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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Mauritius	Eritrea	Mauritius
1960	972,547	680,331	-	-
1961	995,573	680,757	2.37%	0.06%
1962	1,019,788	700,349	2.43%	2.88%
1963	1,045,092	718,861	2.48%	2.64%
1964	1,071,287	736,381	2.51%	2.44%
1965	1,098,335	753,000	2.52%	2.26%
1966	1,124,957	768,813	2.42%	2.1%
1967	1,152,339	783,917	2.43%	1.96%
1968	1,181,737	798,413	2.55%	1.85%
1969	1,212,005	812,405	2.56%	1.75%
1970	1,243,453	826,000	2.59%	1.67%
1971	1,276,154	839,230	2.63%	1.6%
1972	1,309,235	852,053	2.59%	1.53%
1973	1,342,669	864,819	2.55%	1.5%
1974	1,375,688	878,042	2.46%	1.53%
1975	1,408,210	892,000	2.36%	1.59%
1976	1,443,807	906,507	2.53%	1.63%
1977	1,482,565	921,379	2.68%	1.64%
1978	1,522,378	933,499	2.69%	1.32%
1979	1,563,332	949,888	2.69%	1.76%
1980	1,605,797	966,039	2.72%	1.7%
1981	1,649,939	980,462	2.75%	1.49%
1982	1,695,461	992,521	2.76%	1.23%
1983	1,736,160	1,001,691	2.4%	0.92%
1984	1,771,730	1,012,221	2.05%	1.05%
1985	1,807,816	1,020,528	2.04%	0.82%
1986	1,845,164	1,028,360	2.07%	0.77%
1987	1,888,669	1,036,082	2.36%	0.75%
1988	1,938,255	1,043,239	2.63%	0.69%
1989	1,987,017	1,051,260	2.52%	0.77%
1990	2,032,737	1,058,775	2.3%	0.71%
1991	1,919,571	1,070,266	-5.57%	1.09%
1992	1,798,748	1,084,441	-6.29%	1.32%
1993	1,856,006	1,097,374	3.18%	1.19%
1994	1,913,915	1,112,846	3.12%	1.41%
1995	2,025,267	1,122,457	5.82%	0.86%
1996	2,128,464	1,133,996	5.1%	1.03%
1997	2,152,135	1,148,284	1.11%	1.26%
1998	2,180,419	1,160,421	1.31%	1.06%
1999	2,212,780	1,175,267	1.48%	1.28%
2000	2,247,031	1,186,873	1.55%	0.99%
2001	2,312,079	1,196,287	2.89%	0.79%
2002	2,392,978	1,204,621	3.5%	0.7%
2003	2,493,903	1,213,370	4.22%	0.73%
2004	2,598,284	1,221,003	4.19%	0.63%
2005	2,661,215	1,228,254	2.42%	0.59%
2006	2,703,502	1,233,996	1.59%	0.47%
2007	2,743,222	1,239,630	1.47%	0.46%
2008	2,816,327	1,244,121	2.66%	0.36%
2009	2,887,885	1,247,429	2.54%	0.27%
2010	2,945,186	1,250,400	1.98%	0.24%
2011	2,998,485	1,252,404	1.81%	0.16%
2012	3,036,988	1,255,882	1.28%	0.28%
2013	3,074,360	1,258,927	1.23%	0.24%
2014	3,095,173	1,261,208	0.68%	0.18%
2015	3,105,546	1,262,879	0.34%	0.13%
2016	3,124,698	1,263,747	0.62%	0.07%
2017	3,150,347	1,264,887	0.82%	0.09%
2018	3,192,760	1,265,577	1.35%	0.05%
2019	3,240,194	1,265,985	1.49%	0.03%
2020	3,291,271	1,266,014	1.58%	0.002%
2021	3,350,183	1,266,334	1.79%	0.03%
2022	3,409,447	1,262,523	1.77%	-0.3%
2023	3,470,390	1,248,647	1.79%	-1.1%
2024	3,535,603	1,245,779	1.88%	-0.23%
2025	3,606,996	1,242,950	2.02%	-0.23%
2026	3,682,659	1,239,793	2.1%	-0.25%
2027	3,760,368	1,236,435	2.11%	-0.27%
2028	3,840,135	1,232,914	2.12%	-0.28%
2029	3,920,467	1,229,227	2.09%	-0.3%
2030	4,002,671	1,225,457	2.1%	-0.31%
2031	4,085,037	1,221,502	2.06%	-0.32%
2032	4,166,507	1,217,208	1.99%	-0.35%
2033	4,249,501	1,212,606	1.99%	-0.38%
2034	4,334,727	1,207,685	2.01%	-0.41%
2035	4,420,915	1,202,449	1.99%	-0.43%
2036	4,509,755	1,196,894	2.01%	-0.46%
2037	4,601,933	1,191,031	2.04%	-0.49%
2038	4,692,340	1,184,867	1.96%	-0.52%
2039	4,780,469	1,178,313	1.88%	-0.55%
2040	4,868,668	1,171,352	1.84%	-0.59%
2041	4,954,481	1,164,041	1.76%	-0.62%
2042	5,039,298	1,156,420	1.71%	-0.65%
2043	5,124,256	1,148,461	1.69%	-0.69%
2044	5,207,858	1,140,167	1.63%	-0.72%
2045	5,292,756	1,131,600	1.63%	-0.75%
2046	5,375,963	1,122,728	1.57%	-0.78%
2047	5,456,488	1,113,607	1.5%	-0.81%
2048	5,537,538	1,104,261	1.49%	-0.84%
2049	5,617,348	1,094,728	1.44%	-0.86%
2050	5,696,052	1,085,083	1.4%	-0.88%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.