According to revised data released by Statistics Estonia on Thursday, 1,315,635 people lived in Estonia as of Jan. 1, which was 309 fewer than one year prior. The population decreased by 1,339 due to negative natural increase but increased by 1,030 due to positive net migration.
In 2016, net migration was positive for the second year in a row, with immigration exceeding emigration as 14,822 persons took up residence in Estonia and 13,792 persons left Estonia during the year. As external migration is often left unregistered by Estonian residents, as of 2015, Statistics Estonia also takes into account unregistered migration in addition to registered migration and as a result, the migration flows since 2015 have been larger compared to previous years.
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