Editing Demographics of Estonia (section)

=== Present Estonia ===
Source: Statistics Estonia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stat.ee/et|title=Home &#124; Statistikaamet|website=www.stat.ee}}</ref>
[[File:Live births by age group in Estonia.svg|thumb|Live births by age group in Estonia]]
From 1947 to 1989 the number of births was higher than the number of deaths, but from 1990 onwards the number of deaths outnumbered the number of births. The crude birth rate of 2011 was 10.96 (14,679 births) and the crude death rate of 2011 was 11.38 (15,244 deaths), making the rate of natural increase −0.42 (−565).<ref name="Births, deaths and natural increase"/> For more detailed historic data, see the table below.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
!
! width="70pt" | Average population 
! width="70pt" | Live births
! width="70pt" | Deaths
! width="70pt" | Natural change
! width="70pt" | Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt" | Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70pt" | Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70pt" | Crude migration change (per 1000)
! width="70pt" | Total fertility rate
! width="70pt" | Infant mortality rate
|-
|1914
|1,197,000
|style="color: blue"| 26,865
|20,882
|5,983
|22.4
|17.4
|5.0
| -12.5
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1915
|1,188,000
|24,680
|21,841
|2,839
|20.8
|18.4
|2.4
| -31.9
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1916
|1,154,000
|21,282
|25,429
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4,147
|18.4
|22.0
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}3.6
| -25.9
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1917
|1,120,000
|18,333
|27,336
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}9,003
|16.4
|24.4
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}8.0
| -22.4
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1918
|1,086,000
|21,659
|style="color: red" | 32,488
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}10,829
|19.9
|style="color: red" |29.9
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}10.0
| -10.3
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1919
|1,064,000
|18,456
|28,800
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}10,344
|17.3
|27.1
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}9.7
| 13.5
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1920
|1,068,000
|19,625
|21,363
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1,738
|18.4
|20.0
|align="right" style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.6
| 19.4
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1921
|1,087,000
|22,067
|17,143
|4,924
|20.3
|15.8
|4.5
| 9.3
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1922
|1,102,000
|22,255
|18,401
|3,854
|20.2
|16.7
|3.5
| 4.7
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1923
|1,111,000
|22,347
|16,630
|5,717
|20.1
|15.0
|5.1
| -0.6
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1924
|1,116,000
|21,441
|16,918
|4,523
|19.2
|15.2
|4.1
| -3.2
|style="color: blue" |
|99.9
|-
|1925
|1,117,000
|20,445
|16,680
|3,765
|18.3
|14.9
|3.4
| -3.4
|style="color: blue" |
|95.7
|-
|1926
|1,117,000
|19,977
|18,047
|1,900
|17.9
|16.2
|1.7
| -2.6
|style="color: blue" |
|101.8
|-
|1927
|1,116,000
|19,705
|19,356
|500
|17.7
|17.3
|0.4
| -0.4
|style="color: blue" |
|114.6
|-
|1928
|1,116,000
|20,064
|17,785
|2,279
|18.0
|15.9
|2.0
| -2.0
|style="color: blue" |
|103.6
|-
|1929
|1,116,000
|19,110
|20,178
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1,068
|17.1
|18.1
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.0
