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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Romania	Eritrea	Romania
1960	972,547	18,406,905	-	-
1961	995,573	18,555,250	2.37%	0.81%
1962	1,019,788	18,676,550	2.43%	0.65%
1963	1,045,092	18,797,850	2.48%	0.65%
1964	1,071,287	18,919,126	2.51%	0.65%
1965	1,098,335	19,031,576	2.52%	0.59%
1966	1,124,957	19,215,450	2.42%	0.97%
1967	1,152,339	19,534,242	2.43%	1.66%
1968	1,181,737	19,799,831	2.55%	1.36%
1969	1,212,005	20,009,141	2.56%	1.06%
1970	1,243,453	20,250,398	2.59%	1.21%
1971	1,276,154	20,461,567	2.63%	1.04%
1972	1,309,235	20,657,957	2.59%	0.96%
1973	1,342,669	20,835,681	2.55%	0.86%
1974	1,375,688	21,029,429	2.46%	0.93%
1975	1,408,210	21,293,583	2.36%	1.26%
1976	1,443,807	21,551,634	2.53%	1.21%
1977	1,482,565	21,756,096	2.68%	0.95%
1978	1,522,378	21,951,464	2.69%	0.9%
1979	1,563,332	22,090,488	2.69%	0.63%
1980	1,605,797	22,207,282	2.72%	0.53%
1981	1,649,939	22,353,070	2.75%	0.66%
1982	1,695,461	22,475,741	2.76%	0.55%
1983	1,736,160	22,560,478	2.4%	0.38%
1984	1,771,730	22,640,547	2.05%	0.35%
1985	1,807,816	22,732,999	2.04%	0.41%
1986	1,845,164	22,836,841	2.07%	0.46%
1987	1,888,669	22,949,430	2.36%	0.49%
1988	1,938,255	23,057,662	2.63%	0.47%
1989	1,987,017	23,161,458	2.52%	0.45%
1990	2,032,737	23,201,835	2.3%	0.17%
1991	1,919,571	23,001,155	-5.57%	-0.86%
1992	1,798,748	22,794,284	-6.29%	-0.9%
1993	1,856,006	22,763,280	3.18%	-0.14%
1994	1,913,915	22,730,211	3.12%	-0.15%
1995	2,025,267	22,684,270	5.82%	-0.2%
1996	2,128,464	22,619,004	5.1%	-0.29%
1997	2,152,135	22,553,978	1.11%	-0.29%
1998	2,180,419	22,507,344	1.31%	-0.21%
1999	2,212,780	22,472,040	1.48%	-0.16%
2000	2,247,031	22,442,971	1.55%	-0.13%
2001	2,312,079	22,131,970	2.89%	-1.39%
2002	2,392,978	21,730,496	3.5%	-1.81%
2003	2,493,903	21,574,326	4.22%	-0.72%
2004	2,598,284	21,451,748	4.19%	-0.57%
2005	2,661,215	21,319,685	2.42%	-0.62%
2006	2,703,502	21,193,760	1.59%	-0.59%
2007	2,743,222	20,882,982	1.47%	-1.47%
2008	2,816,327	20,537,875	2.66%	-1.65%
2009	2,887,885	20,367,487	2.54%	-0.83%
2010	2,945,186	20,246,871	1.98%	-0.59%
2011	2,998,485	20,147,528	1.81%	-0.49%
2012	3,036,988	20,058,035	1.28%	-0.44%
2013	3,074,360	19,983,693	1.23%	-0.37%
2014	3,095,173	19,908,979	0.68%	-0.37%
2015	3,105,546	19,815,616	0.34%	-0.47%
2016	3,124,698	19,702,267	0.62%	-0.57%
2017	3,150,347	19,588,715	0.82%	-0.58%
2018	3,192,760	19,473,970	1.35%	-0.59%
2019	3,240,194	19,371,648	1.49%	-0.53%
2020	3,291,271	19,265,250	1.58%	-0.55%
2021	3,350,183	19,122,059	1.79%	-0.74%
2022	3,409,447	19,048,502	1.77%	-0.38%
2023	3,470,390	19,061,062	1.79%	0.07%
2024	3,535,603	19,051,804	1.88%	-0.05%
2025	3,606,996	18,945,157	2.02%	-0.56%
2026	3,682,659	18,836,893	2.1%	-0.57%
2027	3,760,368	18,727,645	2.11%	-0.58%
2028	3,840,135	18,617,757	2.12%	-0.59%
2029	3,920,467	18,506,702	2.09%	-0.6%
2030	4,002,671	18,394,947	2.1%	-0.6%
2031	4,085,037	18,282,991	2.06%	-0.61%
2032	4,166,507	18,170,681	1.99%	-0.61%
2033	4,249,501	18,057,661	1.99%	-0.62%
2034	4,334,727	17,943,814	2.01%	-0.63%
2035	4,420,915	17,828,772	1.99%	-0.64%
2036	4,509,755	17,712,177	2.01%	-0.65%
2037	4,601,933	17,595,189	2.04%	-0.66%
2038	4,692,340	17,477,597	1.96%	-0.67%
2039	4,780,469	17,360,012	1.88%	-0.67%
2040	4,868,668	17,242,939	1.84%	-0.67%
2041	4,954,481	17,124,773	1.76%	-0.69%
2042	5,039,298	17,006,515	1.71%	-0.69%
2043	5,124,256	16,888,882	1.69%	-0.69%
2044	5,207,858	16,770,593	1.63%	-0.7%
2045	5,292,756	16,652,406	1.63%	-0.7%
2046	5,375,963	16,534,847	1.57%	-0.71%
2047	5,456,488	16,416,456	1.5%	-0.72%
2048	5,537,538	16,297,099	1.49%	-0.73%
2049	5,617,348	16,177,534	1.44%	-0.73%
2050	5,696,052	16,058,209	1.4%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.