Population in Eritrea compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Sri Lanka	Eritrea	Sri Lanka
1960	972,547	9,661,389	-	-
1961	995,573	9,899,372	2.37%	2.46%
1962	1,019,788	10,143,754	2.43%	2.47%
1963	1,045,092	10,395,040	2.48%	2.48%
1964	1,071,287	10,653,397	2.51%	2.49%
1965	1,098,335	10,916,965	2.52%	2.47%
1966	1,124,957	11,183,928	2.42%	2.45%
1967	1,152,339	11,457,328	2.43%	2.44%
1968	1,181,737	11,736,088	2.55%	2.43%
1969	1,212,005	12,013,858	2.56%	2.37%
1970	1,243,453	12,287,110	2.59%	2.27%
1971	1,276,154	12,551,910	2.63%	2.16%
1972	1,309,235	12,809,205	2.59%	2.05%
1973	1,342,669	13,060,916	2.55%	1.97%
1974	1,375,688	13,305,693	2.46%	1.87%
1975	1,408,210	13,548,984	2.36%	1.83%
1976	1,443,807	13,796,770	2.53%	1.83%
1977	1,482,565	14,049,371	2.68%	1.83%
1978	1,522,378	14,310,128	2.69%	1.86%
1979	1,563,332	14,579,614	2.69%	1.88%
1980	1,605,797	14,847,974	2.72%	1.84%
1981	1,649,939	15,099,414	2.75%	1.69%
1982	1,695,461	15,286,567	2.76%	1.24%
1983	1,736,160	15,388,794	2.4%	0.67%
1984	1,771,730	15,441,860	2.05%	0.34%
1985	1,807,816	15,544,154	2.04%	0.66%
1986	1,845,164	15,731,256	2.07%	1.2%
1987	1,888,669	15,916,576	2.36%	1.18%
1988	1,938,255	16,078,621	2.63%	1.02%
1989	1,987,017	16,248,557	2.52%	1.06%
1990	2,032,737	16,352,458	2.3%	0.64%
1991	1,919,571	16,475,354	-5.57%	0.75%
1992	1,798,748	16,739,284	-6.29%	1.6%
1993	1,856,006	17,025,918	3.18%	1.71%
1994	1,913,915	17,275,773	3.12%	1.47%
1995	2,025,267	17,564,068	5.82%	1.67%
1996	2,128,464	17,905,018	5.1%	1.94%
1997	2,152,135	18,248,200	1.11%	1.92%
1998	2,180,419	18,596,003	1.31%	1.91%
1999	2,212,780	18,944,731	1.48%	1.88%
2000	2,247,031	19,293,054	1.55%	1.84%
2001	2,312,079	19,600,362	2.89%	1.59%
2002	2,392,978	19,805,752	3.5%	1.05%
2003	2,493,903	19,951,521	4.22%	0.74%
2004	2,598,284	20,087,605	4.19%	0.68%
2005	2,661,215	20,216,524	2.42%	0.64%
2006	2,703,502	20,352,411	1.59%	0.67%
2007	2,743,222	20,492,545	1.47%	0.69%
2008	2,816,327	20,629,378	2.66%	0.67%
2009	2,887,885	20,756,435	2.54%	0.62%
2010	2,945,186	20,879,089	1.98%	0.59%
2011	2,998,485	21,009,048	1.81%	0.62%
2012	3,036,988	21,169,458	1.28%	0.76%
2013	3,074,360	20,585,000	1.23%	-2.76%
2014	3,095,173	20,778,000	0.68%	0.94%
2015	3,105,546	20,970,000	0.34%	0.92%
2016	3,124,698	21,209,000	0.62%	1.14%
2017	3,150,347	21,453,000	0.82%	1.15%
2018	3,192,760	21,670,000	1.35%	1.01%
2019	3,240,194	21,803,000	1.49%	0.61%
2020	3,291,271	21,919,000	1.58%	0.53%
2021	3,350,183	22,156,000	1.79%	1.08%
2022	3,409,447	22,181,000	1.77%	0.11%
2023	3,470,390	22,037,000	1.79%	-0.65%
2024	3,535,603	21,916,000	1.88%	-0.55%
2025	3,606,996	22,035,440	2.02%	0.54%
2026	3,682,659	22,148,172	2.1%	0.51%
2027	3,760,368	22,255,601	2.11%	0.49%
2028	3,840,135	22,357,682	2.12%	0.46%
2029	3,920,467	22,453,922	2.09%	0.43%
2030	4,002,671	22,546,245	2.1%	0.41%
2031	4,085,037	22,635,106	2.06%	0.39%
2032	4,166,507	22,720,118	1.99%	0.38%
2033	4,249,501	22,802,043	1.99%	0.36%
2034	4,334,727	22,879,527	2.01%	0.34%
2035	4,420,915	22,952,739	1.99%	0.32%
2036	4,509,755	23,022,027	2.01%	0.3%
2037	4,601,933	23,088,877	2.04%	0.29%
2038	4,692,340	23,152,480	1.96%	0.28%
2039	4,780,469	23,211,633	1.88%	0.26%
2040	4,868,668	23,265,986	1.84%	0.23%
2041	4,954,481	23,315,260	1.76%	0.21%
2042	5,039,298	23,359,578	1.71%	0.19%
2043	5,124,256	23,398,752	1.69%	0.17%
2044	5,207,858	23,433,096	1.63%	0.15%
2045	5,292,756	23,464,943	1.63%	0.14%
2046	5,375,963	23,492,738	1.57%	0.12%
2047	5,456,488	23,512,629	1.5%	0.08%
2048	5,537,538	23,525,953	1.49%	0.06%
2049	5,617,348	23,533,940	1.44%	0.03%
2050	5,696,052	23,538,230	1.4%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.