The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 21,314,956 people in Zambia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 22,402,291 in Zambia.
Population statistics:
- Zambia's population is 16.5 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Zambia is the 62nd.
- The countries together account for 0.29% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.27% for Zambia.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +3% in Zambia.
- Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Zambia has grown from 11.7M to 22.4M (91.2% growth).
- Zambia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 64.5M 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 Zambia: live population counter
Estonia
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Zambia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1355535
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22402291
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| Population rank | 155/197 | 62/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
5.15 hours
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53.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
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46 seconds
|
| One death every |
32.8 minutes
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4.87 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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1.19 hours
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| Annual migration change | -7,742 | +7,381 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | +1,619 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,700 | +590,991 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.12% | +2.85% |
| Population growth rate rank | 157/197 | 22/197 |
Estonia and Zambia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Estonia
Population
Growth rate
Zambia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estonia
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Zambia
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Estonia
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Zambia
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| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 3,153,729 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 3,254,086 | 1.12% | 3.18% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 3,358,099 | 1.35% | 3.2% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 3,465,907 | 1.39% | 3.21% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 3,577,017 | 1.45% | 3.21% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 3,692,086 | 1.37% | 3.22% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 3,812,003 | 1.08% | 3.25% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 3,936,343 | 0.79% | 3.26% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 4,065,593 | 0.93% | 3.28% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 4,197,116 | 1.05% | 3.24% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 4,321,718 | 1.1% | 2.97% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 4,442,525 | 1.24% | 2.8% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 4,569,309 | 1.13% | 2.85% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 4,702,693 | 0.96% | 2.92% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 4,842,746 | 0.87% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 4,990,086 | 0.79% | 3.04% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 5,143,842 | 0.72% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 5,302,480 | 0.74% | 3.08% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 5,465,374 | 0.69% | 3.07% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 5,631,728 | 0.56% | 3.04% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 5,802,833 | 0.61% | 3.04% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 5,983,289 | 0.71% | 3.11% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 6,178,637 | 0.72% | 3.26% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 6,381,038 | 0.69% | 3.28% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 6,580,490 | 0.65% | 3.13% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 6,780,953 | 0.67% | 3.05% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 6,986,471 | 0.75% | 3.03% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 7,191,282 | 0.78% | 2.93% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 7,391,440 | 0.62% | 2.78% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 7,589,216 | 0.4% | 2.68% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 7,786,169 | 0.07% | 2.6% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 7,981,650 | -0.5% | 2.51% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 8,176,680 | -1.81% | 2.44% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 8,373,921 | -2.54% | 2.41% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 8,576,269 | -2.12% | 2.42% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 8,785,763 | -1.77% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 9,004,053 | -1.46% | 2.48% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 9,237,063 | -1.13% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 9,482,408 | -0.96% | 2.66% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 9,740,005 | 0.29% | 2.72% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 10,017,631 | 0.48% | 2.85% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 10,325,185 | -0.63% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 10,647,949 | -0.63% | 3.13% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 10,983,595 | -0.63% | 3.15% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 11,338,198 | -0.6% | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 11,718,819 | -0.57% | 3.36% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 12,129,553 | -0.59% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 12,565,085 | -0.46% | 3.59% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 13,021,324 | -0.27% | 3.63% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 13,490,389 | -0.19% | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 13,965,594 | -0.23% | 3.52% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 14,437,796 | -0.3% | 3.38% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 14,913,629 | -0.36% | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 15,398,997 | -0.36% | 3.25% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 15,895,315 | -0.26% | 3.22% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 16,399,089 | 0.07% | 3.17% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 16,914,423 | 0.03% | 3.14% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 17,441,320 | 0.12% | 3.12% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 17,973,569 | 0.35% | 3.05% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 18,513,839 | 0.37% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 19,059,395 | 0.2% | 2.95% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 19,603,607 | 0.11% | 2.86% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 20,152,938 | 1.35% | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 20,723,965 | 1.59% | 2.83% |
| 2024 | 1,371,986 | 21,314,956 | 0.12% | 2.85% |
| 2025 | 1,355,535 | 21,913,869 | -1.2% | 2.81% |
| 2026 | 1,342,253 | 22,521,905 | -0.98% | 2.77% |
| 2027 | 1,335,097 | 23,138,716 | -0.53% | 2.74% |
| 2028 | 1,327,942 | 23,761,368 | -0.54% | 2.69% |
| 2029 | 1,320,819 | 24,389,681 | -0.54% | 2.64% |
| 2030 | 1,313,729 | 25,024,887 | -0.54% | 2.6% |
| 2031 | 1,306,620 | 25,666,496 | -0.54% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 1,299,552 | 26,311,946 | -0.54% | 2.51% |
| 2033 | 1,292,576 | 26,960,073 | -0.54% | 2.46% |
| 2034 | 1,285,689 | 27,611,621 | -0.53% | 2.42% |
| 2035 | 1,278,930 | 28,266,887 | -0.53% | 2.37% |
| 2036 | 1,272,310 | 28,925,103 | -0.52% | 2.33% |
| 2037 | 1,265,820 | 29,583,482 | -0.51% | 2.28% |
| 2038 | 1,259,511 | 30,240,549 | -0.5% | 2.22% |
| 2039 | 1,253,315 | 30,895,586 | -0.49% | 2.17% |
| 2040 | 1,247,191 | 31,550,394 | -0.49% | 2.12% |
| 2041 | 1,241,077 | 32,204,340 | -0.49% | 2.07% |
| 2042 | 1,234,931 | 32,856,596 | -0.5% | 2.03% |
| 2043 | 1,228,790 | 33,510,500 | -0.5% | 1.99% |
| 2044 | 1,222,587 | 34,165,920 | -0.5% | 1.96% |
| 2045 | 1,216,327 | 34,821,101 | -0.51% | 1.92% |
| 2046 | 1,210,041 | 35,475,795 | -0.52% | 1.88% |
| 2047 | 1,203,693 | 36,129,270 | -0.52% | 1.84% |
| 2048 | 1,197,336 | 36,782,260 | -0.53% | 1.81% |
| 2049 | 1,190,841 | 37,434,667 | -0.54% | 1.77% |
| 2050 | 1,184,135 | 38,083,369 | -0.56% | 1.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.
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Population differences between Estonia and Zambia
|
Estonia
|
Zambia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.5 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 22.6 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 18.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 4.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 74.3 ppl/mi² |
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