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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.

Population statistics:

  • Poland's population is 9.86 times bigger than Eritrea's.
  • Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
  • The countries together account for 0.48% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.44% for Poland.
  • For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
  • Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.

Eritrea vs Poland: live population counter

Eritrea Poland
Current population
3667774
36176920
Population rank 131/197 46/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.44%
One net population change
8.06 minutes
3.96 minutes
One birth every
5.31 minutes
1.94 minutes
One death every
25 minutes
1.29 minutes
One migration net change every
41.4 minutes
2.21 minutes
Annual migration change -12,696 -238,062
Daily growth/decline +179 -363
Annual growth/decline +65,213 -132,646
Annual growth/decline rate +1.88% -0.36%
Population growth rate rank 60/197 179/197

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

Eritrea
Population

Growth rate
Poland
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eritrea Poland Eritrea Poland
1960 972,547 29,637,450 - -
1961 995,573 29,964,000 2.37% 1.1%
1962 1,019,788 30,308,500 2.43% 1.15%
1963 1,045,092 30,712,000 2.48% 1.33%
1964 1,071,287 31,139,450 2.51% 1.39%
1965 1,098,335 31,444,950 2.52% 0.98%
1966 1,124,957 31,681,000 2.42% 0.75%
1967 1,152,339 31,987,155 2.43% 0.97%
1968 1,181,737 32,294,655 2.55% 0.96%
1969 1,212,005 32,548,300 2.56% 0.79%
1970 1,243,453 32,664,300 2.59% 0.36%
1971 1,276,154 32,783,500 2.63% 0.36%
1972 1,309,235 33,055,650 2.59% 0.83%
1973 1,342,669 33,357,200 2.55% 0.91%
1974 1,375,688 33,678,899 2.46% 0.96%
1975 1,408,210 34,015,199 2.36% 1%
1976 1,443,807 34,356,300 2.53% 1%
1977 1,482,565 34,689,050 2.68% 0.97%
1978 1,522,378 34,965,600 2.69% 0.8%
1979 1,563,332 35,247,217 2.69% 0.81%
1980 1,605,797 35,574,150 2.72% 0.93%
1981 1,649,939 35,898,587 2.75% 0.91%
1982 1,695,461 36,230,481 2.76% 0.92%
1983 1,736,160 36,571,808 2.4% 0.94%
1984 1,771,730 36,904,134 2.05% 0.91%
1985 1,807,816 37,201,885 2.04% 0.81%
1986 1,845,164 37,456,119 2.07% 0.68%
1987 1,888,669 37,668,045 2.36% 0.57%
1988 1,938,255 37,824,487 2.63% 0.42%
1989 1,987,017 37,961,529 2.52% 0.36%
1990 2,032,737 38,110,782 2.3% 0.39%
1991 1,919,571 38,246,193 -5.57% 0.36%
1992 1,798,748 38,363,667 -6.29% 0.31%
1993 1,856,006 38,461,408 3.18% 0.25%
1994 1,913,915 38,542,652 3.12% 0.21%
1995 2,025,267 38,594,998 5.82% 0.14%
1996 2,128,464 38,624,370 5.1% 0.08%
1997 2,152,135 38,649,660 1.11% 0.07%
1998 2,180,419 38,663,481 1.31% 0.04%
1999 2,212,780 38,660,271 1.48% -0.008%
2000 2,247,031 38,258,629 1.55% -1.04%
2001 2,312,079 38,248,076 2.89% -0.03%
2002 2,392,978 38,230,364 3.5% -0.05%
2003 2,493,903 38,204,570 4.22% -0.07%
2004 2,598,284 38,182,222 4.19% -0.06%
2005 2,661,215 38,165,445 2.42% -0.04%
2006 2,703,502 38,141,267 1.59% -0.06%
2007 2,743,222 38,120,560 1.47% -0.05%
2008 2,816,327 38,125,759 2.66% 0.01%
2009 2,887,885 38,151,603 2.54% 0.07%
2010 2,945,186 38,042,794 1.98% -0.29%
2011 2,998,485 38,063,255 1.81% 0.05%
2012 3,036,988 38,063,164 1.28% -0%
2013 3,074,360 38,040,196 1.23% -0.06%
2014 3,095,173 38,011,735 0.68% -0.07%
2015 3,105,546 37,986,412 0.34% -0.07%
2016 3,124,698 37,970,087 0.62% -0.04%
2017 3,150,347 37,974,826 0.82% 0.01%
2018 3,192,760 37,974,750 1.35% -0%
2019 3,240,194 37,965,475 1.49% -0.02%
2020 3,291,271 37,515,748 1.58% -1.18%
2021 3,350,183 36,981,559 1.79% -1.42%
2022 3,409,447 36,821,749 1.77% -0.43%
2023 3,470,390 36,687,353 1.79% -0.36%
2024 3,535,603 36,554,707 1.88% -0.36%
2025 3,606,996 36,176,920 2.02% -1.03%
2026 3,682,659 35,894,534 2.1% -0.78%
2027 3,760,368 35,753,988 2.11% -0.39%
2028 3,840,135 35,605,295 2.12% -0.42%
2029 3,920,467 35,447,860 2.09% -0.44%
2030 4,002,671 35,283,068 2.1% -0.46%
2031 4,085,037 35,111,838 2.06% -0.49%
2032 4,166,507 34,934,626 1.99% -0.5%
2033 4,249,501 34,753,118 1.99% -0.52%
2034 4,334,727 34,567,292 2.01% -0.53%
2035 4,420,915 34,377,478 1.99% -0.55%
2036 4,509,755 34,183,187 2.01% -0.57%
2037 4,601,933 33,984,777 2.04% -0.58%
2038 4,692,340 33,782,992 1.96% -0.59%
2039 4,780,469 33,577,269 1.88% -0.61%
2040 4,868,668 33,368,049 1.84% -0.62%
2041 4,954,481 33,156,329 1.76% -0.63%
2042 5,039,298 32,941,367 1.71% -0.65%
2043 5,124,256 32,722,775 1.69% -0.66%
2044 5,207,858 32,501,991 1.63% -0.67%
2045 5,292,756 32,278,695 1.63% -0.69%
2046 5,375,963 32,052,771 1.57% -0.7%
2047 5,456,488 31,824,481 1.5% -0.71%
2048 5,537,538 31,593,911 1.49% -0.72%
2049 5,617,348 31,360,713 1.44% -0.74%
2050 5,696,052 31,124,396 1.4% -0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.

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