| 1.0
|style="color: blue" |
|110.5
|-
|1930
|1,116,000
|19,471
|16,610
|2,861
|17.4
|14.9
|2.6
| -0.8
|style="color: blue" |
|100.1
|-
|1931
|1,118,000
|19,509
|18,077
|1,432
|17.4
|16.2
|1.3
| 2.3
|style="color: blue" |
|102.8
|-
|1932
|1,122,000
|19,742
|16,641
|3,101
|17.6
|14.8
|2.8
| -1.0
|style="color: blue" |
|96.8
|-
|1933
|1,124,000
|18,208
|16,472
|1,736
|16.2
|14.7
|1.5
| 0.3
|style="color: blue" |
|94.0
|-
|1934
|1,126,000
|17,305
|15,853
|1,452
|15.4
|14.1
|1.3
| 1.4
|style="color: blue" |
|91.1
|-
|1935
|1,129,000
|17,891
|16,864
|1,027
|15.8
|14.9
|0.9
| 0
|style="color: blue" |
|89.3
|-
|1936
|1,130,000
|18,222
|17,594
|628
|16.1
|15.6
|0.6
| 0.3
|style="color: blue" |
|89.2
|-
|1937
|1,131,000
|18,190
|16,614
|1,576
|16.1
|14.7
|1.4
| 0.4
|style="color: blue" |
|90.7
|-
|1938
|1,133,000
|18,453
|16,496
|1,957
|16.3
|14.6
|1.7
| -6.1
|style="color: blue" |
|77.5
|-
|1939
|1,128,000
|18,475
|17,101
|1,374
|16.4
|15.2
|1.2
| -29.6
|style="color: blue" |
|78.8
|-
|1940
|1,096,000
|18,407
|19,024
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}617
|16.8
|17.4
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}0.6
| -46.8
|style="color: blue" |
|83.7
|-
|1941
|1,044,000
|19,574
|23,702
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4,128
|18.8
|22.7
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.0
| -21.9
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1942
|1,017,000
|19,242
|20,276
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1,034
|18.9
|19.9
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.0
| -9.8
|style="color: blue" |
|91.8
|-
|1943
|1,006,000
|16,001
|18,120
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2,119
|15.9
|18.0
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2.1
| -13.8
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1944
|990,000
|15,180
|24,700
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}9,520
|15.3
|24.9
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}9.6
| -102.5
|style="color: blue" |
|
|-
|1945
|style="color: red" | 879,000
|14,968
|20,708
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,740
|17.0
|23.6
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}6.5
| 62.2
|style="color: blue" |
|124.8
|-
|1946
|928,000
|19,408
|19,969
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}561
|20.9
|21.5
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}0.6
| 53.4
|style="color: blue" |
|96.8
|-
|1947
|977,000
|22,721
|21,492
|1,229
|style="color: blue" |23.3
|22.0
|1.3
| 48.9
|style="color: blue" |
|121.4
|-
|1948
|1,026,000
|21,777
|17,549
|4,228
|21.2
|17.1
|4.1
| 42.7
|style="color: blue" |
|84.2
|-
|1949
|1,074,000
|21,770
|16,730
|5,040
|20.3
|15.6
|4.7
| 20.4
|style="color: blue" |
|82.4
|-
|1950
|1,101,000
|20,279
|15,817
|4,462
|18.4
|14.4
|4.1
| 7.7
| 
|81.2
|-
|1951
|1,114,000
|20,730
|15,354
|5,376
|18.6
|13.7
|4.8
| 6.0
|
|76.2
|-
|1952
|1,126,000
|21,111
|15,817
|5,294
|18.7
|14.0
|4.7
| 8.0
|
|64.9
|-
|1953
|1,138,000
|20,146
|14,420
|5,726
|17.7
|12.7
|5.0
| 4.7
|
|52.2
|-
|1954
|1,149,000
|20,909
|13,981
|6,928
|18.2
|12.2
|6.0
| 3.6
|
|49.5
|-
|1955
|1,160,000
|20,786
|13,638
|7,148
|17.9
| 11.8
|style="color: blue" |6.2
| 3.3
|
|51.6
|-
|1956
|1,171,000
|19,660
|12,748
|6,912
|16.8
|10.9
|5.9
| 2.6
|
|41.2
|-
|1957
|1,181,000
|19,509
|13,026
|6,483
|16.5
|11.0
|5.5
| 3.8
|
|40.1
|-
|1958
|1,192,000
|19,598
|12,971
|6,627
|16.4
|10.9
|5.6
| 3.6
|
|39.9
|-
|1959
|1,203,000
|19,938
|13,130
|6,808
|16.5
|10.9
|5.7
| 5.1
|
|31.7
|-
|1960
|1,216,000
|20,187
|style="color: blue"|12,738
|style="color: blue"|7,449
