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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Latvia	Eritrea	Latvia
1960	972,547	2,120,979	-	-
1961	995,573	2,152,681	2.37%	1.49%
1962	1,019,788	2,181,586	2.43%	1.34%
1963	1,045,092	2,210,919	2.48%	1.34%
1964	1,071,287	2,240,623	2.51%	1.34%
1965	1,098,335	2,265,919	2.52%	1.13%
1966	1,124,957	2,283,217	2.42%	0.76%
1967	1,152,339	2,301,220	2.43%	0.79%
1968	1,181,737	2,323,619	2.55%	0.97%
1969	1,212,005	2,343,173	2.56%	0.84%
1970	1,243,453	2,359,164	2.59%	0.68%
1971	1,276,154	2,376,389	2.63%	0.73%
1972	1,309,235	2,395,674	2.59%	0.81%
1973	1,342,669	2,415,819	2.55%	0.84%
1974	1,375,688	2,437,186	2.46%	0.88%
1975	1,408,210	2,456,130	2.36%	0.78%
1976	1,443,807	2,470,989	2.53%	0.6%
1977	1,482,565	2,485,073	2.68%	0.57%
1978	1,522,378	2,497,921	2.69%	0.52%
1979	1,563,332	2,505,953	2.69%	0.32%
1980	1,605,797	2,511,701	2.72%	0.23%
1981	1,649,939	2,519,421	2.75%	0.31%
1982	1,695,461	2,531,080	2.76%	0.46%
1983	1,736,160	2,546,011	2.4%	0.59%
1984	1,771,730	2,562,047	2.05%	0.63%
1985	1,807,816	2,578,873	2.04%	0.66%
1986	1,845,164	2,599,892	2.07%	0.82%
1987	1,888,669	2,626,583	2.36%	1.03%
1988	1,938,255	2,653,434	2.63%	1.02%
1989	1,987,017	2,666,955	2.52%	0.51%
1990	2,032,737	2,663,151	2.3%	-0.14%
1991	1,919,571	2,650,581	-5.57%	-0.47%
1992	1,798,748	2,614,338	-6.29%	-1.37%
1993	1,856,006	2,563,290	3.18%	-1.95%
1994	1,913,915	2,520,742	3.12%	-1.66%
1995	2,025,267	2,485,056	5.82%	-1.42%
1996	2,128,464	2,457,222	5.1%	-1.12%
1997	2,152,135	2,432,851	1.11%	-0.99%
1998	2,180,419	2,410,019	1.31%	-0.94%
1999	2,212,780	2,390,482	1.48%	-0.81%
2000	2,247,031	2,367,550	1.55%	-0.96%
2001	2,312,079	2,337,170	2.89%	-1.28%
2002	2,392,978	2,310,173	3.5%	-1.16%
2003	2,493,903	2,287,955	4.22%	-0.96%
2004	2,598,284	2,263,122	4.19%	-1.09%
2005	2,661,215	2,238,799	2.42%	-1.07%
2006	2,703,502	2,218,357	1.59%	-0.91%
2007	2,743,222	2,200,325	1.47%	-0.81%
2008	2,816,327	2,177,322	2.66%	-1.05%
2009	2,887,885	2,141,669	2.54%	-1.64%
2010	2,945,186	2,097,555	1.98%	-2.06%
2011	2,998,485	2,059,709	1.81%	-1.8%
2012	3,036,988	2,034,319	1.28%	-1.23%
2013	3,074,360	2,012,647	1.23%	-1.07%
2014	3,095,173	1,993,782	0.68%	-0.94%
2015	3,105,546	1,977,527	0.34%	-0.82%
2016	3,124,698	1,959,537	0.62%	-0.91%
2017	3,150,347	1,942,248	0.82%	-0.88%
2018	3,192,760	1,927,174	1.35%	-0.78%
2019	3,240,194	1,913,822	1.49%	-0.69%
2020	3,291,271	1,900,449	1.58%	-0.7%
2021	3,350,183	1,884,490	1.79%	-0.84%
2022	3,409,447	1,879,383	1.77%	-0.27%
2023	3,470,390	1,883,710	1.79%	0.23%
2024	3,535,603	1,866,124	1.88%	-0.93%
2025	3,606,996	1,847,866	2.02%	-0.98%
2026	3,682,659	1,830,293	2.1%	-0.95%
2027	3,760,368	1,815,968	2.11%	-0.78%
2028	3,840,135	1,801,521	2.12%	-0.8%
2029	3,920,467	1,786,981	2.09%	-0.81%
2030	4,002,671	1,772,165	2.1%	-0.83%
2031	4,085,037	1,757,453	2.06%	-0.83%
2032	4,166,507	1,743,022	1.99%	-0.82%
2033	4,249,501	1,728,673	1.99%	-0.82%
2034	4,334,727	1,714,716	2.01%	-0.81%
2035	4,420,915	1,701,185	1.99%	-0.79%
2036	4,509,755	1,687,823	2.01%	-0.79%
2037	4,601,933	1,674,629	2.04%	-0.78%
2038	4,692,340	1,661,616	1.96%	-0.78%
2039	4,780,469	1,648,536	1.88%	-0.79%
2040	4,868,668	1,635,604	1.84%	-0.78%
2041	4,954,481	1,622,819	1.76%	-0.78%
2042	5,039,298	1,610,197	1.71%	-0.78%
2043	5,124,256	1,597,712	1.69%	-0.78%
2044	5,207,858	1,585,205	1.63%	-0.78%
2045	5,292,756	1,572,558	1.63%	-0.8%
2046	5,375,963	1,559,919	1.57%	-0.8%
2047	5,456,488	1,547,369	1.5%	-0.8%
2048	5,537,538	1,534,713	1.49%	-0.82%
2049	5,617,348	1,521,945	1.44%	-0.83%
2050	5,696,052	1,509,157	1.4%	-0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Latvia lost 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -129,244 (a 6.6% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Latvia was ranked 140th in 2006 and ranked 149th 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 Latvia will decrease by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.