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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Mali	Eritrea	Mali
1960	972,547	5,402,550	-	-
1961	995,573	5,482,283	2.37%	1.48%
1962	1,019,788	5,563,917	2.43%	1.49%
1963	1,045,092	5,646,605	2.48%	1.49%
1964	1,071,287	5,730,125	2.51%	1.48%
1965	1,098,335	5,815,487	2.52%	1.49%
1966	1,124,957	5,902,204	2.42%	1.49%
1967	1,152,339	5,990,906	2.43%	1.5%
1968	1,181,737	6,082,979	2.55%	1.54%
1969	1,212,005	6,177,704	2.56%	1.56%
1970	1,243,453	6,276,472	2.59%	1.6%
1971	1,276,154	6,377,944	2.63%	1.62%
1972	1,309,235	6,483,726	2.59%	1.66%
1973	1,342,669	6,597,106	2.55%	1.75%
1974	1,375,688	6,715,436	2.46%	1.79%
1975	1,408,210	6,837,261	2.36%	1.81%
1976	1,443,807	6,960,979	2.53%	1.81%
1977	1,482,565	7,090,979	2.68%	1.87%
1978	1,522,378	7,229,651	2.69%	1.96%
1979	1,563,332	7,375,266	2.69%	2.01%
1980	1,605,797	7,530,515	2.72%	2.1%
1981	1,649,939	7,692,766	2.75%	2.15%
1982	1,695,461	7,860,194	2.76%	2.18%
1983	1,736,160	8,034,400	2.4%	2.22%
1984	1,771,730	8,208,599	2.05%	2.17%
1985	1,807,816	8,374,663	2.04%	2.02%
1986	1,845,164	8,531,277	2.07%	1.87%
1987	1,888,669	8,681,164	2.36%	1.76%
1988	1,938,255	8,833,996	2.63%	1.76%
1989	1,987,017	8,999,938	2.52%	1.88%
1990	2,032,737	9,178,830	2.3%	1.99%
1991	1,919,571	9,362,888	-5.57%	2.01%
1992	1,798,748	9,553,540	-6.29%	2.04%
1993	1,856,006	9,754,786	3.18%	2.11%
1994	1,913,915	9,967,031	3.12%	2.18%
1995	2,025,267	10,185,365	5.82%	2.19%
1996	2,128,464	10,407,278	5.1%	2.18%
1997	2,152,135	10,646,495	1.11%	2.3%
1998	2,180,419	10,919,573	1.31%	2.56%
1999	2,212,780	11,227,415	1.48%	2.82%
2000	2,247,031	11,559,290	1.55%	2.96%
2001	2,312,079	11,912,158	2.89%	3.05%
2002	2,392,978	12,288,050	3.5%	3.16%
2003	2,493,903	12,684,955	4.22%	3.23%
2004	2,598,284	13,102,409	4.19%	3.29%
2005	2,661,215	13,538,647	2.42%	3.33%
2006	2,703,502	13,990,139	1.59%	3.33%
2007	2,743,222	14,457,775	1.47%	3.34%
2008	2,816,327	14,940,782	2.66%	3.34%
2009	2,887,885	15,435,539	2.54%	3.31%
2010	2,945,186	15,945,198	1.98%	3.3%
2011	2,998,485	16,469,049	1.81%	3.29%
2012	3,036,988	16,957,033	1.28%	2.96%
2013	3,074,360	17,459,615	1.23%	2.96%
2014	3,095,173	18,020,267	0.68%	3.21%
2015	3,105,546	18,593,022	0.34%	3.18%
2016	3,124,698	19,191,289	0.62%	3.22%
2017	3,150,347	19,813,011	0.82%	3.24%
2018	3,192,760	20,442,030	1.35%	3.17%
2019	3,240,194	21,068,405	1.49%	3.06%
2020	3,291,271	21,713,836	1.58%	3.06%
2021	3,350,183	22,388,630	1.79%	3.11%
2022	3,409,447	23,072,640	1.77%	3.06%
2023	3,470,390	23,769,127	1.79%	3.02%
2024	3,535,603	24,478,595	1.88%	2.98%
2025	3,606,996	25,198,817	2.02%	2.94%
2026	3,682,659	25,932,275	2.1%	2.91%
2027	3,760,368	26,679,171	2.11%	2.88%
2028	3,840,135	27,440,613	2.12%	2.85%
2029	3,920,467	28,215,513	2.09%	2.82%
2030	4,002,671	29,002,864	2.1%	2.79%
2031	4,085,037	29,804,545	2.06%	2.76%
2032	4,166,507	30,618,893	1.99%	2.73%
2033	4,249,501	31,442,801	1.99%	2.69%
2034	4,334,727	32,276,672	2.01%	2.65%
2035	4,420,915	33,118,344	1.99%	2.61%
2036	4,509,755	33,967,889	2.01%	2.57%
2037	4,601,933	34,823,450	2.04%	2.52%
2038	4,692,340	35,685,576	1.96%	2.48%
2039	4,780,469	36,549,487	1.88%	2.42%
2040	4,868,668	37,413,641	1.84%	2.36%
2041	4,954,481	38,280,868	1.76%	2.32%
2042	5,039,298	39,151,280	1.71%	2.27%
2043	5,124,256	40,026,317	1.69%	2.24%
2044	5,207,858	40,902,500	1.63%	2.19%
2045	5,292,756	41,778,984	1.63%	2.14%
2046	5,375,963	42,655,642	1.57%	2.1%
2047	5,456,488	43,530,852	1.5%	2.05%
2048	5,537,538	44,405,715	1.49%	2.01%
2049	5,617,348	45,279,772	1.44%	1.97%
2050	5,696,052	46,154,079	1.4%	1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th 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 Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.