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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Italy	Eritrea	Italy
1960	972,547	50,199,700	-	-
1961	995,573	50,536,350	2.37%	0.67%
1962	1,019,788	50,879,450	2.43%	0.68%
1963	1,045,092	51,252,000	2.48%	0.73%
1964	1,071,287	51,675,350	2.51%	0.83%
1965	1,098,335	52,112,350	2.52%	0.85%
1966	1,124,957	52,519,000	2.42%	0.78%
1967	1,152,339	52,900,500	2.43%	0.73%
1968	1,181,737	53,235,750	2.55%	0.63%
1969	1,212,005	53,537,950	2.56%	0.57%
1970	1,243,453	53,821,850	2.59%	0.53%
1971	1,276,154	54,073,490	2.63%	0.47%
1972	1,309,235	54,381,345	2.59%	0.57%
1973	1,342,669	54,751,406	2.55%	0.68%
1974	1,375,688	55,110,868	2.46%	0.66%
1975	1,408,210	55,441,001	2.36%	0.6%
1976	1,443,807	55,718,260	2.53%	0.5%
1977	1,482,565	55,955,411	2.68%	0.43%
1978	1,522,378	56,155,143	2.69%	0.36%
1979	1,563,332	56,317,749	2.69%	0.29%
1980	1,605,797	56,433,883	2.72%	0.21%
1981	1,649,939	56,501,675	2.75%	0.12%
1982	1,695,461	56,543,548	2.76%	0.07%
1983	1,736,160	56,564,074	2.4%	0.04%
1984	1,771,730	56,576,718	2.05%	0.02%
1985	1,807,816	56,593,071	2.04%	0.03%
1986	1,845,164	56,596,155	2.07%	0.005%
1987	1,888,669	56,601,931	2.36%	0.01%
1988	1,938,255	56,629,288	2.63%	0.05%
1989	1,987,017	56,671,781	2.52%	0.08%
1990	2,032,737	56,719,240	2.3%	0.08%
1991	1,919,571	56,758,521	-5.57%	0.07%
1992	1,798,748	56,797,087	-6.29%	0.07%
1993	1,856,006	56,831,821	3.18%	0.06%
1994	1,913,915	56,843,400	3.12%	0.02%
1995	2,025,267	56,844,303	5.82%	0.002%
1996	2,128,464	56,860,281	5.1%	0.03%
1997	2,152,135	56,890,372	1.11%	0.05%
1998	2,180,419	56,906,744	1.31%	0.03%
1999	2,212,780	56,916,317	1.48%	0.02%
2000	2,247,031	56,942,108	1.55%	0.05%
2001	2,312,079	56,976,981	2.89%	0.06%
2002	2,392,978	57,089,824	3.5%	0.2%
2003	2,493,903	57,399,184	4.22%	0.54%
2004	2,598,284	57,828,179	4.19%	0.75%
2005	2,661,215	58,166,682	2.42%	0.59%
2006	2,703,502	58,399,861	1.59%	0.4%
2007	2,743,222	58,756,247	1.47%	0.61%
2008	2,816,327	59,211,181	2.66%	0.77%
2009	2,887,885	59,555,454	2.54%	0.58%
2010	2,945,186	59,819,407	1.98%	0.44%
2011	2,998,485	60,026,841	1.81%	0.35%
2012	3,036,988	60,191,247	1.28%	0.27%
2013	3,074,360	60,311,613	1.23%	0.2%
2014	3,095,173	60,320,707	0.68%	0.02%
2015	3,105,546	60,229,605	0.34%	-0.15%
2016	3,124,698	60,115,223	0.62%	-0.19%
2017	3,150,347	60,002,252	0.82%	-0.19%
2018	3,192,760	60,148,658	1.35%	0.24%
2019	3,240,194	59,729,081	1.49%	-0.7%
2020	3,291,271	59,438,851	1.58%	-0.49%
2021	3,350,183	59,133,173	1.79%	-0.51%
2022	3,409,447	59,013,667	1.77%	-0.2%
2023	3,470,390	58,984,216	1.79%	-0.05%
2024	3,535,603	58,952,704	1.88%	-0.05%
2025	3,606,996	58,757,388	2.02%	-0.33%
2026	3,682,659	58,538,738	2.1%	-0.37%
2027	3,760,368	58,302,912	2.11%	-0.4%
2028	3,840,135	58,061,557	2.12%	-0.41%
2029	3,920,467	57,818,364	2.09%	-0.42%
2030	4,002,671	57,565,087	2.1%	-0.44%
2031	4,085,037	57,300,892	2.06%	-0.46%
2032	4,166,507	57,038,998	1.99%	-0.46%
2033	4,249,501	56,780,656	1.99%	-0.45%
2034	4,334,727	56,516,874	2.01%	-0.46%
2035	4,420,915	56,247,746	1.99%	-0.48%
2036	4,509,755	55,978,207	2.01%	-0.48%
2037	4,601,933	55,705,993	2.04%	-0.49%
2038	4,692,340	55,429,408	1.96%	-0.5%
2039	4,780,469	55,146,340	1.88%	-0.51%
2040	4,868,668	54,858,102	1.84%	-0.52%
2041	4,954,481	54,570,785	1.76%	-0.52%
2042	5,039,298	54,276,735	1.71%	-0.54%
2043	5,124,256	53,966,605	1.69%	-0.57%
2044	5,207,858	53,649,281	1.63%	-0.59%
2045	5,292,756	53,327,530	1.63%	-0.6%
2046	5,375,963	52,995,336	1.57%	-0.62%
2047	5,456,488	52,650,393	1.5%	-0.65%
2048	5,537,538	52,294,685	1.49%	-0.68%
2049	5,617,348	51,929,700	1.44%	-0.7%
2050	5,696,052	51,549,925	1.4%	-0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Italy gained 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2006 and ranked 26th 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 Italy will decrease by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people and rank change from 26th to 40th.