|16.6
|10.5
|6.1
| 4.6
| 1.95
|31.1
|-
|1961
|1,229,000
|20,230
|13,036
|7,194
|16.5
|10.6
|5.9
| 5.5
|1.97
|28.0
|-
|1962
|1,243,000
|19,959
|13,495
|6,464
|16.1
|10.9
|5.2
| 6.9
|1.95
|25.2
|-
|1963
|1,258,000
|19,275
|13,251
|6,024
|15.3
|10.5
|4.8
| 9.5
|1.91
|26.0
|-
|1964
|1,276,000
|19,629
|12,754
|6,875
|15.4
|style="color: blue" |10.0
|5.4
| 6.4
|1.94
|25.4
|-
|1965
|1,291,000
|18,909
|13,520
|5,389
|14.6
|10.5
|4.2
| 5.1
|1.90
|20.3
|-
|1966
|1,303,000
|18,629
|13,800
|4,829
|14.3
|10.6
|3.7
| 4.7
|1.85
|20.0
|-
|1967
|1,314,000
|18,671
|13,699
|4,972
|14.2
|10.4
|3.8
| 6.1
|1.86
|19.2
|-
|1968
|1,327,000
|19,782
|14,225
|5,557
|14.9
|10.7
|4.2
| 9.4
|2.03
|18.0
|-
|1969
|1,345,000
|20,781
|15,150
|5,631
|15.5
|11.3
|4.2
| 7.0
|style="color: blue" |2.11
|16.7
|-
|1970
|1,360,000
|21,552
|15,186
|6,366
|15.8
|11.2
|4.7
| 7.8
|style="color: blue" |2.16
|17.7
|-
|1971
|1,377,000
|22,118
|15,038
|7,080
|16.1
|10.9
|5.1
| 6.5
|style="color: blue" |2.19
|17.5
|-
|1972
|1,393,000
|21,757
|15,520
|6,237
|15.6
|11.1
|4.5
| 4.8
|style="color: blue" |2.14
|15.9
|-
|1973
|1,406,000
|21,239
|15,573
|5,666
|15.1
|11.1
|4.0
| 4.5
|2.07
|15.9
|-
|1974
|1,418,000
|21,461
|15,393
|6,068
|15.1
|10.9
|4.3
| 3.5
|2.07
|17.6
|-
|1975
|1,429,000
|21,360
|16,572
|4,788
|14.9
|11.6
|3.4
| 4.3
|2.04
|18.2
|-
|1976
|1,440,000
|21,801
|17,351
|4,450
|15.1
|12.0
|3.1
| 3.8
|2.06
|17.5
|-
|1977
|1,450,000
|21,977
|17,094
|4,883
|15.2
|11.8
|3.4
| 3.5
|2.06
|17.5
|-
|1978
|1,460,000
|21,842
|17,812
|4,030
|15.0
|12.2
|2.8
| 2.7
|2.02
|16.5
|-
|1979
|1,468,000
|21,879
|18,062
|3,817
|14.9
|12.3
|2.6
| 3.5
|2.01
|18.3
|-
|1980
|1,477,000
|22,204
|18,199
|4,005
|15.0
|12.3
|2.7
| 4.7
|2.02
|17.1
|-
|1981
|1,488,000
|22,937
|18,349
|4,588
|15.4
|12.3
|3.1
| 3.6
|2.07
|17.0
|-
|1982
|1,498,000
|23,128
|17,893
|5,235
|15.4
|11.9
|3.5
| 3.8
|2.08
|17.2
|-
|1983
|1,509,000
|24,155
|18,190
|5,965
|16.0
|12.1
|4.0
| 2.6
|style="color: blue" |2.16
|16.1
|-
|1984
|1,519,000
|24,234
|19,086
|5,148
|16.0
|12.6
|3.4
| 3.2
|style="color: blue" |2.17
|13.6
|-
|1985
|1,529,000
|23,630
|19,343
|4,287
|15.5
|12.7
|2.8
| 4.4
|style="color: blue" |2.12
|14.1
|-
|1986
|1,540,000
|24,106
|17,986
|6,120
|15.7
|11.7
|4.0
| 3.8
|style="color: blue" |2.17
|15.9
|-
|1987
|1,552,000
|25,086
|18,279
|6,807
|16.2
|11.8
|4.4
| 2.0
|style="color: blue" |2.26
|16.0
|-
|1988
|1,562,000
|25,060
|18,551
|6,509
|16.0
|11.9
|4.2
| -0.4
|style="color: blue" |2.26
|12.4
|-
|1989
|1,568,000
|24,318
|18,536
|5,762
|15.5
|11.8
|3.7
| -3.1
|style="color: blue" |2.22
|14.8
|-
|1990
|style="color: blue"|1,569,000
|22,304
|19,531
|2,778
|14.2
|12.4
|1.8
| -6.9
|2.05
|12.3
|-
|1991
|1,561,000
|19,413
|19,715
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}302
|12.4
|12.6
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}0.2
| -17.7
|1.80
|13.3
|-
|1992
|1,533,000
|18,038
|20,126
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2,088
|11.8
|13.1
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.4
| -24.0
|1.71
|15.7
|-
|1993
|1,494,000
|15,253
|21,286
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}6,033
|10.2
|14.2
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.0
| -16.7
|1.49
|15.6
|-
|1994
|1,463,000
|14,176
|22,212
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}8,036
|9.7
|15.2
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5.5
| -12.3
|1.42
|14.4
|-
|1995
|1,437,000
|13,509
|20,828
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}7,319
|9.4
|14.5
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5.1
| -9.5
|1.38
|14.9
|-
|1996
|1,416,000
|13,242
