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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Somalia	Eritrea	Somalia
1960	972,547	2,876,331	-	-
1961	995,573	2,952,054	2.37%	2.63%
1962	1,019,788	3,030,091	2.43%	2.64%
1963	1,045,092	3,110,361	2.48%	2.65%
1964	1,071,287	3,192,796	2.51%	2.65%
1965	1,098,335	3,277,874	2.52%	2.66%
1966	1,124,957	3,365,106	2.42%	2.66%
1967	1,152,339	3,454,537	2.43%	2.66%
1968	1,181,737	3,546,590	2.55%	2.66%
1969	1,212,005	3,641,015	2.56%	2.66%
1970	1,243,453	3,738,448	2.59%	2.68%
1971	1,276,154	3,837,691	2.63%	2.65%
1972	1,309,235	3,939,436	2.59%	2.65%
1973	1,342,669	4,045,592	2.55%	2.69%
1974	1,375,688	4,151,842	2.46%	2.63%
1975	1,408,210	4,257,535	2.36%	2.55%
1976	1,443,807	4,365,812	2.53%	2.54%
1977	1,482,565	4,484,050	2.68%	2.71%
1978	1,522,378	4,814,892	2.69%	7.38%
1979	1,563,332	5,449,117	2.69%	13.2%
1980	1,605,797	5,936,154	2.72%	8.94%
1981	1,649,939	5,982,849	2.75%	0.79%
1982	1,695,461	6,003,840	2.76%	0.35%
1983	1,736,160	6,198,430	2.4%	3.24%
1984	1,771,730	6,428,389	2.05%	3.71%
1985	1,807,816	6,693,289	2.04%	4.12%
1986	1,845,164	6,974,788	2.07%	4.21%
1987	1,888,669	7,228,302	2.36%	3.63%
1988	1,938,255	7,235,360	2.63%	0.1%
1989	1,987,017	7,114,817	2.52%	-1.67%
1990	2,032,737	7,082,811	2.3%	-0.45%
1991	1,919,571	6,813,760	-5.57%	-3.8%
1992	1,798,748	6,495,107	-6.29%	-4.68%
1993	1,856,006	6,681,399	3.18%	2.87%
1994	1,913,915	7,026,797	3.12%	5.17%
1995	2,025,267	7,285,007	5.82%	3.67%
1996	2,128,464	7,554,474	5.1%	3.7%
1997	2,152,135	7,824,525	1.11%	3.57%
1998	2,180,419	8,155,417	1.31%	4.23%
1999	2,212,780	8,492,059	1.48%	4.13%
2000	2,247,031	8,838,713	1.55%	4.08%
2001	2,312,079	9,198,493	2.89%	4.07%
2002	2,392,978	9,550,063	3.5%	3.82%
2003	2,493,903	9,909,157	4.22%	3.76%
2004	2,598,284	10,280,998	4.19%	3.75%
2005	2,661,215	10,644,228	2.42%	3.53%
2006	2,703,502	10,975,502	1.59%	3.11%
2007	2,743,222	11,322,582	1.47%	3.16%
2008	2,816,327	11,663,084	2.66%	3.01%
2009	2,887,885	11,961,201	2.54%	2.56%
2010	2,945,186	12,261,756	1.98%	2.51%
2011	2,998,485	12,348,830	1.81%	0.71%
2012	3,036,988	12,461,160	1.28%	0.91%
2013	3,074,360	12,869,594	1.23%	3.28%
2014	3,095,173	13,339,491	0.68%	3.65%
2015	3,105,546	13,806,963	0.34%	3.5%
2016	3,124,698	14,348,740	0.62%	3.92%
2017	3,150,347	14,916,629	0.82%	3.96%
2018	3,192,760	15,452,487	1.35%	3.59%
2019	3,240,194	16,030,971	1.49%	3.74%
2020	3,291,271	16,651,191	1.58%	3.87%
2021	3,350,183	17,271,431	1.79%	3.72%
2022	3,409,447	17,801,897	1.77%	3.07%
2023	3,470,390	18,358,615	1.79%	3.13%
2024	3,535,603	19,009,151	1.88%	3.54%
2025	3,606,996	19,654,737	2.02%	3.4%
2026	3,682,659	20,305,905	2.1%	3.31%
2027	3,760,368	20,959,056	2.11%	3.22%
2028	3,840,135	21,601,810	2.12%	3.07%
2029	3,920,467	22,247,714	2.09%	2.99%
2030	4,002,671	22,915,042	2.1%	3%
2031	4,085,037	23,589,793	2.06%	2.94%
2032	4,166,507	24,258,789	1.99%	2.84%
2033	4,249,501	24,921,830	1.99%	2.73%
2034	4,334,727	25,593,666	2.01%	2.7%
2035	4,420,915	26,294,943	1.99%	2.74%
2036	4,509,755	27,009,199	2.01%	2.72%
2037	4,601,933	27,731,170	2.04%	2.67%
2038	4,692,340	28,455,755	1.96%	2.61%
2039	4,780,469	29,167,897	1.88%	2.5%
2040	4,868,668	29,896,286	1.84%	2.5%
2041	4,954,481	30,635,956	1.76%	2.47%
2042	5,039,298	31,350,028	1.71%	2.33%
2043	5,124,256	32,057,980	1.69%	2.26%
2044	5,207,858	32,780,417	1.63%	2.25%
2045	5,292,756	33,510,163	1.63%	2.23%
2046	5,375,963	34,248,030	1.57%	2.2%
2047	5,456,488	34,996,366	1.5%	2.19%
2048	5,537,538	35,743,960	1.49%	2.14%
2049	5,617,348	36,474,683	1.44%	2.04%
2050	5,696,052	37,206,497	1.4%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.