The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 91,567,738 people in Iran in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 93,020,793 in Iran.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 25.4 times bigger than Eritrea's.
- Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Iran is the 17th.
- The countries together account for 1.17% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 1.13% for Iran.
- For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +1.19% in Iran.
- Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Iran has grown from 71.8M to 93M (29.5% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 102M people in 2053 for Iran.
Eritrea vs Iran: live population counter
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| Current population |
3667774
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93020793
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| Population rank | 131/197 | 17/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 1.13% |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
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32.9 seconds
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| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
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26.9 seconds
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| One death every |
25 minutes
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1.24 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
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2.76 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -12,696 | +190,156 |
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +2,627 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +959,031 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +1.06% |
| Population growth rate rank | 60/197 | 100/197 |
Eritrea and Iran: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).
Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.
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Population differences between Eritrea and Iran
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| Life expectancy | 69.2 years | 78.1 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 34.3 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 34.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 1.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 146.2 ppl/mi² |
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