The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 14,256,567 people in Rwanda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 14,826,674 in Rwanda.
Population statistics:
- Rwanda's population is 10.9 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Rwanda is the 77th.
- The countries together account for 0.2% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.18% for Rwanda.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +2.31% in Rwanda.
- Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Rwanda has grown from 9.05M to 14.8M (63.7% growth).
- Rwanda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 32.8M people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 832K people by 2100.
Estonia vs Rwanda: live population counter
Estonia
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Rwanda
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|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1355535
|
14826674
|
| Population rank | 155/197 | 77/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.18% |
| One net population change |
5.15 hours
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1.74 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
|
1.33 minutes
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
|
6.35 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
33.7 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -7,742 | -15,582 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | +828 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,700 | +302,096 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.12% | +2.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 157/197 | 47/197 |
Estonia and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart
Estonia
Population
Growth rate
Rwanda
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estonia
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Rwanda
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Estonia
|
Rwanda
|
|
| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 3,022,294 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 3,106,779 | 1.12% | 2.8% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 3,186,025 | 1.35% | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 3,258,890 | 1.39% | 2.29% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 3,334,834 | 1.45% | 2.33% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 3,423,210 | 1.37% | 2.65% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 3,521,626 | 1.08% | 2.87% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 3,629,577 | 0.79% | 3.07% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 3,744,010 | 0.93% | 3.15% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 3,861,271 | 1.05% | 3.13% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 3,980,669 | 1.1% | 3.09% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 4,100,044 | 1.24% | 3% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 4,220,335 | 1.13% | 2.93% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 4,345,047 | 0.96% | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 4,474,228 | 0.87% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 4,607,728 | 0.79% | 2.98% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 4,745,954 | 0.72% | 3% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 4,888,240 | 0.74% | 3% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 5,035,171 | 0.69% | 3.01% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 5,189,541 | 0.56% | 3.07% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 5,353,259 | 0.61% | 3.15% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 5,527,230 | 0.71% | 3.25% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 5,711,549 | 0.72% | 3.33% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 5,905,311 | 0.69% | 3.39% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 6,107,627 | 0.65% | 3.43% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 6,317,228 | 0.67% | 3.43% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 6,531,881 | 0.75% | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 6,749,493 | 0.78% | 3.33% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 6,968,071 | 0.62% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 7,184,706 | 0.4% | 3.11% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 7,375,307 | 0.07% | 2.65% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 7,526,966 | -0.5% | 2.06% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 7,683,266 | -1.81% | 2.08% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 7,981,132 | -2.54% | 3.88% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 6,792,352 | -2.12% | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 5,674,118 | -1.77% | -16.5% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 6,708,764 | -1.46% | 18.2% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 7,755,238 | -1.13% | 15.6% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 8,081,681 | -0.96% | 4.21% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 8,147,912 | 0.29% | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 8,213,931 | 0.48% | 0.81% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 8,287,094 | -0.63% | 0.89% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 8,400,180 | -0.63% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 8,586,875 | -0.63% | 2.22% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 8,816,844 | -0.6% | 2.68% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 9,054,528 | -0.57% | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 9,299,246 | -0.59% | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 9,549,933 | -0.46% | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 9,804,269 | -0.27% | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 10,060,432 | -0.19% | 2.61% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 10,317,553 | -0.23% | 2.56% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 10,573,733 | -0.3% | 2.48% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 10,829,901 | -0.36% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 11,093,340 | -0.36% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 11,364,757 | -0.26% | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 11,640,022 | 0.07% | 2.42% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 11,919,183 | 0.03% | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 12,202,060 | 0.12% | 2.37% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 12,487,996 | 0.35% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 12,776,103 | 0.37% | 2.31% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 13,065,837 | 0.2% | 2.27% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 13,355,260 | 0.11% | 2.22% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 13,651,030 | 1.35% | 2.21% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 13,954,471 | 1.59% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 1,371,986 | 14,256,567 | 0.12% | 2.16% |
| 2025 | 1,355,535 | 14,569,343 | -1.2% | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 1,342,253 | 14,889,694 | -0.98% | 2.2% |
| 2027 | 1,335,097 | 15,214,324 | -0.53% | 2.18% |
| 2028 | 1,327,942 | 15,536,461 | -0.54% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 1,320,819 | 15,844,649 | -0.54% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 1,313,729 | 16,154,698 | -0.54% | 1.96% |
| 2031 | 1,306,620 | 16,473,106 | -0.54% | 1.97% |
| 2032 | 1,299,552 | 16,771,820 | -0.54% | 1.81% |
| 2033 | 1,292,576 | 17,073,475 | -0.54% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 1,285,689 | 17,402,250 | -0.53% | 1.93% |
| 2035 | 1,278,930 | 17,746,315 | -0.53% | 1.98% |
| 2036 | 1,272,310 | 18,076,769 | -0.52% | 1.86% |
| 2037 | 1,265,820 | 18,395,838 | -0.51% | 1.77% |
| 2038 | 1,259,511 | 18,729,778 | -0.5% | 1.82% |
| 2039 | 1,253,315 | 19,076,783 | -0.49% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 1,247,191 | 19,440,762 | -0.49% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 1,241,077 | 19,806,170 | -0.49% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 1,234,931 | 20,153,979 | -0.5% | 1.76% |
| 2043 | 1,228,790 | 20,500,826 | -0.5% | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 1,222,587 | 20,837,079 | -0.5% | 1.64% |
| 2045 | 1,216,327 | 21,152,650 | -0.51% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 1,210,041 | 21,459,144 | -0.52% | 1.45% |
| 2047 | 1,203,693 | 21,764,578 | -0.52% | 1.42% |
| 2048 | 1,197,336 | 22,086,112 | -0.53% | 1.48% |
| 2049 | 1,190,841 | 22,403,887 | -0.54% | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 1,184,135 | 22,707,896 | -0.56% | 1.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.
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Population differences between Estonia and Rwanda
|
Estonia
|
Rwanda
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.5 years | 68.2 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 24.9 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 20.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 1,497 ppl/mi² |
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