The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 9,515,236 people in Togo in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,683,508 people compared to 9,933,235 in Togo.
Population statistics:
- Togo's population is 2.7 times bigger than Eritrea's.
- Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Togo is the 97th.
- The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.12% for Togo.
- For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +2.46% in Togo.
- Since 2006, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.7M people to 3.68M (36.2% growth), while Togo has grown from 6.01M to 9.93M (65.3% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 26.3M people in 2100 for Togo.
Eritrea vs Togo: live population counter
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| Current population |
3683508
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9933235
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| Population rank | 131/197 | 97/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
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2.49 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
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1.81 minutes
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| One death every |
25 minutes
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7.33 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
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37.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -12,696 | -14,014 |
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +578 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +210,899 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +2.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 58/197 | 40/197 |
Eritrea and Togo: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 972,547 | 1,673,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 995,573 | 1,702,717 | 2.37% | 1.77% |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 | 1,732,959 | 2.43% | 1.78% |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 | 1,765,072 | 2.48% | 1.85% |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 | 1,803,440 | 2.51% | 2.17% |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 | 1,853,771 | 2.52% | 2.79% |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 | 1,918,513 | 2.42% | 3.49% |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 | 1,995,890 | 2.43% | 4.03% |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 | 2,080,226 | 2.55% | 4.23% |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 | 2,164,814 | 2.56% | 4.07% |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 | 2,244,773 | 2.59% | 3.69% |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 | 2,317,976 | 2.63% | 3.26% |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 | 2,384,994 | 2.59% | 2.89% |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 | 2,448,749 | 2.55% | 2.67% |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 | 2,511,760 | 2.46% | 2.57% |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 | 2,574,622 | 2.36% | 2.5% |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 | 2,637,796 | 2.53% | 2.45% |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 | 2,701,894 | 2.68% | 2.43% |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 | 2,768,148 | 2.69% | 2.45% |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 | 2,839,854 | 2.69% | 2.59% |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 | 2,920,894 | 2.72% | 2.85% |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 | 3,013,043 | 2.75% | 3.15% |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 | 3,115,042 | 2.76% | 3.39% |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 | 3,222,899 | 2.4% | 3.46% |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 | 3,332,837 | 2.05% | 3.41% |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 | 3,441,091 | 2.04% | 3.25% |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 | 3,547,952 | 2.07% | 3.11% |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 | 3,657,508 | 2.36% | 3.09% |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 | 3,769,742 | 2.63% | 3.07% |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 | 3,883,411 | 2.52% | 3.02% |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 | 3,998,761 | 2.3% | 2.97% |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 | 4,115,560 | -5.57% | 2.92% |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 | 4,233,617 | -6.29% | 2.87% |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 | 4,207,453 | 3.18% | -0.62% |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 | 4,222,940 | 3.12% | 0.37% |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 | 4,410,832 | 5.82% | 4.45% |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 | 4,577,860 | 5.1% | 3.79% |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 | 4,725,030 | 1.11% | 3.21% |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 | 4,860,913 | 1.31% | 2.88% |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 | 5,000,269 | 1.48% | 2.87% |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 | 5,140,037 | 1.55% | 2.8% |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 | 5,277,382 | 2.89% | 2.67% |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 | 5,413,274 | 3.5% | 2.57% |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 | 5,552,167 | 4.22% | 2.57% |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 | 5,696,508 | 4.19% | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 | 5,844,631 | 2.42% | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 | 6,010,668 | 1.59% | 2.84% |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 | 6,188,344 | 1.47% | 2.96% |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 | 6,368,812 | 2.66% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 | 6,551,865 | 2.54% | 2.87% |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 | 6,732,590 | 1.98% | 2.76% |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 | 6,916,474 | 1.81% | 2.73% |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 | 7,100,736 | 1.28% | 2.66% |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 | 7,285,442 | 1.23% | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 | 7,472,450 | 0.68% | 2.57% |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 | 7,663,195 | 0.34% | 2.55% |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 | 7,858,289 | 0.62% | 2.55% |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 | 8,057,140 | 0.82% | 2.53% |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 | 8,258,778 | 1.35% | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 | 8,463,068 | 1.49% | 2.47% |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 | 8,669,720 | 1.58% | 2.44% |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 | 8,878,379 | 1.79% | 2.41% |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 | 9,089,738 | 1.77% | 2.38% |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 | 9,304,337 | 1.79% | 2.36% |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 | 9,515,236 | 1.88% | 2.27% |
| 2025 | 3,606,996 | 9,721,602 | 2.02% | 2.17% |
| 2026 | 3,682,659 | 9,930,918 | 2.1% | 2.15% |
| 2027 | 3,760,368 | 10,142,999 | 2.11% | 2.14% |
| 2028 | 3,840,135 | 10,356,490 | 2.12% | 2.1% |
| 2029 | 3,920,467 | 10,572,459 | 2.09% | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 4,002,671 | 10,792,996 | 2.1% | 2.09% |
| 2031 | 4,085,037 | 11,018,537 | 2.06% | 2.09% |
| 2032 | 4,166,507 | 11,246,761 | 1.99% | 2.07% |
| 2033 | 4,249,501 | 11,475,981 | 1.99% | 2.04% |
| 2034 | 4,334,727 | 11,705,821 | 2.01% | 2% |
| 2035 | 4,420,915 | 11,937,680 | 1.99% | 1.98% |
| 2036 | 4,509,755 | 12,170,503 | 2.01% | 1.95% |
| 2037 | 4,601,933 | 12,404,358 | 2.04% | 1.92% |
| 2038 | 4,692,340 | 12,641,136 | 1.96% | 1.91% |
| 2039 | 4,780,469 | 12,881,277 | 1.88% | 1.9% |
| 2040 | 4,868,668 | 13,121,350 | 1.84% | 1.86% |
| 2041 | 4,954,481 | 13,361,755 | 1.76% | 1.83% |
| 2042 | 5,039,298 | 13,604,976 | 1.71% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 5,124,256 | 13,851,197 | 1.69% | 1.81% |
| 2044 | 5,207,858 | 14,099,654 | 1.63% | 1.79% |
| 2045 | 5,292,756 | 14,347,507 | 1.63% | 1.76% |
| 2046 | 5,375,963 | 14,595,248 | 1.57% | 1.73% |
| 2047 | 5,456,488 | 14,841,668 | 1.5% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 5,537,538 | 15,088,054 | 1.49% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 5,617,348 | 15,337,435 | 1.44% | 1.65% |
| 2050 | 5,696,052 | 15,584,780 | 1.4% | 1.61% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Togo gained 1,847,621 people (a 30.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Togo's population increased by 2,074,946 (a 26.4% growth).
Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Togo was ranked 102nd in 2006 and ranked 97th 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 Togo will increase by 56.9% to 15,584,780 people and rank change from 97th to 82nd.
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Population differences between Eritrea and Togo
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| Life expectancy | 69.4 years | 63.3 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 19.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 4.19 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 453 ppl/mi² |
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