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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	United States	Eritrea	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	972,547	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	995,573	183,691,481	2.37%	1.67%
1962	1,019,788	186,537,737	2.43%	1.55%
1963	1,045,092	189,241,798	2.48%	1.45%
1964	1,071,287	191,888,791	2.51%	1.4%
1965	1,098,335	194,302,963	2.52%	1.26%
1966	1,124,957	196,560,338	2.42%	1.16%
1967	1,152,339	198,712,056	2.43%	1.09%
1968	1,181,737	200,706,052	2.55%	1%
1969	1,212,005	202,676,946	2.56%	0.98%
1970	1,243,453	205,052,174	2.59%	1.17%
1971	1,276,154	207,660,677	2.63%	1.27%
1972	1,309,235	209,896,021	2.59%	1.08%
1973	1,342,669	211,908,788	2.55%	0.96%
1974	1,375,688	213,853,928	2.46%	0.92%
1975	1,408,210	215,973,199	2.36%	0.99%
1976	1,443,807	218,035,164	2.53%	0.95%
1977	1,482,565	220,239,425	2.68%	1.01%
1978	1,522,378	222,584,545	2.69%	1.06%
1979	1,563,332	225,055,487	2.69%	1.11%
1980	1,605,797	226,542,250	2.72%	0.66%
1981	1,649,939	229,465,744	2.75%	1.29%
1982	1,695,461	231,664,432	2.76%	0.96%
1983	1,736,160	233,792,014	2.4%	0.92%
1984	1,771,730	235,824,908	2.05%	0.87%
1985	1,807,816	237,923,734	2.04%	0.89%
1986	1,845,164	240,132,831	2.07%	0.93%
1987	1,888,669	242,288,936	2.36%	0.9%
1988	1,938,255	244,499,004	2.63%	0.91%
1989	1,987,017	246,819,222	2.52%	0.95%
1990	2,032,737	250,131,894	2.3%	1.34%
1991	1,919,571	253,492,503	-5.57%	1.34%
1992	1,798,748	256,894,189	-6.29%	1.34%
1993	1,856,006	260,255,352	3.18%	1.31%
1994	1,913,915	263,435,673	3.12%	1.22%
1995	2,025,267	266,557,091	5.82%	1.18%
1996	2,128,464	269,667,391	5.1%	1.17%
1997	2,152,135	272,911,760	1.11%	1.2%
1998	2,180,419	276,115,288	1.31%	1.17%
1999	2,212,780	279,294,713	1.48%	1.15%
2000	2,247,031	282,162,411	1.55%	1.03%
2001	2,312,079	284,968,955	2.89%	0.99%
2002	2,392,978	287,625,193	3.5%	0.93%
2003	2,493,903	290,107,933	4.22%	0.86%
2004	2,598,284	292,805,298	4.19%	0.93%
2005	2,661,215	295,516,599	2.42%	0.93%
2006	2,703,502	298,379,912	1.59%	0.97%
2007	2,743,222	301,231,207	1.47%	0.96%
2008	2,816,327	304,093,966	2.66%	0.95%
2009	2,887,885	306,771,529	2.54%	0.88%
2010	2,945,186	309,327,143	1.98%	0.83%
2011	2,998,485	311,583,481	1.81%	0.73%
2012	3,036,988	313,877,662	1.28%	0.74%
2013	3,074,360	316,059,947	1.23%	0.7%
2014	3,095,173	318,386,329	0.68%	0.74%
2015	3,105,546	320,738,994	0.34%	0.74%
2016	3,124,698	323,071,755	0.62%	0.73%
2017	3,150,347	325,122,128	0.82%	0.63%
2018	3,192,760	326,838,199	1.35%	0.53%
2019	3,240,194	328,329,953	1.49%	0.46%
2020	3,291,271	331,526,933	1.58%	0.97%
2021	3,350,183	331,893,745	1.79%	0.11%
2022	3,409,447	333,271,411	1.77%	0.42%
2023	3,470,390	334,914,895	1.79%	0.49%
2024	3,535,603	340,110,988	1.88%	1.55%
2025	3,606,996	341,931,772	2.02%	0.54%
2026	3,682,659	343,664,369	2.1%	0.51%
2027	3,760,368	345,331,185	2.11%	0.49%
2028	3,840,135	346,981,137	2.12%	0.48%
2029	3,920,467	348,601,982	2.09%	0.47%
2030	4,002,671	350,176,974	2.1%	0.45%
2031	4,085,037	351,725,612	2.06%	0.44%
2032	4,166,507	353,249,060	1.99%	0.43%
2033	4,249,501	354,749,644	1.99%	0.42%
2034	4,334,727	356,234,239	2.01%	0.42%
2035	4,420,915	357,694,316	1.99%	0.41%
2036	4,509,755	359,119,002	2.01%	0.4%
2037	4,601,933	360,517,853	2.04%	0.39%
2038	4,692,340	361,895,407	1.96%	0.38%
2039	4,780,469	363,229,908	1.88%	0.37%
2040	4,868,668	364,512,364	1.84%	0.35%
2041	4,954,481	365,753,139	1.76%	0.34%
2042	5,039,298	366,969,419	1.71%	0.33%
2043	5,124,256	368,146,925	1.69%	0.32%
2044	5,207,858	369,258,123	1.63%	0.3%
2045	5,292,756	370,318,770	1.63%	0.29%
2046	5,375,963	371,328,255	1.57%	0.27%
2047	5,456,488	372,299,116	1.5%	0.26%
2048	5,537,538	373,230,539	1.49%	0.25%
2049	5,617,348	374,119,803	1.44%	0.24%
2050	5,696,052	374,986,259	1.4%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.