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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Liberia	Eritrea	Liberia
1960	972,547	1,139,522	-	-
1961	995,573	1,167,717	2.37%	2.47%
1962	1,019,788	1,197,039	2.43%	2.51%
1963	1,045,092	1,227,414	2.48%	2.54%
1964	1,071,287	1,258,745	2.51%	2.55%
1965	1,098,335	1,291,156	2.52%	2.57%
1966	1,124,957	1,324,383	2.42%	2.57%
1967	1,152,339	1,358,435	2.43%	2.57%
1968	1,181,737	1,393,530	2.55%	2.58%
1969	1,212,005	1,429,605	2.56%	2.59%
1970	1,243,453	1,466,676	2.59%	2.59%
1971	1,276,154	1,504,077	2.63%	2.55%
1972	1,309,235	1,542,670	2.59%	2.57%
1973	1,342,669	1,583,588	2.55%	2.65%
1974	1,375,688	1,626,362	2.46%	2.7%
1975	1,408,210	1,670,913	2.36%	2.74%
1976	1,443,807	1,717,060	2.53%	2.76%
1977	1,482,565	1,766,019	2.68%	2.85%
1978	1,522,378	1,818,247	2.69%	2.96%
1979	1,563,332	1,872,713	2.69%	3%
1980	1,605,797	1,929,253	2.72%	3.02%
1981	1,649,939	1,986,867	2.75%	2.99%
1982	1,695,461	2,045,073	2.76%	2.93%
1983	1,736,160	2,107,113	2.4%	3.03%
1984	1,771,730	2,173,312	2.05%	3.14%
1985	1,807,816	2,240,539	2.04%	3.09%
1986	1,845,164	2,308,511	2.07%	3.03%
1987	1,888,669	2,377,229	2.36%	2.98%
1988	1,938,255	2,446,941	2.63%	2.93%
1989	1,987,017	2,517,858	2.52%	2.9%
1990	2,032,737	2,223,667	2.3%	-11.7%
1991	1,919,571	1,956,518	-5.57%	-12%
1992	1,798,748	2,072,461	-6.29%	5.93%
1993	1,856,006	2,155,126	3.18%	3.99%
1994	1,913,915	2,149,928	3.12%	-0.24%
1995	2,025,267	2,169,162	5.82%	0.89%
1996	2,128,464	2,232,289	5.1%	2.91%
1997	2,152,135	2,412,989	1.11%	8.09%
1998	2,180,419	2,670,124	1.31%	10.7%
1999	2,212,780	2,821,684	1.48%	5.68%
2000	2,247,031	2,928,117	1.55%	3.77%
2001	2,312,079	3,015,338	2.89%	2.98%
2002	2,392,978	3,094,782	3.5%	2.63%
2003	2,493,903	3,119,532	4.22%	0.8%
2004	2,598,284	3,156,892	4.19%	1.2%
2005	2,661,215	3,301,015	2.42%	4.57%
2006	2,703,502	3,490,787	1.59%	5.75%
2007	2,743,222	3,669,050	1.47%	5.11%
2008	2,816,327	3,821,003	2.66%	4.14%
2009	2,887,885	3,943,028	2.54%	3.19%
2010	2,945,186	4,058,890	1.98%	2.94%
2011	2,998,485	4,221,178	1.81%	4%
2012	3,036,988	4,373,043	1.28%	3.6%
2013	3,074,360	4,470,239	1.23%	2.22%
2014	3,095,173	4,564,293	0.68%	2.1%
2015	3,105,546	4,659,431	0.34%	2.08%
2016	3,124,698	4,755,608	0.62%	2.06%
2017	3,150,347	4,848,925	0.82%	1.96%
2018	3,192,760	4,944,726	1.35%	1.98%
2019	3,240,194	5,043,721	1.49%	2%
2020	3,291,271	5,149,463	1.58%	2.1%
2021	3,350,183	5,259,323	1.79%	2.13%
2022	3,409,447	5,373,294	1.77%	2.17%
2023	3,470,390	5,493,031	1.79%	2.23%
2024	3,535,603	5,612,817	1.88%	2.18%
2025	3,606,996	5,731,211	2.02%	2.11%
2026	3,682,659	5,853,958	2.1%	2.14%
2027	3,760,368	5,986,805	2.11%	2.27%
2028	3,840,135	6,118,769	2.12%	2.2%
2029	3,920,467	6,245,093	2.09%	2.06%
2030	4,002,671	6,366,293	2.1%	1.94%
2031	4,085,037	6,486,749	2.06%	1.89%
2032	4,166,507	6,614,257	1.99%	1.97%
2033	4,249,501	6,744,927	1.99%	1.98%
2034	4,334,727	6,873,688	2.01%	1.91%
2035	4,420,915	7,003,567	1.99%	1.89%
2036	4,509,755	7,142,326	2.01%	1.98%
2037	4,601,933	7,278,759	2.04%	1.91%
2038	4,692,340	7,408,720	1.96%	1.79%
2039	4,780,469	7,545,510	1.88%	1.85%
2040	4,868,668	7,681,693	1.84%	1.8%
2041	4,954,481	7,817,089	1.76%	1.76%
2042	5,039,298	7,954,182	1.71%	1.75%
2043	5,124,256	8,077,173	1.69%	1.55%
2044	5,207,858	8,194,136	1.63%	1.45%
2045	5,292,756	8,310,657	1.63%	1.42%
2046	5,375,963	8,428,924	1.57%	1.42%
2047	5,456,488	8,552,033	1.5%	1.46%
2048	5,537,538	8,673,963	1.49%	1.43%
2049	5,617,348	8,795,838	1.44%	1.41%
2050	5,696,052	8,910,539	1.4%	1.3%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Liberia gained 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Liberia's population increased by 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Liberia was ranked 126th in 2006 and ranked 116th 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 Liberia will increase by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people and rank change from 116th to 107th.