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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,667,774 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Eritrea's population is 10.8 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.66M people to 3.67M (37.8% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Eritrea vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Eritrea Vanuatu
Current population
3667774
341110
Population rank 131/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.004%
One net population change
8.06 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
5.31 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
25 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
41.4 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change -12,696 -43
Daily growth/decline +179 +20
Annual growth/decline +65,213 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate +1.88% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 60/197 40/197

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

Eritrea
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eritrea Vanuatu Eritrea Vanuatu
1960 972,547 64,431 - -
1961 995,573 66,264 2.37% 2.84%
1962 1,019,788 68,174 2.43% 2.88%
1963 1,045,092 70,159 2.48% 2.91%
1964 1,071,287 72,219 2.51% 2.94%
1965 1,098,335 74,358 2.52% 2.96%
1966 1,124,957 76,590 2.42% 3%
1967 1,152,339 78,921 2.43% 3.04%
1968 1,181,737 81,314 2.55% 3.03%
1969 1,212,005 83,755 2.56% 3%
1970 1,243,453 86,266 2.59% 3%
1971 1,276,154 88,862 2.63% 3.01%
1972 1,309,235 91,562 2.59% 3.04%
1973 1,342,669 94,362 2.55% 3.06%
1974 1,375,688 97,260 2.46% 3.07%
1975 1,408,210 100,269 2.36% 3.09%
1976 1,443,807 103,388 2.53% 3.11%
1977 1,482,565 106,618 2.68% 3.12%
1978 1,522,378 109,963 2.69% 3.14%
1979 1,563,332 113,040 2.69% 2.8%
1980 1,605,797 115,660 2.72% 2.32%
1981 1,649,939 118,249 2.75% 2.24%
1982 1,695,461 121,035 2.76% 2.36%
1983 1,736,160 123,998 2.4% 2.45%
1984 1,771,730 127,109 2.05% 2.51%
1985 1,807,816 130,356 2.04% 2.55%
1986 1,845,164 133,720 2.07% 2.58%
1987 1,888,669 137,187 2.36% 2.59%
1988 1,938,255 140,756 2.63% 2.6%
1989 1,987,017 144,393 2.52% 2.58%
1990 2,032,737 148,063 2.3% 2.54%
1991 1,919,571 151,793 -5.57% 2.52%
1992 1,798,748 155,608 -6.29% 2.51%
1993 1,856,006 159,463 3.18% 2.48%
1994 1,913,915 163,314 3.12% 2.41%
1995 2,025,267 167,137 5.82% 2.34%
1996 2,128,464 170,911 5.1% 2.26%
1997 2,152,135 174,626 1.11% 2.17%
1998 2,180,419 178,313 1.31% 2.11%
1999 2,212,780 182,048 1.48% 2.09%
2000 2,247,031 186,281 1.55% 2.33%
2001 2,312,079 191,031 2.89% 2.55%
2002 2,392,978 195,863 3.5% 2.53%
2003 2,493,903 200,746 4.22% 2.49%
2004 2,598,284 205,711 4.19% 2.47%
2005 2,661,215 210,760 2.42% 2.45%
2006 2,703,502 215,923 1.59% 2.45%
2007 2,743,222 221,276 1.47% 2.48%
2008 2,816,327 226,896 2.66% 2.54%
2009 2,887,885 232,731 2.54% 2.57%
2010 2,945,186 238,248 1.98% 2.37%
2011 2,998,485 243,474 1.81% 2.19%
2012 3,036,988 248,883 1.28% 2.22%
2013 3,074,360 254,482 1.23% 2.25%
2014 3,095,173 260,240 0.68% 2.26%
2015 3,105,546 266,101 0.34% 2.25%
2016 3,124,698 272,087 0.62% 2.25%
2017 3,150,347 278,507 0.82% 2.36%
2018 3,192,760 285,259 1.35% 2.42%
2019 3,240,194 291,985 1.49% 2.36%
2020 3,291,271 298,858 1.58% 2.35%
2021 3,350,183 305,868 1.79% 2.35%
2022 3,409,447 313,046 1.77% 2.35%
2023 3,470,390 320,409 1.79% 2.35%
2024 3,535,603 327,777 1.88% 2.3%
2025 3,606,996 335,169 2.02% 2.26%
2026 3,682,659 342,565 2.1% 2.21%
2027 3,760,368 349,970 2.11% 2.16%
2028 3,840,135 357,397 2.12% 2.12%
2029 3,920,467 364,883 2.09% 2.09%
2030 4,002,671 372,429 2.1% 2.07%
2031 4,085,037 380,015 2.06% 2.04%
2032 4,166,507 387,657 1.99% 2.01%
2033 4,249,501 395,366 1.99% 1.99%
2034 4,334,727 403,188 2.01% 1.98%
2035 4,420,915 411,061 1.99% 1.95%
2036 4,509,755 419,006 2.01% 1.93%
2037 4,601,933 427,031 2.04% 1.92%
2038 4,692,340 435,150 1.96% 1.9%
2039 4,780,469 443,311 1.88% 1.88%
2040 4,868,668 451,509 1.84% 1.85%
2041 4,954,481 459,733 1.76% 1.82%
2042 5,039,298 468,003 1.71% 1.8%
2043 5,124,256 476,308 1.69% 1.77%
2044 5,207,858 484,636 1.63% 1.75%
2045 5,292,756 492,989 1.63% 1.72%
2046 5,375,963 501,316 1.57% 1.69%
2047 5,456,488 509,621 1.5% 1.66%
2048 5,537,538 517,889 1.49% 1.62%
2049 5,617,348 526,138 1.44% 1.59%
2050 5,696,052 534,374 1.4% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

Biggest cities by population

Eritrea
City Population
Asmara 963K
Keren 120K
Massawa 39.8K
Mendefera 28.5K
Vanuatu
City Population
Port Vila 49K
Luganville 17.7K

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