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How many babies are born in Estonia?

10.2 thousand babies born in Estonia in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 167th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Estonia: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Estonia’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.2K ~29K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2K ~48K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~2.5K ~63K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~13.9K ~334K 41.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~25.3K ~873K 28.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 20.1K 1.1M 18.3 UN estimate
2000 13K 1.4M 9.3 UN estimate
2023 11K 1.37M 8.1 UN estimate
2026 10.2K 1.33M 7.6 UN projection
2050 9.77K 1.17M 8.3 UN projection
2075 7.8K 981K 8.0 UN projection
2100 6.09K 826K 7.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Estonia among estimates through 2023 were in 1903, at about ~25.8K. That is roughly 22 times the estimated ~1.18K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.38 children per woman, fertility in Estonia is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Estonia each year?

An estimated 10.2 thousand babies are born in Estonia in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 28 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Estonia?

Estonia has an estimated 7.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.38 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.