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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Estonia	Romania	Estonia	Romania
1960	1,211,537	18,406,905	-	-
1961	1,225,077	18,555,250	1.12%	0.81%
1962	1,241,623	18,676,550	1.35%	0.65%
1963	1,258,857	18,797,850	1.39%	0.65%
1964	1,277,086	18,919,126	1.45%	0.65%
1965	1,294,566	19,031,576	1.37%	0.59%
1966	1,308,597	19,215,450	1.08%	0.97%
1967	1,318,946	19,534,242	0.79%	1.66%
1968	1,331,214	19,799,831	0.93%	1.36%
1969	1,345,249	20,009,141	1.05%	1.06%
1970	1,360,076	20,250,398	1.1%	1.21%
1971	1,376,955	20,461,567	1.24%	1.04%
1972	1,392,518	20,657,957	1.13%	0.96%
1973	1,405,951	20,835,681	0.96%	0.86%
1974	1,418,169	21,029,429	0.87%	0.93%
1975	1,429,352	21,293,583	0.79%	1.26%
1976	1,439,576	21,551,634	0.72%	1.21%
1977	1,450,211	21,756,096	0.74%	0.95%
1978	1,460,188	21,951,464	0.69%	0.9%
1979	1,468,333	22,090,488	0.56%	0.63%
1980	1,477,219	22,207,282	0.61%	0.53%
1981	1,487,666	22,353,070	0.71%	0.66%
1982	1,498,414	22,475,741	0.72%	0.55%
1983	1,508,745	22,560,478	0.69%	0.38%
1984	1,518,617	22,640,547	0.65%	0.35%
1985	1,528,781	22,732,999	0.67%	0.41%
1986	1,540,190	22,836,841	0.75%	0.46%
1987	1,552,221	22,949,430	0.78%	0.49%
1988	1,561,900	23,057,662	0.62%	0.47%
1989	1,568,131	23,161,458	0.4%	0.45%
1990	1,569,174	23,201,835	0.07%	0.17%
1991	1,561,314	23,001,155	-0.5%	-0.86%
1992	1,533,091	22,794,284	-1.81%	-0.9%
1993	1,494,128	22,763,280	-2.54%	-0.14%
1994	1,462,514	22,730,211	-2.12%	-0.15%
1995	1,436,634	22,684,270	-1.77%	-0.2%
1996	1,415,594	22,619,004	-1.46%	-0.29%
1997	1,399,535	22,553,978	-1.13%	-0.29%
1998	1,386,156	22,507,344	-0.96%	-0.21%
1999	1,390,244	22,472,040	0.29%	-0.16%
2000	1,396,985	22,442,971	0.48%	-0.13%
2001	1,388,115	22,131,970	-0.63%	-1.39%
2002	1,379,350	21,730,496	-0.63%	-1.81%
2003	1,370,720	21,574,326	-0.63%	-0.72%
2004	1,362,550	21,451,748	-0.6%	-0.57%
2005	1,354,775	21,319,685	-0.57%	-0.62%
2006	1,346,810	21,193,760	-0.59%	-0.59%
2007	1,340,680	20,882,982	-0.46%	-1.47%
2008	1,337,090	20,537,875	-0.27%	-1.65%
2009	1,334,515	20,367,487	-0.19%	-0.83%
2010	1,331,475	20,246,871	-0.23%	-0.59%
2011	1,327,439	20,147,528	-0.3%	-0.49%
2012	1,322,696	20,058,035	-0.36%	-0.44%
2013	1,317,997	19,983,693	-0.36%	-0.37%
2014	1,314,545	19,908,979	-0.26%	-0.37%
2015	1,315,407	19,815,616	0.07%	-0.47%
2016	1,315,790	19,702,267	0.03%	-0.57%
2017	1,317,384	19,588,715	0.12%	-0.58%
2018	1,321,977	19,473,970	0.35%	-0.59%
2019	1,326,898	19,371,648	0.37%	-0.53%
2020	1,329,522	19,265,250	0.2%	-0.55%
2021	1,330,932	19,122,059	0.11%	-0.74%
2022	1,348,840	19,048,502	1.35%	-0.38%
2023	1,370,286	19,059,479	1.59%	0.06%
2024	1,371,986	19,069,340	0.12%	0.05%
2025	1,355,535	18,962,595	-1.2%	-0.56%
2026	1,342,253	18,854,232	-0.98%	-0.57%
2027	1,335,097	18,744,883	-0.53%	-0.58%
2028	1,327,942	18,634,894	-0.54%	-0.59%
2029	1,320,819	18,523,736	-0.54%	-0.6%
2030	1,313,729	18,411,878	-0.54%	-0.6%
2031	1,306,620	18,299,820	-0.54%	-0.61%
2032	1,299,552	18,187,406	-0.54%	-0.61%
2033	1,292,576	18,074,282	-0.54%	-0.62%
2034	1,285,689	17,960,330	-0.53%	-0.63%
2035	1,278,930	17,845,182	-0.53%	-0.64%
2036	1,272,310	17,728,480	-0.52%	-0.65%
2037	1,265,820	17,611,384	-0.51%	-0.66%
2038	1,259,511	17,493,684	-0.5%	-0.67%
2039	1,253,315	17,375,991	-0.49%	-0.67%
2040	1,247,191	17,258,810	-0.49%	-0.67%
2041	1,241,077	17,140,535	-0.49%	-0.69%
2042	1,234,931	17,022,168	-0.5%	-0.69%
2043	1,228,790	16,904,427	-0.5%	-0.69%
2044	1,222,587	16,786,029	-0.5%	-0.7%
2045	1,216,327	16,667,734	-0.51%	-0.7%
2046	1,210,041	16,550,066	-0.52%	-0.71%
2047	1,203,693	16,431,566	-0.52%	-0.72%
2048	1,197,336	16,312,099	-0.53%	-0.73%
2049	1,190,841	16,192,424	-0.54%	-0.73%
2050	1,184,135	16,072,989	-0.56%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.