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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Russia	Eritrea	Russia
1960	972,547	119,897,000	-	-
1961	995,573	121,236,000	2.37%	1.12%
1962	1,019,788	122,591,000	2.43%	1.12%
1963	1,045,092	123,960,000	2.48%	1.12%
1964	1,071,287	125,345,000	2.51%	1.12%
1965	1,098,335	126,745,000	2.52%	1.12%
1966	1,124,957	127,468,000	2.42%	0.57%
1967	1,152,339	128,196,000	2.43%	0.57%
1968	1,181,737	128,928,000	2.55%	0.57%
1969	1,212,005	129,664,000	2.56%	0.57%
1970	1,243,453	130,404,000	2.59%	0.57%
1971	1,276,154	131,155,000	2.63%	0.58%
1972	1,309,235	131,909,000	2.59%	0.57%
1973	1,342,669	132,669,000	2.55%	0.58%
1974	1,375,688	133,432,000	2.46%	0.58%
1975	1,408,210	134,200,000	2.36%	0.58%
1976	1,443,807	135,147,000	2.53%	0.71%
1977	1,482,565	136,100,000	2.68%	0.71%
1978	1,522,378	137,060,000	2.69%	0.71%
1979	1,563,332	138,027,000	2.69%	0.71%
1980	1,605,797	139,010,000	2.72%	0.71%
1981	1,649,939	139,941,000	2.75%	0.67%
1982	1,695,461	140,823,000	2.76%	0.63%
1983	1,736,160	141,668,000	2.4%	0.6%
1984	1,771,730	142,745,000	2.05%	0.76%
1985	1,807,816	143,858,000	2.04%	0.78%
1986	1,845,164	144,894,000	2.07%	0.72%
1987	1,888,669	145,908,000	2.36%	0.7%
1988	1,938,255	146,857,000	2.63%	0.65%
1989	1,987,017	147,721,000	2.52%	0.59%
1990	2,032,737	147,969,406	2.3%	0.17%
1991	1,919,571	148,394,216	-5.57%	0.29%
1992	1,798,748	148,538,197	-6.29%	0.1%
1993	1,856,006	148,458,777	3.18%	-0.05%
1994	1,913,915	148,407,912	3.12%	-0.03%
1995	2,025,267	148,375,787	5.82%	-0.02%
1996	2,128,464	148,160,129	5.1%	-0.15%
1997	2,152,135	147,915,361	1.11%	-0.17%
1998	2,180,419	147,670,784	1.31%	-0.17%
1999	2,212,780	147,214,776	1.48%	-0.31%
2000	2,247,031	146,596,869	1.55%	-0.42%
2001	2,312,079	145,976,482	2.89%	-0.42%
2002	2,392,978	145,306,497	3.5%	-0.46%
2003	2,493,903	144,648,618	4.22%	-0.45%
2004	2,598,284	144,067,316	4.19%	-0.4%
2005	2,661,215	143,518,814	2.42%	-0.38%
2006	2,703,502	143,049,637	1.59%	-0.33%
2007	2,743,222	142,805,114	1.47%	-0.17%
2008	2,816,327	142,742,366	2.66%	-0.04%
2009	2,887,885	142,785,348	2.54%	0.03%
2010	2,945,186	142,849,468	1.98%	0.04%
2011	2,998,485	143,018,195	1.81%	0.12%
2012	3,036,988	143,378,447	1.28%	0.25%
2013	3,074,360	143,805,638	1.23%	0.3%
2014	3,095,173	144,237,223	0.68%	0.3%
2015	3,105,546	144,640,716	0.34%	0.28%
2016	3,124,698	145,015,460	0.62%	0.26%
2017	3,150,347	145,293,260	0.82%	0.19%
2018	3,192,760	145,398,106	1.35%	0.07%
2019	3,240,194	145,453,291	1.49%	0.04%
2020	3,291,271	145,245,148	1.58%	-0.14%
2021	3,350,183	144,746,762	1.79%	-0.34%
2022	3,409,447	144,236,933	1.77%	-0.35%
2023	3,470,390	143,826,130	1.79%	-0.28%
2024	3,535,603	143,533,851	1.88%	-0.2%
2025	3,606,996	142,718,132	2.02%	-0.57%
2026	3,682,659	142,120,553	2.1%	-0.42%
2027	3,760,368	141,773,330	2.11%	-0.24%
2028	3,840,135	141,402,326	2.12%	-0.26%
2029	3,920,467	141,021,009	2.09%	-0.27%
2030	4,002,671	140,628,883	2.1%	-0.28%
2031	4,085,037	140,218,596	2.06%	-0.29%
2032	4,166,507	139,807,207	1.99%	-0.29%
2033	4,249,501	139,414,947	1.99%	-0.28%
2034	4,334,727	139,034,543	2.01%	-0.27%
2035	4,420,915	138,666,694	1.99%	-0.26%
2036	4,509,755	138,311,757	2.01%	-0.26%
2037	4,601,933	137,968,177	2.04%	-0.25%
2038	4,692,340	137,643,032	1.96%	-0.24%
2039	4,780,469	137,336,299	1.88%	-0.22%
2040	4,868,668	137,053,347	1.84%	-0.21%
2041	4,954,481	136,795,588	1.76%	-0.19%
2042	5,039,298	136,558,692	1.71%	-0.17%
2043	5,124,256	136,335,849	1.69%	-0.16%
2044	5,207,858	136,124,845	1.63%	-0.15%
2045	5,292,756	135,933,758	1.63%	-0.14%
2046	5,375,963	135,756,848	1.57%	-0.13%
2047	5,456,488	135,574,181	1.5%	-0.13%
2048	5,537,538	135,372,557	1.49%	-0.15%
2049	5,617,348	135,156,911	1.44%	-0.16%
2050	5,696,052	134,923,391	1.4%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.