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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Malaysia	Eritrea	Malaysia
1960	972,547	7,956,197	-	-
1961	995,573	8,164,443	2.37%	2.62%
1962	1,019,788	8,380,172	2.43%	2.64%
1963	1,045,092	8,602,160	2.48%	2.65%
1964	1,071,287	8,828,406	2.51%	2.63%
1965	1,098,335	9,056,408	2.52%	2.58%
1966	1,124,957	9,284,688	2.42%	2.52%
1967	1,152,339	9,507,099	2.43%	2.4%
1968	1,181,737	9,725,281	2.55%	2.29%
1969	1,212,005	9,947,597	2.56%	2.29%
1970	1,243,453	10,178,802	2.59%	2.32%
1971	1,276,154	10,423,453	2.63%	2.4%
1972	1,309,235	10,676,835	2.59%	2.43%
1973	1,342,669	10,935,621	2.55%	2.42%
1974	1,375,688	11,200,906	2.46%	2.43%
1975	1,408,210	11,471,914	2.36%	2.42%
1976	1,443,807	11,750,097	2.53%	2.42%
1977	1,482,565	12,035,713	2.68%	2.43%
1978	1,522,378	12,328,157	2.69%	2.43%
1979	1,563,332	12,627,862	2.69%	2.43%
1980	1,605,797	12,983,363	2.72%	2.82%
1981	1,649,939	13,399,203	2.75%	3.2%
1982	1,695,461	13,832,798	2.76%	3.24%
1983	1,736,160	14,285,907	2.4%	3.28%
1984	1,771,730	14,759,009	2.05%	3.31%
1985	1,807,816	15,252,258	2.04%	3.34%
1986	1,845,164	15,760,419	2.07%	3.33%
1987	1,888,669	16,276,737	2.36%	3.28%
1988	1,938,255	16,796,605	2.63%	3.19%
1989	1,987,017	17,314,997	2.52%	3.09%
1990	2,032,737	17,833,171	2.3%	2.99%
1991	1,919,571	18,342,464	-5.57%	2.86%
1992	1,798,748	18,834,572	-6.29%	2.68%
1993	1,856,006	19,322,664	3.18%	2.59%
1994	1,913,915	19,820,446	3.12%	2.58%
1995	2,025,267	20,330,599	5.82%	2.57%
1996	2,128,464	20,850,087	5.1%	2.56%
1997	2,152,135	21,375,218	1.11%	2.52%
1998	2,180,419	21,906,713	1.31%	2.49%
1999	2,212,780	22,435,531	1.48%	2.41%
2000	2,247,031	22,967,816	1.55%	2.37%
2001	2,312,079	23,526,538	2.89%	2.43%
2002	2,392,978	24,102,477	3.5%	2.45%
2003	2,493,903	24,679,602	4.22%	2.39%
2004	2,598,284	25,256,772	4.19%	2.34%
2005	2,661,215	25,836,071	2.42%	2.29%
2006	2,703,502	26,417,909	1.59%	2.25%
2007	2,743,222	26,998,389	1.47%	2.2%
2008	2,816,327	27,570,059	2.66%	2.12%
2009	2,887,885	28,124,778	2.54%	2.01%
2010	2,945,186	28,655,776	1.98%	1.89%
2011	2,998,485	29,162,039	1.81%	1.77%
2012	3,036,988	29,662,831	1.28%	1.72%
2013	3,074,360	30,174,265	1.23%	1.72%
2014	3,095,173	30,696,137	0.68%	1.73%
2015	3,105,546	31,232,798	0.34%	1.75%
2016	3,124,698	31,789,685	0.62%	1.78%
2017	3,150,347	32,355,644	0.82%	1.78%
2018	3,192,760	32,910,967	1.35%	1.72%
2019	3,240,194	33,440,596	1.49%	1.61%
2020	3,291,271	33,889,558	1.58%	1.34%
2021	3,350,183	34,282,399	1.79%	1.16%
2022	3,409,447	34,695,493	1.77%	1.2%
2023	3,470,390	35,126,298	1.79%	1.24%
2024	3,535,603	35,557,673	1.88%	1.23%
2025	3,606,996	35,977,838	2.02%	1.18%
2026	3,682,659	36,385,119	2.1%	1.13%
2027	3,760,368	36,785,089	2.11%	1.1%
2028	3,840,135	37,182,773	2.12%	1.08%
2029	3,920,467	37,574,292	2.09%	1.05%
2030	4,002,671	37,961,722	2.1%	1.03%
2031	4,085,037	38,347,786	2.06%	1.02%
2032	4,166,507	38,728,383	1.99%	0.99%
2033	4,249,501	39,097,871	1.99%	0.95%
2034	4,334,727	39,457,849	2.01%	0.92%
2035	4,420,915	39,814,834	1.99%	0.9%
2036	4,509,755	40,166,904	2.01%	0.88%
2037	4,601,933	40,512,289	2.04%	0.86%
2038	4,692,340	40,853,318	1.96%	0.84%
2039	4,780,469	41,185,892	1.88%	0.81%
2040	4,868,668	41,509,646	1.84%	0.79%
2041	4,954,481	41,828,594	1.76%	0.77%
2042	5,039,298	42,144,474	1.71%	0.76%
2043	5,124,256	42,455,952	1.69%	0.74%
2044	5,207,858	42,754,140	1.63%	0.7%
2045	5,292,756	43,038,205	1.63%	0.66%
2046	5,375,963	43,313,754	1.57%	0.64%
2047	5,456,488	43,580,459	1.5%	0.62%
2048	5,537,538	43,831,577	1.49%	0.58%
2049	5,617,348	44,065,538	1.44%	0.53%
2050	5,696,052	44,289,765	1.4%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.