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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Finland	Eritrea	Finland
1960	972,547	4,429,634	-	-
1961	995,573	4,461,005	2.37%	0.71%
1962	1,019,788	4,491,443	2.43%	0.68%
1963	1,045,092	4,523,309	2.48%	0.71%
1964	1,071,287	4,548,543	2.51%	0.56%
1965	1,098,335	4,563,732	2.52%	0.33%
1966	1,124,957	4,580,869	2.42%	0.38%
1967	1,152,339	4,605,744	2.43%	0.54%
1968	1,181,737	4,626,469	2.55%	0.45%
1969	1,212,005	4,623,785	2.56%	-0.06%
1970	1,243,453	4,606,307	2.59%	-0.38%
1971	1,276,154	4,612,124	2.63%	0.13%
1972	1,309,235	4,639,657	2.59%	0.6%
1973	1,342,669	4,666,081	2.55%	0.57%
1974	1,375,688	4,690,574	2.46%	0.52%
1975	1,408,210	4,711,440	2.36%	0.44%
1976	1,443,807	4,725,664	2.53%	0.3%
1977	1,482,565	4,738,902	2.68%	0.28%
1978	1,522,378	4,752,528	2.69%	0.29%
1979	1,563,332	4,764,690	2.69%	0.26%
1980	1,605,797	4,779,535	2.72%	0.31%
1981	1,649,939	4,799,964	2.75%	0.43%
1982	1,695,461	4,826,933	2.76%	0.56%
1983	1,736,160	4,855,787	2.4%	0.6%
1984	1,771,730	4,881,803	2.05%	0.54%
1985	1,807,816	4,902,206	2.04%	0.42%
1986	1,845,164	4,918,154	2.07%	0.33%
1987	1,888,669	4,932,123	2.36%	0.28%
1988	1,938,255	4,946,481	2.63%	0.29%
1989	1,987,017	4,964,371	2.52%	0.36%
1990	2,032,737	4,986,431	2.3%	0.44%
1991	1,919,571	5,013,740	-5.57%	0.55%
1992	1,798,748	5,041,992	-6.29%	0.56%
1993	1,856,006	5,066,447	3.18%	0.49%
1994	1,913,915	5,088,333	3.12%	0.43%
1995	2,025,267	5,107,790	5.82%	0.38%
1996	2,128,464	5,124,573	5.1%	0.33%
1997	2,152,135	5,139,835	1.11%	0.3%
1998	2,180,419	5,153,498	1.31%	0.27%
1999	2,212,780	5,165,474	1.48%	0.23%
2000	2,247,031	5,176,209	1.55%	0.21%
2001	2,312,079	5,188,008	2.89%	0.23%
2002	2,392,978	5,200,598	3.5%	0.24%
2003	2,493,903	5,213,014	4.22%	0.24%
2004	2,598,284	5,228,172	4.19%	0.29%
2005	2,661,215	5,246,096	2.42%	0.34%
2006	2,703,502	5,266,268	1.59%	0.38%
2007	2,743,222	5,288,720	1.47%	0.43%
2008	2,816,327	5,313,399	2.66%	0.47%
2009	2,887,885	5,338,871	2.54%	0.48%
2010	2,945,186	5,363,352	1.98%	0.46%
2011	2,998,485	5,388,272	1.81%	0.46%
2012	3,036,988	5,413,971	1.28%	0.48%
2013	3,074,360	5,438,972	1.23%	0.46%
2014	3,095,173	5,461,512	0.68%	0.41%
2015	3,105,546	5,479,531	0.34%	0.33%
2016	3,124,698	5,495,303	0.62%	0.29%
2017	3,150,347	5,508,214	0.82%	0.23%
2018	3,192,760	5,515,525	1.35%	0.13%
2019	3,240,194	5,521,606	1.49%	0.11%
2020	3,291,271	5,529,543	1.58%	0.14%
2021	3,350,183	5,541,017	1.79%	0.21%
2022	3,409,447	5,556,106	1.77%	0.27%
2023	3,470,390	5,583,911	1.79%	0.5%
2024	3,535,603	5,619,911	1.88%	0.64%
2025	3,606,996	5,625,932	2.02%	0.11%
2026	3,682,659	5,624,333	2.1%	-0.03%
2027	3,760,368	5,618,598	2.11%	-0.1%
2028	3,840,135	5,611,400	2.12%	-0.13%
2029	3,920,467	5,603,365	2.09%	-0.14%
2030	4,002,671	5,594,631	2.1%	-0.16%
2031	4,085,037	5,585,302	2.06%	-0.17%
2032	4,166,507	5,575,456	1.99%	-0.18%
2033	4,249,501	5,565,204	1.99%	-0.18%
2034	4,334,727	5,554,448	2.01%	-0.19%
2035	4,420,915	5,543,219	1.99%	-0.2%
2036	4,509,755	5,531,603	2.01%	-0.21%
2037	4,601,933	5,519,668	2.04%	-0.22%
2038	4,692,340	5,507,536	1.96%	-0.22%
2039	4,780,469	5,495,296	1.88%	-0.22%
2040	4,868,668	5,483,053	1.84%	-0.22%
2041	4,954,481	5,470,834	1.76%	-0.22%
2042	5,039,298	5,458,532	1.71%	-0.22%
2043	5,124,256	5,446,086	1.69%	-0.23%
2044	5,207,858	5,433,513	1.63%	-0.23%
2045	5,292,756	5,420,858	1.63%	-0.23%
2046	5,375,963	5,408,069	1.57%	-0.24%
2047	5,456,488	5,395,098	1.5%	-0.24%
2048	5,537,538	5,381,776	1.49%	-0.25%
2049	5,617,348	5,368,125	1.44%	-0.25%
2050	5,696,052	5,354,121	1.4%	-0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Finland gained 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Finland's population increased by 129,030 (a 2.35% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Finland was ranked 111th in 2006 and ranked 120th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Finland will decrease by 4.8% to 5,354,121 people and rank change from 120th to 127th.