Population in Eritrea compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	United Kingdom	Eritrea	United Kingdom
1960	972,547	52,400,000	-	-
1961	995,573	52,800,000	2.37%	0.76%
1962	1,019,788	53,250,000	2.43%	0.85%
1963	1,045,092	53,650,000	2.48%	0.75%
1964	1,071,287	54,000,000	2.51%	0.65%
1965	1,098,335	54,348,050	2.52%	0.64%
1966	1,124,957	54,648,500	2.42%	0.55%
1967	1,152,339	54,943,600	2.43%	0.54%
1968	1,181,737	55,211,700	2.55%	0.49%
1969	1,212,005	55,441,750	2.56%	0.42%
1970	1,243,453	55,663,250	2.59%	0.4%
1971	1,276,154	55,896,223	2.63%	0.42%
1972	1,309,235	56,086,065	2.59%	0.34%
1973	1,342,669	56,194,527	2.55%	0.19%
1974	1,375,688	56,229,974	2.46%	0.06%
1975	1,408,210	56,225,800	2.36%	-0.007%
1976	1,443,807	56,211,968	2.53%	-0.02%
1977	1,482,565	56,193,492	2.68%	-0.03%
1978	1,522,378	56,196,504	2.69%	0.005%
1979	1,563,332	56,246,951	2.69%	0.09%
1980	1,605,797	56,314,216	2.72%	0.12%
1981	1,649,939	56,333,829	2.75%	0.03%
1982	1,695,461	56,313,641	2.76%	-0.04%
1983	1,736,160	56,332,848	2.4%	0.03%
1984	1,771,730	56,422,072	2.05%	0.16%
1985	1,807,816	56,550,268	2.04%	0.23%
1986	1,845,164	56,681,396	2.07%	0.23%
1987	1,888,669	56,802,050	2.36%	0.21%
1988	1,938,255	56,928,327	2.63%	0.22%
1989	1,987,017	57,076,711	2.52%	0.26%
1990	2,032,737	57,247,586	2.3%	0.3%
1991	1,919,571	57,424,897	-5.57%	0.31%
1992	1,798,748	57,580,402	-6.29%	0.27%
1993	1,856,006	57,718,614	3.18%	0.24%
1994	1,913,915	57,865,745	3.12%	0.25%
1995	2,025,267	58,019,030	5.82%	0.26%
1996	2,128,464	58,166,950	5.1%	0.25%
1997	2,152,135	58,316,954	1.11%	0.26%
1998	2,180,419	58,487,141	1.31%	0.29%
1999	2,212,780	58,682,466	1.48%	0.33%
2000	2,247,031	58,892,514	1.55%	0.36%
2001	2,312,079	59,119,673	2.89%	0.39%
2002	2,392,978	59,370,479	3.5%	0.42%
2003	2,493,903	59,647,577	4.22%	0.47%
2004	2,598,284	59,987,905	4.19%	0.57%
2005	2,661,215	60,401,206	2.42%	0.69%
2006	2,703,502	60,846,820	1.59%	0.74%
2007	2,743,222	61,322,463	1.47%	0.78%
2008	2,816,327	61,806,995	2.66%	0.79%
2009	2,887,885	62,276,270	2.54%	0.76%
2010	2,945,186	62,766,365	1.98%	0.79%
2011	2,998,485	63,258,810	1.81%	0.78%
2012	3,036,988	63,711,000	1.28%	0.71%
2013	3,074,360	64,139,000	1.23%	0.67%
2014	3,095,173	64,620,000	0.68%	0.75%
2015	3,105,546	65,088,000	0.34%	0.72%
2016	3,124,698	65,607,000	0.62%	0.8%
2017	3,150,347	65,966,000	0.82%	0.55%
2018	3,192,760	66,289,000	1.35%	0.49%
2019	3,240,194	66,631,000	1.49%	0.52%
2020	3,291,271	66,744,000	1.58%	0.17%
2021	3,350,183	66,984,000	1.79%	0.36%
2022	3,409,447	67,604,000	1.77%	0.93%
2023	3,470,390	68,492,000	1.79%	1.31%
2024	3,535,603	69,226,000	1.88%	1.07%
2025	3,606,996	69,639,673	2.02%	0.6%
2026	3,682,659	70,020,350	2.1%	0.55%
2027	3,760,368	70,382,853	2.11%	0.52%
2028	3,840,135	70,732,699	2.12%	0.5%
2029	3,920,467	71,061,482	2.09%	0.46%
2030	4,002,671	71,377,535	2.1%	0.44%
2031	4,085,037	71,678,351	2.06%	0.42%
2032	4,166,507	71,959,934	1.99%	0.39%
2033	4,249,501	72,234,509	1.99%	0.38%
2034	4,334,727	72,497,650	2.01%	0.36%
2035	4,420,915	72,749,096	1.99%	0.35%
2036	4,509,755	72,990,847	2.01%	0.33%
2037	4,601,933	73,218,850	2.04%	0.31%
2038	4,692,340	73,441,349	1.96%	0.3%
2039	4,780,469	73,658,392	1.88%	0.3%
2040	4,868,668	73,868,334	1.84%	0.29%
2041	4,954,481	74,074,316	1.76%	0.28%
2042	5,039,298	74,275,779	1.71%	0.27%
2043	5,124,256	74,475,035	1.69%	0.27%
2044	5,207,858	74,667,284	1.63%	0.26%
2045	5,292,756	74,848,605	1.63%	0.24%
2046	5,375,963	75,020,949	1.57%	0.23%
2047	5,456,488	75,184,478	1.5%	0.22%
2048	5,537,538	75,337,543	1.49%	0.2%
2049	5,617,348	75,476,141	1.44%	0.18%
2050	5,696,052	75,600,588	1.4%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.