The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 2,127,400 people in Slovenia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,683,508 people compared to 2,123,263 in Slovenia.
Population statistics:
- Eritrea's population is 1.73 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Slovenia is the 147th.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.03% for Slovenia.
- For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +0.29% in Slovenia.
- Since 2006, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.7M people to 3.68M (36.2% growth), while Slovenia has grown from 2.01M to 2.12M (5.8% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people, while Slovenia's population already peaked in 2024 at 2.13M people and is projected to decrease to 1.64M people by 2100.
Eritrea vs Slovenia: live population counter
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| Current population |
3683508
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2123263
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| Population rank | 131/197 | 147/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
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1.26 hours
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| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
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31 minutes
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| One death every |
25 minutes
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24.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
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2.64 hours
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| Annual migration change | -12,696 | +3,319 |
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +19 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +6,939 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +0.33% |
| Population growth rate rank | 58/197 | 148/197 |
Eritrea and Slovenia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 972,547 | 1,584,720 | - | - |
| 1961 | 995,573 | 1,594,131 | 2.37% | 0.59% |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 | 1,603,649 | 2.43% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 | 1,616,971 | 2.48% | 0.83% |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 | 1,632,114 | 2.51% | 0.94% |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 | 1,649,160 | 2.52% | 1.04% |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 | 1,669,905 | 2.42% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 | 1,689,528 | 2.43% | 1.18% |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 | 1,704,546 | 2.55% | 0.89% |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 | 1,713,874 | 2.56% | 0.55% |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 | 1,724,891 | 2.59% | 0.64% |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 | 1,738,335 | 2.63% | 0.78% |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 | 1,752,233 | 2.59% | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 | 1,766,697 | 2.55% | 0.83% |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 | 1,776,132 | 2.46% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 | 1,793,581 | 2.36% | 0.98% |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 | 1,820,249 | 2.53% | 1.49% |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 | 1,842,377 | 2.68% | 1.22% |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 | 1,862,548 | 2.69% | 1.09% |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 | 1,882,599 | 2.69% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 | 1,901,315 | 2.72% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 | 1,906,531 | 2.75% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 | 1,910,334 | 2.76% | 0.2% |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 | 1,922,321 | 2.4% | 0.63% |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 | 1,932,154 | 2.05% | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 | 1,941,641 | 2.04% | 0.49% |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 | 1,965,964 | 2.07% | 1.25% |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 | 1,989,776 | 2.36% | 1.21% |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 | 1,995,196 | 2.63% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 | 1,996,351 | 2.52% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 | 1,998,161 | 2.3% | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 | 1,999,429 | -5.57% | 0.06% |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 | 1,996,498 | -6.29% | -0.15% |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 | 1,991,746 | 3.18% | -0.24% |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 | 1,989,443 | 3.12% | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 | 1,989,872 | 5.82% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 | 1,988,628 | 5.1% | -0.06% |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 | 1,985,956 | 1.11% | -0.13% |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 | 1,981,629 | 1.31% | -0.22% |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 | 1,983,045 | 1.48% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 | 1,988,925 | 1.55% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 | 1,992,060 | 2.89% | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 | 1,994,530 | 3.5% | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 | 1,995,733 | 4.22% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 | 1,997,012 | 4.19% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 | 2,000,474 | 2.42% | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 | 2,006,868 | 1.59% | 0.32% |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 | 2,018,122 | 1.47% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 | 2,021,316 | 2.66% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 | 2,039,669 | 2.54% | 0.91% |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 | 2,048,583 | 1.98% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 | 2,052,843 | 1.81% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 | 2,057,159 | 1.28% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 | 2,059,953 | 1.23% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 | 2,061,980 | 0.68% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 | 2,063,531 | 0.34% | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 | 2,065,042 | 0.62% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 | 2,066,388 | 0.82% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 | 2,073,894 | 1.35% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 | 2,088,385 | 1.49% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 | 2,102,419 | 1.58% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 | 2,108,079 | 1.79% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 | 2,112,076 | 1.77% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 | 2,120,461 | 1.79% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 | 2,127,400 | 1.88% | 0.33% |
| 2025 | 3,606,996 | 2,125,771 | 2.02% | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 3,682,659 | 2,123,263 | 2.1% | -0.12% |
| 2027 | 3,760,368 | 2,120,217 | 2.11% | -0.14% |
| 2028 | 3,840,135 | 2,116,494 | 2.12% | -0.18% |
| 2029 | 3,920,467 | 2,112,173 | 2.09% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 4,002,671 | 2,107,590 | 2.1% | -0.22% |
| 2031 | 4,085,037 | 2,102,682 | 2.06% | -0.23% |
| 2032 | 4,166,507 | 2,097,639 | 1.99% | -0.24% |
| 2033 | 4,249,501 | 2,092,539 | 1.99% | -0.24% |
| 2034 | 4,334,727 | 2,087,474 | 2.01% | -0.24% |
| 2035 | 4,420,915 | 2,082,359 | 1.99% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 4,509,755 | 2,076,980 | 2.01% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 4,601,933 | 2,071,332 | 2.04% | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 4,692,340 | 2,065,836 | 1.96% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 4,780,469 | 2,060,512 | 1.88% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 4,868,668 | 2,055,171 | 1.84% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 4,954,481 | 2,049,707 | 1.76% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 5,039,298 | 2,043,776 | 1.71% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 5,124,256 | 2,037,534 | 1.69% | -0.31% |
| 2044 | 5,207,858 | 2,031,130 | 1.63% | -0.31% |
| 2045 | 5,292,756 | 2,024,576 | 1.63% | -0.32% |
| 2046 | 5,375,963 | 2,017,955 | 1.57% | -0.33% |
| 2047 | 5,456,488 | 2,011,220 | 1.5% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 5,537,538 | 2,004,390 | 1.49% | -0.34% |
| 2049 | 5,617,348 | 1,997,296 | 1.44% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 5,696,052 | 1,989,697 | 1.4% | -0.38% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Slovenia gained 58,174 people (a 2.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Slovenia's population increased by 58,221 (a 2.82% growth).
Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Slovenia was ranked 141st in 2006 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.29% to 1,989,697 people and will still be ranked 147th.
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Population differences between Eritrea and Slovenia
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| Life expectancy | 69.4 years | 82.1 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 45.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 273.7 ppl/mi² |
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