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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Seychelles	Eritrea	Seychelles
1960	972,547	41,700	-	-
1961	995,573	42,889	2.37%	2.85%
1962	1,019,788	44,042	2.43%	2.69%
1963	1,045,092	45,176	2.48%	2.57%
1964	1,071,287	46,322	2.51%	2.54%
1965	1,098,335	47,500	2.52%	2.54%
1966	1,124,957	48,699	2.42%	2.52%
1967	1,152,339	49,911	2.43%	2.49%
1968	1,181,737	51,134	2.55%	2.45%
1969	1,212,005	52,365	2.56%	2.41%
1970	1,243,453	53,600	2.59%	2.36%
1971	1,276,154	54,695	2.63%	2.04%
1972	1,309,235	56,029	2.59%	2.44%
1973	1,342,669	56,892	2.55%	1.54%
1974	1,375,688	57,937	2.46%	1.84%
1975	1,408,210	59,292	2.36%	2.34%
1976	1,443,807	60,504	2.53%	2.04%
1977	1,482,565	61,786	2.68%	2.12%
1978	1,522,378	62,150	2.69%	0.59%
1979	1,563,332	62,686	2.69%	0.86%
1980	1,605,797	63,261	2.72%	0.92%
1981	1,649,939	64,035	2.75%	1.22%
1982	1,695,461	64,413	2.76%	0.59%
1983	1,736,160	64,335	2.4%	-0.12%
1984	1,771,730	64,717	2.05%	0.59%
1985	1,807,816	65,244	2.04%	0.81%
1986	1,845,164	65,652	2.07%	0.63%
1987	1,888,669	68,499	2.36%	4.34%
1988	1,938,255	68,755	2.63%	0.37%
1989	1,987,017	69,167	2.52%	0.6%
1990	2,032,737	69,507	2.3%	0.49%
1991	1,919,571	70,439	-5.57%	1.34%
1992	1,798,748	70,763	-6.29%	0.46%
1993	1,856,006	72,253	3.18%	2.11%
1994	1,913,915	74,205	3.12%	2.7%
1995	2,025,267	75,304	5.82%	1.48%
1996	2,128,464	76,417	5.1%	1.48%
1997	2,152,135	77,319	1.11%	1.18%
1998	2,180,419	78,846	1.31%	1.97%
1999	2,212,780	80,410	1.48%	1.98%
2000	2,247,031	81,131	1.55%	0.9%
2001	2,312,079	81,202	2.89%	0.09%
2002	2,392,978	83,723	3.5%	3.1%
2003	2,493,903	82,781	4.22%	-1.13%
2004	2,598,284	82,475	4.19%	-0.37%
2005	2,661,215	82,858	2.42%	0.46%
2006	2,703,502	84,600	1.59%	2.1%
2007	2,743,222	85,033	1.47%	0.51%
2008	2,816,327	86,956	2.66%	2.26%
2009	2,887,885	87,298	2.54%	0.39%
2010	2,945,186	89,770	1.98%	2.83%
2011	2,998,485	87,441	1.81%	-2.59%
2012	3,036,988	88,303	1.28%	0.99%
2013	3,074,360	89,949	1.23%	1.86%
2014	3,095,173	91,359	0.68%	1.57%
2015	3,105,546	93,419	0.34%	2.25%
2016	3,124,698	94,677	0.62%	1.35%
2017	3,150,347	95,843	0.82%	1.23%
2018	3,192,760	96,762	1.35%	0.96%
2019	3,240,194	97,625	1.49%	0.89%
2020	3,291,271	98,462	1.58%	0.86%
2021	3,350,183	99,258	1.79%	0.81%
2022	3,409,447	119,878	1.77%	20.8%
2023	3,470,390	119,773	1.79%	-0.09%
2024	3,535,603	121,354	1.88%	1.32%
2025	3,606,996	123,549	2.02%	1.81%
2026	3,682,659	125,581	2.1%	1.64%
2027	3,760,368	127,380	2.11%	1.43%
2028	3,840,135	128,883	2.12%	1.18%
2029	3,920,467	130,011	2.09%	0.87%
2030	4,002,671	130,635	2.1%	0.48%
2031	4,085,037	130,989	2.06%	0.27%
2032	4,166,507	131,305	1.99%	0.24%
2033	4,249,501	131,578	1.99%	0.21%
2034	4,334,727	131,816	2.01%	0.18%
2035	4,420,915	132,027	1.99%	0.16%
2036	4,509,755	132,202	2.01%	0.13%
2037	4,601,933	132,348	2.04%	0.11%
2038	4,692,340	132,467	1.96%	0.09%
2039	4,780,469	132,552	1.88%	0.06%
2040	4,868,668	132,631	1.84%	0.06%
2041	4,954,481	132,681	1.76%	0.04%
2042	5,039,298	132,700	1.71%	0.01%
2043	5,124,256	132,698	1.69%	-0.001%
2044	5,207,858	132,665	1.63%	-0.03%
2045	5,292,756	132,613	1.63%	-0.04%
2046	5,375,963	132,531	1.57%	-0.06%
2047	5,456,488	132,415	1.5%	-0.09%
2048	5,537,538	132,264	1.49%	-0.11%
2049	5,617,348	132,085	1.44%	-0.14%
2050	5,696,052	131,885	1.4%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.