Population in Eritrea compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	New Zealand	Eritrea	New Zealand
1960	972,547	2,371,800	-	-
1961	995,573	2,419,700	2.37%	2.02%
1962	1,019,788	2,482,000	2.43%	2.57%
1963	1,045,092	2,531,800	2.48%	2.01%
1964	1,071,287	2,585,400	2.51%	2.12%
1965	1,098,335	2,628,400	2.52%	1.66%
1966	1,124,957	2,675,900	2.42%	1.81%
1967	1,152,339	2,724,100	2.43%	1.8%
1968	1,181,737	2,748,100	2.55%	0.88%
1969	1,212,005	2,772,800	2.56%	0.9%
1970	1,243,453	2,810,700	2.59%	1.37%
1971	1,276,154	2,853,000	2.63%	1.5%
1972	1,309,235	2,903,900	2.59%	1.78%
1973	1,342,669	2,961,300	2.55%	1.98%
1974	1,375,688	3,023,700	2.46%	2.11%
1975	1,408,210	3,083,100	2.36%	1.96%
1976	1,443,807	3,110,500	2.53%	0.89%
1977	1,482,565	3,120,200	2.68%	0.31%
1978	1,522,378	3,121,200	2.69%	0.03%
1979	1,563,332	3,109,000	2.69%	-0.39%
1980	1,605,797	3,112,900	2.72%	0.13%
1981	1,649,939	3,124,900	2.75%	0.39%
1982	1,695,461	3,156,100	2.76%	1%
1983	1,736,160	3,199,300	2.4%	1.37%
1984	1,771,730	3,227,100	2.05%	0.87%
1985	1,807,816	3,247,100	2.04%	0.62%
1986	1,845,164	3,246,300	2.07%	-0.02%
1987	1,888,669	3,274,400	2.36%	0.87%
1988	1,938,255	3,283,400	2.63%	0.27%
1989	1,987,017	3,299,200	2.52%	0.48%
1990	2,032,737	3,329,800	2.3%	0.93%
1991	1,919,571	3,495,100	-5.57%	4.96%
1992	1,798,748	3,531,700	-6.29%	1.05%
1993	1,856,006	3,572,200	3.18%	1.15%
1994	1,913,915	3,620,000	3.12%	1.34%
1995	2,025,267	3,673,400	5.82%	1.48%
1996	2,128,464	3,732,000	5.1%	1.6%
1997	2,152,135	3,781,300	1.11%	1.32%
1998	2,180,419	3,815,000	1.31%	0.89%
1999	2,212,780	3,835,100	1.48%	0.53%
2000	2,247,031	3,857,700	1.55%	0.59%
2001	2,312,079	3,880,500	2.89%	0.59%
2002	2,392,978	3,948,500	3.5%	1.75%
2003	2,493,903	4,027,200	4.22%	1.99%
2004	2,598,284	4,087,500	4.19%	1.5%
2005	2,661,215	4,133,900	2.42%	1.14%
2006	2,703,502	4,184,600	1.59%	1.23%
2007	2,743,222	4,223,800	1.47%	0.94%
2008	2,816,327	4,259,800	2.66%	0.85%
2009	2,887,885	4,302,600	2.54%	1%
2010	2,945,186	4,350,700	1.98%	1.12%
2011	2,998,485	4,384,000	1.81%	0.77%
2012	3,036,988	4,408,100	1.28%	0.55%
2013	3,074,360	4,442,100	1.23%	0.77%
2014	3,095,173	4,516,500	0.68%	1.67%
2015	3,105,546	4,609,400	0.34%	2.06%
2016	3,124,698	4,714,100	0.62%	2.27%
2017	3,150,347	4,813,600	0.82%	2.11%
2018	3,192,760	4,900,600	1.35%	1.81%
2019	3,240,194	4,970,300	1.49%	1.42%
2020	3,291,271	5,072,400	1.58%	2.05%
2021	3,350,183	5,084,600	1.79%	0.24%
2022	3,409,447	5,081,700	1.77%	-0.06%
2023	3,470,390	5,200,000	1.79%	2.33%
2024	3,535,603	5,287,500	1.88%	1.68%
2025	3,606,996	5,325,989	2.02%	0.73%
2026	3,682,659	5,362,071	2.1%	0.68%
2027	3,760,368	5,395,933	2.11%	0.63%
2028	3,840,135	5,427,327	2.12%	0.58%
2029	3,920,467	5,456,502	2.09%	0.54%
2030	4,002,671	5,483,630	2.1%	0.5%
2031	4,085,037	5,509,118	2.06%	0.46%
2032	4,166,507	5,533,087	1.99%	0.44%
2033	4,249,501	5,555,912	1.99%	0.41%
2034	4,334,727	5,577,658	2.01%	0.39%
2035	4,420,915	5,598,481	1.99%	0.37%
2036	4,509,755	5,618,949	2.01%	0.37%
2037	4,601,933	5,638,796	2.04%	0.35%
2038	4,692,340	5,658,606	1.96%	0.35%
2039	4,780,469	5,677,983	1.88%	0.34%
2040	4,868,668	5,696,537	1.84%	0.33%
2041	4,954,481	5,715,286	1.76%	0.33%
2042	5,039,298	5,733,881	1.71%	0.33%
2043	5,124,256	5,750,997	1.69%	0.3%
2044	5,207,858	5,766,545	1.63%	0.27%
2045	5,292,756	5,780,970	1.63%	0.25%
2046	5,375,963	5,794,046	1.57%	0.23%
2047	5,456,488	5,805,663	1.5%	0.2%
2048	5,537,538	5,816,692	1.49%	0.19%
2049	5,617,348	5,826,512	1.44%	0.17%
2050	5,696,052	5,836,471	1.4%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.