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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Eritrea's population is 26.6 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 223K people in 2099 for Kiribati.

Eritrea vs Kiribati: live population counter

Eritrea Kiribati
Current population
3667774
138067
Population rank 131/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.002%
One net population change
8.06 minutes
4.41 hours
One birth every
5.31 minutes
2.56 hours
One death every
25 minutes
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
41.4 minutes
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -12,696 -471
Daily growth/decline +179 +5
Annual growth/decline +65,213 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate +1.88% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 60/197 74/197

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

Eritrea
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eritrea Kiribati Eritrea Kiribati
1960 972,547 47,157 - -
1961 995,573 48,323 2.37% 2.47%
1962 1,019,788 49,538 2.43% 2.51%
1963 1,045,092 50,791 2.48% 2.53%
1964 1,071,287 52,088 2.51% 2.55%
1965 1,098,335 53,439 2.52% 2.59%
1966 1,124,957 54,425 2.42% 1.85%
1967 1,152,339 54,996 2.43% 1.05%
1968 1,181,737 55,529 2.55% 0.97%
1969 1,212,005 56,360 2.56% 1.5%
1970 1,243,453 57,510 2.59% 2.04%
1971 1,276,154 58,652 2.63% 1.99%
1972 1,309,235 59,778 2.59% 1.92%
1973 1,342,669 60,824 2.55% 1.75%
1974 1,375,688 61,219 2.46% 0.65%
1975 1,408,210 60,987 2.36% -0.38%
1976 1,443,807 60,661 2.53% -0.53%
1977 1,482,565 60,267 2.68% -0.65%
1978 1,522,378 59,864 2.69% -0.67%
1979 1,563,332 60,172 2.69% 0.51%
1980 1,605,797 61,148 2.72% 1.62%
1981 1,649,939 62,121 2.75% 1.59%
1982 1,695,461 63,134 2.76% 1.63%
1983 1,736,160 64,169 2.4% 1.64%
1984 1,771,730 65,228 2.05% 1.65%
1985 1,807,816 66,496 2.04% 1.94%
1986 1,845,164 68,059 2.07% 2.35%
1987 1,888,669 69,733 2.36% 2.46%
1988 1,938,255 71,427 2.63% 2.43%
1989 1,987,017 73,147 2.52% 2.41%
1990 2,032,737 74,855 2.3% 2.34%
1991 1,919,571 76,367 -5.57% 2.02%
1992 1,798,748 77,641 -6.29% 1.67%
1993 1,856,006 78,841 3.18% 1.55%
1994 1,913,915 80,021 3.12% 1.5%
1995 2,025,267 81,234 5.82% 1.52%
1996 2,128,464 82,623 5.1% 1.71%
1997 2,152,135 84,147 1.11% 1.84%
1998 2,180,419 85,657 1.31% 1.79%
1999 2,212,780 87,126 1.48% 1.71%
2000 2,247,031 88,613 1.55% 1.71%
2001 2,312,079 90,335 2.89% 1.94%
2002 2,392,978 92,264 3.5% 2.14%
2003 2,493,903 94,175 4.22% 2.07%
2004 2,598,284 96,085 4.19% 2.03%
2005 2,661,215 98,035 2.42% 2.03%
2006 2,703,502 100,017 1.59% 2.02%
2007 2,743,222 102,068 1.47% 2.05%
2008 2,816,327 104,222 2.66% 2.11%
2009 2,887,885 106,467 2.54% 2.15%
2010 2,945,186 108,704 1.98% 2.1%
2011 2,998,485 110,647 1.81% 1.79%
2012 3,036,988 112,284 1.28% 1.48%
2013 3,074,360 113,838 1.23% 1.38%
2014 3,095,173 115,326 0.68% 1.31%
2015 3,105,546 116,815 0.34% 1.29%
2016 3,124,698 118,478 0.62% 1.42%
2017 3,150,347 120,275 0.82% 1.52%
2018 3,192,760 122,084 1.35% 1.5%
2019 3,240,194 123,921 1.49% 1.5%
2020 3,291,271 126,099 1.58% 1.76%
2021 3,350,183 128,377 1.79% 1.81%
2022 3,409,447 130,469 1.77% 1.63%
2023 3,470,390 132,530 1.79% 1.58%
2024 3,535,603 134,518 1.88% 1.5%
2025 3,606,996 136,501 2.02% 1.47%
2026 3,682,659 138,451 2.1% 1.43%
2027 3,760,368 140,405 2.11% 1.41%
2028 3,840,135 142,335 2.12% 1.37%
2029 3,920,467 144,231 2.09% 1.33%
2030 4,002,671 146,130 2.1% 1.32%
2031 4,085,037 148,028 2.06% 1.3%
2032 4,166,507 149,915 1.99% 1.27%
2033 4,249,501 151,768 1.99% 1.24%
2034 4,334,727 153,602 2.01% 1.21%
2035 4,420,915 155,447 1.99% 1.2%
2036 4,509,755 157,316 2.01% 1.2%
2037 4,601,933 159,188 2.04% 1.19%
2038 4,692,340 161,050 1.96% 1.17%
2039 4,780,469 162,895 1.88% 1.15%
2040 4,868,668 164,711 1.84% 1.11%
2041 4,954,481 166,508 1.76% 1.09%
2042 5,039,298 168,325 1.71% 1.09%
2043 5,124,256 170,182 1.69% 1.1%
2044 5,207,858 172,012 1.63% 1.08%
2045 5,292,756 173,818 1.63% 1.05%
2046 5,375,963 175,629 1.57% 1.04%
2047 5,456,488 177,392 1.5% 1%
2048 5,537,538 179,152 1.49% 0.99%
2049 5,617,348 180,915 1.44% 0.98%
2050 5,696,052 182,629 1.4% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Eritrea
City Population
Asmara 963K
Keren 120K
Massawa 39.8K
Mendefera 28.5K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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