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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Iran	Eritrea	Iran
1960	972,547	21,470,434	-	-
1961	995,573	22,125,726	2.37%	3.05%
1962	1,019,788	22,807,907	2.43%	3.08%
1963	1,045,092	23,519,005	2.48%	3.12%
1964	1,071,287	24,262,859	2.51%	3.16%
1965	1,098,335	25,036,978	2.52%	3.19%
1966	1,124,957	25,829,270	2.42%	3.16%
1967	1,152,339	26,628,432	2.43%	3.09%
1968	1,181,737	27,437,391	2.55%	3.04%
1969	1,212,005	28,273,482	2.56%	3.05%
1970	1,243,453	29,145,100	2.59%	3.08%
1971	1,276,154	30,029,071	2.63%	3.03%
1972	1,309,235	30,921,179	2.59%	2.97%
1973	1,342,669	31,839,838	2.55%	2.97%
1974	1,375,688	32,796,463	2.46%	3%
1975	1,408,210	33,802,973	2.36%	3.07%
1976	1,443,807	34,837,271	2.53%	3.06%
1977	1,482,565	35,933,181	2.68%	3.15%
1978	1,522,378	37,126,535	2.69%	3.32%
1979	1,563,332	38,424,952	2.69%	3.5%
1980	1,605,797	39,842,324	2.72%	3.69%
1981	1,649,939	41,989,312	2.75%	5.39%
1982	1,695,461	44,272,141	2.76%	5.44%
1983	1,736,160	46,029,535	2.4%	3.97%
1984	1,771,730	47,793,998	2.05%	3.83%
1985	1,807,816	49,582,289	2.04%	3.74%
1986	1,845,164	51,446,045	2.07%	3.76%
1987	1,888,669	53,323,493	2.36%	3.65%
1988	1,938,255	55,072,694	2.63%	3.28%
1989	1,987,017	56,704,914	2.52%	2.96%
1990	2,032,737	58,380,092	2.3%	2.95%
1991	1,919,571	59,986,931	-5.57%	2.75%
1992	1,798,748	61,184,983	-6.29%	2%
1993	1,856,006	61,403,543	3.18%	0.36%
1994	1,913,915	61,520,598	3.12%	0.19%
1995	2,025,267	62,205,567	5.82%	1.11%
1996	2,128,464	62,881,300	5.1%	1.09%
1997	2,152,135	63,639,638	1.11%	1.21%
1998	2,180,419	64,519,859	1.31%	1.38%
1999	2,212,780	65,445,391	1.48%	1.43%
2000	2,247,031	66,418,659	1.55%	1.49%
2001	2,312,079	67,452,005	2.89%	1.56%
2002	2,392,978	68,011,317	3.5%	0.83%
2003	2,493,903	68,769,340	4.22%	1.11%
2004	2,598,284	70,256,316	4.19%	2.16%
2005	2,661,215	71,828,455	2.42%	2.24%
2006	2,703,502	73,392,747	1.59%	2.18%
2007	2,743,222	74,602,648	1.47%	1.65%
2008	2,816,327	75,514,204	2.66%	1.22%
2009	2,887,885	76,457,825	2.54%	1.25%
2010	2,945,186	77,420,842	1.98%	1.26%
2011	2,998,485	78,383,598	1.81%	1.24%
2012	3,036,988	79,370,580	1.28%	1.26%
2013	3,074,360	80,414,686	1.23%	1.32%
2014	3,095,173	81,502,045	0.68%	1.35%
2015	3,105,546	82,619,362	0.34%	1.37%
2016	3,124,698	83,812,228	0.62%	1.44%
2017	3,150,347	85,026,754	0.82%	1.45%
2018	3,192,760	86,117,998	1.35%	1.28%
2019	3,240,194	87,051,648	1.49%	1.08%
2020	3,291,271	87,723,443	1.58%	0.77%
2021	3,350,183	88,455,488	1.79%	0.83%
2022	3,409,447	89,524,246	1.77%	1.21%
2023	3,470,390	90,608,707	1.79%	1.21%
2024	3,535,603	91,567,738	1.88%	1.06%
2025	3,606,996	92,417,685	2.02%	0.93%
2026	3,682,659	93,168,494	2.1%	0.81%
2027	3,760,368	93,838,646	2.11%	0.72%
2028	3,840,135	94,440,024	2.12%	0.64%
2029	3,920,467	94,985,102	2.09%	0.58%
2030	4,002,671	95,486,672	2.1%	0.53%
2031	4,085,037	95,960,723	2.06%	0.5%
2032	4,166,507	96,415,457	1.99%	0.47%
2033	4,249,501	96,850,659	1.99%	0.45%
2034	4,334,727	97,271,044	2.01%	0.43%
2035	4,420,915	97,679,258	1.99%	0.42%
2036	4,509,755	98,075,324	2.01%	0.41%
2037	4,601,933	98,458,805	2.04%	0.39%
2038	4,692,340	98,828,318	1.96%	0.38%
2039	4,780,469	99,182,806	1.88%	0.36%
2040	4,868,668	99,524,286	1.84%	0.34%
2041	4,954,481	99,853,719	1.76%	0.33%
2042	5,039,298	100,167,076	1.71%	0.31%
2043	5,124,256	100,462,092	1.69%	0.29%
2044	5,207,858	100,737,592	1.63%	0.27%
2045	5,292,756	100,990,622	1.63%	0.25%
2046	5,375,963	101,219,689	1.57%	0.23%
2047	5,456,488	101,424,009	1.5%	0.2%
2048	5,537,538	101,601,932	1.49%	0.18%
2049	5,617,348	101,748,544	1.44%	0.14%
2050	5,696,052	101,862,002	1.4%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Iran gained 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Iran's population increased by 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Iran was ranked 17th in 2006 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.