The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,372,341 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,342,600 people compared to 12,438,782 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- South Sudan's population is 9.26 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 80th.
- The countries together account for 0.17% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2006, the population of Estonia has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (0.31% decline), while South Sudan has grown from 7.98M to 12.4M (55.9% growth).
- South Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 23.8M people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 833K people by 2100.
Estonia vs South Sudan: live population counter
Estonia
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South Sudan
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1342600
|
12438782
|
| Population rank | 155/197 | 80/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
4.26 hours
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1.14 minutes
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
|
1.6 minutes
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| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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34.2 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -7,742 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | +6 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,055 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.15% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 159/197 | 7/197 |
Estonia and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Estonia
Population
Growth rate
South Sudan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estonia
|
South Sudan
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Estonia
|
South Sudan
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|
| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 2,976,724 | 1.12% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 3,024,308 | 1.35% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 3,072,669 | 1.39% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 3,129,918 | 1.45% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 3,189,835 | 1.37% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 3,236,423 | 1.08% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 3,277,648 | 0.79% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 3,321,528 | 0.93% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 3,365,533 | 1.05% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 3,409,614 | 1.1% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 3,468,646 | 1.24% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 3,542,497 | 1.13% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 3,627,383 | 0.96% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 3,723,259 | 0.87% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 3,821,494 | 0.79% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 3,921,910 | 0.72% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 4,024,032 | 0.74% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 4,127,657 | 0.69% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 4,232,605 | 0.56% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 4,339,030 | 0.61% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 4,447,272 | 0.71% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 4,557,686 | 0.72% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 4,661,574 | 0.69% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 4,750,627 | 0.65% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 4,834,296 | 0.67% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 4,921,240 | 0.75% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 4,962,395 | 0.78% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 4,848,029 | 0.62% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 4,713,229 | 0.4% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 4,737,633 | 0.07% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 4,836,677 | -0.5% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 4,909,749 | -1.81% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 4,956,002 | -2.54% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 5,071,184 | -2.12% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 5,225,836 | -1.77% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 5,356,925 | -1.46% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 5,509,136 | -1.13% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 5,620,068 | -0.96% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 5,771,628 | 0.29% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 6,032,267 | 0.48% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 6,308,391 | -0.63% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 6,596,806 | -0.63% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 6,903,127 | -0.63% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 7,233,041 | -0.6% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 7,590,143 | -0.57% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 7,976,526 | -0.59% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 8,388,788 | -0.46% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 8,817,647 | -0.27% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 9,243,556 | -0.19% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 9,745,953 | -0.23% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 10,288,109 | -0.3% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 10,756,240 | -0.36% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 11,166,275 | -0.36% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 11,235,073 | -0.26% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 11,107,561 | 0.07% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 10,830,102 | 0.03% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 10,259,154 | 0.12% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 10,122,977 | 0.35% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 10,423,384 | 0.37% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 10,698,467 | 0.2% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 10,865,780 | 0.11% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 11,021,177 | 1.35% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 11,483,374 | 1.59% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 1,372,341 | 11,943,408 | 0.15% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 1,355,886 | 12,188,793 | -1.2% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 1,342,600 | 12,436,036 | -0.98% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 1,335,442 | 12,687,301 | -0.53% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 1,328,286 | 12,941,503 | -0.54% | 2% |
| 2029 | 1,321,161 | 13,198,080 | -0.54% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 1,314,069 | 13,457,446 | -0.54% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 1,306,958 | 13,725,413 | -0.54% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 1,299,888 | 13,996,343 | -0.54% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 1,292,910 | 14,261,762 | -0.54% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 1,286,022 | 14,527,550 | -0.53% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 1,279,261 | 14,798,602 | -0.53% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 1,272,639 | 15,070,098 | -0.52% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 1,266,148 | 15,335,700 | -0.51% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 1,259,837 | 15,595,968 | -0.5% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 1,253,640 | 15,850,696 | -0.49% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 1,247,514 | 16,101,470 | -0.49% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 1,241,398 | 16,350,149 | -0.49% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 1,235,251 | 16,593,361 | -0.5% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 1,229,108 | 16,829,209 | -0.5% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 1,222,903 | 17,060,176 | -0.5% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 1,216,642 | 17,286,412 | -0.51% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 1,210,354 | 17,509,693 | -0.52% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 1,204,004 | 17,728,331 | -0.52% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 1,197,645 | 17,938,437 | -0.53% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 1,191,150 | 18,142,893 | -0.54% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 1,184,441 | 18,341,968 | -0.56% | 1.1% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.
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Population differences between Estonia and South Sudan
|
Estonia
|
South Sudan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.6 years | 58 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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