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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Morocco	Eritrea	Morocco
1960	972,547	11,624,933	-	-
1961	995,573	11,931,085	2.37%	2.63%
1962	1,019,788	12,253,092	2.43%	2.7%
1963	1,045,092	12,577,502	2.48%	2.65%
1964	1,071,287	12,898,886	2.51%	2.56%
1965	1,098,335	13,239,171	2.52%	2.64%
1966	1,124,957	13,597,065	2.42%	2.7%
1967	1,152,339	13,968,175	2.43%	2.73%
1968	1,181,737	14,347,899	2.55%	2.72%
1969	1,212,005	14,734,255	2.56%	2.69%
1970	1,243,453	15,129,449	2.59%	2.68%
1971	1,276,154	15,527,225	2.63%	2.63%
1972	1,309,235	15,924,692	2.59%	2.56%
1973	1,342,669	16,326,269	2.55%	2.52%
1974	1,375,688	16,733,842	2.46%	2.5%
1975	1,408,210	17,150,786	2.36%	2.49%
1976	1,443,807	17,574,182	2.53%	2.47%
1977	1,482,565	18,014,756	2.68%	2.51%
1978	1,522,378	18,477,385	2.69%	2.57%
1979	1,563,332	18,955,589	2.69%	2.59%
1980	1,605,797	19,459,943	2.72%	2.66%
1981	1,649,939	19,985,401	2.75%	2.7%
1982	1,695,461	20,520,318	2.76%	2.68%
1983	1,736,160	21,060,696	2.4%	2.63%
1984	1,771,730	21,593,778	2.05%	2.53%
1985	1,807,816	22,113,953	2.04%	2.41%
1986	1,845,164	22,600,803	2.07%	2.2%
1987	1,888,669	23,054,392	2.36%	2.01%
1988	1,938,255	23,500,524	2.63%	1.94%
1989	1,987,017	23,939,414	2.52%	1.87%
1990	2,032,737	24,375,551	2.3%	1.82%
1991	1,919,571	24,799,014	-5.57%	1.74%
1992	1,798,748	25,212,468	-6.29%	1.67%
1993	1,856,006	25,614,586	3.18%	1.59%
1994	1,913,915	26,000,822	3.12%	1.51%
1995	2,025,267	26,399,429	5.82%	1.53%
1996	2,128,464	26,808,107	5.1%	1.55%
1997	2,152,135	27,213,337	1.11%	1.51%
1998	2,180,419	27,621,648	1.31%	1.5%
1999	2,212,780	28,027,179	1.48%	1.47%
2000	2,247,031	28,423,435	1.55%	1.41%
2001	2,312,079	28,814,643	2.89%	1.38%
2002	2,392,978	29,198,142	3.5%	1.33%
2003	2,493,903	29,571,415	4.22%	1.28%
2004	2,598,284	29,953,018	4.19%	1.29%
2005	2,661,215	30,358,144	2.42%	1.35%
2006	2,703,502	30,771,178	1.59%	1.36%
2007	2,743,222	31,186,468	1.47%	1.35%
2008	2,816,327	31,606,767	2.66%	1.35%
2009	2,887,885	32,030,778	2.54%	1.34%
2010	2,945,186	32,467,016	1.98%	1.36%
2011	2,998,485	32,912,588	1.81%	1.37%
2012	3,036,988	33,355,241	1.28%	1.34%
2013	3,074,360	33,787,571	1.23%	1.3%
2014	3,095,173	34,204,780	0.68%	1.23%
2015	3,105,546	34,607,588	0.34%	1.18%
2016	3,124,698	35,023,457	0.62%	1.2%
2017	3,150,347	35,446,392	0.82%	1.21%
2018	3,192,760	35,839,760	1.35%	1.11%
2019	3,240,194	36,210,898	1.49%	1.04%
2020	3,291,271	36,584,208	1.58%	1.03%
2021	3,350,183	36,954,442	1.79%	1.01%
2022	3,409,447	37,329,064	1.77%	1.01%
2023	3,470,390	37,712,505	1.79%	1.03%
2024	3,535,603	38,081,173	1.88%	0.98%
2025	3,606,996	38,430,771	2.02%	0.92%
2026	3,682,659	38,762,439	2.1%	0.86%
2027	3,760,368	39,080,092	2.11%	0.82%
2028	3,840,135	39,384,122	2.12%	0.78%
2029	3,920,467	39,674,554	2.09%	0.74%
2030	4,002,671	39,953,461	2.1%	0.7%
2031	4,085,037	40,221,736	2.06%	0.67%
2032	4,166,507	40,477,986	1.99%	0.64%
2033	4,249,501	40,722,975	1.99%	0.61%
2034	4,334,727	40,957,241	2.01%	0.58%
2035	4,420,915	41,182,092	1.99%	0.55%
2036	4,509,755	41,398,224	2.01%	0.52%
2037	4,601,933	41,604,025	2.04%	0.5%
2038	4,692,340	41,802,267	1.96%	0.48%
2039	4,780,469	41,990,437	1.88%	0.45%
2040	4,868,668	42,168,202	1.84%	0.42%
2041	4,954,481	42,339,039	1.76%	0.41%
2042	5,039,298	42,500,324	1.71%	0.38%
2043	5,124,256	42,650,491	1.69%	0.35%
2044	5,207,858	42,792,499	1.63%	0.33%
2045	5,292,756	42,925,305	1.63%	0.31%
2046	5,375,963	43,046,175	1.57%	0.28%
2047	5,456,488	43,158,165	1.5%	0.26%
2048	5,537,538	43,262,402	1.49%	0.24%
2049	5,617,348	43,355,724	1.44%	0.22%
2050	5,696,052	43,440,428	1.4%	0.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Morocco gained 4,252,279 people (a 13.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 3,742,453 (a 10.7% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2006 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.1% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.