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Tuesday, 22.04.2025, 10:50
Eurostat: number of individuals of working age Estonians will in the next 16 years fall by nearly 100,000 persons

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According to Eurostat, this year there is a total of 885,972 persons of working age (aged 15-62) – 66.3% of the total number of residents of Estonia. Population of working age (aged 63 and older) amounts to 250,631 persons – 18.8% of the total number of residents.
The projections note that in the year 2025, the number of population of working age will have fallen to 787,019 persons – 60.9% of the total population. The entire population is expected to amount to 1.29 million persons. The number of people of pension age is expected to reach 294,554 in 2025 – 22.8% of the total number of residents.
Eurostat has projected that by the year 2035, Estonia will have 753,055 persons of working age and 315,150 persons of pension age – 60.6% and 25.4%, respectively, of the entire population which is expected to amount to 1.24 individuals.