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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Mozambique	Eritrea	Mozambique
1960	972,547	6,713,695	-	-
1961	995,573	6,834,936	2.37%	1.81%
1962	1,019,788	6,969,364	2.43%	1.97%
1963	1,045,092	7,109,828	2.48%	2.02%
1964	1,071,287	7,255,061	2.51%	2.04%
1965	1,098,335	7,406,421	2.52%	2.09%
1966	1,124,957	7,562,990	2.42%	2.11%
1967	1,152,339	7,724,550	2.43%	2.14%
1968	1,181,737	7,892,613	2.55%	2.18%
1969	1,212,005	8,066,951	2.56%	2.21%
1970	1,243,453	8,250,506	2.59%	2.28%
1971	1,276,154	8,456,317	2.63%	2.49%
1972	1,309,235	8,692,935	2.59%	2.8%
1973	1,342,669	8,954,242	2.55%	3.01%
1974	1,375,688	9,236,093	2.46%	3.15%
1975	1,408,210	9,540,817	2.36%	3.3%
1976	1,443,807	9,867,209	2.53%	3.42%
1977	1,482,565	10,224,975	2.68%	3.63%
1978	1,522,378	10,618,250	2.69%	3.85%
1979	1,563,332	11,028,809	2.69%	3.87%
1980	1,605,797	11,336,221	2.72%	2.79%
1981	1,649,939	11,568,127	2.75%	2.05%
1982	1,695,461	11,824,370	2.76%	2.22%
1983	1,736,160	12,073,822	2.4%	2.11%
1984	1,771,730	12,315,954	2.05%	2.01%
1985	1,807,816	12,548,949	2.04%	1.89%
1986	1,845,164	12,770,578	2.07%	1.77%
1987	1,888,669	12,822,574	2.36%	0.41%
1988	1,938,255	12,800,558	2.63%	-0.17%
1989	1,987,017	12,906,842	2.52%	0.83%
1990	2,032,737	13,094,537	2.3%	1.45%
1991	1,919,571	13,352,090	-5.57%	1.97%
1992	1,798,748	13,613,316	-6.29%	1.96%
1993	1,856,006	14,051,192	3.18%	3.22%
1994	1,913,915	15,033,853	3.12%	6.99%
1995	2,025,267	15,960,530	5.82%	6.16%
1996	2,128,464	16,492,480	5.1%	3.33%
1997	2,152,135	16,949,982	1.11%	2.77%
1998	2,180,419	17,340,464	1.31%	2.3%
1999	2,212,780	17,734,506	1.48%	2.27%
2000	2,247,031	18,129,653	1.55%	2.23%
2001	2,312,079	18,537,729	2.89%	2.25%
2002	2,392,978	18,958,338	3.5%	2.27%
2003	2,493,903	19,392,475	4.22%	2.29%
2004	2,598,284	19,840,313	4.19%	2.31%
2005	2,661,215	20,304,569	2.42%	2.34%
2006	2,703,502	20,787,087	1.59%	2.38%
2007	2,743,222	21,287,635	1.47%	2.41%
2008	2,816,327	21,819,036	2.66%	2.5%
2009	2,887,885	22,391,745	2.54%	2.62%
2010	2,945,186	22,999,235	1.98%	2.71%
2011	2,998,485	23,649,039	1.81%	2.83%
2012	3,036,988	24,337,846	1.28%	2.91%
2013	3,074,360	25,051,611	1.23%	2.93%
2014	3,095,173	25,788,475	0.68%	2.94%
2015	3,105,546	26,547,572	0.34%	2.94%
2016	3,124,698	27,337,105	0.62%	2.97%
2017	3,150,347	28,166,393	0.82%	3.03%
2018	3,192,760	29,018,644	1.35%	3.03%
2019	3,240,194	29,884,380	1.49%	2.98%
2020	3,291,271	30,783,688	1.58%	3.01%
2021	3,350,183	31,707,800	1.79%	3%
2022	3,409,447	32,656,246	1.77%	2.99%
2023	3,470,390	33,635,160	1.79%	3%
2024	3,535,603	34,631,766	1.88%	2.96%
2025	3,606,996	35,631,656	2.02%	2.89%
2026	3,682,659	36,639,853	2.1%	2.83%
2027	3,760,368	37,668,656	2.11%	2.81%
2028	3,840,135	38,714,097	2.12%	2.78%
2029	3,920,467	39,774,947	2.09%	2.74%
2030	4,002,671	40,846,749	2.1%	2.69%
2031	4,085,037	41,931,250	2.06%	2.66%
2032	4,166,507	43,032,887	1.99%	2.63%
2033	4,249,501	44,144,533	1.99%	2.58%
2034	4,334,727	45,273,522	2.01%	2.56%
2035	4,420,915	46,411,774	1.99%	2.51%
2036	4,509,755	47,548,671	2.01%	2.45%
2037	4,601,933	48,684,563	2.04%	2.39%
2038	4,692,340	49,822,039	1.96%	2.34%
2039	4,780,469	50,971,124	1.88%	2.31%
2040	4,868,668	52,124,215	1.84%	2.26%
2041	4,954,481	53,271,004	1.76%	2.2%
2042	5,039,298	54,423,407	1.71%	2.16%
2043	5,124,256	55,574,711	1.69%	2.12%
2044	5,207,858	56,716,585	1.63%	2.05%
2045	5,292,756	57,851,787	1.63%	2%
2046	5,375,963	58,981,102	1.57%	1.95%
2047	5,456,488	60,117,587	1.5%	1.93%
2048	5,537,538	61,254,584	1.49%	1.89%
2049	5,617,348	62,397,018	1.44%	1.87%
2050	5,696,052	63,530,955	1.4%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.