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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Jordan	Eritrea	Jordan
1960	972,547	853,471	-	-
1961	995,573	897,591	2.37%	5.17%
1962	1,019,788	940,554	2.43%	4.79%
1963	1,045,092	984,714	2.48%	4.7%
1964	1,071,287	1,035,640	2.51%	5.17%
1965	1,098,335	1,099,440	2.52%	6.16%
1966	1,124,957	1,178,360	2.42%	7.18%
1967	1,152,339	1,271,183	2.43%	7.88%
1968	1,181,737	1,372,460	2.55%	7.97%
1969	1,212,005	1,473,100	2.56%	7.33%
1970	1,243,453	1,565,163	2.59%	6.25%
1971	1,276,154	1,645,145	2.63%	5.11%
1972	1,309,235	1,714,555	2.59%	4.22%
1973	1,342,669	1,778,094	2.55%	3.71%
1974	1,375,688	1,839,182	2.46%	3.44%
1975	1,408,210	1,899,055	2.36%	3.26%
1976	1,443,807	1,958,177	2.53%	3.11%
1977	1,482,565	2,019,002	2.68%	3.11%
1978	1,522,378	2,083,595	2.69%	3.2%
1979	1,563,332	2,153,882	2.69%	3.37%
1980	1,605,797	2,234,186	2.72%	3.73%
1981	1,649,939	2,325,517	2.75%	4.09%
1982	1,695,461	2,426,927	2.76%	4.36%
1983	1,736,160	2,537,307	2.4%	4.55%
1984	1,771,730	2,654,688	2.05%	4.63%
1985	1,807,816	2,778,810	2.04%	4.68%
1986	1,845,164	2,909,887	2.07%	4.72%
1987	1,888,669	3,047,634	2.36%	4.73%
1988	1,938,255	3,193,039	2.63%	4.77%
1989	1,987,017	3,349,627	2.52%	4.9%
1990	2,032,737	3,621,908	2.3%	8.13%
1991	1,919,571	3,915,149	-5.57%	8.1%
1992	1,798,748	4,127,693	-6.29%	5.43%
1993	1,856,006	4,348,020	3.18%	5.34%
1994	1,913,915	4,561,406	3.12%	4.91%
1995	2,025,267	4,752,096	5.82%	4.18%
1996	2,128,464	4,912,516	5.1%	3.38%
1997	2,152,135	5,046,285	1.11%	2.72%
1998	2,180,419	5,164,284	1.31%	2.34%
1999	2,212,780	5,276,444	1.48%	2.17%
2000	2,247,031	5,386,945	1.55%	2.09%
2001	2,312,079	5,498,894	2.89%	2.08%
2002	2,392,978	5,616,066	3.5%	2.13%
2003	2,493,903	5,741,828	4.22%	2.24%
2004	2,598,284	5,882,061	4.19%	2.44%
2005	2,661,215	6,029,587	2.42%	2.51%
2006	2,703,502	6,427,371	1.59%	6.6%
2007	2,743,222	6,827,227	1.47%	6.22%
2008	2,816,327	6,989,866	2.66%	2.38%
2009	2,887,885	7,141,753	2.54%	2.17%
2010	2,945,186	7,297,043	1.98%	2.17%
2011	2,998,485	7,480,424	1.81%	2.51%
2012	3,036,988	7,587,127	1.28%	1.43%
2013	3,074,360	7,991,809	1.23%	5.33%
2014	3,095,173	8,791,710	0.68%	10%
2015	3,105,546	9,544,729	0.34%	8.57%
2016	3,124,698	10,006,367	0.62%	4.84%
2017	3,150,347	10,234,226	0.82%	2.28%
2018	3,192,760	10,462,306	1.35%	2.23%
2019	3,240,194	10,671,891	1.49%	2%
2020	3,291,271	10,865,228	1.58%	1.81%
2021	3,350,183	11,066,356	1.79%	1.85%
2022	3,409,447	11,256,263	1.77%	1.72%
2023	3,470,390	11,439,213	1.79%	1.63%
2024	3,535,603	11,552,876	1.88%	0.99%
2025	3,606,996	11,520,678	2.02%	-0.28%
2026	3,682,659	11,589,528	2.1%	0.6%
2027	3,760,368	11,819,454	2.11%	1.98%
2028	3,840,135	12,034,459	2.12%	1.82%
2029	3,920,467	12,245,726	2.09%	1.76%
2030	4,002,671	12,448,772	2.1%	1.66%
2031	4,085,037	12,652,545	2.06%	1.64%
2032	4,166,507	12,854,926	1.99%	1.6%
2033	4,249,501	13,050,713	1.99%	1.52%
2034	4,334,727	13,245,158	2.01%	1.49%
2035	4,420,915	13,440,821	1.99%	1.48%
2036	4,509,755	13,638,248	2.01%	1.47%
2037	4,601,933	13,840,237	2.04%	1.48%
2038	4,692,340	14,048,303	1.96%	1.5%
2039	4,780,469	14,256,684	1.88%	1.48%
2040	4,868,668	14,471,288	1.84%	1.51%
2041	4,954,481	14,684,501	1.76%	1.47%
2042	5,039,298	14,883,641	1.71%	1.36%
2043	5,124,256	15,077,789	1.69%	1.3%
2044	5,207,858	15,273,526	1.63%	1.3%
2045	5,292,756	15,471,971	1.63%	1.3%
2046	5,375,963	15,662,312	1.57%	1.23%
2047	5,456,488	15,841,619	1.5%	1.14%
2048	5,537,538	16,021,374	1.49%	1.13%
2049	5,617,348	16,197,518	1.44%	1.1%
2050	5,696,052	16,367,341	1.4%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Jordan gained 3,578,996 people (a 55.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Jordan's population increased by 1,585,673 (a 15.8% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Jordan was ranked 101st in 2006 and ranked 85th 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 Jordan will increase by 41.2% to 16,367,341 people and rank change from 85th to 79th.