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	19,061,062	1.59%	0.07%
2024	1,372,341	19,051,804	0.15%	-0.05%
2025	1,355,886	18,945,157	-1.2%	-0.56%
2026	1,342,600	18,836,893	-0.98%	-0.57%
2027	1,335,442	18,727,645	-0.53%	-0.58%
2028	1,328,286	18,617,757	-0.54%	-0.59%
2029	1,321,161	18,506,702	-0.54%	-0.6%
2030	1,314,069	18,394,947	-0.54%	-0.6%
2031	1,306,958	18,282,991	-0.54%	-0.61%
2032	1,299,888	18,170,681	-0.54%	-0.61%
2033	1,292,910	18,057,661	-0.54%	-0.62%
2034	1,286,022	17,943,814	-0.53%	-0.63%
2035	1,279,261	17,828,772	-0.53%	-0.64%
2036	1,272,639	17,712,177	-0.52%	-0.65%
2037	1,266,148	17,595,189	-0.51%	-0.66%
2038	1,259,837	17,477,597	-0.5%	-0.67%
2039	1,253,640	17,360,012	-0.49%	-0.67%
2040	1,247,514	17,242,939	-0.49%	-0.67%
2041	1,241,398	17,124,773	-0.49%	-0.69%
2042	1,235,251	17,006,515	-0.5%	-0.69%
2043	1,229,108	16,888,882	-0.5%	-0.69%
2044	1,222,903	16,770,593	-0.5%	-0.7%
2045	1,216,642	16,652,406	-0.51%	-0.7%
2046	1,210,354	16,534,847	-0.52%	-0.71%
2047	1,204,004	16,416,456	-0.52%	-0.72%
2048	1,197,645	16,297,099	-0.53%	-0.73%
2049	1,191,150	16,177,534	-0.54%	-0.73%
2050	1,184,441	16,058,209	-0.56%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.