The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 9,974,400 people in Israel in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 10,224,104 in Israel.
Population statistics:
- Israel's population is 2.79 times bigger than Eritrea's.
- Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Israel is the 96th.
- The countries together account for 0.17% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.12% for Israel.
- For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +1.96% in Israel.
- Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Israel has grown from 6.93M to 10.2M (47.5% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 21M people in 2100 for Israel.
Eritrea vs Israel: live population counter
Eritrea
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Israel
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3667774
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10224104
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| Population rank | 131/197 | 96/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
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4.19 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
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2.87 minutes
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| One death every |
25 minutes
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10.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
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49.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -12,696 | +10,612 |
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +344 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +125,400 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 60/197 | 86/197 |
Eritrea and Israel: population history and growth rate by year chart
Eritrea
Population
Growth rate
Israel
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Eritrea
|
Israel
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Eritrea
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Israel
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|
| 1960 | 972,547 | 2,114,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 995,573 | 2,185,000 | 2.37% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 | 2,293,000 | 2.43% | 4.94% |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 | 2,379,000 | 2.48% | 3.75% |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 | 2,475,000 | 2.51% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 | 2,563,000 | 2.52% | 3.56% |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 | 2,629,000 | 2.42% | 2.58% |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 | 2,745,000 | 2.43% | 4.41% |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 | 2,803,000 | 2.55% | 2.11% |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 | 2,877,000 | 2.56% | 2.64% |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 | 2,974,000 | 2.59% | 3.37% |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 | 3,069,000 | 2.63% | 3.19% |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 | 3,148,000 | 2.59% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 | 3,278,000 | 2.55% | 4.13% |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 | 3,377,000 | 2.46% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 | 3,455,000 | 2.36% | 2.31% |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 | 3,533,000 | 2.53% | 2.26% |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 | 3,613,000 | 2.68% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 | 3,690,000 | 2.69% | 2.13% |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 | 3,786,000 | 2.69% | 2.6% |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 | 3,878,000 | 2.72% | 2.43% |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 | 3,956,000 | 2.75% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 | 4,031,000 | 2.76% | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 | 4,105,000 | 2.4% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 | 4,159,000 | 2.05% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 | 4,233,000 | 2.04% | 1.78% |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 | 4,299,000 | 2.07% | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 | 4,369,000 | 2.36% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 | 4,442,000 | 2.63% | 1.67% |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 | 4,518,000 | 2.52% | 1.71% |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 | 4,660,000 | 2.3% | 3.14% |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 | 4,949,000 | -5.57% | 6.2% |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 | 5,123,000 | -6.29% | 3.52% |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 | 5,261,000 | 3.18% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 | 5,399,000 | 3.12% | 2.62% |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 | 5,545,000 | 5.82% | 2.7% |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 | 5,692,000 | 5.1% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 | 5,836,000 | 1.11% | 2.53% |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 | 5,971,000 | 1.31% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 | 6,125,000 | 1.48% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 | 6,289,000 | 1.55% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 | 6,439,000 | 2.89% | 2.39% |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 | 6,570,000 | 3.5% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 | 6,689,700 | 4.22% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 | 6,809,000 | 4.19% | 1.78% |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 | 6,930,100 | 2.42% | 1.78% |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 | 7,053,700 | 1.59% | 1.78% |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 | 7,180,100 | 1.47% | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 | 7,308,800 | 2.66% | 1.79% |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 | 7,485,600 | 2.54% | 2.42% |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 | 7,623,600 | 1.98% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 | 7,765,800 | 1.81% | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 | 7,910,500 | 1.28% | 1.86% |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 | 8,059,500 | 1.23% | 1.88% |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 | 8,215,700 | 0.68% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 | 8,380,100 | 0.34% | 2% |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 | 8,546,000 | 0.62% | 1.98% |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 | 8,713,300 | 0.82% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 | 8,882,800 | 1.35% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 | 9,054,000 | 1.49% | 1.93% |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 | 9,215,100 | 1.58% | 1.78% |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 | 9,371,400 | 1.79% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 | 9,557,500 | 1.77% | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 | 9,849,000 | 1.79% | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 | 9,974,400 | 1.88% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 3,606,996 | 10,112,712 | 2.02% | 1.39% |
| 2026 | 3,682,659 | 10,251,384 | 2.1% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 3,760,368 | 10,390,790 | 2.11% | 1.36% |
| 2028 | 3,840,135 | 10,530,831 | 2.12% | 1.35% |
| 2029 | 3,920,467 | 10,670,808 | 2.09% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 4,002,671 | 10,812,707 | 2.1% | 1.33% |
| 2031 | 4,085,037 | 10,958,256 | 2.06% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 4,166,507 | 11,102,895 | 1.99% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 4,249,501 | 11,245,826 | 1.99% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 4,334,727 | 11,390,158 | 2.01% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 4,420,915 | 11,537,556 | 1.99% | 1.29% |
| 2036 | 4,509,755 | 11,685,531 | 2.01% | 1.28% |
| 2037 | 4,601,933 | 11,835,669 | 2.04% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 4,692,340 | 11,990,527 | 1.96% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 4,780,469 | 12,147,999 | 1.88% | 1.31% |
| 2040 | 4,868,668 | 12,306,173 | 1.84% | 1.3% |
| 2041 | 4,954,481 | 12,464,653 | 1.76% | 1.29% |
| 2042 | 5,039,298 | 12,626,052 | 1.71% | 1.29% |
| 2043 | 5,124,256 | 12,788,911 | 1.69% | 1.29% |
| 2044 | 5,207,858 | 12,952,526 | 1.63% | 1.28% |
| 2045 | 5,292,756 | 13,114,360 | 1.63% | 1.25% |
| 2046 | 5,375,963 | 13,274,365 | 1.57% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 5,456,488 | 13,433,565 | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| 2048 | 5,537,538 | 13,590,900 | 1.49% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 5,617,348 | 13,750,245 | 1.44% | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 5,696,052 | 13,911,988 | 1.4% | 1.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Israel gained 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Israel's population increased by 1,844,004 (a 22% growth).
Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Israel was ranked 98th in 2005 and ranked 96th 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 Israel will increase by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 96th to 88th.
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Population differences between Eritrea and Israel
|
Eritrea
|
Israel
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 69.2 years | 82.8 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 33.6 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 1,194 ppl/mi² |
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