The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,372,341 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,342,600 people compared to 5,367,504 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Slovakia's population is 4 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 124th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.06% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2006, the population of Estonia has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (0.31% decline), while Slovakia has declined from 5.37M to 5.37M (0.1% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 26.8% of the population in Estonia and 25.6% in Slovakia.
Estonia vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1342600
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5367504
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 124/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
4.26 hours
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,742 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +6 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,055 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.15% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 159/197 | 173/197 |
Estonia and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 4,191,667 | 1.12% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 4,238,188 | 1.35% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 4,282,017 | 1.39% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 4,327,341 | 1.45% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 4,370,983 | 1.37% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 4,411,666 | 1.08% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 4,449,367 | 0.79% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 4,483,915 | 0.93% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 4,518,607 | 1.05% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 4,538,223 | 1.1% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 4,557,449 | 1.24% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 4,596,622 | 1.13% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 4,641,445 | 0.96% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 4,689,623 | 0.87% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 4,739,105 | 0.79% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 4,789,507 | 0.72% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 4,840,501 | 0.74% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 4,890,125 | 0.69% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 4,938,973 | 0.56% | 1% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 4,979,815 | 0.61% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 5,016,105 | 0.71% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 5,055,099 | 0.72% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 5,091,971 | 0.69% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 5,127,097 | 0.65% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 5,161,768 | 0.67% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 5,193,838 | 0.75% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 5,222,840 | 0.78% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 5,250,596 | 0.62% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 5,275,942 | 0.4% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 5,299,187 | 0.07% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 5,303,294 | -0.5% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 5,305,016 | -1.81% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 5,325,305 | -2.54% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 5,346,331 | -2.12% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 5,361,999 | -1.77% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 5,373,361 | -1.46% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 5,383,291 | -1.13% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 5,390,516 | -0.96% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 5,396,020 | 0.29% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 5,388,720 | 0.48% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 5,378,867 | -0.63% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 5,376,912 | -0.63% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 5,373,374 | -0.63% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 5,372,280 | -0.6% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 5,372,807 | -0.57% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 5,373,054 | -0.59% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 5,374,622 | -0.46% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 5,379,233 | -0.27% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 5,386,406 | -0.19% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 5,391,428 | -0.23% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 5,398,384 | -0.3% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 5,407,579 | -0.36% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 5,413,393 | -0.36% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 5,418,649 | -0.26% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 5,423,801 | 0.07% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 5,430,798 | 0.03% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 5,439,232 | 0.12% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 5,446,771 | 0.35% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 5,454,147 | 0.37% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 5,458,827 | 0.2% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 5,447,247 | 0.11% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 5,431,752 | 1.35% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 5,426,740 | 1.59% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 1,372,341 | 5,422,069 | 0.15% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 1,355,886 | 5,390,674 | -1.2% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 1,342,600 | 5,367,504 | -0.98% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 1,335,442 | 5,357,756 | -0.53% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 1,328,286 | 5,346,292 | -0.54% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 1,321,161 | 5,333,135 | -0.54% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 1,314,069 | 5,318,323 | -0.54% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 1,306,958 | 5,302,079 | -0.54% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 1,299,888 | 5,284,585 | -0.54% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 1,292,910 | 5,265,970 | -0.54% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 1,286,022 | 5,246,341 | -0.53% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 1,279,261 | 5,225,725 | -0.53% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 1,272,639 | 5,204,191 | -0.52% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 1,266,148 | 5,181,996 | -0.51% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 1,259,837 | 5,159,193 | -0.5% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 1,253,640 | 5,135,906 | -0.49% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 1,247,514 | 5,112,164 | -0.49% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 1,241,398 | 5,088,002 | -0.49% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 1,235,251 | 5,063,600 | -0.5% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 1,229,108 | 5,038,933 | -0.5% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 1,222,903 | 5,014,014 | -0.5% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 1,216,642 | 4,988,989 | -0.51% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 1,210,354 | 4,963,847 | -0.52% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 1,204,004 | 4,938,476 | -0.52% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 1,197,645 | 4,912,885 | -0.53% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 1,191,150 | 4,886,923 | -0.54% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 1,184,441 | 4,860,572 | -0.56% | -0.54% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Slovakia gained 57,744 people (a 1.07% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -63,294 (a 1.17% decline).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. Slovakia was ranked 110th in 2006 and ranked 124th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.44% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 124th to 129th.
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Population differences between Estonia and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 79.6 years | 78.8 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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