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Estonia — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Estonia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.43%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -138.5% since 1961
Population growth for Estonia was -0.43% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.58% in 2023. The lowest was -2.57% in 1993 (about 6.0× the latest value).
Estonia ranks 196 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 90%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Estonia sits below it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 127% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 753%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.43%
First (1961)
1.11%
Change
-138.5%
Highest
1.58%
in 2023
Lowest
-2.57%
in 1993
Average
0.19%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.43% |
| 2024 | 0.15% |
| 2023 | 1.58% |
| 2022 | 1.34% |
| 2021 | 0.11% |
| 2020 | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 0.35% |
| 2017 | 0.12% |
| 2016 | 0.03% |
| 2015 | 0.07% |
| 2014 | -0.26% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.