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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Japan	Eritrea	Japan
1960	972,547	93,216,000	-	-
1961	995,573	94,055,000	2.37%	0.9%
1962	1,019,788	94,933,000	2.43%	0.93%
1963	1,045,092	95,900,000	2.48%	1.02%
1964	1,071,287	96,903,000	2.51%	1.05%
1965	1,098,335	97,952,000	2.52%	1.08%
1966	1,124,957	98,851,000	2.42%	0.92%
1967	1,152,339	99,879,000	2.43%	1.04%
1968	1,181,737	101,011,000	2.55%	1.13%
1969	1,212,005	102,219,000	2.56%	1.2%
1970	1,243,453	103,403,000	2.59%	1.16%
1971	1,276,154	105,697,000	2.63%	2.22%
1972	1,309,235	107,188,000	2.59%	1.41%
1973	1,342,669	108,707,000	2.55%	1.42%
1974	1,375,688	110,162,000	2.46%	1.34%
1975	1,408,210	111,573,000	2.36%	1.28%
1976	1,443,807	112,775,000	2.53%	1.08%
1977	1,482,565	113,872,000	2.68%	0.97%
1978	1,522,378	114,913,000	2.69%	0.91%
1979	1,563,332	115,890,000	2.69%	0.85%
1980	1,605,797	116,807,000	2.72%	0.79%
1981	1,649,939	117,661,000	2.75%	0.73%
1982	1,695,461	118,480,000	2.76%	0.7%
1983	1,736,160	119,307,000	2.4%	0.7%
1984	1,771,730	120,083,000	2.05%	0.65%
1985	1,807,816	120,837,000	2.04%	0.63%
1986	1,845,164	121,482,000	2.07%	0.53%
1987	1,888,669	122,069,000	2.36%	0.48%
1988	1,938,255	122,578,000	2.63%	0.42%
1989	1,987,017	123,069,000	2.52%	0.4%
1990	2,032,737	123,478,000	2.3%	0.33%
1991	1,919,571	123,964,000	-5.57%	0.39%
1992	1,798,748	124,425,000	-6.29%	0.37%
1993	1,856,006	124,829,000	3.18%	0.32%
1994	1,913,915	125,178,000	3.12%	0.28%
1995	2,025,267	125,472,000	5.82%	0.23%
1996	2,128,464	125,757,000	5.1%	0.23%
1997	2,152,135	126,057,000	1.11%	0.24%
1998	2,180,419	126,400,000	1.31%	0.27%
1999	2,212,780	126,631,000	1.48%	0.18%
2000	2,247,031	126,843,000	1.55%	0.17%
2001	2,312,079	127,149,000	2.89%	0.24%
2002	2,392,978	127,445,000	3.5%	0.23%
2003	2,493,903	127,718,000	4.22%	0.21%
2004	2,598,284	127,761,000	4.19%	0.03%
2005	2,661,215	127,773,000	2.42%	0.009%
2006	2,703,502	127,854,000	1.59%	0.06%
2007	2,743,222	128,001,000	1.47%	0.11%
2008	2,816,327	128,063,000	2.66%	0.05%
2009	2,887,885	128,047,000	2.54%	-0.01%
2010	2,945,186	128,070,000	1.98%	0.02%
2011	2,998,485	127,833,000	1.81%	-0.19%
2012	3,036,988	127,629,000	1.28%	-0.16%
2013	3,074,360	127,445,000	1.23%	-0.14%
2014	3,095,173	127,276,000	0.68%	-0.13%
2015	3,105,546	127,141,000	0.34%	-0.11%
2016	3,124,698	127,076,000	0.62%	-0.05%
2017	3,150,347	126,972,000	0.82%	-0.08%
2018	3,192,760	126,811,000	1.35%	-0.13%
2019	3,240,194	126,633,000	1.49%	-0.14%
2020	3,291,271	126,261,000	1.58%	-0.29%
2021	3,350,183	125,681,593	1.79%	-0.46%
2022	3,409,447	125,124,989	1.77%	-0.44%
2023	3,470,390	124,516,650	1.79%	-0.49%
2024	3,535,603	123,975,371	1.88%	-0.43%
2025	3,606,996	123,324,642	2.02%	-0.52%
2026	3,682,659	122,647,678	2.1%	-0.55%
2027	3,760,368	121,951,038	2.11%	-0.57%
2028	3,840,135	121,241,776	2.12%	-0.58%
2029	3,920,467	120,524,230	2.09%	-0.59%
2030	4,002,671	119,798,959	2.1%	-0.6%
2031	4,085,037	119,065,610	2.06%	-0.61%
2032	4,166,507	118,326,333	1.99%	-0.62%
2033	4,249,501	117,583,337	1.99%	-0.63%
2034	4,334,727	116,836,274	2.01%	-0.64%
2035	4,420,915	116,084,328	1.99%	-0.64%
2036	4,509,755	115,332,395	2.01%	-0.65%
2037	4,601,933	114,582,890	2.04%	-0.65%
2038	4,692,340	113,837,760	1.96%	-0.65%
2039	4,780,469	113,097,352	1.88%	-0.65%
2040	4,868,668	112,359,802	1.84%	-0.65%
2041	4,954,481	111,622,622	1.76%	-0.66%
2042	5,039,298	110,891,223	1.71%	-0.66%
2043	5,124,256	110,169,955	1.69%	-0.65%
2044	5,207,858	109,455,823	1.63%	-0.65%
2045	5,292,756	108,747,012	1.63%	-0.65%
2046	5,375,963	108,044,346	1.57%	-0.65%
2047	5,456,488	107,350,486	1.5%	-0.64%
2048	5,537,538	106,665,616	1.49%	-0.64%
2049	5,617,348	105,986,908	1.44%	-0.64%
2050	5,696,052	105,312,022	1.4%	-0.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Japan lost 632,000 people (a 0.49% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -3,816,358 (a 3% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Japan was ranked 10th in 2005 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.6% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.