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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 677,717 people in Luxembourg in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 690,832 in Luxembourg.

Population statistics:

  • Eritrea's population is 5.31 times bigger than Luxembourg's.
  • Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Luxembourg is the 164th.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.008% for Luxembourg.
  • For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +2.03% in Luxembourg.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Luxembourg has grown from 465K to 691K (48.5% growth).
  • Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 806K people in 2061 for Luxembourg.

Eritrea vs Luxembourg: live population counter

Eritrea Luxembourg
Current population
3667774
690832
Population rank 131/197 164/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.008%
One net population change
8.06 minutes
46.6 minutes
One birth every
5.31 minutes
1.38 hours
One death every
25 minutes
1.99 hours
One migration net change every
41.4 minutes
1.54 hours
Annual migration change -12,696 +5,677
Daily growth/decline +179 +31
Annual growth/decline +65,213 +11,287
Annual growth/decline rate +1.88% +1.69%
Population growth rate rank 60/197 68/197

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

Eritrea
Population

Growth rate
Luxembourg
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eritrea Luxembourg Eritrea Luxembourg
1960 972,547 313,970 - -
1961 995,573 316,845 2.37% 0.92%
1962 1,019,788 320,750 2.43% 1.23%
1963 1,045,092 324,100 2.48% 1.04%
1964 1,071,287 327,750 2.51% 1.13%
1965 1,098,335 331,500 2.52% 1.14%
1966 1,124,957 333,895 2.42% 0.72%
1967 1,152,339 334,995 2.43% 0.33%
1968 1,181,737 335,850 2.55% 0.26%
1969 1,212,005 337,500 2.56% 0.49%
1970 1,243,453 339,171 2.59% 0.5%
1971 1,276,154 342,421 2.63% 0.96%
1972 1,309,235 346,600 2.59% 1.22%
1973 1,342,669 350,450 2.55% 1.11%
1974 1,375,688 355,050 2.46% 1.31%
1975 1,408,210 358,950 2.36% 1.1%
1976 1,443,807 360,731 2.53% 0.5%
1977 1,482,565 361,358 2.68% 0.17%
1978 1,522,378 362,007 2.69% 0.18%
1979 1,563,332 362,856 2.69% 0.23%
1980 1,605,797 364,150 2.72% 0.36%
1981 1,649,939 365,225 2.75% 0.3%
1982 1,695,461 365,525 2.76% 0.08%
1983 1,736,160 365,622 2.4% 0.03%
1984 1,771,730 365,998 2.05% 0.1%
1985 1,807,816 366,706 2.04% 0.19%
1986 1,845,164 368,355 2.07% 0.45%
1987 1,888,669 370,750 2.36% 0.65%
1988 1,938,255 373,450 2.63% 0.73%
1989 1,987,017 377,100 2.52% 0.98%
1990 2,032,737 381,850 2.3% 1.26%
1991 1,919,571 387,000 -5.57% 1.35%
1992 1,798,748 392,175 -6.29% 1.34%
1993 1,856,006 397,475 3.18% 1.35%
1994 1,913,915 402,925 3.12% 1.37%
1995 2,025,267 408,625 5.82% 1.41%
1996 2,128,464 414,225 5.1% 1.37%
1997 2,152,135 419,450 1.11% 1.26%
1998 2,180,419 424,700 1.31% 1.25%
1999 2,212,780 430,475 1.48% 1.36%
2000 2,247,031 436,300 1.55% 1.35%
2001 2,312,079 441,525 2.89% 1.2%
2002 2,392,978 446,175 3.5% 1.05%
2003 2,493,903 451,630 4.22% 1.22%
2004 2,598,284 458,095 4.19% 1.43%
2005 2,661,215 465,158 2.42% 1.54%
2006 2,703,502 472,637 1.59% 1.61%
2007 2,743,222 479,993 1.47% 1.56%
2008 2,816,327 488,650 2.66% 1.8%
2009 2,887,885 497,783 2.54% 1.87%
2010 2,945,186 506,953 1.98% 1.84%
2011 2,998,485 518,347 1.81% 2.25%
2012 3,036,988 530,946 1.28% 2.43%
2013 3,074,360 543,360 1.23% 2.34%
2014 3,095,173 556,319 0.68% 2.38%
2015 3,105,546 569,604 0.34% 2.39%
2016 3,124,698 582,014 0.62% 2.18%
2017 3,150,347 596,336 0.82% 2.46%
2018 3,192,760 607,950 1.35% 1.95%
2019 3,240,194 620,001 1.49% 1.98%
2020 3,291,271 630,419 1.58% 1.68%
2021 3,350,183 640,064 1.79% 1.53%
2022 3,409,447 653,103 1.77% 2.04%
2023 3,470,390 666,430 1.79% 2.04%
2024 3,535,603 677,717 1.88% 1.69%
2025 3,606,996 685,180 2.02% 1.1%
2026 3,682,659 692,217 2.1% 1.03%
2027 3,760,368 699,102 2.11% 0.99%
2028 3,840,135 705,956 2.12% 0.98%
2029 3,920,467 712,502 2.09% 0.93%
2030 4,002,671 718,627 2.1% 0.86%
2031 4,085,037 724,433 2.06% 0.81%
2032 4,166,507 730,118 1.99% 0.78%
2033 4,249,501 735,604 1.99% 0.75%
2034 4,334,727 740,767 2.01% 0.7%
2035 4,420,915 745,776 1.99% 0.68%
2036 4,509,755 750,596 2.01% 0.65%
2037 4,601,933 755,119 2.04% 0.6%
2038 4,692,340 759,551 1.96% 0.59%
2039 4,780,469 763,923 1.88% 0.58%
2040 4,868,668 767,972 1.84% 0.53%
2041 4,954,481 771,757 1.76% 0.49%
2042 5,039,298 775,418 1.71% 0.47%
2043 5,124,256 778,811 1.69% 0.44%
2044 5,207,858 781,936 1.63% 0.4%
2045 5,292,756 784,957 1.63% 0.39%
2046 5,375,963 787,788 1.57% 0.36%
2047 5,456,488 790,356 1.5% 0.33%
2048 5,537,538 792,821 1.49% 0.31%
2049 5,617,348 795,064 1.44% 0.28%
2050 5,696,052 796,958 1.4% 0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.

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