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	1,371,986	933	0.12%	1.2%
2025	1,355,535	939	-1.2%	0.59%
2026	1,342,253	952	-0.98%	1.37%
2027	1,335,097	974	-0.53%	2.32%
2028	1,327,942	985	-0.54%	1.13%
2029	1,320,819	983	-0.54%	-0.19%
2030	1,313,729	976	-0.54%	-0.75%
2031	1,306,620	968	-0.54%	-0.75%
2032	1,299,552	968	-0.54%	0%
2033	1,292,576	988	-0.54%	2.09%
2034	1,285,689	992	-0.53%	0.37%
2035	1,278,930	1,000	-0.53%	0.74%
2036	1,272,310	998	-0.52%	-0.18%
2037	1,265,820	1,003	-0.51%	0.55%
2038	1,259,511	1,022	-0.5%	1.83%
2039	1,253,315	1,060	-0.49%	3.78%
2040	1,247,191	1,095	-0.49%	3.3%
2041	1,241,077	1,127	-0.49%	2.86%
2042	1,234,931	1,149	-0.5%	1.96%
2043	1,228,790	1,169	-0.5%	1.76%
2044	1,222,587	1,186	-0.5%	1.42%
2045	1,216,327	1,209	-0.51%	2.02%
2046	1,210,041	1,224	-0.52%	1.22%
2047	1,203,693	1,248	-0.52%	1.95%
2048	1,197,336	1,272	-0.53%	1.92%
2049	1,190,841	1,296	-0.54%	1.88%
2050	1,184,135	1,325	-0.56%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.