Population in Eritrea compared to Eswatini: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and Eswatini: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Eswatini	Eritrea	Eswatini
1960	972,547	345,337	-	-
1961	995,573	353,264	2.37%	2.3%
1962	1,019,788	361,365	2.43%	2.29%
1963	1,045,092	369,759	2.48%	2.32%
1964	1,071,287	378,656	2.51%	2.41%
1965	1,098,335	388,336	2.52%	2.56%
1966	1,124,957	398,766	2.42%	2.69%
1967	1,152,339	409,031	2.43%	2.57%
1968	1,181,737	419,147	2.55%	2.47%
1969	1,212,005	429,875	2.56%	2.56%
1970	1,243,453	441,216	2.59%	2.64%
1971	1,276,154	453,183	2.63%	2.71%
1972	1,309,235	465,788	2.59%	2.78%
1973	1,342,669	479,038	2.55%	2.84%
1974	1,375,688	492,988	2.46%	2.91%
1975	1,408,210	507,673	2.36%	2.98%
1976	1,443,807	523,330	2.53%	3.08%
1977	1,482,565	540,348	2.68%	3.25%
1978	1,522,378	558,446	2.69%	3.35%
1979	1,563,332	577,199	2.69%	3.36%
1980	1,605,797	596,644	2.72%	3.37%
1981	1,649,939	616,808	2.75%	3.38%
1982	1,695,461	637,652	2.76%	3.38%
1983	1,736,160	658,957	2.4%	3.34%
1984	1,771,730	680,783	2.05%	3.31%
1985	1,807,816	706,196	2.04%	3.73%
1986	1,845,164	734,732	2.07%	4.04%
1987	1,888,669	763,811	2.36%	3.96%
1988	1,938,255	799,798	2.63%	4.71%
1989	1,987,017	837,800	2.52%	4.75%
1990	2,032,737	872,428	2.3%	4.13%
1991	1,919,571	908,189	-5.57%	4.1%
1992	1,798,748	943,416	-6.29%	3.88%
1993	1,856,006	971,318	3.18%	2.96%
1994	1,913,915	971,212	3.12%	-0.01%
1995	2,025,267	970,433	5.82%	-0.08%
1996	2,128,464	989,841	5.1%	2%
1997	2,152,135	1,006,635	1.11%	1.7%
1998	2,180,419	1,019,653	1.31%	1.29%
1999	2,212,780	1,030,782	1.48%	1.09%
2000	2,247,031	1,041,414	1.55%	1.03%
2001	2,312,079	1,051,064	2.89%	0.93%
2002	2,392,978	1,059,441	3.5%	0.8%
2003	2,493,903	1,066,700	4.22%	0.69%
2004	2,598,284	1,073,159	4.19%	0.61%
2005	2,661,215	1,079,022	2.42%	0.55%
2006	2,703,502	1,084,436	1.59%	0.5%
2007	2,743,222	1,090,705	1.47%	0.58%
2008	2,816,327	1,098,091	2.66%	0.68%
2009	2,887,885	1,105,153	2.54%	0.64%
2010	2,945,186	1,111,650	1.98%	0.59%
2011	2,998,485	1,117,833	1.81%	0.56%
2012	3,036,988	1,123,863	1.28%	0.54%
2013	3,074,360	1,129,990	1.23%	0.55%
2014	3,095,173	1,136,299	0.68%	0.56%
2015	3,105,546	1,142,813	0.34%	0.57%
2016	3,124,698	1,149,507	0.62%	0.59%
2017	3,150,347	1,158,195	0.82%	0.76%
2018	3,192,760	1,168,929	1.35%	0.93%
2019	3,240,194	1,179,874	1.49%	0.94%
2020	3,291,271	1,192,729	1.58%	1.09%
2021	3,350,183	1,206,593	1.79%	1.16%
2022	3,409,447	1,218,917	1.77%	1.02%
2023	3,470,390	1,230,506	1.79%	0.95%
2024	3,535,603	1,242,822	1.88%	1%
2025	3,606,996	1,256,168	2.02%	1.07%
2026	3,682,659	1,269,854	2.1%	1.09%
2027	3,760,368	1,283,222	2.11%	1.05%
2028	3,840,135	1,295,964	2.12%	0.99%
2029	3,920,467	1,308,342	2.09%	0.96%
2030	4,002,671	1,320,904	2.1%	0.96%
2031	4,085,037	1,333,159	2.06%	0.93%
2032	4,166,507	1,344,893	1.99%	0.88%
2033	4,249,501	1,356,736	1.99%	0.88%
2034	4,334,727	1,368,346	2.01%	0.86%
2035	4,420,915	1,379,413	1.99%	0.81%
2036	4,509,755	1,390,148	2.01%	0.78%
2037	4,601,933	1,400,439	2.04%	0.74%
2038	4,692,340	1,410,496	1.96%	0.72%
2039	4,780,469	1,420,444	1.88%	0.71%
2040	4,868,668	1,429,771	1.84%	0.66%
2041	4,954,481	1,439,042	1.76%	0.65%
2042	5,039,298	1,448,106	1.71%	0.63%
2043	5,124,256	1,456,448	1.69%	0.58%
2044	5,207,858	1,464,359	1.63%	0.54%
2045	5,292,756	1,472,135	1.63%	0.53%
2046	5,375,963	1,479,603	1.57%	0.51%
2047	5,456,488	1,486,494	1.5%	0.47%
2048	5,537,538	1,493,017	1.49%	0.44%
2049	5,617,348	1,499,424	1.44%	0.43%
2050	5,696,052	1,505,327	1.4%	0.39%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Eswatini gained 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Eswatini's population increased by 124,348 (a 10.9% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Eswatini was ranked 152nd in 2005 and ranked 156th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Eswatini will increase by 18.8% to 1,505,327 people and rank change from 156th to 154th.