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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Maldives	Eritrea	Maldives
1960	972,547	91,189	-	-
1961	995,573	93,450	2.37%	2.48%
1962	1,019,788	95,802	2.43%	2.52%
1963	1,045,092	98,222	2.48%	2.53%
1964	1,071,287	100,662	2.51%	2.48%
1965	1,098,335	104,102	2.52%	3.42%
1966	1,124,957	108,507	2.42%	4.23%
1967	1,152,339	112,528	2.43%	3.71%
1968	1,181,737	116,075	2.55%	3.15%
1969	1,212,005	119,564	2.56%	3.01%
1970	1,243,453	123,219	2.59%	3.06%
1971	1,276,154	127,035	2.63%	3.1%
1972	1,309,235	130,968	2.59%	3.1%
1973	1,342,669	134,952	2.55%	3.04%
1974	1,375,688	138,978	2.46%	2.98%
1975	1,408,210	143,158	2.36%	3.01%
1976	1,443,807	147,525	2.53%	3.05%
1977	1,482,565	151,930	2.68%	2.99%
1978	1,522,378	156,159	2.69%	2.78%
1979	1,563,332	160,360	2.69%	2.69%
1980	1,605,797	164,835	2.72%	2.79%
1981	1,649,939	169,532	2.75%	2.85%
1982	1,695,461	174,333	2.76%	2.83%
1983	1,736,160	179,128	2.4%	2.75%
1984	1,771,730	184,198	2.05%	2.83%
1985	1,807,816	190,169	2.04%	3.24%
1986	1,845,164	196,935	2.07%	3.56%
1987	1,888,669	203,944	2.36%	3.56%
1988	1,938,255	210,885	2.63%	3.4%
1989	1,987,017	217,738	2.52%	3.25%
1990	2,032,737	224,762	2.3%	3.23%
1991	1,919,571	231,802	-5.57%	3.13%
1992	1,798,748	238,543	-6.29%	2.91%
1993	1,856,006	244,884	3.18%	2.66%
1994	1,913,915	250,822	3.12%	2.42%
1995	2,025,267	256,649	5.82%	2.32%
1996	2,128,464	262,347	5.1%	2.22%
1997	2,152,135	267,707	1.11%	2.04%
1998	2,180,419	272,723	1.31%	1.87%
1999	2,212,780	277,412	1.48%	1.72%
2000	2,247,031	282,019	1.55%	1.66%
2001	2,312,079	286,767	2.89%	1.68%
2002	2,392,978	291,616	3.5%	1.69%
2003	2,493,903	296,491	4.22%	1.67%
2004	2,598,284	301,413	4.19%	1.66%
2005	2,661,215	306,429	2.42%	1.66%
2006	2,703,502	313,851	1.59%	2.42%
2007	2,743,222	324,479	1.47%	3.39%
2008	2,816,327	336,170	2.66%	3.6%
2009	2,887,885	348,275	2.54%	3.6%
2010	2,945,186	360,792	1.98%	3.59%
2011	2,998,485	373,674	1.81%	3.57%
2012	3,036,988	386,818	1.28%	3.52%
2013	3,074,360	400,070	1.23%	3.43%
2014	3,095,173	413,617	0.68%	3.39%
2015	3,105,546	428,154	0.34%	3.51%
2016	3,124,698	443,308	0.62%	3.54%
2017	3,150,347	458,287	0.82%	3.38%
2018	3,192,760	473,099	1.35%	3.23%
2019	3,240,194	487,731	1.49%	3.09%
2020	3,291,271	502,118	1.58%	2.95%
2021	3,350,183	516,154	1.79%	2.8%
2022	3,409,447	524,106	1.77%	1.54%
2023	3,470,390	525,994	1.79%	0.36%
2024	3,535,603	527,799	1.88%	0.34%
2025	3,606,996	529,677	2.02%	0.36%
2026	3,682,659	531,514	2.1%	0.35%
2027	3,760,368	533,433	2.11%	0.36%
2028	3,840,135	535,502	2.12%	0.39%
2029	3,920,467	537,574	2.09%	0.39%
2030	4,002,671	539,667	2.1%	0.39%
2031	4,085,037	541,929	2.06%	0.42%
2032	4,166,507	544,288	1.99%	0.44%
2033	4,249,501	546,723	1.99%	0.45%
2034	4,334,727	549,162	2.01%	0.45%
2035	4,420,915	551,599	1.99%	0.44%
2036	4,509,755	554,092	2.01%	0.45%
2037	4,601,933	556,637	2.04%	0.46%
2038	4,692,340	559,231	1.96%	0.47%
2039	4,780,469	561,958	1.88%	0.49%
2040	4,868,668	564,800	1.84%	0.51%
2041	4,954,481	567,606	1.76%	0.5%
2042	5,039,298	570,381	1.71%	0.49%
2043	5,124,256	573,138	1.69%	0.48%
2044	5,207,858	575,811	1.63%	0.47%
2045	5,292,756	578,459	1.63%	0.46%
2046	5,375,963	581,026	1.57%	0.44%
2047	5,456,488	583,393	1.5%	0.41%
2048	5,537,538	585,720	1.49%	0.4%
2049	5,617,348	587,988	1.44%	0.39%
2050	5,696,052	589,960	1.4%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.