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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Uganda	Eritrea	Uganda
1960	972,547	7,640,973	-	-
1961	995,573	7,862,217	2.37%	2.9%
1962	1,019,788	8,092,231	2.43%	2.93%
1963	1,045,092	8,333,663	2.48%	2.98%
1964	1,071,287	8,586,363	2.51%	3.03%
1965	1,098,335	8,849,203	2.52%	3.06%
1966	1,124,957	9,122,864	2.42%	3.09%
1967	1,152,339	9,408,924	2.43%	3.14%
1968	1,181,737	9,708,632	2.55%	3.19%
1969	1,212,005	10,014,858	2.56%	3.15%
1970	1,243,453	10,321,603	2.59%	3.06%
1971	1,276,154	10,618,206	2.63%	2.87%
1972	1,309,235	10,885,796	2.59%	2.52%
1973	1,342,669	11,144,236	2.55%	2.37%
1974	1,375,688	11,424,846	2.46%	2.52%
1975	1,408,210	11,725,240	2.36%	2.63%
1976	1,443,807	12,037,294	2.53%	2.66%
1977	1,482,565	12,359,669	2.68%	2.68%
1978	1,522,378	12,692,113	2.69%	2.69%
1979	1,563,332	13,002,163	2.69%	2.44%
1980	1,605,797	13,275,741	2.72%	2.1%
1981	1,649,939	13,556,452	2.75%	2.11%
1982	1,695,461	13,873,631	2.76%	2.34%
1983	1,736,160	14,221,881	2.4%	2.51%
1984	1,771,730	14,607,677	2.05%	2.71%
1985	1,807,816	15,023,681	2.04%	2.85%
1986	1,845,164	15,467,579	2.07%	2.95%
1987	1,888,669	15,954,170	2.36%	3.15%
1988	1,938,255	16,470,483	2.63%	3.24%
1989	1,987,017	17,010,698	2.52%	3.28%
1990	2,032,737	17,569,897	2.3%	3.29%
1991	1,919,571	18,155,901	-5.57%	3.34%
1992	1,798,748	18,785,032	-6.29%	3.47%
1993	1,856,006	19,445,161	3.18%	3.51%
1994	1,913,915	20,108,801	3.12%	3.41%
1995	2,025,267	20,665,667	5.82%	2.77%
1996	2,128,464	21,231,550	5.1%	2.74%
1997	2,152,135	21,856,046	1.11%	2.94%
1998	2,180,419	22,515,806	1.31%	3.02%
1999	2,212,780	23,257,281	1.48%	3.29%
2000	2,247,031	24,000,150	1.55%	3.19%
2001	2,312,079	24,745,676	2.89%	3.11%
2002	2,392,978	25,532,870	3.5%	3.18%
2003	2,493,903	26,352,124	4.22%	3.21%
2004	2,598,284	27,154,515	4.19%	3.04%
2005	2,661,215	27,963,289	2.42%	2.98%
2006	2,703,502	28,794,003	1.59%	2.97%
2007	2,743,222	29,653,430	1.47%	2.98%
2008	2,816,327	30,539,553	2.66%	2.99%
2009	2,887,885	31,451,151	2.54%	2.98%
2010	2,945,186	32,390,802	1.98%	2.99%
2011	2,998,485	33,354,543	1.81%	2.98%
2012	3,036,988	34,337,438	1.28%	2.95%
2013	3,074,360	35,337,042	1.23%	2.91%
2014	3,095,173	36,395,539	0.68%	3%
2015	3,105,546	37,531,446	0.34%	3.12%
2016	3,124,698	38,799,152	0.62%	3.38%
2017	3,150,347	40,177,388	0.82%	3.55%
2018	3,192,760	41,565,831	1.35%	3.46%
2019	3,240,194	42,999,637	1.49%	3.45%
2020	3,291,271	44,457,152	1.58%	3.39%
2021	3,350,183	45,910,930	1.79%	3.27%
2022	3,409,447	47,312,719	1.77%	3.05%
2023	3,470,390	48,656,601	1.79%	2.84%
2024	3,535,603	50,015,092	1.88%	2.79%
2025	3,606,996	51,384,895	2.02%	2.74%
2026	3,682,659	52,761,471	2.1%	2.68%
2027	3,760,368	54,144,274	2.11%	2.62%
2028	3,840,135	55,532,564	2.12%	2.56%
2029	3,920,467	56,922,797	2.09%	2.5%
2030	4,002,671	58,312,944	2.1%	2.44%
2031	4,085,037	59,703,537	2.06%	2.38%
2032	4,166,507	61,089,060	1.99%	2.32%
2033	4,249,501	62,464,116	1.99%	2.25%
2034	4,334,727	63,833,872	2.01%	2.19%
2035	4,420,915	65,205,570	1.99%	2.15%
2036	4,509,755	66,573,737	2.01%	2.1%
2037	4,601,933	67,942,634	2.04%	2.06%
2038	4,692,340	69,312,210	1.96%	2.02%
2039	4,780,469	70,669,875	1.88%	1.96%
2040	4,868,668	72,020,414	1.84%	1.91%
2041	4,954,481	73,372,658	1.76%	1.88%
2042	5,039,298	74,730,004	1.71%	1.85%
2043	5,124,256	76,090,991	1.69%	1.82%
2044	5,207,858	77,449,517	1.63%	1.79%
2045	5,292,756	78,797,995	1.63%	1.74%
2046	5,375,963	80,139,174	1.57%	1.7%
2047	5,456,488	81,478,503	1.5%	1.67%
2048	5,537,538	82,812,102	1.49%	1.64%
2049	5,617,348	84,130,056	1.44%	1.59%
2050	5,696,052	85,431,202	1.4%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.