The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 5,390,674 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Slovakia's population is 3.98 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.07% 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 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Slovakia has grown from 5.37M to 5.39M (0.33% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 27% of the population in Estonia and 25.3% in Slovakia.
Estonia vs Slovakia: live population counter
Estonia
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Slovakia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1355535
|
5390674
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
5.15 hours
|
1.88 hours
|
| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
|
10.8 minutes
|
| One death every |
32.8 minutes
|
9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
25 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -7,742 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,700 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.12% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 157/197 | 171/197 |
Estonia and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Estonia
Population
Growth rate
Slovakia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estonia
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Slovakia
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Estonia
|
Slovakia
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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 | 1,371,986 | 5,422,069 | 0.12% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 1,355,535 | 5,390,674 | -1.2% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 1,342,253 | 5,367,504 | -0.98% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 1,335,097 | 5,357,756 | -0.53% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 1,327,942 | 5,346,292 | -0.54% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 1,320,819 | 5,333,135 | -0.54% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 1,313,729 | 5,318,323 | -0.54% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 1,306,620 | 5,302,079 | -0.54% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 1,299,552 | 5,284,585 | -0.54% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 1,292,576 | 5,265,970 | -0.54% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 1,285,689 | 5,246,341 | -0.53% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 1,278,930 | 5,225,725 | -0.53% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 1,272,310 | 5,204,191 | -0.52% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 1,265,820 | 5,181,996 | -0.51% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 1,259,511 | 5,159,193 | -0.5% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 1,253,315 | 5,135,906 | -0.49% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 1,247,191 | 5,112,164 | -0.49% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 1,241,077 | 5,088,002 | -0.49% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 1,234,931 | 5,063,600 | -0.5% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 1,228,790 | 5,038,933 | -0.5% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 1,222,587 | 5,014,014 | -0.5% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 1,216,327 | 4,988,989 | -0.51% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 1,210,041 | 4,963,847 | -0.52% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 1,203,693 | 4,938,476 | -0.52% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 1,197,336 | 4,912,885 | -0.53% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 1,190,841 | 4,886,923 | -0.54% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 1,184,135 | 4,860,572 | -0.56% | -0.54% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Slovakia gained 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -33,127 (a 0.61% decline).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Slovakia was ranked 109th in 2005 and ranked 125th 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 Slovakia will decrease by 9.83% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 125th to 129th.
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Population differences between Estonia and Slovakia
|
Estonia
|
Slovakia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.5 years | 78.7 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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