|19,020
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,778
|9.4
|13.4
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.1
| -7.2
|1.37
|10.5
|-
|1997
|1,400,000
|12,577
|18,572
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,995
|9.0
|13.3
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.3
| -5.7
|1.32
|10.0
|-
|1998
|1,386,000
| 12,167
|19,445
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}7,278
|8.8
|14.0
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5.3
| -1.9
|1.28
|9.4
|-
|1999
|1,376,000
|12,425
|18,447
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}6,022
|9.0
|13.4
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.4
| 19.7
|1.32
|9.6
|-
|2000<sup>1</sup> 
|1,397,000
|13,067||18,403||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,336
|9.4||13.2 ||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}3.8
| -2.6
|1.35
|8.4
|-
|2001
|1,388,000
|12,632 ||18,516||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,884
|9.1 ||13.2||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.2
| -2.3
|1.31
|8.8
|-
|2002
|1,379,000
|13,001 ||18,355||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,354
|9.4||13.3||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}3.9
| -1.9
|1.36
|5.7
|-
|2003
|1,371,000
|13,036||18,152||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,116
|9.5||13.2||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}3.7
| -2.1
|1.36
|7.0
|-
|2004
|1,363,000
|13,992|| 17,685|| style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}3,693
|10.3||13.0||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2.7
| -3.2
|1.47
|6.4
|-
|2005
|1,355,000
|14,350||17,316|| style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2,966
|10.6||12.8|| style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2.2
| -3.7
|1.52
|5.4
|-
|2006
|1,347,000
|14,877||17,316||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2,439
|11.0||12.9||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.8
| -2.7
|1.58
|4.4
|-
|2007
|1,341,000
|15,775||17,409||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1,634
|11.8||13.0||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.2
| -1.8
|1.69
|5.0
|-
|2008
|1,337,000
|16,028||16,675||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}647
|12.0||12.5||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}0.5
| -1.0
|1.72
|5.0
|-
|2009
|1,335,000
|15,763||16,081||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}318
|11.8||12.1||style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}0.2
| -2.0
|1.70
|3.6
|-
|2010
|1,332,000
|15,825||15,790|| 35
|11.9||11.9|| 0.0
| -3.8
|1.72
|3.3
|-
|2011
|1,327,000
|14,679||15,244||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}565
|11.0||11.4||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}0.4
| -2.6
|1.61
|2.5
|-
|2012
|1,323,000
|14,056||15,450||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1,394
|10.6||11.7||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1.1
| -2.7
|1.56
|3.6
|-
|2013
|1,318,000
|13,531||15,244||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1,713
|10.3||11.6||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1.3
| -1.7
|1.52
|2.1
|-
|2014
|1,314,000
|13,551||15,484||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1,933
|10.3||11.8||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1.5
| 1.5
|1.54
|2.7
|-
|2015
|1,314,000
|13,907 ||15,243 ||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1,336 
|10.6||11.6||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1.0
| 2.5
|1.58
|2.5
|-
|2016
|1,316,000
