Digital 2021: Estonia

You’ll find our complete #Digital2021 report for Estonia in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that’s not working for you).

This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for Estonia, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in Estonia in 2021.

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Estonia’s population

  • Estonia had a population of 1.33 million in January 2021.

  • Estonia’s population decreased by 231 (-0.02%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • 52.6% of Estonia’s population is female, while 47.4% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].

  • 69.3% of Estonia’s population lives in urban centres, while 30.7% lives in rural areas.

Internet users in Estonia

  • There were 1.21 million internet users in Estonia in January 2021.

  • The number of internet users in Estonia increased by 13 thousand (+1.1%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • Internet penetration in Estonia stood at 91.0% in January 2021.

Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.

Social media statistics for Estonia

  • There were 986.0 thousand social media users in Estonia in January 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Estonia increased by 61 thousand (+6.6%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Estonia was equivalent to 74.4% of the total population in January 2021.

Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.

Mobile connections in Estonia

  • There were 1.79 million mobile connections in Estonia in January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Estonia decreased by 27 thousand (-1.5%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Estonia in January 2021 was equivalent to 135.3% of the total population.

Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.

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Additional resources

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