The current population of Eritrea is 3,667,774 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 3,535,603 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Eritrea is ranked 131/197 by population and was ranked 136th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth in 20 years).
- Eritrea accounts for 0.04% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of 1.89% per year.
- Eritrea is projected to reach 8.44M people in 2100.
Eritrea population clock
Eritrea
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3667774
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 131/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | N/A |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
25 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 60/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -12,696 | N/A |
Eritrea population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 972,547 | - |
| 1961 | 995,573 | 2.37% |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 | 2.43% |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 | 2.51% |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 | 2.52% |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 | 2.42% |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 | 2.43% |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 | 2.55% |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 | 2.59% |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 | 2.63% |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 | 2.55% |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 | 2.46% |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 | 2.36% |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 | 2.53% |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 | 2.69% |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 | 2.72% |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 | 2.75% |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 | 2.76% |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 | 2.4% |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 | 2.05% |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 | 2.04% |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 | 2.07% |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 | 2.36% |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 | 2.63% |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 | 2.52% |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 | 2.3% |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 | -5.57% |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 | -6.29% |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 | 3.18% |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 | 3.12% |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 | 5.82% |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 | 5.1% |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 | 1.11% |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 | 1.31% |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 | 1.48% |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 | 1.55% |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 | 2.89% |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 | 4.22% |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 | 4.19% |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 | 2.42% |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 | 1.59% |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 | 1.47% |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 | 2.54% |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 | 1.98% |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 | 1.81% |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 | 1.23% |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 | 0.68% |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 | 0.34% |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 | 0.62% |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 | 0.82% |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 | 1.35% |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 | 1.49% |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 | 1.58% |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 | 1.79% |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 | 1.77% |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 | 1.79% |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 | 1.88% |
| 2025 | 3,606,996 | 2.02% |
| 2026 | 3,682,659 | 2.1% |
| 2027 | 3,760,368 | 2.11% |
| 2028 | 3,840,135 | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 3,920,467 | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 4,002,671 | 2.1% |
| 2031 | 4,085,037 | 2.06% |
| 2032 | 4,166,507 | 1.99% |
| 2033 | 4,249,501 | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 4,334,727 | 2.01% |
| 2035 | 4,420,915 | 1.99% |
| 2036 | 4,509,755 | 2.01% |
| 2037 | 4,601,933 | 2.04% |
| 2038 | 4,692,340 | 1.96% |
| 2039 | 4,780,469 | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 4,868,668 | 1.84% |
| 2041 | 4,954,481 | 1.76% |
| 2042 | 5,039,298 | 1.71% |
| 2043 | 5,124,256 | 1.69% |
| 2044 | 5,207,858 | 1.63% |
| 2045 | 5,292,756 | 1.63% |
| 2046 | 5,375,963 | 1.57% |
| 2047 | 5,456,488 | 1.5% |
| 2048 | 5,537,538 | 1.49% |
| 2049 | 5,617,348 | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 5,696,052 | 1.4% |
Eritrea has a population of 3.67M as of 2025, compared to 3.11M in 2015, 2.66M in 2005, and 2.03M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.81% per year. Eritrea is ranked 85th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Eritrea will have 5,292,756 people (44.3% growth) with a rank change from 131st to 128th.
By the year 2100, Eritrea's population is projected to grow by 130.2% to 8.44M people.
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Eritrea population statistics
|
Eritrea
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 69.2 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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