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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Germany	Eritrea	Germany
1960	972,547	72,814,900	-	-
1961	995,573	73,377,632	2.37%	0.77%
1962	1,019,788	74,025,784	2.43%	0.88%
1963	1,045,092	74,714,353	2.48%	0.93%
1964	1,071,287	75,318,337	2.51%	0.81%
1965	1,098,335	75,963,695	2.52%	0.86%
1966	1,124,957	76,600,311	2.42%	0.84%
1967	1,152,339	76,951,336	2.43%	0.46%
1968	1,181,737	77,294,314	2.55%	0.45%
1969	1,212,005	77,909,682	2.56%	0.8%
1970	1,243,453	78,169,289	2.59%	0.33%
1971	1,276,154	78,312,842	2.63%	0.18%
1972	1,309,235	78,688,452	2.59%	0.48%
1973	1,342,669	78,936,666	2.55%	0.32%
1974	1,375,688	78,967,433	2.46%	0.04%
1975	1,408,210	78,673,554	2.36%	-0.37%
1976	1,443,807	78,336,950	2.53%	-0.43%
1977	1,482,565	78,159,814	2.68%	-0.23%
1978	1,522,378	78,091,820	2.69%	-0.09%
1979	1,563,332	78,126,350	2.69%	0.04%
1980	1,605,797	78,288,576	2.72%	0.21%
1981	1,649,939	78,407,907	2.75%	0.15%
1982	1,695,461	78,333,366	2.76%	-0.1%
1983	1,736,160	78,128,282	2.4%	-0.26%
1984	1,771,730	77,858,685	2.05%	-0.35%
1985	1,807,816	77,684,873	2.04%	-0.22%
1986	1,845,164	77,720,436	2.07%	0.05%
1987	1,888,669	77,839,920	2.36%	0.15%
1988	1,938,255	78,144,619	2.63%	0.39%
1989	1,987,017	78,751,283	2.52%	0.78%
1990	2,032,737	79,433,029	2.3%	0.87%
1991	1,919,571	80,013,896	-5.57%	0.73%
1992	1,798,748	80,624,598	-6.29%	0.76%
1993	1,856,006	81,156,363	3.18%	0.66%
1994	1,913,915	81,438,348	3.12%	0.35%
1995	2,025,267	81,678,051	5.82%	0.29%
1996	2,128,464	81,914,831	5.1%	0.29%
1997	2,152,135	82,034,771	1.11%	0.15%
1998	2,180,419	82,047,195	1.31%	0.02%
1999	2,212,780	82,100,243	1.48%	0.06%
2000	2,247,031	82,211,508	1.55%	0.14%
2001	2,312,079	82,349,925	2.89%	0.17%
2002	2,392,978	82,488,495	3.5%	0.17%
2003	2,493,903	82,534,176	4.22%	0.06%
2004	2,598,284	82,516,260	4.19%	-0.02%
2005	2,661,215	82,469,422	2.42%	-0.06%
2006	2,703,502	82,376,451	1.59%	-0.11%
2007	2,743,222	82,266,372	1.47%	-0.13%
2008	2,816,327	82,110,097	2.66%	-0.19%
2009	2,887,885	81,902,307	2.54%	-0.25%
2010	2,945,186	81,776,930	1.98%	-0.15%
2011	2,998,485	80,274,983	1.81%	-1.84%
2012	3,036,988	80,425,823	1.28%	0.19%
2013	3,074,360	80,645,605	1.23%	0.27%
2014	3,095,173	80,982,500	0.68%	0.42%
2015	3,105,546	81,686,611	0.34%	0.87%
2016	3,124,698	82,348,669	0.62%	0.81%
2017	3,150,347	82,657,002	0.82%	0.37%
2018	3,192,760	82,905,782	1.35%	0.3%
2019	3,240,194	83,092,962	1.49%	0.23%
2020	3,291,271	83,160,871	1.58%	0.08%
2021	3,350,183	83,196,078	1.79%	0.04%
2022	3,409,447	83,177,813	1.77%	-0.02%
2023	3,470,390	83,287,273	1.79%	0.13%
2024	3,535,603	83,516,593	1.88%	0.28%
2025	3,606,996	83,045,276	2.02%	-0.56%
2026	3,682,659	82,619,736	2.1%	-0.51%
2027	3,760,368	82,420,656	2.11%	-0.24%
2028	3,840,135	82,209,650	2.12%	-0.26%
2029	3,920,467	81,988,746	2.09%	-0.27%
2030	4,002,671	81,767,011	2.1%	-0.27%
2031	4,085,037	81,541,291	2.06%	-0.28%
2032	4,166,507	81,315,327	1.99%	-0.28%
2033	4,249,501	81,094,150	1.99%	-0.27%
2034	4,334,727	80,879,704	2.01%	-0.26%
2035	4,420,915	80,669,570	1.99%	-0.26%
2036	4,509,755	80,445,835	2.01%	-0.28%
2037	4,601,933	80,222,108	2.04%	-0.28%
2038	4,692,340	80,001,936	1.96%	-0.27%
2039	4,780,469	79,780,699	1.88%	-0.28%
2040	4,868,668	79,565,092	1.84%	-0.27%
2041	4,954,481	79,361,541	1.76%	-0.26%
2042	5,039,298	79,167,400	1.71%	-0.24%
2043	5,124,256	78,962,964	1.69%	-0.26%
2044	5,207,858	78,743,160	1.63%	-0.28%
2045	5,292,756	78,518,131	1.63%	-0.29%
2046	5,375,963	78,293,579	1.57%	-0.29%
2047	5,456,488	78,066,226	1.5%	-0.29%
2048	5,537,538	77,826,011	1.49%	-0.31%
2049	5,617,348	77,578,876	1.44%	-0.32%
2050	5,696,052	77,335,610	1.4%	-0.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.