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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Yemen	Eritrea	Yemen
1960	972,547	5,532,301	-	-
1961	995,573	5,655,232	2.37%	2.22%
1962	1,019,788	5,782,221	2.43%	2.25%
1963	1,045,092	5,911,135	2.48%	2.23%
1964	1,071,287	6,048,006	2.51%	2.32%
1965	1,098,335	6,195,593	2.52%	2.44%
1966	1,124,957	6,351,494	2.42%	2.52%
1967	1,152,339	6,516,444	2.43%	2.6%
1968	1,181,737	6,690,524	2.55%	2.67%
1969	1,212,005	6,875,859	2.56%	2.77%
1970	1,243,453	7,065,279	2.59%	2.75%
1971	1,276,154	7,257,462	2.63%	2.72%
1972	1,309,235	7,460,068	2.59%	2.79%
1973	1,342,669	7,672,796	2.55%	2.85%
1974	1,375,688	7,896,783	2.46%	2.92%
1975	1,408,210	8,133,598	2.36%	3%
1976	1,443,807	8,384,113	2.53%	3.08%
1977	1,482,565	8,648,222	2.68%	3.15%
1978	1,522,378	8,926,586	2.69%	3.22%
1979	1,563,332	9,224,194	2.69%	3.33%
1980	1,605,797	9,543,358	2.72%	3.46%
1981	1,649,939	9,882,362	2.75%	3.55%
1982	1,695,461	10,241,006	2.76%	3.63%
1983	1,736,160	10,621,499	2.4%	3.72%
1984	1,771,730	11,025,597	2.05%	3.8%
1985	1,807,816	11,453,825	2.04%	3.88%
1986	1,845,164	11,901,040	2.07%	3.9%
1987	1,888,669	12,369,912	2.36%	3.94%
1988	1,938,255	12,859,708	2.63%	3.96%
1989	1,987,017	13,364,174	2.52%	3.92%
1990	2,032,737	13,887,862	2.3%	3.92%
1991	1,919,571	14,430,201	-5.57%	3.91%
1992	1,798,748	14,989,494	-6.29%	3.88%
1993	1,856,006	15,563,914	3.18%	3.83%
1994	1,913,915	16,149,147	3.12%	3.76%
1995	2,025,267	16,740,058	5.82%	3.66%
1996	2,128,464	17,313,177	5.1%	3.42%
1997	2,152,135	17,873,936	1.11%	3.24%
1998	2,180,419	18,446,013	1.31%	3.2%
1999	2,212,780	19,029,420	1.48%	3.16%
2000	2,247,031	19,624,141	1.55%	3.13%
2001	2,312,079	20,226,147	2.89%	3.07%
2002	2,392,978	20,835,086	3.5%	3.01%
2003	2,493,903	21,456,379	4.22%	2.98%
2004	2,598,284	22,095,167	4.19%	2.98%
2005	2,661,215	22,790,085	2.42%	3.15%
2006	2,703,502	23,543,083	1.59%	3.3%
2007	2,743,222	24,318,082	1.47%	3.29%
2008	2,816,327	25,111,941	2.66%	3.26%
2009	2,887,885	25,927,724	2.54%	3.25%
2010	2,945,186	26,754,387	1.98%	3.19%
2011	2,998,485	27,582,897	1.81%	3.1%
2012	3,036,988	28,433,647	1.28%	3.08%
2013	3,074,360	29,312,952	1.23%	3.09%
2014	3,095,173	30,226,309	0.68%	3.12%
2015	3,105,546	31,159,379	0.34%	3.09%
2016	3,124,698	32,109,010	0.62%	3.05%
2017	3,150,347	33,090,921	0.82%	3.06%
2018	3,192,760	34,085,182	1.35%	3%
2019	3,240,194	35,111,408	1.49%	3.01%
2020	3,291,271	36,134,863	1.58%	2.91%
2021	3,350,183	37,140,230	1.79%	2.78%
2022	3,409,447	38,222,876	1.77%	2.92%
2023	3,470,390	39,390,799	1.79%	3.06%
2024	3,535,603	40,583,164	1.88%	3.03%
2025	3,606,996	41,773,871	2.02%	2.93%
2026	3,682,659	42,961,650	2.1%	2.84%
2027	3,760,368	44,145,620	2.11%	2.76%
2028	3,840,135	45,323,685	2.12%	2.67%
2029	3,920,467	46,497,573	2.09%	2.59%
2030	4,002,671	47,667,649	2.1%	2.52%
2031	4,085,037	48,827,503	2.06%	2.43%
2032	4,166,507	49,979,089	1.99%	2.36%
2033	4,249,501	51,129,867	1.99%	2.3%
2034	4,334,727	52,279,989	2.01%	2.25%
2035	4,420,915	53,429,308	1.99%	2.2%
2036	4,509,755	54,578,046	2.01%	2.15%
2037	4,601,933	55,724,259	2.04%	2.1%
2038	4,692,340	56,872,152	1.96%	2.06%
2039	4,780,469	58,024,713	1.88%	2.03%
2040	4,868,668	59,181,514	1.84%	1.99%
2041	4,954,481	60,345,667	1.76%	1.97%
2042	5,039,298	61,517,965	1.71%	1.94%
2043	5,124,256	62,696,517	1.69%	1.92%
2044	5,207,858	63,880,172	1.63%	1.89%
2045	5,292,756	65,066,344	1.63%	1.86%
2046	5,375,963	66,253,578	1.57%	1.82%
2047	5,456,488	67,438,796	1.5%	1.79%
2048	5,537,538	68,620,844	1.49%	1.75%
2049	5,617,348	69,799,794	1.44%	1.72%
2050	5,696,052	70,976,389	1.4%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.