Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Estonia

Urban population share in Estonia in 2025 — 70.7%. Ranked 86 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 13.1 pp.

2025 70.7% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 86of 217
Period maximum 71.4%1989
Period minimum 57.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Estonia, 1960–2025556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 57.6%1962: 60.1%1964: 61.7%1966: 63.1%1968: 64.2%1970: 65.2%1972: 66.1%1974: 67.2%1976: 68.2%1978: 69.2%1980: 70%1982: 70.6%1984: 71%1986: 71.2%1988: 71.4%1990: 71.3%1992: 70.5%1994: 69.5%1996: 68.4%1998: 67.7%2000: 67.4%2002: 67.4%2004: 67.5%2006: 67.6%2008: 67.7%2010: 67.8%2012: 68%2014: 68.3%2016: 68.7%2018: 69.3%2020: 69.9%2022: 70.5%2024: 70.7%2025: 70.7%
Change over the period: +13.1 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Estonia 70.7%
World 57.8%
Northern Europe computed 81.9%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 70.7 +0 pp
2024 70.7 +0 pp
2023 70.7 +0.2 pp
2022 70.5 +0.3 pp
2021 70.2 +0.3 pp
2020 69.9 +0.3 pp
2019 69.6 +0.3 pp
2018 69.3 +0.3 pp
2017 69 +0.3 pp
2016 68.7 +0.2 pp
2015 68.5 +0.2 pp
2014 68.3 +0.2 pp
2013 68.1 +0.1 pp
2012 68 +0.1 pp
2011 67.9 +0.1 pp
2010 67.8 +0.1 pp
2009 67.7 +0.1 pp
2008 67.7 +0.1 pp
2007 67.6 +0.1 pp
2006 67.6 +0 pp
2005 67.5 +0 pp
2004 67.5 +0 pp
2003 67.4 +0 pp
2002 67.4 +0 pp
2001 67.4 +0 pp
2000 67.4 −0.1 pp
1999 67.4 −0.2 pp
1998 67.7 −0.3 pp
1997 68 −0.4 pp
1996 68.4 −0.5 pp
1995 69 −0.5 pp
1994 69.5 −0.5 pp
1993 70 −0.5 pp
1992 70.5 −0.4 pp
1991 71 −0.3 pp
1990 71.3 −0.2 pp
1989 71.4 +0 pp
1988 71.4 +0.1 pp
1987 71.3 +0.1 pp
1986 71.2 +0.1 pp
1985 71.1 +0.1 pp
1984 71 +0.1 pp
1983 70.8 +0.2 pp
1982 70.6 +0.3 pp
1981 70.3 +0.3 pp
1980 70 +0.4 pp
1979 69.6 +0.4 pp
1978 69.2 +0.5 pp
1977 68.7 +0.5 pp
1976 68.2 +0.5 pp
1975 67.7 +0.5 pp
1974 67.2 +0.5 pp
1973 66.7 +0.6 pp
1972 66.1 +0.6 pp
1971 65.5 +0.4 pp
1970 65.2 +0.5 pp
1969 64.6 +0.5 pp
1968 64.2 +0.6 pp
1967 63.6 +0.6 pp
1966 63.1 +0.6 pp
1965 62.5 +0.7 pp
1964 61.7 +0.8 pp
1963 61 +0.9 pp
1962 60.1 +1.3 pp
1961 58.8 +1.2 pp
1960 57.6

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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