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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Sudan	Eritrea	Sudan
1960	972,547	8,364,489	-	-
1961	995,573	8,634,941	2.37%	3.23%
1962	1,019,788	8,919,028	2.43%	3.29%
1963	1,045,092	9,218,077	2.48%	3.35%
1964	1,071,287	9,531,109	2.51%	3.4%
1965	1,098,335	9,858,030	2.52%	3.43%
1966	1,124,957	10,197,578	2.42%	3.44%
1967	1,152,339	10,550,597	2.43%	3.46%
1968	1,181,737	10,917,999	2.55%	3.48%
1969	1,212,005	11,298,936	2.56%	3.49%
1970	1,243,453	11,695,771	2.59%	3.51%
1971	1,276,154	12,105,539	2.63%	3.5%
1972	1,309,235	12,527,856	2.59%	3.49%
1973	1,342,669	13,049,315	2.55%	4.16%
1974	1,375,688	13,580,723	2.46%	4.07%
1975	1,408,210	14,064,798	2.36%	3.56%
1976	1,443,807	14,569,716	2.53%	3.59%
1977	1,482,565	15,086,614	2.68%	3.55%
1978	1,522,378	15,695,003	2.69%	4.03%
1979	1,563,332	16,355,352	2.69%	4.21%
1980	1,605,797	17,058,905	2.72%	4.3%
1981	1,649,939	17,780,572	2.75%	4.23%
1982	1,695,461	18,486,645	2.76%	3.97%
1983	1,736,160	19,109,770	2.4%	3.37%
1984	1,771,730	19,546,528	2.05%	2.29%
1985	1,807,816	19,905,872	2.04%	1.84%
1986	1,845,164	20,288,238	2.07%	1.92%
1987	1,888,669	20,704,904	2.36%	2.05%
1988	1,938,255	21,138,431	2.63%	2.09%
1989	1,987,017	21,578,022	2.52%	2.08%
1990	2,032,737	22,021,481	2.3%	2.06%
1991	1,919,571	22,470,676	-5.57%	2.04%
1992	1,798,748	22,927,355	-6.29%	2.03%
1993	1,856,006	23,445,592	3.18%	2.26%
1994	1,913,915	24,043,948	3.12%	2.55%
1995	2,025,267	24,672,143	5.82%	2.61%
1996	2,128,464	25,231,528	5.1%	2.27%
1997	2,152,135	25,799,821	1.11%	2.25%
1998	2,180,419	26,458,999	1.31%	2.55%
1999	2,212,780	27,130,613	1.48%	2.54%
2000	2,247,031	27,816,745	1.55%	2.53%
2001	2,312,079	28,516,770	2.89%	2.52%
2002	2,392,978	29,228,727	3.5%	2.5%
2003	2,493,903	29,896,035	4.22%	2.28%
2004	2,598,284	30,556,637	4.19%	2.21%
2005	2,661,215	31,262,444	2.42%	2.31%
2006	2,703,502	31,992,435	1.59%	2.34%
2007	2,743,222	32,764,135	1.47%	2.41%
2008	2,816,327	33,623,980	2.66%	2.62%
2009	2,887,885	34,569,113	2.54%	2.81%
2010	2,945,186	35,414,399	1.98%	2.45%
2011	2,998,485	36,140,806	1.81%	2.05%
2012	3,036,988	36,923,178	1.28%	2.16%
2013	3,074,360	37,785,849	1.23%	2.34%
2014	3,095,173	38,823,318	0.68%	2.75%
2015	3,105,546	40,024,431	0.34%	3.09%
2016	3,124,698	41,259,892	0.62%	3.09%
2017	3,150,347	42,714,306	0.82%	3.53%
2018	3,192,760	44,230,596	1.35%	3.55%
2019	3,240,194	45,548,175	1.49%	2.98%
2020	3,291,271	46,789,231	1.58%	2.72%
2021	3,350,183	48,066,924	1.79%	2.73%
2022	3,409,447	49,383,346	1.77%	2.74%
2023	3,470,390	50,042,791	1.79%	1.34%
2024	3,535,603	50,448,963	1.88%	0.81%
2025	3,606,996	51,662,152	2.02%	2.4%
2026	3,682,659	53,282,718	2.1%	3.14%
2027	3,760,368	54,724,215	2.11%	2.71%
2028	3,840,135	55,993,833	2.12%	2.32%
2029	3,920,467	57,275,443	2.09%	2.29%
2030	4,002,671	58,571,624	2.1%	2.26%
2031	4,085,037	59,872,936	2.06%	2.22%
2032	4,166,507	61,179,476	1.99%	2.18%
2033	4,249,501	62,497,205	1.99%	2.15%
2034	4,334,727	63,822,356	2.01%	2.12%
2035	4,420,915	65,148,317	1.99%	2.08%
2036	4,509,755	66,470,018	2.01%	2.03%
2037	4,601,933	67,791,240	2.04%	1.99%
2038	4,692,340	69,107,712	1.96%	1.94%
2039	4,780,469	70,416,631	1.88%	1.89%
2040	4,868,668	71,730,604	1.84%	1.87%
2041	4,954,481	73,056,213	1.76%	1.85%
2042	5,039,298	74,387,562	1.71%	1.82%
2043	5,124,256	75,723,670	1.69%	1.8%
2044	5,207,858	77,066,454	1.63%	1.77%
2045	5,292,756	78,415,205	1.63%	1.75%
2046	5,375,963	79,767,271	1.57%	1.72%
2047	5,456,488	81,115,241	1.5%	1.69%
2048	5,537,538	82,463,202	1.49%	1.66%
2049	5,617,348	83,828,356	1.44%	1.66%
2050	5,696,052	85,206,384	1.4%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.