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The population figure shows how many people live in Estonia at the beginning of the year. The population includes Estonian citizens as well as foreign nationals and stateless persons residing in the country. A person is considered a resident if they have lived in Estonia for at least one year or intend to live here for at least one year.

Population 1,360,745

-0.7%

2026

Tabel RV021

Population figure as at the beginning of the year, 2006–2026

	Males	Females
2006	627,930	722,770
2007	624,260	718,660
2008	622,050	716,390
2009	621,320	714,420
2010	620,800	712,490
2011	619,700	709,960
2012	618,138	707,079
2013	616,167	704,007
2014	614,919	700,900
2015	614,389	698,882
2016	616,708	699,236
2017	617,538	698,097
2018	621,084	698,049
2019	625,635	699,185
2020	629,246	699,643
2021	630,915	699,153
2022	633,415	698,381
2023	647,366	718,518
2024	651,613	723,074
2025	649,753	720,242
2026	646,759	713,986

Population by educational attainment, 2026

	Males and females
Below upper secondary education	223,911
Upper secondary education, post-secondary non-tertiary education	484,241
Tertiary education	441,220
Educational level unknown	6,129

Population by native and foreign origin, 2026

	Native population	Foreign-origin population
0-4	49,501	6,531
5-9	64,963	8,908
10-14	64,691	10,575
15-19	68,629	12,138
20-24	55,219	14,693
25-29	49,104	17,658
30-34	57,378	23,821
35-39	71,636	36,005
40-44	65,505	35,774
45-49	62,236	31,840
50-54	62,248	30,347
55-59	58,039	27,078
60-64	52,176	31,589
65-69	48,013	34,679
70-74	40,767	31,147
75-79	33,878	22,927
80-84	25,965	10,002
85 and older	27,160	14,903

Population by citizenship, 2026

	2026
Estonia	1,118,741
EU country (excl. Estonia)	22,645
Non-EU country	160,313
Not specified	58,309
Country unknown	737

Population by ethnic nationality, 2026

	2026
Estonians	932,603
Russians	276,125
Other ethnic nationalities	146,619
Ethnic nationality unknown	5,398

Population by sex, age and place of residence, 1 January 2025

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