Immigration in Estonia
Estonia recorded 18,634 immigrants in 2024.
Estonia, 2024
18,634
Change from 2023
−29.4%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
28th of 33
Immigration in Estonia over time
View
Estonia
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Estonia | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18,634 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 26,399 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 49,414 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 19,524 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 16,209 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 18,259 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 17,547 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 17,616 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 14,822 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 15,413 immigrantsb (break in time series) | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 3,904 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 4,109 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 2,639 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 3,709 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 2,810 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 3,884 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 3,671 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 3,741 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 2,234 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 1,436 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 1,097 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 967 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 575 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 241 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 35 immigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −29.4% from 26,399 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 3,904 immigrants, the figure has changed by +377.3%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Estonia has the 28th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Estonia
All statistics for Estonia
Emigration
17,260 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
758 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-13,350 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
1,005 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
-2.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
4.2 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division