|14,053 ||15,392 ||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1,339
|10.7||11.7||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1.0
| 1.8
|1.60
|2.3
|-
|2017
|1,317,000
|13,784 ||15,543 ||style="color: red"| {{hyphen}}1,759
|10.5||11.8|| style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.3
| 5.1
|1.59
|2.3
|-
|2018
|1,322,000
|14,367 ||15,751 || style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1,384
|10.9||11.9|| style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.0
| 4.8
|1.67
|1.6
|-
|2019
|1,327,000
|14,099
|15,401
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1,302
|10.6
|11.6
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}1.0
| 2.5
|1.66
|1.6
|-
|2020
|1,329,000
|13,209
|15,811
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2,602
|9.9
|11.9
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}2.0
| 3.5
|1.58
|1.4
|-
|2021
|1,331,000
|13,272
|18,587
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,315
|10.0
|14.0
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.0
| 17.5
|1.61
|2.2
|-
|2022
|1,349,000
|11,646
|17,315
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,669
|8.6
|12.8
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.2
| 19.8
|1.41
|2.2
|-
|2023
|1,370,000 
|10,949
|16,002
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}5,053
|8.0
|11.7
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}3.7
| 19.2
|1.31
|1.7
|-
|2024
|1,372,000
|style="color: red" |9,690
|15,756
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}6,066
|style="color: red" |7.1
|11.5
|style="color: red" | {{hyphen}}4.4
|5.8
|style="color: red" |1.18
|
|-
|2025
|1,370,000
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According to Statistics Estonia, on 1 January 2025, the population of Estonia stood at 1,369,995. This is 4,692 persons less than at the same time a year ago. There were 9,690 births and 15,756 deaths in Estonia last year. 18,634 persons immigrated to Estonia and 17,260 persons emigrated in 2024 – natural increase was negative (-6,066 people), while net migration was positive (+1,374 people).<ref name=":2" />   

Year earlier, 1,374,687 persons lived in Estonia on 1 January 2024.<ref name="2024_0101" />  In 2023, there were 10,949 births and 16,002 deaths in Estonia. Natural increase was negative (-5,053 people), while net migration was positive (+13,856 people).
Based on the data on registered migration, 26,399 persons immigrated to Estonia and 12,543 persons emigrated from Estonia. On 1 January 2023 by the data of Statistics Estonia, 1,365,884 persons lived in Estonia,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />  at 1 January 2022 lived in Estonia 1,331,796 persons and at 1 January 2021 1,330,068 persons.<ref name="final21">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-05-12|title=Immigration offset the high number of deaths; the population increased|url=https://www.stat.ee/en/node/258675|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512105317/https://www.stat.ee/en/node/258675 |archive-date=2022-05-12 |access-date=|website=www.stat.ee|publisher=Statistics Estonia}}</ref>

<sup>1</sup> Population figures from 2000 on were revised based on the [[2011 Estonia Census|2011 Estonian census]] and various registers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.ee/72429|title=Statistics Estonia revised the population figures for the years 2000–2013 – Statistics Estonia|website=Stat.ee|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-date=14 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114162857/http://www.stat.ee/72429|url-status=dead}}</ref>