Environment · Estonia
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Estonia's urban population was 966,383 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 7.28% from 900,786 in 2015 (0.71% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 966,383 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 929,091 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 900,786 | 2015 |
| Highest | 1.12 million | 1989 |
| Lowest | 697,731 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 937,125 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 697,731 | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 4.01% from 929,091 in 2020 (0.79% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 38.5% from 697,731 in 1960 (0.5% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Estonia's urban population fell 0.4% on 2024 (from 970,219 to 966,383).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.2% and a typical year strayed about 1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.5% in 1962 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.2% in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 8,114 a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2025, Estonia had the 153rd highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 966,383 | 2025 |
| World | 4.75 billion | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 690.74 million | 2025 |
| High income | 1.14 billion | 2025 |
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
Limitations: Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverage. Most countries use an urban classification related to the size or characteristics of settlements. Some define urban areas based on the presence of certain infrastructure and services. And other countries designate urban areas based on administrative arrangements. Because of national differences in the characteristics that distinguish urban from rural areas, the distinction between urban and rural population is not amenable to a single definition that would be applicable to all countries.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
| Year | Urban population |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 966,383 |
| 2024 | 970,219 |
| 2023 | 968,477 |
| 2022 | 950,787 |
| 2021 | 934,018 |
| 2020 | 929,091 |
| 2019 | 923,239 |
| 2018 | 915,870 |
| 2017 | 908,905 |
| 2016 | 904,264 |
| 2015 | 900,786 |
| 2014 | 897,398 |
| 2013 | 897,455 |
| 2012 | 898,943 |
| 2011 | 901,033 |
| 2010 | 902,804 |
| 2009 | 903,932 |
| 2008 | 904,805 |
| 2007 | 906,431 |
| 2006 | 909,847 |
| 2005 | 914,582 |
| 2004 | 919,276 |
| 2003 | 924,334 |
| 2002 | 929,807 |
| 2001 | 935,487 |
| 2000 | 941,366 |
| 1999 | 937,547 |
| 1998 | 937,765 |
| 1997 | 951,689 |
| 1996 | 968,940 |
| 1995 | 990,690 |
| 1994 | 1,016,452 |
| 1993 | 1,046,437 |
| 1992 | 1,081,340 |
| 1991 | 1,107,844 |
| 1990 | 1,118,344 |
| 1989 | 1,120,176 |
| 1988 | 1,115,275 |
| 1987 | 1,107,215 |
| 1986 | 1,097,322 |
| 1985 | 1,087,103 |
| 1984 | 1,077,814 |
| 1983 | 1,068,890 |
| 1982 | 1,058,470 |
| 1981 | 1,046,318 |
| 1980 | 1,033,895 |
| 1979 | 1,022,120 |
| 1978 | 1,010,635 |
| 1977 | 996,529 |
| 1976 | 981,921 |
| 1975 | 967,646 |
| 1974 | 952,834 |
| 1973 | 937,239 |
| 1972 | 920,538 |
| 1971 | 902,555 |
| 1970 | 886,428 |
| 1969 | 869,473 |
| 1968 | 854,301 |
| 1967 | 839,065 |
| 1966 | 825,129 |
| 1965 | 808,496 |
| 1964 | 788,051 |
| 1963 | 767,298 |
| 1962 | 746,142 |
| 1961 | 720,595 |
| 1960 | 697,731 |
Every indicator for Estonia is on the Estonia data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.URB.TOTL, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions, publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Wo… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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