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Population in Estonia compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 51.6 times bigger than Estonia's.
  • Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.86% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • The United Kingdom is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 76.2M 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 United Kingdom: live population counter

Estonia United Kingdom
Current population
1355535
69945462
Population rank 155/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.85%
One net population change
5.15 hours
43 seconds
One birth every
47.9 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
32.8 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -7,742 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +5 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +1,700 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.12% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 157/197 99/197

Estonia and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Estonia
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Estonia United Kingdom Estonia United Kingdom
1960 1,211,537 52,400,000 - -
1961 1,225,077 52,800,000 1.12% 0.76%
1962 1,241,623 53,250,000 1.35% 0.85%
1963 1,258,857 53,650,000 1.39% 0.75%
1964 1,277,086 54,000,000 1.45% 0.65%
1965 1,294,566 54,348,050 1.37% 0.64%
1966 1,308,597 54,648,500 1.08% 0.55%
1967 1,318,946 54,943,600 0.79% 0.54%
1968 1,331,214 55,211,700 0.93% 0.49%
1969 1,345,249 55,441,750 1.05% 0.42%
1970 1,360,076 55,663,250 1.1% 0.4%
1971 1,376,955 55,896,223 1.24% 0.42%
1972 1,392,518 56,086,065 1.13% 0.34%
1973 1,405,951 56,194,527 0.96% 0.19%
1974 1,418,169 56,229,974 0.87% 0.06%
1975 1,429,352 56,225,800 0.79% -0.007%
1976 1,439,576 56,211,968 0.72% -0.02%
1977 1,450,211 56,193,492 0.74% -0.03%
1978 1,460,188 56,196,504 0.69% 0.005%
1979 1,468,333 56,246,951 0.56% 0.09%
1980 1,477,219 56,314,216 0.61% 0.12%
1981 1,487,666 56,333,829 0.71% 0.03%
1982 1,498,414 56,313,641 0.72% -0.04%
1983 1,508,745 56,332,848 0.69% 0.03%
1984 1,518,617 56,422,072 0.65% 0.16%
1985 1,528,781 56,550,268 0.67% 0.23%
1986 1,540,190 56,681,396 0.75% 0.23%
1987 1,552,221 56,802,050 0.78% 0.21%
1988 1,561,900 56,928,327 0.62% 0.22%
1989 1,568,131 57,076,711 0.4% 0.26%
1990 1,569,174 57,247,586 0.07% 0.3%
1991 1,561,314 57,424,897 -0.5% 0.31%
1992 1,533,091 57,580,402 -1.81% 0.27%
1993 1,494,128 57,718,614 -2.54% 0.24%
1994 1,462,514 57,865,745 -2.12% 0.25%
1995 1,436,634 58,019,030 -1.77% 0.26%
1996 1,415,594 58,166,950 -1.46% 0.25%
1997 1,399,535 58,316,954 -1.13% 0.26%
1998 1,386,156 58,487,141 -0.96% 0.29%
1999 1,390,244 58,682,466 0.29% 0.33%
2000 1,396,985 58,892,514 0.48% 0.36%
2001 1,388,115 59,119,673 -0.63% 0.39%
2002 1,379,350 59,370,479 -0.63% 0.42%
2003 1,370,720 59,647,577 -0.63% 0.47%
2004 1,362,550 59,987,905 -0.6% 0.57%
2005 1,354,775 60,401,206 -0.57% 0.69%
2006 1,346,810 60,846,820 -0.59% 0.74%
2007 1,340,680 61,322,463 -0.46% 0.78%
2008 1,337,090 61,806,995 -0.27% 0.79%
2009 1,334,515 62,276,270 -0.19% 0.76%
2010 1,331,475 62,766,365 -0.23% 0.79%
2011 1,327,439 63,258,810 -0.3% 0.78%
2012 1,322,696 63,711,000 -0.36% 0.71%
2013 1,317,997 64,139,000 -0.36% 0.67%
2014 1,314,545 64,620,000 -0.26% 0.75%
2015 1,315,407 65,088,000 0.07% 0.72%
2016 1,315,790 65,607,000 0.03% 0.8%
2017 1,317,384 65,966,000 0.12% 0.55%
2018 1,321,977 66,289,000 0.35% 0.49%
2019 1,326,898 66,631,000 0.37% 0.52%
2020 1,329,522 66,744,000 0.2% 0.17%
2021 1,330,932 66,984,000 0.11% 0.36%
2022 1,348,840 67,604,000 1.35% 0.93%
2023 1,370,286 68,492,000 1.59% 1.31%
2024 1,371,986 69,226,000 0.12% 1.07%
2025 1,355,535 69,639,673 -1.2% 0.6%
2026 1,342,253 70,020,350 -0.98% 0.55%
2027 1,335,097 70,382,853 -0.53% 0.52%
2028 1,327,942 70,732,699 -0.54% 0.5%
2029 1,320,819 71,061,482 -0.54% 0.46%
2030 1,313,729 71,377,535 -0.54% 0.44%
2031 1,306,620 71,678,351 -0.54% 0.42%
2032 1,299,552 71,959,934 -0.54% 0.39%
2033 1,292,576 72,234,509 -0.54% 0.38%
2034 1,285,689 72,497,650 -0.53% 0.36%
2035 1,278,930 72,749,096 -0.53% 0.35%
2036 1,272,310 72,990,847 -0.52% 0.33%
2037 1,265,820 73,218,850 -0.51% 0.31%
2038 1,259,511 73,441,349 -0.5% 0.3%
2039 1,253,315 73,658,392 -0.49% 0.3%
2040 1,247,191 73,868,334 -0.49% 0.29%
2041 1,241,077 74,074,316 -0.49% 0.28%
2042 1,234,931 74,275,779 -0.5% 0.27%
2043 1,228,790 74,475,035 -0.5% 0.27%
2044 1,222,587 74,667,284 -0.5% 0.26%
2045 1,216,327 74,848,605 -0.51% 0.24%
2046 1,210,041 75,020,949 -0.52% 0.23%
2047 1,203,693 75,184,478 -0.52% 0.22%
2048 1,197,336 75,337,543 -0.53% 0.2%
2049 1,190,841 75,476,141 -0.54% 0.18%
2050 1,184,135 75,600,588 -0.56% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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