Population in Eritrea compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Netherlands	Eritrea	Netherlands
1960	972,547	11,486,631	-	-
1961	995,573	11,638,712	2.37%	1.32%
1962	1,019,788	11,805,689	2.43%	1.43%
1963	1,045,092	11,965,966	2.48%	1.36%
1964	1,071,287	12,127,120	2.51%	1.35%
1965	1,098,335	12,294,732	2.52%	1.38%
1966	1,124,957	12,456,251	2.42%	1.31%
1967	1,152,339	12,598,201	2.43%	1.14%
1968	1,181,737	12,729,721	2.55%	1.04%
1969	1,212,005	12,877,984	2.56%	1.16%
1970	1,243,453	13,038,526	2.59%	1.25%
1971	1,276,154	13,194,497	2.63%	1.2%
1972	1,309,235	13,328,593	2.59%	1.02%
1973	1,342,669	13,439,322	2.55%	0.83%
1974	1,375,688	13,545,056	2.46%	0.79%
1975	1,408,210	13,666,335	2.36%	0.9%
1976	1,443,807	13,774,037	2.53%	0.79%
1977	1,482,565	13,856,185	2.68%	0.6%
1978	1,522,378	13,941,700	2.69%	0.62%
1979	1,563,332	14,038,270	2.69%	0.69%
1980	1,605,797	14,149,800	2.72%	0.79%
1981	1,649,939	14,247,208	2.75%	0.69%
1982	1,695,461	14,312,690	2.76%	0.46%
1983	1,736,160	14,367,070	2.4%	0.38%
1984	1,771,730	14,424,211	2.05%	0.4%
1985	1,807,816	14,491,632	2.04%	0.47%
1986	1,845,164	14,572,278	2.07%	0.56%
1987	1,888,669	14,665,037	2.36%	0.64%
1988	1,938,255	14,760,094	2.63%	0.65%
1989	1,987,017	14,848,907	2.52%	0.6%
1990	2,032,737	14,951,510	2.3%	0.69%
1991	1,919,571	15,069,798	-5.57%	0.79%
1992	1,798,748	15,184,166	-6.29%	0.76%
1993	1,856,006	15,290,368	3.18%	0.7%
1994	1,913,915	15,382,838	3.12%	0.6%
1995	2,025,267	15,459,006	5.82%	0.5%
1996	2,128,464	15,530,498	5.1%	0.46%
1997	2,152,135	15,610,650	1.11%	0.52%
1998	2,180,419	15,707,209	1.31%	0.62%
1999	2,212,780	15,812,088	1.48%	0.67%
2000	2,247,031	15,925,513	1.55%	0.72%
2001	2,312,079	16,046,180	2.89%	0.76%
2002	2,392,978	16,148,929	3.5%	0.64%
2003	2,493,903	16,225,302	4.22%	0.47%
2004	2,598,284	16,281,779	4.19%	0.35%
2005	2,661,215	16,319,868	2.42%	0.23%
2006	2,703,502	16,346,101	1.59%	0.16%
2007	2,743,222	16,381,696	1.47%	0.22%
2008	2,816,327	16,445,593	2.66%	0.39%
2009	2,887,885	16,530,388	2.54%	0.52%
2010	2,945,186	16,615,394	1.98%	0.51%
2011	2,998,485	16,693,074	1.81%	0.47%
2012	3,036,988	16,754,962	1.28%	0.37%
2013	3,074,360	16,804,432	1.23%	0.3%
2014	3,095,173	16,865,008	0.68%	0.36%
2015	3,105,546	16,939,923	0.34%	0.44%
2016	3,124,698	17,030,314	0.62%	0.53%
2017	3,150,347	17,131,296	0.82%	0.59%
2018	3,192,760	17,231,624	1.35%	0.59%
2019	3,240,194	17,344,874	1.49%	0.66%
2020	3,291,271	17,441,500	1.58%	0.56%
2021	3,350,183	17,533,044	1.79%	0.52%
2022	3,409,447	17,700,982	1.77%	0.96%
2023	3,470,390	17,877,117	1.79%	1%
2024	3,535,603	17,993,485	1.88%	0.65%
2025	3,606,996	18,110,044	2.02%	0.65%
2026	3,682,659	18,210,675	2.1%	0.56%
2027	3,760,368	18,298,766	2.11%	0.48%
2028	3,840,135	18,378,805	2.12%	0.44%
2029	3,920,467	18,451,273	2.09%	0.39%
2030	4,002,671	18,515,139	2.1%	0.35%
2031	4,085,037	18,571,158	2.06%	0.3%
2032	4,166,507	18,620,309	1.99%	0.26%
2033	4,249,501	18,664,195	1.99%	0.24%
2034	4,334,727	18,701,674	2.01%	0.2%
2035	4,420,915	18,732,440	1.99%	0.16%
2036	4,509,755	18,759,270	2.01%	0.14%
2037	4,601,933	18,781,008	2.04%	0.12%
2038	4,692,340	18,797,497	1.96%	0.09%
2039	4,780,469	18,809,490	1.88%	0.06%
2040	4,868,668	18,816,959	1.84%	0.04%
2041	4,954,481	18,820,083	1.76%	0.02%
2042	5,039,298	18,818,821	1.71%	-0.007%
2043	5,124,256	18,814,475	1.69%	-0.02%
2044	5,207,858	18,806,778	1.63%	-0.04%
2045	5,292,756	18,796,219	1.63%	-0.06%
2046	5,375,963	18,784,939	1.57%	-0.06%
2047	5,456,488	18,770,867	1.5%	-0.07%
2048	5,537,538	18,753,541	1.49%	-0.09%
2049	5,617,348	18,734,516	1.44%	-0.1%
2050	5,696,052	18,713,797	1.4%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.