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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 623,831 people in Montenegro in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 618,209 in Montenegro.

Population statistics:

  • Eritrea's population is 5.93 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Montenegro is the 166th.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.007% for Montenegro.
  • For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +0.02% in Montenegro.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Montenegro has grown from 614K to 618K (0.64% growth).
  • Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.

Eritrea vs Montenegro: live population counter

Eritrea Montenegro
Current population
3667774
618209
Population rank 131/197 166/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.007%
One net population change
8.06 minutes
1.21 days
One birth every
5.31 minutes
1.25 hours
One death every
25 minutes
1.39 hours
One migration net change every
41.4 minutes
5.2 hours
Annual migration change -12,696 -1,686
Daily growth/decline +179 +1
Annual growth/decline +65,213 +302
Annual growth/decline rate +1.88% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 60/197 163/197

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

Eritrea
Population

Growth rate
Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eritrea Montenegro Eritrea Montenegro
1960 972,547 480,579 - -
1961 995,573 491,140 2.37% 2.2%
1962 1,019,788 502,558 2.43% 2.32%
1963 1,045,092 513,409 2.48% 2.16%
1964 1,071,287 521,753 2.51% 1.63%
1965 1,098,335 526,327 2.52% 0.88%
1966 1,124,957 526,419 2.42% 0.02%
1967 1,152,339 522,796 2.43% -0.69%
1968 1,181,737 517,481 2.55% -1.02%
1969 1,212,005 513,340 2.56% -0.8%
1970 1,243,453 512,407 2.59% -0.18%
1971 1,276,154 515,449 2.63% 0.59%
1972 1,309,235 521,785 2.59% 1.23%
1973 1,342,669 530,220 2.55% 1.62%
1974 1,375,688 538,902 2.46% 1.64%
1975 1,408,210 546,487 2.36% 1.41%
1976 1,443,807 552,562 2.53% 1.11%
1977 1,482,565 557,576 2.68% 0.91%
1978 1,522,378 562,065 2.69% 0.81%
1979 1,563,332 566,888 2.69% 0.86%
1980 1,605,797 572,608 2.72% 1.01%
1981 1,649,939 579,445 2.75% 1.19%
1982 1,695,461 587,001 2.76% 1.3%
1983 1,736,160 594,506 2.4% 1.28%
1984 1,771,730 600,884 2.05% 1.07%
1985 1,807,816 605,398 2.04% 0.75%
1986 1,845,164 607,711 2.07% 0.38%
1987 1,888,669 608,144 2.36% 0.07%
1988 1,938,255 607,413 2.63% -0.12%
1989 1,987,017 606,571 2.52% -0.14%
1990 2,032,737 606,372 2.3% -0.03%
1991 1,919,571 607,105 -5.57% 0.12%
1992 1,798,748 608,516 -6.29% 0.23%
1993 1,856,006 610,170 3.18% 0.27%
1994 1,913,915 611,389 3.12% 0.2%
1995 2,025,267 611,712 5.82% 0.05%
1996 2,128,464 611,003 5.1% -0.12%
1997 2,152,135 609,520 1.11% -0.24%
1998 2,180,419 607,662 1.31% -0.3%
1999 2,212,780 606,001 1.48% -0.27%
2000 2,247,031 604,950 1.55% -0.17%
2001 2,312,079 607,389 2.89% 0.4%
2002 2,392,978 609,828 3.5% 0.4%
2003 2,493,903 612,267 4.22% 0.4%
2004 2,598,284 613,353 4.19% 0.18%
2005 2,661,215 614,261 2.42% 0.15%
2006 2,703,502 615,025 1.59% 0.12%
2007 2,743,222 615,875 1.47% 0.14%
2008 2,816,327 616,969 2.66% 0.18%
2009 2,887,885 618,294 2.54% 0.21%
2010 2,945,186 619,428 1.98% 0.18%
2011 2,998,485 620,345 1.81% 0.15%
2012 3,036,988 621,418 1.28% 0.17%
2013 3,074,360 622,587 1.23% 0.19%
2014 3,095,173 623,744 0.68% 0.19%
2015 3,105,546 624,651 0.34% 0.15%
2016 3,124,698 625,353 0.62% 0.11%
2017 3,150,347 625,982 0.82% 0.1%
2018 3,192,760 626,438 1.35% 0.07%
2019 3,240,194 626,753 1.49% 0.05%
2020 3,291,271 626,590 1.58% -0.03%
2021 3,350,183 625,053 1.79% -0.25%
2022 3,409,447 623,591 1.77% -0.23%
2023 3,470,390 623,529 1.79% -0.01%
2024 3,535,603 623,831 1.88% 0.05%
2025 3,606,996 618,209 2.02% -0.9%
2026 3,682,659 611,868 2.1% -1.03%
2027 3,760,368 608,570 2.11% -0.54%
2028 3,840,135 605,281 2.12% -0.54%
2029 3,920,467 601,917 2.09% -0.56%
2030 4,002,671 598,501 2.1% -0.57%
2031 4,085,037 595,047 2.06% -0.58%
2032 4,166,507 591,507 1.99% -0.59%
2033 4,249,501 587,900 1.99% -0.61%
2034 4,334,727 584,230 2.01% -0.62%
2035 4,420,915 580,502 1.99% -0.64%
2036 4,509,755 576,713 2.01% -0.65%
2037 4,601,933 572,889 2.04% -0.66%
2038 4,692,340 569,027 1.96% -0.67%
2039 4,780,469 565,147 1.88% -0.68%
2040 4,868,668 561,254 1.84% -0.69%
2041 4,954,481 557,345 1.76% -0.7%
2042 5,039,298 553,430 1.71% -0.7%
2043 5,124,256 549,485 1.69% -0.71%
2044 5,207,858 545,508 1.63% -0.72%
2045 5,292,756 541,510 1.63% -0.73%
2046 5,375,963 537,487 1.57% -0.74%
2047 5,456,488 533,411 1.5% -0.76%
2048 5,537,538 529,311 1.49% -0.77%
2049 5,617,348 525,208 1.44% -0.78%
2050 5,696,052 521,056 1.4% -0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Montenegro gained 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Montenegro's population decreased by -6,442 (a 1.03% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2005 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 15.7% to 521,056 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.

Biggest cities by population

Eritrea
City Population
Asmara 963K
Keren 120K
Massawa 39.8K
Mendefera 28.5K
Montenegro
City Population
Podgorica 151K
Ulcinj 19.9K
Cetinje 14K
Plav 13.8K
Bar 13.7K
Budva 13.3K
Berane 11.1K
Mojkovac 3.59K
Kotor 961

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