Population in Estonia compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Estonia and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Estonia	Vatican	Estonia	Vatican
1960	1,211,537	-	-	-
1961	1,225,077	-	1.12%	-
1962	1,241,623	-	1.35%	-
1963	1,258,857	-	1.39%	-
1964	1,277,086	-	1.45%	-
1965	1,294,566	-	1.37%	-
1966	1,308,597	-	1.08%	-
1967	1,318,946	-	0.79%	-
1968	1,331,214	-	0.93%	-
1969	1,345,249	-	1.05%	-
1970	1,360,076	-	1.1%	-
1971	1,376,955	-	1.24%	-
1972	1,392,518	-	1.13%	-
1973	1,405,951	-	0.96%	-
1974	1,418,169	-	0.87%	-
1975	1,429,352	-	0.79%	-
1976	1,439,576	-	0.72%	-
1977	1,450,211	-	0.74%	-
1978	1,460,188	-	0.69%	-
1979	1,468,333	-	0.56%	-
1980	1,477,219	-	0.61%	-
1981	1,487,666	-	0.71%	-
1982	1,498,414	-	0.72%	-
1983	1,508,745	-	0.69%	-
1984	1,518,617	-	0.65%	-
1985	1,528,781	-	0.67%	-
1986	1,540,190	-	0.75%	-
1987	1,552,221	-	0.78%	-
1988	1,561,900	-	0.62%	-
1989	1,568,131	-	0.4%	-
1990	1,569,174	-	0.07%	-
1991	1,561,314	-	-0.5%	-
1992	1,533,091	-	-1.81%	-
1993	1,494,128	-	-2.54%	-
1994	1,462,514	-	-2.12%	-
1995	1,436,634	-	-1.77%	-
1996	1,415,594	-	-1.46%	-
1997	1,399,535	-	-1.13%	-
1998	1,386,156	-	-0.96%	-
1999	1,390,244	-	0.29%	-
2000	1,396,985	880	0.48%	-
2001	1,388,115	890	-0.63%	1.14%
2002	1,379,350	900	-0.63%	1.12%
2003	1,370,720	911	-0.63%	1.22%
2004	1,362,550	921	-0.6%	1.1%
2005	1,354,775	921	-0.57%	0%
2006	1,346,810	932	-0.59%	1.19%
2007	1,340,680	821	-0.46%	-11.9%
2008	1,337,090	824	-0.27%	0.37%
2009	1,334,515	826	-0.19%	0.24%
2010	1,331,475	829	-0.23%	0.36%
2011	1,327,439	832	-0.3%	0.36%
2012	1,322,696	836	-0.36%	0.48%
2013	1,317,997	839	-0.36%	0.36%
2014	1,314,545	842	-0.26%	0.36%
2015	1,315,407	1,000	0.07%	18.8%
2016	1,315,790	-	0.03%	0%
2017	1,317,384	1,000	0.12%	0%
2018	1,321,977	-	0.35%	0%
2019	1,326,898	1,000	0.37%	0%
2020	1,329,522	987	0.2%	-1.29%
2021	1,330,932	970	0.11%	-1.68%
2022	1,348,840	944	1.35%	-2.66%
2023	1,370,286	922	1.59%	-2.34%
2024	1,372,341	933	0.15%	1.2%
2025	1,355,886	939	-1.2%	0.59%
2026	1,342,600	952	-0.98%	1.37%
2027	1,335,442	974	-0.53%	2.32%
2028	1,328,286	985	-0.54%	1.13%
2029	1,321,161	983	-0.54%	-0.19%
2030	1,314,069	976	-0.54%	-0.75%
2031	1,306,958	968	-0.54%	-0.75%
2032	1,299,888	968	-0.54%	0%
2033	1,292,910	988	-0.54%	2.09%
2034	1,286,022	992	-0.53%	0.37%
2035	1,279,261	1,000	-0.53%	0.74%
2036	1,272,639	998	-0.52%	-0.18%
2037	1,266,148	1,003	-0.51%	0.55%
2038	1,259,837	1,022	-0.5%	1.83%
2039	1,253,640	1,060	-0.49%	3.78%
2040	1,247,514	1,095	-0.49%	3.3%
2041	1,241,398	1,127	-0.49%	2.86%
2042	1,235,251	1,149	-0.5%	1.96%
2043	1,229,108	1,169	-0.5%	1.76%
2044	1,222,903	1,186	-0.5%	1.42%
2045	1,216,642	1,209	-0.51%	2.02%
2046	1,210,354	1,224	-0.52%	1.22%
2047	1,204,004	1,248	-0.52%	1.95%
2048	1,197,645	1,272	-0.53%	1.92%
2049	1,191,150	1,296	-0.54%	1.88%
2050	1,184,441	1,325	-0.56%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.