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

Updated on by Georank team

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

Estonia Nigeria
Current population
1342600
242485845
Population rank 155/197 6/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 2.93%
One net population change
4.26 hours
6.58 seconds
One birth every
47.9 minutes
4.2 seconds
One death every
32.8 minutes
11.8 seconds
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
14.9 minutes
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

Estonia
Population

Growth rate
Nigeria
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Estonia Nigeria Estonia Nigeria
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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