Estonia
In 2025, the Home Office granted 94 work visas to nationals of Estonia, counting main applicants and family members.
How UK records count nationals of Estonia in 2025.
UK counts
These counts can overlap. Never add them together.
- Moved to the UK
- Not published
- The ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality.
- Asylum claims
- 0 people
- People named on initial claims, main applicants and family members. Counted by claim date, not arrival date.
- Small boat arrivals
- 0 people detected
- People detected arriving by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised.
Sources (4)
- 1 ONS, Long-term international migration, year ending December 2025
- Table 3e of the dataset, nationalities outside the EU+, on a visa. The ONS publishes nationality estimates for a few nationalities only.
- Published 21 May 2026. Official statistics in development.
- 2 Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
- Entry clearance visas granted, main applicants and family members together, by date of decision.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 3 Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01)
- Initial claims, main applicants and family members, by date of claim.
- Published 27 August 2026. Accredited official statistics.
- 4 Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset
- Small boat arrivals by nationality, people detected, calendar years from 2018.
- Published 27 August 2026. Official statistics.
Visa routes5 routes · 2025
A visa gives permission to come. It is not an arrival.
Work visas94 grants
Includes family members of workers, and seasonal and other short work visas.
Study visas68 grants
Includes family members of students.
Family visas20 grants
The family route, including refugee family reunion. Not the family members counted in work or study.
Safe route visas0 grants
The BN(O) route and the Ukraine schemes.
Other visas5 grants
All other visas, including EU Settlement Scheme permits and visas for resettled refugees.
Selected visa routes182 grants
Added here Work, study, family and safe route grants added up here, 94 + 68 + 20 + 0. Excludes other visas. Not all visas, and not arrivals.
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens did not need a visa to move to the UK until the end of 2020, so their visa figures are close to zero before 2021.
History
Showing Work visas, grants.
Showing work visas because the ONS does not publish an estimate for this nationality. Visas are not arrivals.
| Year | Grants |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 193 |
| 2022 | 70 |
| 2023 | 47 |
| 2024 | 48 |
| 2025 | 94 |
Sources (1)
Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026
Country context
These describe country populations, not people who moved to the UK. They do not explain migration.
Population people
The UK figure is the World Bank's, so both countries come from one source. The ONS estimates the UK population at 69,483,939 on 30 June 2025 (published 1 October 2026).
GDP per person constant 2021 international dollars
GDP at purchasing power parity, not earnings or household income.
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.POP.TOTL
- The record for Estonia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, people.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- The record for Estonia. Latest observation in the file, 2024. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, years.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD
- The record for Estonia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, constant 2021 international dollars.
More contextLiteracy, unemployment and urban population
Adult literacy people aged 15 and over, %
UK
Not published
Unemployment share of the labour force, %
Sources (3)
- 1 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SE.ADT.LITR.ZS
- Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above).
- The record for Estonia. Latest observation in the file, 2011. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of people ages 15 and above.
- 2 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
- Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate).
- The record for Estonia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total labour force.
- 3 World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
- Urban population (% of total population).
- The record for Estonia. Latest observation in the file, 2025. Rounded for display.
- Unit as published, % of total population.
ReligionsEstonia and the UK
These records describe residents in each country. They do not show the religions of people who moved to the UK.
Not directly comparable. Different years and categories.
Estonia
2021 census · UNdata [1]
- Adventist950 people
- Baptist5,190 people
- Buddhist1,880 people
- Hare Rama Hare Krishna60 people
- Hindu300 people
- Jehovah Witness3,720 people
- Judaism330 people
- Lutheran86,030 people
- Methodist1,390 people
- Mormon90 people
- Muslim5,800 people
- New Age90 people
- Old Believers2,290 people
- Orthodox181,770 people
- Pagan180 people
- Pentecostal2,310 people
- Roman Catholic8,690 people
- Satanist120 people
- Other Christians3,240 people
- Other Religions3,280 people
- Refused to answer126,500 people
- No Religion650,900 people
- Not Specified1,880 people
- Charismatic Episcopal Church30 people
- Taara or Earth Believer5,630 people
- Christian Free Congregations6,070 people
- Unknown15,280 people
UK
2011 census · UNdata [2]
- Buddhist261,584 people
- Christian37,583,962 people
- Hindu835,418 people
- Jewish269,568 people
- Muslim2,786,635 people
- Sikh432,429 people
- Other262,750 people
- No Religion16,221,509 people
- Not Specified4,528,323 people
Sources (2)
- 1 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- Estonia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2021. UNdata lists it as received in 2022.
- 2 UNdata, Demographic Statistics Database, population by religion (table 28)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. Counts of people, total area, both sexes.
- Census year 2011. UNdata lists it as received in 2014.
Questions people ask
How many UK visas were granted to nationals of Estonia in 2025?
In 2025, the Home Office granted 94 work, 68 study, 20 family, 0 safe route and 5 other visas to nationals of Estonia, counting main applicants and family members. Source: Home Office, entry clearance visa datasets, year ending June 2026.
How many nationals of Estonia claimed asylum in the UK in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of Estonia claimed asylum in the UK, counting main applicants and family members by date of claim. Source: Home Office, asylum claims dataset (Asy_D01).
How many nationals of Estonia arrived in the UK by small boat in 2025?
In 2025, 0 nationals of Estonia were detected arriving in the UK by small boat across the English Channel. Figures from January 2025 can still be revised. Source: Home Office, illegal entry routes dataset.