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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Turkmenistan	Eritrea	Turkmenistan
1960	972,547	1,643,457	-	-
1961	995,573	1,695,400	2.37%	3.16%
1962	1,019,788	1,749,214	2.43%	3.17%
1963	1,045,092	1,804,272	2.48%	3.15%
1964	1,071,287	1,859,997	2.51%	3.09%
1965	1,098,335	1,915,916	2.52%	3.01%
1966	1,124,957	1,971,737	2.42%	2.91%
1967	1,152,339	2,027,403	2.43%	2.82%
1968	1,181,737	2,083,069	2.55%	2.75%
1969	1,212,005	2,139,024	2.56%	2.69%
1970	1,243,453	2,195,616	2.59%	2.65%
1971	1,276,154	2,253,119	2.63%	2.62%
1972	1,309,235	2,311,430	2.59%	2.59%
1973	1,342,669	2,370,919	2.55%	2.57%
1974	1,375,688	2,432,028	2.46%	2.58%
1975	1,408,210	2,494,570	2.36%	2.57%
1976	1,443,807	2,558,521	2.53%	2.56%
1977	1,482,565	2,623,948	2.68%	2.56%
1978	1,522,378	2,691,088	2.69%	2.56%
1979	1,563,332	2,760,358	2.69%	2.57%
1980	1,605,797	2,832,203	2.72%	2.6%
1981	1,649,939	2,907,187	2.75%	2.65%
1982	1,695,461	2,985,557	2.76%	2.7%
1983	1,736,160	3,067,534	2.4%	2.75%
1984	1,771,730	3,154,079	2.05%	2.82%
1985	1,807,816	3,247,534	2.04%	2.96%
1986	1,845,164	3,347,809	2.07%	3.09%
1987	1,888,669	3,452,731	2.36%	3.13%
1988	1,938,255	3,559,363	2.63%	3.09%
1989	1,987,017	3,662,459	2.52%	2.9%
1990	2,032,737	3,760,562	2.3%	2.68%
1991	1,919,571	3,855,894	-5.57%	2.54%
1992	1,798,748	3,944,689	-6.29%	2.3%
1993	1,856,006	4,032,407	3.18%	2.22%
1994	1,913,915	4,116,662	3.12%	2.09%
1995	2,025,267	4,191,203	5.82%	1.81%
1996	2,128,464	4,263,819	5.1%	1.73%
1997	2,152,135	4,336,730	1.11%	1.71%
1998	2,180,419	4,410,507	1.31%	1.7%
1999	2,212,780	4,492,170	1.48%	1.85%
2000	2,247,031	4,582,677	1.55%	2.01%
2001	2,312,079	4,675,409	2.89%	2.02%
2002	2,392,978	4,769,465	3.5%	2.01%
2003	2,493,903	4,863,865	4.22%	1.98%
2004	2,598,284	4,958,093	4.19%	1.94%
2005	2,661,215	5,052,257	2.42%	1.9%
2006	2,703,502	5,147,105	1.59%	1.88%
2007	2,743,222	5,244,046	1.47%	1.88%
2008	2,816,327	5,345,029	2.66%	1.93%
2009	2,887,885	5,451,592	2.54%	1.99%
2010	2,945,186	5,564,356	1.98%	2.07%
2011	2,998,485	5,683,417	1.81%	2.14%
2012	3,036,988	5,808,546	1.28%	2.2%
2013	3,074,360	5,939,341	1.23%	2.25%
2014	3,095,173	6,075,283	0.68%	2.29%
2015	3,105,546	6,215,770	0.34%	2.31%
2016	3,124,698	6,360,041	0.62%	2.32%
2017	3,150,347	6,507,061	0.82%	2.31%
2018	3,192,760	6,655,524	1.35%	2.28%
2019	3,240,194	6,803,944	1.49%	2.23%
2020	3,291,271	6,949,912	1.58%	2.15%
2021	3,350,183	7,092,043	1.79%	2.05%
2022	3,409,447	7,230,193	1.77%	1.95%
2023	3,470,390	7,364,438	1.79%	1.86%
2024	3,535,603	7,494,498	1.88%	1.77%
2025	3,606,996	7,618,855	2.02%	1.66%
2026	3,682,659	7,736,635	2.1%	1.55%
2027	3,760,368	7,847,563	2.11%	1.43%
2028	3,840,135	7,951,300	2.12%	1.32%
2029	3,920,467	8,047,445	2.09%	1.21%
2030	4,002,671	8,135,732	2.1%	1.1%
2031	4,085,037	8,218,959	2.06%	1.02%
2032	4,166,507	8,300,260	1.99%	0.99%
2033	4,249,501	8,380,356	1.99%	0.96%
2034	4,334,727	8,459,731	2.01%	0.95%
2035	4,420,915	8,538,678	1.99%	0.93%
2036	4,509,755	8,617,567	2.01%	0.92%
2037	4,601,933	8,696,458	2.04%	0.92%
2038	4,692,340	8,775,204	1.96%	0.91%
2039	4,780,469	8,853,842	1.88%	0.9%
2040	4,868,668	8,932,237	1.84%	0.89%
2041	4,954,481	9,010,272	1.76%	0.87%
2042	5,039,298	9,087,668	1.71%	0.86%
2043	5,124,256	9,164,056	1.69%	0.84%
2044	5,207,858	9,239,278	1.63%	0.82%
2045	5,292,756	9,312,825	1.63%	0.8%
2046	5,375,963	9,384,188	1.57%	0.77%
2047	5,456,488	9,452,893	1.5%	0.73%
2048	5,537,538	9,518,558	1.49%	0.69%
2049	5,617,348	9,580,906	1.44%	0.66%
2050	5,696,052	9,639,711	1.4%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Turkmenistan gained 1,212,936 people (a 23.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Turkmenistan's population increased by 1,377,806 (a 21.7% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Turkmenistan was ranked 113th in 2006 and ranked 104th 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 Turkmenistan will increase by 24.6% to 9,639,711 people and rank change from 104th to 101st.