Population in Eritrea compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eritrea and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Vatican	Eritrea	Vatican
1960	972,547	-	-	-
1961	995,573	-	2.37%	-
1962	1,019,788	-	2.43%	-
1963	1,045,092	-	2.48%	-
1964	1,071,287	-	2.51%	-
1965	1,098,335	-	2.52%	-
1966	1,124,957	-	2.42%	-
1967	1,152,339	-	2.43%	-
1968	1,181,737	-	2.55%	-
1969	1,212,005	-	2.56%	-
1970	1,243,453	-	2.59%	-
1971	1,276,154	-	2.63%	-
1972	1,309,235	-	2.59%	-
1973	1,342,669	-	2.55%	-
1974	1,375,688	-	2.46%	-
1975	1,408,210	-	2.36%	-
1976	1,443,807	-	2.53%	-
1977	1,482,565	-	2.68%	-
1978	1,522,378	-	2.69%	-
1979	1,563,332	-	2.69%	-
1980	1,605,797	-	2.72%	-
1981	1,649,939	-	2.75%	-
1982	1,695,461	-	2.76%	-
1983	1,736,160	-	2.4%	-
1984	1,771,730	-	2.05%	-
1985	1,807,816	-	2.04%	-
1986	1,845,164	-	2.07%	-
1987	1,888,669	-	2.36%	-
1988	1,938,255	-	2.63%	-
1989	1,987,017	-	2.52%	-
1990	2,032,737	-	2.3%	-
1991	1,919,571	-	-5.57%	-
1992	1,798,748	-	-6.29%	-
1993	1,856,006	-	3.18%	-
1994	1,913,915	-	3.12%	-
1995	2,025,267	-	5.82%	-
1996	2,128,464	-	5.1%	-
1997	2,152,135	-	1.11%	-
1998	2,180,419	-	1.31%	-
1999	2,212,780	-	1.48%	-
2000	2,247,031	880	1.55%	-
2001	2,312,079	890	2.89%	1.14%
2002	2,392,978	900	3.5%	1.12%
2003	2,493,903	911	4.22%	1.22%
2004	2,598,284	921	4.19%	1.1%
2005	2,661,215	921	2.42%	0%
2006	2,703,502	932	1.59%	1.19%
2007	2,743,222	821	1.47%	-11.9%
2008	2,816,327	824	2.66%	0.37%
2009	2,887,885	826	2.54%	0.24%
2010	2,945,186	829	1.98%	0.36%
2011	2,998,485	832	1.81%	0.36%
2012	3,036,988	836	1.28%	0.48%
2013	3,074,360	839	1.23%	0.36%
2014	3,095,173	842	0.68%	0.36%
2015	3,105,546	1,000	0.34%	18.8%
2016	3,124,698	-	0.62%	0%
2017	3,150,347	1,000	0.82%	0%
2018	3,192,760	-	1.35%	0%
2019	3,240,194	1,000	1.49%	0%
2020	3,291,271	987	1.58%	-1.29%
2021	3,350,183	970	1.79%	-1.68%
2022	3,409,447	944	1.77%	-2.66%
2023	3,470,390	922	1.79%	-2.34%
2024	3,535,603	933	1.88%	1.2%
2025	3,606,996	939	2.02%	0.59%
2026	3,682,659	952	2.1%	1.37%
2027	3,760,368	974	2.11%	2.32%
2028	3,840,135	985	2.12%	1.13%
2029	3,920,467	983	2.09%	-0.19%
2030	4,002,671	976	2.1%	-0.75%
2031	4,085,037	968	2.06%	-0.75%
2032	4,166,507	968	1.99%	0%
2033	4,249,501	988	1.99%	2.09%
2034	4,334,727	992	2.01%	0.37%
2035	4,420,915	1,000	1.99%	0.74%
2036	4,509,755	998	2.01%	-0.18%
2037	4,601,933	1,003	2.04%	0.55%
2038	4,692,340	1,022	1.96%	1.83%
2039	4,780,469	1,060	1.88%	3.78%
2040	4,868,668	1,095	1.84%	3.3%
2041	4,954,481	1,127	1.76%	2.86%
2042	5,039,298	1,149	1.71%	1.96%
2043	5,124,256	1,169	1.69%	1.76%
2044	5,207,858	1,186	1.63%	1.42%
2045	5,292,756	1,209	1.63%	2.02%
2046	5,375,963	1,224	1.57%	1.22%
2047	5,456,488	1,248	1.5%	1.95%
2048	5,537,538	1,272	1.49%	1.92%
2049	5,617,348	1,296	1.44%	1.88%
2050	5,696,052	1,325	1.4%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.