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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	India	Eritrea	India
1960	972,547	435,990,338	-	-
1961	995,573	446,564,729	2.37%	2.43%
1962	1,019,788	457,283,090	2.43%	2.4%
1963	1,045,092	468,138,575	2.48%	2.37%
1964	1,071,287	479,229,598	2.51%	2.37%
1965	1,098,335	490,140,146	2.52%	2.28%
1966	1,124,957	500,740,247	2.42%	2.16%
1967	1,152,339	511,606,372	2.43%	2.17%
1968	1,181,737	522,716,889	2.55%	2.17%
1969	1,212,005	533,880,544	2.56%	2.14%
1970	1,243,453	545,864,268	2.59%	2.24%
1971	1,276,154	558,096,387	2.63%	2.24%
1972	1,309,235	570,482,142	2.59%	2.22%
1973	1,342,669	583,465,598	2.55%	2.28%
1974	1,375,688	597,041,391	2.46%	2.33%
1975	1,408,210	611,309,535	2.36%	2.39%
1976	1,443,807	625,861,883	2.53%	2.38%
1977	1,482,565	640,801,103	2.68%	2.39%
1978	1,522,378	655,728,229	2.69%	2.33%
1979	1,563,332	671,155,747	2.69%	2.35%
1980	1,605,797	687,354,025	2.72%	2.41%
1981	1,649,939	703,696,250	2.75%	2.38%
1982	1,695,461	720,313,473	2.76%	2.36%
1983	1,736,160	737,372,681	2.4%	2.37%
1984	1,771,730	754,875,449	2.05%	2.37%
1985	1,807,816	772,647,793	2.04%	2.35%
1986	1,845,164	790,689,978	2.07%	2.34%
1987	1,888,669	808,931,270	2.36%	2.31%
1988	1,938,255	827,342,990	2.63%	2.28%
1989	1,987,017	846,039,529	2.52%	2.26%
1990	2,032,737	864,972,221	2.3%	2.24%
1991	1,919,571	883,927,600	-5.57%	2.19%
1992	1,798,748	902,957,070	-6.29%	2.15%
1993	1,856,006	922,118,387	3.18%	2.12%
1994	1,913,915	941,163,767	3.12%	2.07%
1995	2,025,267	960,301,044	5.82%	2.03%
1996	2,128,464	979,678,458	5.1%	2.02%
1997	2,152,135	999,133,762	1.11%	1.99%
1998	2,180,419	1,018,665,080	1.31%	1.95%
1999	2,212,780	1,038,225,823	1.48%	1.92%
2000	2,247,031	1,057,922,733	1.55%	1.9%
2001	2,312,079	1,077,898,575	2.89%	1.89%
2002	2,392,978	1,097,600,380	3.5%	1.83%
2003	2,493,903	1,116,803,006	4.22%	1.75%
2004	2,598,284	1,135,991,513	4.19%	1.72%
2005	2,661,215	1,154,676,322	2.42%	1.64%
2006	2,703,502	1,172,878,890	1.59%	1.58%
2007	2,743,222	1,190,676,021	1.47%	1.52%
2008	2,816,327	1,207,930,964	2.66%	1.45%
2009	2,887,885	1,225,524,753	2.54%	1.46%
2010	2,945,186	1,243,481,564	1.98%	1.47%
2011	2,998,485	1,261,224,954	1.81%	1.43%
2012	3,036,988	1,278,674,502	1.28%	1.38%
2013	3,074,360	1,295,829,511	1.23%	1.34%
2014	3,095,173	1,312,277,191	0.68%	1.27%
2015	3,105,546	1,328,024,498	0.34%	1.2%
2016	3,124,698	1,343,944,296	0.62%	1.2%
2017	3,150,347	1,359,657,400	0.82%	1.17%
2018	3,192,760	1,374,659,064	1.35%	1.1%
2019	3,240,194	1,389,030,312	1.49%	1.05%
2020	3,291,271	1,402,617,695	1.58%	0.98%
2021	3,350,183	1,414,203,896	1.79%	0.83%
2022	3,409,447	1,425,423,212	1.77%	0.79%
2023	3,470,390	1,438,069,596	1.79%	0.89%
2024	3,535,603	1,450,935,791	1.88%	0.89%
2025	3,606,996	1,463,865,531	2.02%	0.89%
2026	3,682,659	1,476,625,576	2.1%	0.87%
2027	3,760,368	1,489,164,679	2.11%	0.85%
2028	3,840,135	1,501,432,748	2.12%	0.82%
2029	3,920,467	1,513,423,737	2.09%	0.8%
2030	4,002,671	1,525,138,852	2.1%	0.77%
2031	4,085,037	1,536,540,604	2.06%	0.75%
2032	4,166,507	1,547,607,126	1.99%	0.72%
2033	4,249,501	1,558,324,087	1.99%	0.69%
2034	4,334,727	1,568,688,356	2.01%	0.67%
2035	4,420,915	1,578,694,799	1.99%	0.64%
2036	4,509,755	1,588,325,366	2.01%	0.61%
2037	4,601,933	1,597,537,009	2.04%	0.58%
2038	4,692,340	1,606,300,646	1.96%	0.55%
2039	4,780,469	1,614,639,243	1.88%	0.52%
2040	4,868,668	1,622,580,052	1.84%	0.49%
2041	4,954,481	1,630,119,374	1.76%	0.46%
2042	5,039,298	1,637,235,363	1.71%	0.44%
2043	5,124,256	1,643,915,269	1.69%	0.41%
2044	5,207,858	1,650,186,610	1.63%	0.38%
2045	5,292,756	1,656,067,585	1.63%	0.36%
2046	5,375,963	1,661,548,400	1.57%	0.33%
2047	5,456,488	1,666,628,151	1.5%	0.31%
2048	5,537,538	1,671,309,727	1.49%	0.28%
2049	5,617,348	1,675,619,893	1.44%	0.26%
2050	5,696,052	1,679,589,268	1.4%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while India gained 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while India's population increased by 146,090,905 (a 11% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. India was ranked 2nd in 2005 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.