The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 54,500,091 people in Myanmar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 55,119,090 in Myanmar.
Population statistics:
- Myanmar's population is 15 times bigger than Eritrea's.
- Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Myanmar is the 27th.
- The countries together account for 0.71% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.67% for Myanmar.
- For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +0.74% in Myanmar.
- Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Myanmar has grown from 47.4M to 55.1M (16.2% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 58.6M people in 2049 for Myanmar.
Eritrea vs Myanmar: live population counter
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| Current population |
3667774
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55119090
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| Population rank | 131/197 | 27/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.67% |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
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1.43 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
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34.9 seconds
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| One death every |
25 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
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13.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -12,696 | -37,979 |
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +1,004 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +366,293 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +0.68% |
| Population growth rate rank | 60/197 | 121/197 |
Eritrea and Myanmar: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 972,547 | 21,730,250 | - | - |
| 1961 | 995,573 | 22,210,581 | 2.37% | 2.21% |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 | 22,704,719 | 2.43% | 2.22% |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 | 23,213,408 | 2.48% | 2.24% |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 | 23,737,315 | 2.51% | 2.26% |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 | 24,279,431 | 2.52% | 2.28% |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 | 24,836,496 | 2.42% | 2.29% |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 | 25,406,429 | 2.43% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 | 25,989,662 | 2.55% | 2.3% |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 | 26,585,112 | 2.56% | 2.29% |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 | 27,193,016 | 2.59% | 2.29% |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 | 27,807,219 | 2.63% | 2.26% |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 | 28,428,324 | 2.59% | 2.23% |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 | 29,026,388 | 2.55% | 2.1% |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 | 29,598,167 | 2.46% | 1.97% |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 | 30,176,565 | 2.36% | 1.95% |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 | 30,758,811 | 2.53% | 1.93% |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 | 31,355,966 | 2.68% | 1.94% |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 | 31,972,976 | 2.69% | 1.97% |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 | 32,596,550 | 2.69% | 1.95% |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 | 33,227,204 | 2.72% | 1.93% |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 | 33,858,783 | 2.75% | 1.9% |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 | 34,482,965 | 2.76% | 1.84% |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 | 35,162,715 | 2.4% | 1.97% |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 | 35,899,313 | 2.05% | 2.09% |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 | 36,622,827 | 2.04% | 2.02% |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 | 37,314,878 | 2.07% | 1.89% |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 | 37,971,594 | 2.36% | 1.76% |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 | 38,600,927 | 2.63% | 1.66% |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 | 39,214,618 | 2.52% | 1.59% |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 | 39,817,251 | 2.3% | 1.54% |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 | 40,394,154 | -5.57% | 1.45% |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 | 40,950,342 | -6.29% | 1.38% |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 | 41,502,429 | 3.18% | 1.35% |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 | 42,055,143 | 3.12% | 1.33% |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 | 42,605,338 | 5.82% | 1.31% |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 | 43,154,860 | 5.1% | 1.29% |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 | 43,708,798 | 1.11% | 1.28% |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 | 44,257,793 | 1.31% | 1.26% |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 | 44,787,724 | 1.48% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 | 45,290,841 | 1.55% | 1.12% |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 | 45,771,139 | 2.89% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 | 46,232,653 | 3.5% | 1.01% |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 | 46,667,192 | 4.22% | 0.94% |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 | 47,068,772 | 4.19% | 0.86% |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 | 47,438,365 | 2.42% | 0.79% |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 | 47,785,135 | 1.59% | 0.73% |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 | 48,125,043 | 1.47% | 0.71% |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 | 48,390,793 | 2.66% | 0.55% |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 | 48,660,459 | 2.54% | 0.56% |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 | 49,024,382 | 1.98% | 0.75% |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 | 49,419,820 | 1.81% | 0.81% |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 | 49,837,446 | 1.28% | 0.85% |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 | 50,262,658 | 1.23% | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 | 50,681,634 | 0.68% | 0.83% |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 | 51,089,056 | 0.34% | 0.8% |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 | 51,495,696 | 0.62% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 | 51,894,938 | 0.82% | 0.78% |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 | 52,272,247 | 1.35% | 0.73% |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 | 52,640,713 | 1.49% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 | 53,016,522 | 1.58% | 0.71% |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 | 53,387,102 | 1.79% | 0.7% |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 | 53,756,787 | 1.77% | 0.69% |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 | 54,133,798 | 1.79% | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 | 54,500,091 | 1.88% | 0.68% |
| 2025 | 3,606,996 | 54,850,652 | 2.02% | 0.64% |
| 2026 | 3,682,659 | 55,184,831 | 2.1% | 0.61% |
| 2027 | 3,760,368 | 55,502,494 | 2.11% | 0.58% |
| 2028 | 3,840,135 | 55,802,778 | 2.12% | 0.54% |
| 2029 | 3,920,467 | 56,085,147 | 2.09% | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 4,002,671 | 56,351,028 | 2.1% | 0.47% |
| 2031 | 4,085,037 | 56,601,632 | 2.06% | 0.44% |
| 2032 | 4,166,507 | 56,836,048 | 1.99% | 0.41% |
| 2033 | 4,249,501 | 57,054,552 | 1.99% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 4,334,727 | 57,257,183 | 2.01% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 4,420,915 | 57,444,471 | 1.99% | 0.33% |
| 2036 | 4,509,755 | 57,616,158 | 2.01% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 4,601,933 | 57,773,912 | 2.04% | 0.27% |
| 2038 | 4,692,340 | 57,919,868 | 1.96% | 0.25% |
| 2039 | 4,780,469 | 58,052,183 | 1.88% | 0.23% |
| 2040 | 4,868,668 | 58,169,863 | 1.84% | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 4,954,481 | 58,274,275 | 1.76% | 0.18% |
| 2042 | 5,039,298 | 58,365,927 | 1.71% | 0.16% |
| 2043 | 5,124,256 | 58,443,291 | 1.69% | 0.13% |
| 2044 | 5,207,858 | 58,506,418 | 1.63% | 0.11% |
| 2045 | 5,292,756 | 58,558,173 | 1.63% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 5,375,963 | 58,596,775 | 1.57% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 5,456,488 | 58,620,774 | 1.5% | 0.04% |
| 2048 | 5,537,538 | 58,632,733 | 1.49% | 0.02% |
| 2049 | 5,617,348 | 58,633,128 | 1.44% | 0.001% |
| 2050 | 5,696,052 | 58,623,237 | 1.4% | -0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth).
Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Myanmar was ranked 27th in 2005 and still ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.
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Population differences between Eritrea and Myanmar
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| Life expectancy | 69.2 years | 67.3 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 32.6 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 30.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 216.3 ppl/mi² |
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