The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,372,341 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,342,600 people compared to 242,485,845 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 180.6 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 2.94% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 2.93% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2006, the population of Estonia has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (0.31% decline), while Nigeria has grown from 149M to 242M (62.7% growth).
- Nigeria is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 477M 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 Nigeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
1342600
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242485845
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 2.93% |
| One net population change |
4.26 hours
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6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
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4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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14.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,742 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | +6 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,055 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.15% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 159/197 | 48/197 |
Estonia and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 45,989,310 | 1.12% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 46,965,292 | 1.35% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 47,973,575 | 1.39% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 49,012,016 | 1.45% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 50,086,764 | 1.37% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 51,188,234 | 1.08% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 52,293,065 | 0.79% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 53,432,783 | 0.93% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 54,631,914 | 1.05% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 55,893,838 | 1.1% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 57,214,684 | 1.24% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 58,601,748 | 1.13% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 60,082,139 | 0.96% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 61,679,144 | 0.87% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 63,410,815 | 0.79% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 65,258,009 | 0.72% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 67,234,590 | 0.74% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 69,326,532 | 0.69% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 71,498,242 | 0.56% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 73,764,641 | 0.61% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 76,068,103 | 0.71% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 78,378,701 | 0.72% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 80,438,260 | 0.69% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 82,526,443 | 0.65% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 84,897,973 | 0.67% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 87,235,953 | 0.75% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 89,591,716 | 0.78% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 92,020,090 | 0.62% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 94,531,014 | 0.4% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 97,120,925 | 0.07% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 99,720,162 | -0.5% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 102,372,770 | -1.81% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 105,122,069 | -2.54% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 107,935,714 | -2.12% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 110,819,428 | -1.77% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 113,754,779 | -1.46% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 116,754,792 | -1.13% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 119,846,254 | -0.96% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 123,047,320 | 0.29% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 126,382,494 | 0.48% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 129,862,595 | -0.63% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 133,471,989 | -0.63% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 137,202,644 | -0.63% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 141,057,045 | -0.6% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 145,017,253 | -0.57% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 149,077,334 | -0.59% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 153,267,261 | -0.46% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 157,595,014 | -0.27% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 162,049,464 | -0.19% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 166,642,886 | -0.23% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 171,379,598 | -0.3% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 176,200,625 | -0.36% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 181,049,443 | -0.36% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 185,896,915 | -0.26% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 190,671,878 | 0.07% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 195,443,700 | 0.03% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 200,254,579 | 0.12% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 204,938,755 | 0.35% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 209,485,641 | 0.37% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 213,996,181 | 0.2% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 218,529,286 | 0.11% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 223,150,896 | 1.35% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 227,882,945 | 1.59% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 1,372,341 | 232,679,478 | 0.15% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 1,355,886 | 237,527,783 | -1.2% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 1,342,600 | 242,431,830 | -0.98% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 1,335,442 | 247,374,258 | -0.53% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 1,328,286 | 252,346,128 | -0.54% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 1,321,161 | 257,352,638 | -0.54% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 1,314,069 | 262,380,975 | -0.54% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 1,306,958 | 267,421,079 | -0.54% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 1,299,888 | 272,483,635 | -0.54% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 1,292,910 | 277,555,116 | -0.54% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 1,286,022 | 282,622,388 | -0.53% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 1,279,261 | 287,685,757 | -0.53% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 1,272,639 | 292,739,390 | -0.52% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 1,266,148 | 297,773,236 | -0.51% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 1,259,837 | 302,782,350 | -0.5% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 1,253,640 | 307,764,754 | -0.49% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 1,247,514 | 312,710,403 | -0.49% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 1,241,398 | 317,607,237 | -0.49% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 1,235,251 | 322,450,302 | -0.5% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 1,229,108 | 327,243,941 | -0.5% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 1,222,903 | 331,983,354 | -0.5% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 1,216,642 | 336,662,502 | -0.51% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 1,210,354 | 341,281,757 | -0.52% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 1,204,004 | 345,844,004 | -0.52% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 1,197,645 | 350,347,757 | -0.53% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 1,191,150 | 354,792,418 | -0.54% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 1,184,441 | 359,185,550 | -0.56% | 1.24% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
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Population differences between Estonia and Nigeria
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| Life expectancy | 79.6 years | 55 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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