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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Estonia	Russia	Estonia	Russia
1960	1,211,537	119,897,000	-	-
1961	1,225,077	121,236,000	1.12%	1.12%
1962	1,241,623	122,591,000	1.35%	1.12%
1963	1,258,857	123,960,000	1.39%	1.12%
1964	1,277,086	125,345,000	1.45%	1.12%
1965	1,294,566	126,745,000	1.37%	1.12%
1966	1,308,597	127,468,000	1.08%	0.57%
1967	1,318,946	128,196,000	0.79%	0.57%
1968	1,331,214	128,928,000	0.93%	0.57%
1969	1,345,249	129,664,000	1.05%	0.57%
1970	1,360,076	130,404,000	1.1%	0.57%
1971	1,376,955	131,155,000	1.24%	0.58%
1972	1,392,518	131,909,000	1.13%	0.57%
1973	1,405,951	132,669,000	0.96%	0.58%
1974	1,418,169	133,432,000	0.87%	0.58%
1975	1,429,352	134,200,000	0.79%	0.58%
1976	1,439,576	135,147,000	0.72%	0.71%
1977	1,450,211	136,100,000	0.74%	0.71%
1978	1,460,188	137,060,000	0.69%	0.71%
1979	1,468,333	138,027,000	0.56%	0.71%
1980	1,477,219	139,010,000	0.61%	0.71%
1981	1,487,666	139,941,000	0.71%	0.67%
1982	1,498,414	140,823,000	0.72%	0.63%
1983	1,508,745	141,668,000	0.69%	0.6%
1984	1,518,617	142,745,000	0.65%	0.76%
1985	1,528,781	143,858,000	0.67%	0.78%
1986	1,540,190	144,894,000	0.75%	0.72%
1987	1,552,221	145,908,000	0.78%	0.7%
1988	1,561,900	146,857,000	0.62%	0.65%
1989	1,568,131	147,721,000	0.4%	0.59%
1990	1,569,174	147,969,406	0.07%	0.17%
1991	1,561,314	148,394,216	-0.5%	0.29%
1992	1,533,091	148,538,197	-1.81%	0.1%
1993	1,494,128	148,458,777	-2.54%	-0.05%
1994	1,462,514	148,407,912	-2.12%	-0.03%
1995	1,436,634	148,375,787	-1.77%	-0.02%
1996	1,415,594	148,160,129	-1.46%	-0.15%
1997	1,399,535	147,915,361	-1.13%	-0.17%
1998	1,386,156	147,670,784	-0.96%	-0.17%
1999	1,390,244	147,214,776	0.29%	-0.31%
2000	1,396,985	146,596,869	0.48%	-0.42%
2001	1,388,115	145,976,482	-0.63%	-0.42%
2002	1,379,350	145,306,497	-0.63%	-0.46%
2003	1,370,720	144,648,618	-0.63%	-0.45%
2004	1,362,550	144,067,316	-0.6%	-0.4%
2005	1,354,775	143,518,814	-0.57%	-0.38%
2006	1,346,810	143,049,637	-0.59%	-0.33%
2007	1,340,680	142,805,114	-0.46%	-0.17%
2008	1,337,090	142,742,366	-0.27%	-0.04%
2009	1,334,515	142,785,348	-0.19%	0.03%
2010	1,331,475	142,849,468	-0.23%	0.04%
2011	1,327,439	143,018,195	-0.3%	0.12%
2012	1,322,696	143,378,447	-0.36%	0.25%
2013	1,317,997	143,805,638	-0.36%	0.3%
2014	1,314,545	144,237,223	-0.26%	0.3%
2015	1,315,407	144,640,716	0.07%	0.28%
2016	1,315,790	145,015,460	0.03%	0.26%
2017	1,317,384	145,293,260	0.12%	0.19%
2018	1,321,977	145,398,106	0.35%	0.07%
2019	1,326,898	145,453,291	0.37%	0.04%
2020	1,329,522	145,245,148	0.2%	-0.14%
2021	1,330,932	144,746,762	0.11%	-0.34%
2022	1,348,840	144,236,933	1.35%	-0.35%
2023	1,370,286	143,826,130	1.59%	-0.28%
2024	1,371,986	143,533,851	0.12%	-0.2%
2025	1,355,535	142,718,132	-1.2%	-0.57%
2026	1,342,253	142,120,553	-0.98%	-0.42%
2027	1,335,097	141,773,330	-0.53%	-0.24%
2028	1,327,942	141,402,326	-0.54%	-0.26%
2029	1,320,819	141,021,009	-0.54%	-0.27%
2030	1,313,729	140,628,883	-0.54%	-0.28%
2031	1,306,620	140,218,596	-0.54%	-0.29%
2032	1,299,552	139,807,207	-0.54%	-0.29%
2033	1,292,576	139,414,947	-0.54%	-0.28%
2034	1,285,689	139,034,543	-0.53%	-0.27%
2035	1,278,930	138,666,694	-0.53%	-0.26%
2036	1,272,310	138,311,757	-0.52%	-0.26%
2037	1,265,820	137,968,177	-0.51%	-0.25%
2038	1,259,511	137,643,032	-0.5%	-0.24%
2039	1,253,315	137,336,299	-0.49%	-0.22%
2040	1,247,191	137,053,347	-0.49%	-0.21%
2041	1,241,077	136,795,588	-0.49%	-0.19%
2042	1,234,931	136,558,692	-0.5%	-0.17%
2043	1,228,790	136,335,849	-0.5%	-0.16%
2044	1,222,587	136,124,845	-0.5%	-0.15%
2045	1,216,327	135,933,758	-0.51%	-0.14%
2046	1,210,041	135,756,848	-0.52%	-0.13%
2047	1,203,693	135,574,181	-0.52%	-0.13%
2048	1,197,336	135,372,557	-0.53%	-0.15%
2049	1,190,841	135,156,911	-0.54%	-0.16%
2050	1,184,135	134,923,391	-0.56%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.