Population in Eritrea compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	South Korea	Eritrea	South Korea
1960	972,547	25,012,374	-	-
1961	995,573	25,765,673	2.37%	3.01%
1962	1,019,788	26,513,030	2.43%	2.9%
1963	1,045,092	27,261,747	2.48%	2.82%
1964	1,071,287	27,984,155	2.51%	2.65%
1965	1,098,335	28,704,674	2.52%	2.57%
1966	1,124,957	29,435,571	2.42%	2.55%
1967	1,152,339	30,130,983	2.43%	2.36%
1968	1,181,737	30,838,302	2.55%	2.35%
1969	1,212,005	31,544,266	2.56%	2.29%
1970	1,243,453	32,240,827	2.59%	2.21%
1971	1,276,154	32,882,704	2.63%	1.99%
1972	1,309,235	33,505,406	2.59%	1.89%
1973	1,342,669	34,103,149	2.55%	1.78%
1974	1,375,688	34,692,266	2.46%	1.73%
1975	1,408,210	35,280,725	2.36%	1.7%
1976	1,443,807	35,848,523	2.53%	1.61%
1977	1,482,565	36,411,795	2.68%	1.57%
1978	1,522,378	36,969,185	2.69%	1.53%
1979	1,563,332	37,534,236	2.69%	1.53%
1980	1,605,797	38,123,775	2.72%	1.57%
1981	1,649,939	38,723,248	2.75%	1.57%
1982	1,695,461	39,326,352	2.76%	1.56%
1983	1,736,160	39,910,403	2.4%	1.49%
1984	1,771,730	40,405,956	2.05%	1.24%
1985	1,807,816	40,805,744	2.04%	0.99%
1986	1,845,164	41,213,674	2.07%	1%
1987	1,888,669	41,621,690	2.36%	0.99%
1988	1,938,255	42,031,247	2.63%	0.98%
1989	1,987,017	42,449,038	2.52%	0.99%
1990	2,032,737	42,869,283	2.3%	0.99%
1991	1,919,571	43,295,704	-5.57%	0.99%
1992	1,798,748	43,747,962	-6.29%	1.04%
1993	1,856,006	44,194,628	3.18%	1.02%
1994	1,913,915	44,641,540	3.12%	1.01%
1995	2,025,267	45,092,991	5.82%	1.01%
1996	2,128,464	45,524,681	5.1%	0.96%
1997	2,152,135	45,953,580	1.11%	0.94%
1998	2,180,419	46,286,503	1.31%	0.72%
1999	2,212,780	46,616,677	1.48%	0.71%
2000	2,247,031	47,008,111	1.55%	0.84%
2001	2,312,079	47,370,164	2.89%	0.77%
2002	2,392,978	47,644,736	3.5%	0.58%
2003	2,493,903	47,892,330	4.22%	0.52%
2004	2,598,284	48,082,519	4.19%	0.4%
2005	2,661,215	48,184,561	2.42%	0.21%
2006	2,703,502	48,438,292	1.59%	0.53%
2007	2,743,222	48,683,638	1.47%	0.51%
2008	2,816,327	49,054,708	2.66%	0.76%
2009	2,887,885	49,307,835	2.54%	0.52%
2010	2,945,186	49,554,112	1.98%	0.5%
2011	2,998,485	49,936,638	1.81%	0.77%
2012	3,036,988	50,199,853	1.28%	0.53%
2013	3,074,360	50,428,893	1.23%	0.46%
2014	3,095,173	50,746,659	0.68%	0.63%
2015	3,105,546	51,014,947	0.34%	0.53%
2016	3,124,698	51,217,803	0.62%	0.4%
2017	3,150,347	51,361,911	0.82%	0.28%
2018	3,192,760	51,585,058	1.35%	0.43%
2019	3,240,194	51,764,822	1.49%	0.35%
2020	3,291,271	51,836,239	1.58%	0.14%
2021	3,350,183	51,769,539	1.79%	-0.13%
2022	3,409,447	51,672,569	1.77%	-0.19%
2023	3,470,390	51,712,619	1.79%	0.08%
2024	3,535,603	51,751,065	1.88%	0.07%
2025	3,606,996	51,700,480	2.02%	-0.1%
2026	3,682,659	51,633,793	2.1%	-0.13%
2027	3,760,368	51,552,198	2.11%	-0.16%
2028	3,840,135	51,456,707	2.12%	-0.19%
2029	3,920,467	51,347,230	2.09%	-0.21%
2030	4,002,671	51,221,713	2.1%	-0.24%
2031	4,085,037	51,081,220	2.06%	-0.27%
2032	4,166,507	50,924,233	1.99%	-0.31%
2033	4,249,501	50,747,132	1.99%	-0.35%
2034	4,334,727	50,549,508	2.01%	-0.39%
2035	4,420,915	50,333,286	1.99%	-0.43%
2036	4,509,755	50,098,951	2.01%	-0.47%
2037	4,601,933	49,845,669	2.04%	-0.51%
2038	4,692,340	49,573,234	1.96%	-0.55%
2039	4,780,469	49,283,770	1.88%	-0.58%
2040	4,868,668	48,980,369	1.84%	-0.62%
2041	4,954,481	48,661,905	1.76%	-0.65%
2042	5,039,298	48,331,004	1.71%	-0.68%
2043	5,124,256	47,990,085	1.69%	-0.71%
2044	5,207,858	47,634,183	1.63%	-0.74%
2045	5,292,756	47,263,526	1.63%	-0.78%
2046	5,375,963	46,881,228	1.57%	-0.81%
2047	5,456,488	46,482,133	1.5%	-0.85%
2048	5,537,538	46,063,595	1.49%	-0.9%
2049	5,617,348	45,626,805	1.44%	-0.95%
2050	5,696,052	45,172,356	1.4%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.