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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Syria	Eritrea	Syria
1960	972,547	4,673,500	-	-
1961	995,573	4,815,466	2.37%	3.04%
1962	1,019,788	4,959,340	2.43%	2.99%
1963	1,045,092	5,110,467	2.48%	3.05%
1964	1,071,287	5,269,087	2.51%	3.1%
1965	1,098,335	5,435,267	2.52%	3.15%
1966	1,124,957	5,609,047	2.42%	3.2%
1967	1,152,339	5,790,198	2.43%	3.23%
1968	1,181,737	5,978,742	2.55%	3.26%
1969	1,212,005	6,175,166	2.56%	3.29%
1970	1,243,453	6,380,609	2.59%	3.33%
1971	1,276,154	6,598,094	2.63%	3.41%
1972	1,309,235	6,826,024	2.59%	3.45%
1973	1,342,669	7,060,321	2.55%	3.43%
1974	1,375,688	7,302,160	2.46%	3.43%
1975	1,408,210	7,554,364	2.36%	3.45%
1976	1,443,807	7,817,320	2.53%	3.48%
1977	1,482,565	8,090,501	2.68%	3.49%
1978	1,522,378	8,372,759	2.69%	3.49%
1979	1,563,332	8,661,909	2.69%	3.45%
1980	1,605,797	8,957,663	2.72%	3.41%
1981	1,649,939	9,260,189	2.75%	3.38%
1982	1,695,461	9,572,511	2.76%	3.37%
1983	1,736,160	9,904,809	2.4%	3.47%
1984	1,771,730	10,258,398	2.05%	3.57%
1985	1,807,816	10,625,672	2.04%	3.58%
1986	1,845,164	11,002,844	2.07%	3.55%
1987	1,888,669	11,388,923	2.36%	3.51%
1988	1,938,255	11,782,264	2.63%	3.45%
1989	1,987,017	12,179,060	2.52%	3.37%
1990	2,032,737	12,579,208	2.3%	3.29%
1991	1,919,571	12,980,821	-5.57%	3.19%
1992	1,798,748	13,385,571	-6.29%	3.12%
1993	1,856,006	13,795,686	3.18%	3.06%
1994	1,913,915	14,208,583	3.12%	2.99%
1995	2,025,267	14,616,801	5.82%	2.87%
1996	2,128,464	15,018,104	5.1%	2.75%
1997	2,152,135	15,417,542	1.11%	2.66%
1998	2,180,419	15,820,413	1.31%	2.61%
1999	2,212,780	16,228,061	1.48%	2.58%
2000	2,247,031	16,637,888	1.55%	2.53%
2001	2,312,079	17,051,338	2.89%	2.48%
2002	2,392,978	17,468,332	3.5%	2.45%
2003	2,493,903	17,889,296	4.22%	2.41%
2004	2,598,284	18,336,875	4.19%	2.5%
2005	2,661,215	18,814,091	2.42%	2.6%
2006	2,703,502	19,637,022	1.59%	4.37%
2007	2,743,222	20,884,125	1.47%	6.35%
2008	2,816,327	21,636,564	2.66%	3.6%
2009	2,887,885	21,976,969	2.54%	1.57%
2010	2,945,186	22,482,421	1.98%	2.3%
2011	2,998,485	22,878,098	1.81%	1.76%
2012	3,036,988	22,759,763	1.28%	-0.52%
2013	3,074,360	21,666,917	1.23%	-4.8%
2014	3,095,173	20,273,659	0.68%	-6.43%
2015	3,105,546	19,424,618	0.34%	-4.19%
2016	3,124,698	19,193,834	0.62%	-1.19%
2017	3,150,347	19,224,668	0.82%	0.16%
2018	3,192,760	19,577,845	1.35%	1.84%
2019	3,240,194	20,353,534	1.49%	3.96%
2020	3,291,271	21,049,429	1.58%	3.42%
2021	3,350,183	21,628,839	1.79%	2.75%
2022	3,409,447	22,462,173	1.77%	3.85%
2023	3,470,390	23,594,623	1.79%	5.04%
2024	3,535,603	24,672,760	1.88%	4.57%
2025	3,606,996	25,620,422	2.02%	3.84%
2026	3,682,659	26,472,499	2.1%	3.33%
2027	3,760,368	27,261,544	2.11%	2.98%
2028	3,840,135	28,006,558	2.12%	2.73%
2029	3,920,467	28,719,309	2.09%	2.54%
2030	4,002,671	29,395,545	2.1%	2.35%
2031	4,085,037	30,029,824	2.06%	2.16%
2032	4,166,507	30,633,661	1.99%	2.01%
2033	4,249,501	31,212,478	1.99%	1.89%
2034	4,334,727	31,768,138	2.01%	1.78%
2035	4,420,915	32,294,792	1.99%	1.66%
2036	4,509,755	32,788,153	2.01%	1.53%
2037	4,601,933	33,258,407	2.04%	1.43%
2038	4,692,340	33,710,718	1.96%	1.36%
2039	4,780,469	34,131,238	1.88%	1.25%
2040	4,868,668	34,533,185	1.84%	1.18%
2041	4,954,481	34,916,936	1.76%	1.11%
2042	5,039,298	35,279,863	1.71%	1.04%
2043	5,124,256	35,623,325	1.69%	0.97%
2044	5,207,858	35,944,394	1.63%	0.9%
2045	5,292,756	36,265,295	1.63%	0.89%
2046	5,375,963	36,583,260	1.57%	0.88%
2047	5,456,488	36,878,640	1.5%	0.81%
2048	5,537,538	37,171,029	1.49%	0.79%
2049	5,617,348	37,477,690	1.44%	0.83%
2050	5,696,052	37,793,378	1.4%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.