Population in Eritrea compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Marshall Islands	Eritrea	Marshall Islands
1960	972,547	14,703	-	-
1961	995,573	15,219	2.37%	3.51%
1962	1,019,788	15,755	2.43%	3.52%
1963	1,045,092	16,302	2.48%	3.47%
1964	1,071,287	16,852	2.51%	3.37%
1965	1,098,335	17,402	2.52%	3.26%
1966	1,124,957	17,927	2.42%	3.02%
1967	1,152,339	18,655	2.43%	4.06%
1968	1,181,737	19,862	2.55%	6.47%
1969	1,212,005	21,305	2.56%	7.27%
1970	1,243,453	22,530	2.59%	5.75%
1971	1,276,154	23,366	2.63%	3.71%
1972	1,309,235	23,992	2.59%	2.68%
1973	1,342,669	24,581	2.55%	2.45%
1974	1,375,688	25,296	2.46%	2.91%
1975	1,408,210	26,154	2.36%	3.39%
1976	1,443,807	27,021	2.53%	3.31%
1977	1,482,565	27,906	2.68%	3.28%
1978	1,522,378	28,809	2.69%	3.24%
1979	1,563,332	29,738	2.69%	3.22%
1980	1,605,797	30,774	2.72%	3.48%
1981	1,649,939	32,017	2.75%	4.04%
1982	1,695,461	33,397	2.76%	4.31%
1983	1,736,160	34,811	2.4%	4.23%
1984	1,771,730	36,264	2.05%	4.17%
1985	1,807,816	37,761	2.04%	4.13%
1986	1,845,164	39,286	2.07%	4.04%
1987	1,888,669	40,828	2.36%	3.93%
1988	1,938,255	42,321	2.63%	3.66%
1989	1,987,017	43,586	2.52%	2.99%
1990	2,032,737	44,629	2.3%	2.39%
1991	1,919,571	45,568	-5.57%	2.1%
1992	1,798,748	46,388	-6.29%	1.8%
1993	1,856,006	47,093	3.18%	1.52%
1994	1,913,915	47,712	3.12%	1.31%
1995	2,025,267	48,266	5.82%	1.16%
1996	2,128,464	48,775	5.1%	1.05%
1997	2,152,135	49,259	1.11%	0.99%
1998	2,180,419	49,717	1.31%	0.93%
1999	2,212,780	50,202	1.48%	0.98%
2000	2,247,031	50,706	1.55%	1%
2001	2,312,079	51,123	2.89%	0.82%
2002	2,392,978	51,425	3.5%	0.59%
2003	2,493,903	51,639	4.22%	0.42%
2004	2,598,284	51,791	4.19%	0.29%
2005	2,661,215	51,906	2.42%	0.22%
2006	2,703,502	51,992	1.59%	0.17%
2007	2,743,222	52,035	1.47%	0.08%
2008	2,816,327	52,030	2.66%	-0.01%
2009	2,887,885	52,019	2.54%	-0.02%
2010	2,945,186	52,044	1.98%	0.05%
2011	2,998,485	51,907	1.81%	-0.26%
2012	3,036,988	51,419	1.28%	-0.94%
2013	3,074,360	50,681	1.23%	-1.44%
2014	3,095,173	49,796	0.68%	-1.75%
2015	3,105,546	48,800	0.34%	-2%
2016	3,124,698	47,709	0.62%	-2.24%
2017	3,150,347	46,529	0.82%	-2.47%
2018	3,192,760	45,285	1.35%	-2.67%
2019	3,240,194	44,007	1.49%	-2.82%
2020	3,291,271	42,706	1.58%	-2.96%
2021	3,350,183	41,367	1.79%	-3.14%
2022	3,409,447	40,077	1.77%	-3.12%
2023	3,470,390	38,827	1.79%	-3.12%
2024	3,535,603	37,548	1.88%	-3.29%
2025	3,606,996	36,281	2.02%	-3.37%
2026	3,682,659	35,078	2.1%	-3.32%
2027	3,760,368	33,976	2.11%	-3.14%
2028	3,840,135	32,977	2.12%	-2.94%
2029	3,920,467	32,054	2.09%	-2.8%
2030	4,002,671	31,191	2.1%	-2.69%
2031	4,085,037	30,420	2.06%	-2.47%
2032	4,166,507	29,740	1.99%	-2.23%
2033	4,249,501	29,142	1.99%	-2.01%
2034	4,334,727	28,608	2.01%	-1.83%
2035	4,420,915	28,147	1.99%	-1.61%
2036	4,509,755	27,751	2.01%	-1.41%
2037	4,601,933	27,405	2.04%	-1.25%
2038	4,692,340	27,092	1.96%	-1.14%
2039	4,780,469	26,836	1.88%	-0.94%
2040	4,868,668	26,598	1.84%	-0.89%
2041	4,954,481	26,396	1.76%	-0.76%
2042	5,039,298	26,217	1.71%	-0.68%
2043	5,124,256	26,054	1.69%	-0.62%
2044	5,207,858	25,913	1.63%	-0.54%
2045	5,292,756	25,777	1.63%	-0.52%
2046	5,375,963	25,653	1.57%	-0.48%
2047	5,456,488	25,543	1.5%	-0.43%
2048	5,537,538	25,429	1.49%	-0.45%
2049	5,617,348	25,311	1.44%	-0.46%
2050	5,696,052	25,195	1.4%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.