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Share of women in the population — all countries

Share of women in the population — Estonia

Share of women in the population in Estonia in 2025 — 52.4%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3.51 pp.

2025 52.4% −0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank 19of 217
Period maximum 55.9%1960
Period minimum 52.4%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of women in the population — Estonia, 1960–2025525354555619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.9%1962: 55.52%1964: 55.15%1966: 54.81%1968: 54.5%1970: 54.25%1972: 54.11%1974: 53.98%1976: 53.87%1978: 53.77%1980: 53.69%1982: 53.61%1984: 53.52%1986: 53.43%1988: 53.31%1990: 53.2%1992: 53.25%1994: 53.4%1996: 53.47%1998: 53.45%2000: 53.39%2002: 53.45%2004: 53.5%2006: 53.52%2008: 53.51%2010: 53.42%2012: 53.34%2014: 53.24%2016: 53.1%2018: 52.84%2020: 52.62%2022: 52.54%2024: 52.45%2025: 52.4%
Change over the period: −3.51 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Estonia

Estonia 52.4%
World 49.73%
Europe & Central Asia 51.43%
Northern Europe computed 50.64%
High-income countries computed 50.33%
Share of women in the population — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.4 −0.05 pp
2024 52.45 −0.05 pp
2023 52.5 −0.04 pp
2022 52.54 −0.04 pp
2021 52.58 −0.04 pp
2020 52.62 −0.09 pp
2019 52.71 −0.13 pp
2018 52.84 −0.15 pp
2017 52.99 −0.11 pp
2016 53.1 −0.08 pp
2015 53.18 −0.07 pp
2014 53.24 −0.05 pp
2013 53.3 −0.04 pp
2012 53.34 −0.03 pp
2011 53.37 −0.04 pp
2010 53.42 −0.05 pp
2009 53.46 −0.04 pp
2008 53.51 −0.02 pp
2007 53.52 +0.01 pp
2006 53.52 +0 pp
2005 53.51 +0.01 pp
2004 53.5 +0.02 pp
2003 53.48 +0.03 pp
2002 53.45 +0.04 pp
2001 53.41 +0.02 pp
2000 53.39 −0.02 pp
1999 53.41 −0.04 pp
1998 53.45 −0.02 pp
1997 53.47 +0 pp
1996 53.47 +0.03 pp
1995 53.44 +0.04 pp
1994 53.4 +0.04 pp
1993 53.35 +0.1 pp
1992 53.25 +0.08 pp
1991 53.17 −0.03 pp
1990 53.2 −0.06 pp
1989 53.26 −0.05 pp
1988 53.31 −0.06 pp
1987 53.37 −0.06 pp
1986 53.43 −0.05 pp
1985 53.47 −0.04 pp
1984 53.52 −0.04 pp
1983 53.56 −0.04 pp
1982 53.61 −0.04 pp
1981 53.65 −0.04 pp
1980 53.69 −0.04 pp
1979 53.73 −0.04 pp
1978 53.77 −0.05 pp
1977 53.82 −0.05 pp
1976 53.87 −0.06 pp
1975 53.93 −0.06 pp
1974 53.98 −0.06 pp
1973 54.04 −0.07 pp
1972 54.11 −0.07 pp
1971 54.18 −0.07 pp
1970 54.25 −0.1 pp
1969 54.35 −0.15 pp
1968 54.5 −0.15 pp
1967 54.65 −0.16 pp
1966 54.81 −0.17 pp
1965 54.97 −0.18 pp
1964 55.15 −0.18 pp
1963 55.33 −0.19 pp
1962 55.52 −0.2 pp
1961 55.72 −0.19 pp
1960 55.9 —

Northern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

LV Latvia 53.59 LT Lithuania 52.77 EE Estonia 52.4 GB United Kingdom 50.75 JE Channel Islands 50.64 FI Finland 50.55 IM Isle of Man 50.51 IE Ireland 50.5 DK Denmark 50.29 SE Sweden 49.62 NO Norway 49.59 IS Iceland 48.76 FO Faroe Islands 48.38 GL Greenland 47.49
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of women in total population. Slightly more boys than girls are born (about 105 to 100), but because male mortality is higher the ratio evens out at older ages and then tilts toward women. Deviations from 50% in either direction point either to labor migration (the male surplus in the Gulf states) or to a gap in life expectancy.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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