Estonia: Counties, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information

Counties

The population of the counties of Estonia according to census results.

Counties after the administrative reform of 2017.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 2000-01-31	Population Census (C) 2011-12-31	Population Census (C) 2021-12-31
Estonia	EST	Tallinn	43,466	1,370,052	1,294,455	1,331,824		→
Harju	HAR	Tallinn	4,328	525,354	552,882	614,567	432800	→
Hiiu	HII	Kärdla	1,032	10,439	8,482	8,497	103200	→
Ida-Viru	IDA	Jõhvi	2,972	174,819	145,373	132,741	297200	→
Järva	JÄR	Paide	2,674	37,880	31,169	29,697	267400	→
Jõgeva	JOG	Jõgeva	2,545	36,891	30,117	27,858	254500	→
Lääne	LÄÄ	Haapsalu	1,816	24,031	20,506	20,229	181600	→
Lääne-Viru	LVI	Rakvere	3,696	71,795	61,649	58,709	369600	→
Pärnu	PÄR	Pärnu	5,419	95,841	86,279	85,710	541900	→
Põlva	POL	Põlva	1,823	29,816	25,263	23,991	182300	→
Rapla	RAP	Rapla	2,764	36,835	34,280	33,529	276400	→
Saare	SAA	Kuressaare	2,938	35,950	31,317	31,292	293800	→
Tartu	TAR	Tartu	3,349	153,869	154,666	157,760	334900	→
Valga	VAL	Valga	1,917	34,597	28,756	27,651	191700	→
Viljandi	VIL	Viljandi	3,420	57,987	47,599	45,413	342000	→
Võru	VOR	Võru	2,773	43,502	36,117	34,180	277300	→

Statistical Office of Estonia (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2021-12-31
1	Tallinn	HAR	437,817
2	Tartu	TAR	95,190
3	Narva	IDA	53,955
4	Pärnu	PÄR	40,228
5	Kohtla-Järve	IDA	33,499
6	Viljandi	VIL	17,245
7	Maardu	HAR	16,170
8	Rakvere	LVI	15,141
9	Kuressaare	SAA	13,034

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all cities and urban towns in Estonia according to census results .

Name	Status	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1979-01-17	Population Census (C) 1989-01-12	Population Census (C) 2000-03-31	Population Census (C) 2011-12-31	Population Census (C) 2021-12-31	Area
Abja-Paluoja	City	VIL	...	...	1,415	1,084	1,026	449	→
Aegviidu	Town	HAR	...	1,097	951	761	674	1195	→
Antsla	City	VOR	...	...	1,695	1,402	1,249	289	→
Elva	City	TAR	6,358	6,325	6,021	5,607	5,645	991	→
Haapsalu	City	LÄÄ	13,035	14,617	12,046	10,251	9,595	1109	→
Järva-Jaani	Town	JÄR	...	...	1,138	999	983	320	→
Järvakandi	Town	RAP	...	1,807	1,532	1,273	1,201	485	→
Jõgeva	City	JOG	5,289	7,035	6,424	5,501	5,222	394	→
Jõhvi	City	IDA	...	15,607	12,109	10,775	10,482	756	→
Kallaste	City	TAR	1,431	1,361	1,211	852	680	228	→
Kärdla	City	HII	3,426	4,139	3,769	3,050	3,046	453	→
Karksi-Nuia	City	VIL	...	...	1,995	1,573	1,457	289	→
Kehra	City	HAR	...	4,053	3,220	2,889	2,759	387	→
Keila	City	HAR	7,194	10,072	9,386	9,763	10,499	1122	→
Kiili	Town	HAR	...	...	998	1,497	1,841	720	→
Kilingi-Nõmme	City	PÄR	2,507	2,504	2,222	1,763	1,623	430	→
Kiviõli	City	IDA	11,050	10,390	7,404	5,634	4,854	1181	→
Kohila	Town	RAP	...	3,593	3,423	3,346	3,295	384	→
Kohtla-Järve	City	IDA	...	62,059	46,973	37,103	33,499	3935	→
Kohtla-Nõmme	Town	IDA	...	1,056	1,174	1,032	886	465	→
Kunda	City	LVI	4,828	5,037	3,899	3,422	2,997	1011	→
Kuressaare	City	SAA	14,207	16,166	14,925	13,166	13,034	1550	→
Lavassaare	Town	PÄR	...	537	554	460	445	804	→
Lihula	City	LÄÄ	...	...	1,497	1,338	1,239	419	→
Loksa	City	HAR	...	4,315	3,493	2,759	2,615	382	→
Maardu	City	HAR	...	16,052	16,736	17,524	16,170	2344	→
Märjamaa	Town	RAP	...	3,294	3,087	2,821	2,617	405	→
Mõisaküla	City	VIL	1,618	1,349	1,165	825	698	221	→
Mustvee	City	JOG	2,087	1,994	1,753	1,358	1,159	570	→
Narva	City	IDA	75,909	81,221	68,665	58,663	53,955	6868	→
Narva-Jõesuu	City	IDA	...	3,754	2,980	2,632	2,536	1019	→
Otepää	City	VAL	...	...	2,559	2,231	2,134	622	→
Paide	City	JÄR	9,641	10,849	9,648	8,228	7,926	1013	→
Paikuse	Town	PÄR	...	...	2,267	2,779	2,917	714	→
Paldiski	City	HAR	7,311	7,690	4,248	4,085	3,719	5985	→
Pärnu	City	PÄR	54,051	52,389	45,455	39,728	40,228	3314	→
Pärnu-Jaagupi	Town	PÄR	...	...	1,362	1,195	1,140	634	→
Põltsamaa	City	JOG	4,893	5,207	4,849	4,188	4,150	599	→
Põlva	City	POL	...	7,038	6,467	5,767	5,454	548	→
Püssi	City	IDA	...	2,532	1,872	1,083	868	208	→
Rakvere	City	LVI	19,011	19,822	17,107	15,264	15,141	1075	→
Räpina	City	POL	...	3,488	2,967	2,455	2,213	385	→
Rapla	City	RAP	...	6,271	5,755	5,202	5,254	467	→
Saue	City	HAR	...	4,395	5,008	5,514	5,826	439	→
Sillamäe	City	IDA	16,157	20,561	17,200	14,252	12,439	1211	→
Sindi	City	PÄR	4,428	4,548	4,178	4,076	3,750	502	→
Suure-Jaani	City	VIL	1,653	1,503	1,495	1,175	1,184	292	→
Tallinn	City	HAR	441,800	478,974	400,150	393,222	437,817	15940	→
Tamsalu	City	LVI	...	2,978	3,119	2,644	2,415	626	→
Tapa	City	LVI	10,851	10,439	6,765	5,896	5,383	1735	→
Tartu	City	TAR	104,381	113,420	101,118	97,600	95,190	3901	→
Tootsi	Town	PÄR	...	1,323	1,059	744	774	185	→
Tõrva	City	VAL	3,157	3,546	3,214	2,729	2,701	478	→
Türi	City	JÄR	6,626	6,862	6,442	5,528	5,129	688	→
Valga	City	VAL	18,474	17,722	14,319	12,261	12,010	1665	→
Vändra	Town	PÄR	...	2,959	2,661	2,355	2,148	326	→
Viljandi	City	VIL	22,368	23,080	20,789	17,473	17,245	1467	→
Võhma	City	VIL	...	1,998	1,596	1,314	1,295	194	→
Võru	City	VOR	16,767	17,496	14,909	12,672	11,865	1401	→

(1979) provided by Axel Pieles.
(1989) (2000) (2011) (2021) Statistical Office of Estonia (web).