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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Tanzania	Eritrea	Tanzania
1960	972,547	9,901,419	-	-
1961	995,573	10,187,886	2.37%	2.89%
1962	1,019,788	10,487,756	2.43%	2.94%
1963	1,045,092	10,799,528	2.48%	2.97%
1964	1,071,287	11,127,826	2.51%	3.04%
1965	1,098,335	11,470,728	2.52%	3.08%
1966	1,124,957	11,827,459	2.42%	3.11%
1967	1,152,339	12,200,109	2.43%	3.15%
1968	1,181,737	12,602,076	2.55%	3.29%
1969	1,212,005	13,036,700	2.56%	3.45%
1970	1,243,453	13,492,677	2.59%	3.5%
1971	1,276,154	13,971,451	2.63%	3.55%
1972	1,309,235	14,479,308	2.59%	3.63%
1973	1,342,669	15,010,101	2.55%	3.67%
1974	1,375,688	15,561,630	2.46%	3.67%
1975	1,408,210	16,138,361	2.36%	3.71%
1976	1,443,807	16,736,211	2.53%	3.7%
1977	1,482,565	17,352,929	2.68%	3.68%
1978	1,522,378	17,976,566	2.69%	3.59%
1979	1,563,332	18,592,038	2.69%	3.42%
1980	1,605,797	19,189,769	2.72%	3.21%
1981	1,649,939	19,784,703	2.75%	3.1%
1982	1,695,461	20,398,571	2.76%	3.1%
1983	1,736,160	21,079,874	2.4%	3.34%
1984	1,771,730	21,779,066	2.05%	3.32%
1985	1,807,816	22,501,693	2.04%	3.32%
1986	1,845,164	23,258,959	2.07%	3.37%
1987	1,888,669	24,030,378	2.36%	3.32%
1988	1,938,255	24,769,686	2.63%	3.08%
1989	1,987,017	25,438,759	2.52%	2.7%
1990	2,032,737	26,110,207	2.3%	2.64%
1991	1,919,571	26,780,436	-5.57%	2.57%
1992	1,798,748	27,457,588	-6.29%	2.53%
1993	1,856,006	28,332,692	3.18%	3.19%
1994	1,913,915	29,442,356	3.12%	3.92%
1995	2,025,267	30,383,497	5.82%	3.2%
1996	2,128,464	30,945,762	5.1%	1.85%
1997	2,152,135	31,578,089	1.11%	2.04%
1998	2,180,419	32,420,458	1.31%	2.67%
1999	2,212,780	33,300,330	1.48%	2.71%
2000	2,247,031	34,260,139	1.55%	2.88%
2001	2,312,079	35,198,299	2.89%	2.74%
2002	2,392,978	36,121,304	3.5%	2.62%
2003	2,493,903	37,089,555	4.22%	2.68%
2004	2,598,284	38,109,668	4.19%	2.75%
2005	2,661,215	39,182,076	2.42%	2.81%
2006	2,703,502	40,294,902	1.59%	2.84%
2007	2,743,222	41,435,512	1.47%	2.83%
2008	2,816,327	42,570,728	2.66%	2.74%
2009	2,887,885	43,633,982	2.54%	2.5%
2010	2,945,186	44,758,488	1.98%	2.58%
2011	2,998,485	46,029,367	1.81%	2.84%
2012	3,036,988	47,374,260	1.28%	2.92%
2013	3,074,360	48,824,128	1.23%	3.06%
2014	3,095,173	50,351,512	0.68%	3.13%
2015	3,105,546	52,020,962	0.34%	3.32%
2016	3,124,698	53,824,013	0.62%	3.47%
2017	3,150,347	55,652,890	0.82%	3.4%
2018	3,192,760	57,437,145	1.35%	3.21%
2019	3,240,194	59,174,891	1.49%	3.03%
2020	3,291,271	60,972,798	1.58%	3.04%
2021	3,350,183	62,830,412	1.79%	3.05%
2022	3,409,447	64,711,821	1.77%	2.99%
2023	3,470,390	66,617,606	1.79%	2.95%
2024	3,535,603	68,560,157	1.88%	2.92%
2025	3,606,996	70,545,858	2.02%	2.9%
2026	3,682,659	72,563,773	2.1%	2.86%
2027	3,760,368	74,604,804	2.11%	2.81%
2028	3,840,135	76,670,483	2.12%	2.77%
2029	3,920,467	78,773,192	2.09%	2.74%
2030	4,002,671	80,913,118	2.1%	2.72%
2031	4,085,037	83,087,927	2.06%	2.69%
2032	4,166,507	85,293,126	1.99%	2.65%
2033	4,249,501	87,520,491	1.99%	2.61%
2034	4,334,727	89,788,673	2.01%	2.59%
2035	4,420,915	92,091,418	1.99%	2.56%
2036	4,509,755	94,420,808	2.01%	2.53%
2037	4,601,933	96,775,766	2.04%	2.49%
2038	4,692,340	99,156,465	1.96%	2.46%
2039	4,780,469	101,567,525	1.88%	2.43%
2040	4,868,668	103,999,350	1.84%	2.39%
2041	4,954,481	106,448,475	1.76%	2.35%
2042	5,039,298	108,926,272	1.71%	2.33%
2043	5,124,256	111,433,788	1.69%	2.3%
2044	5,207,858	113,966,263	1.63%	2.27%
2045	5,292,756	116,525,463	1.63%	2.25%
2046	5,375,963	119,109,670	1.57%	2.22%
2047	5,456,488	121,721,018	1.5%	2.19%
2048	5,537,538	124,351,294	1.49%	2.16%
2049	5,617,348	126,981,394	1.44%	2.12%
2050	5,696,052	129,621,083	1.4%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.