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Cyprus vs Estonia

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Cyprus

1,370,754#155 · +0.91%/yr
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Estonia

1,366,475#157 · −0.43%/yr

Cyprus has about the same population as Estonia: 1,370,754 vs 1,366,475, a gap of 4,279. Cyprus is growing faster (+0.91% vs −0.43% a year), adding about 12,529 people a year against −5,853. Estonia is the older society: 21.8% aged 65+ against 14.9% in Cyprus, while Cyprus has more children (16.1% under 15 vs 15.3%). Cyprus is 4.5× as densely populated (145.6 vs 32.1 people per km²). People in Cyprus live 2.5 years longer on average (81.8 vs 79.3).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cyprus) and 2025 (Estonia); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Cyprus vs Estonia — side by side

Flag of Cyprus CyprusFlag of Estonia Estonia
Population1,370,75420251,366,4752025
Growth rate / yr+0.91%2025−0.43%2025
Births per 1,00010.520247.12024
Deaths per 1,0007.0202411.52024
Children per woman1.3820241.182024
Life expectancy81.8 yrs202479.3 yrs2024
Aged 0–1416.1%202515.3%2025
Aged 65+14.9%202521.8%2025
Density145.6 /km²202332.1 /km²2023
Area9,250 km²202345,340 km²2023
Urban population66.7%202570.7%2025
Net migration / yr+7,7492025-13,3502025
GDP per capita$41,7832025$34,4182025
Country population rank (available records)#155#157
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.02%0.02%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Cyprus: 2.3× from 1960 to 2025; Estonia: 1.1× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

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Estonia: Estonia vs Timor-Leste, Estonia vs Cyprus, Estonia vs Trinidad and Tobago, Estonia vs Eswatini, Estonia vs Mauritius, Estonia vs Djibouti.

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