796 | -0.51% | 0.35% |
| 2038 | 1,259,837 | 5,658,606 | -0.5% | 0.35% |
| 2039 | 1,253,640 | 5,677,983 | -0.49% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 1,247,514 | 5,696,537 | -0.49% | 0.33% |
| 2041 | 1,241,398 | 5,715,286 | -0.49% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 1,235,251 | 5,733,881 | -0.5% | 0.33% |
| 2043 | 1,229,108 | 5,750,997 | -0.5% | 0.3% |
| 2044 | 1,222,903 | 5,766,545 | -0.5% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 1,216,642 | 5,780,970 | -0.51% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 1,210,354 | 5,794,046 | -0.52% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 1,204,004 | 5,805,663 | -0.52% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 1,197,645 | 5,816,692 | -0.53% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 1,191,150 | 5,826,512 | -0.54% | 0.17% |
| 2050 | 1,184,441 | 5,836,471 | -0.56% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tallinn | 458K |
| Tartu | 97.8K |
| Narva | 53.4K |
| Parnu | 41.5K |
| Kohtla-Jarve | 33.4K |
| Viljandi | 17.3K |
| Maardu | 17K |
| Rakvere | 15.7K |
| Kuressaare | 13.2K |
| Sillamae | 12.4K |
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| City | Population |
| Auckland | 1.47M |
| Christchurch | 383K |
| Wellington | 216K |
| Hamilton | 176K |
| Tauranga | 151K |
| Dunedin | 106K |
| Lower Hutt | 103K |
| Palmerston North | 81.5K |
| Napier | 66.3K |
| Porirua | 59.6K |
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Population differences between Estonia and New Zealand
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| Life expectancy | 79.6 years | 82.5 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 39.8 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 38.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 52 ppl/mi² |
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