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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Zambia	Eritrea	Zambia
1960	972,547	3,153,729	-	-
1961	995,573	3,254,086	2.37%	3.18%
1962	1,019,788	3,358,099	2.43%	3.2%
1963	1,045,092	3,465,907	2.48%	3.21%
1964	1,071,287	3,577,017	2.51%	3.21%
1965	1,098,335	3,692,086	2.52%	3.22%
1966	1,124,957	3,812,003	2.42%	3.25%
1967	1,152,339	3,936,343	2.43%	3.26%
1968	1,181,737	4,065,593	2.55%	3.28%
1969	1,212,005	4,197,116	2.56%	3.24%
1970	1,243,453	4,321,718	2.59%	2.97%
1971	1,276,154	4,442,525	2.63%	2.8%
1972	1,309,235	4,569,309	2.59%	2.85%
1973	1,342,669	4,702,693	2.55%	2.92%
1974	1,375,688	4,842,746	2.46%	2.98%
1975	1,408,210	4,990,086	2.36%	3.04%
1976	1,443,807	5,143,842	2.53%	3.08%
1977	1,482,565	5,302,480	2.68%	3.08%
1978	1,522,378	5,465,374	2.69%	3.07%
1979	1,563,332	5,631,728	2.69%	3.04%
1980	1,605,797	5,802,833	2.72%	3.04%
1981	1,649,939	5,983,289	2.75%	3.11%
1982	1,695,461	6,178,637	2.76%	3.26%
1983	1,736,160	6,381,038	2.4%	3.28%
1984	1,771,730	6,580,490	2.05%	3.13%
1985	1,807,816	6,780,953	2.04%	3.05%
1986	1,845,164	6,986,471	2.07%	3.03%
1987	1,888,669	7,191,282	2.36%	2.93%
1988	1,938,255	7,391,440	2.63%	2.78%
1989	1,987,017	7,589,216	2.52%	2.68%
1990	2,032,737	7,786,169	2.3%	2.6%
1991	1,919,571	7,981,650	-5.57%	2.51%
1992	1,798,748	8,176,680	-6.29%	2.44%
1993	1,856,006	8,373,921	3.18%	2.41%
1994	1,913,915	8,576,269	3.12%	2.42%
1995	2,025,267	8,785,763	5.82%	2.44%
1996	2,128,464	9,004,053	5.1%	2.48%
1997	2,152,135	9,237,063	1.11%	2.59%
1998	2,180,419	9,482,408	1.31%	2.66%
1999	2,212,780	9,740,005	1.48%	2.72%
2000	2,247,031	10,017,631	1.55%	2.85%
2001	2,312,079	10,325,185	2.89%	3.07%
2002	2,392,978	10,647,949	3.5%	3.13%
2003	2,493,903	10,983,595	4.22%	3.15%
2004	2,598,284	11,338,198	4.19%	3.23%
2005	2,661,215	11,718,819	2.42%	3.36%
2006	2,703,502	12,129,553	1.59%	3.5%
2007	2,743,222	12,565,085	1.47%	3.59%
2008	2,816,327	13,021,324	2.66%	3.63%
2009	2,887,885	13,490,389	2.54%	3.6%
2010	2,945,186	13,965,594	1.98%	3.52%
2011	2,998,485	14,437,796	1.81%	3.38%
2012	3,036,988	14,913,629	1.28%	3.3%
2013	3,074,360	15,398,997	1.23%	3.25%
2014	3,095,173	15,895,315	0.68%	3.22%
2015	3,105,546	16,399,089	0.34%	3.17%
2016	3,124,698	16,914,423	0.62%	3.14%
2017	3,150,347	17,441,320	0.82%	3.12%
2018	3,192,760	17,973,569	1.35%	3.05%
2019	3,240,194	18,513,839	1.49%	3.01%
2020	3,291,271	19,059,395	1.58%	2.95%
2021	3,350,183	19,603,607	1.79%	2.86%
2022	3,409,447	20,152,938	1.77%	2.8%
2023	3,470,390	20,723,965	1.79%	2.83%
2024	3,535,603	21,314,956	1.88%	2.85%
2025	3,606,996	21,913,869	2.02%	2.81%
2026	3,682,659	22,521,905	2.1%	2.77%
2027	3,760,368	23,138,716	2.11%	2.74%
2028	3,840,135	23,761,368	2.12%	2.69%
2029	3,920,467	24,389,681	2.09%	2.64%
2030	4,002,671	25,024,887	2.1%	2.6%
2031	4,085,037	25,666,496	2.06%	2.56%
2032	4,166,507	26,311,946	1.99%	2.51%
2033	4,249,501	26,960,073	1.99%	2.46%
2034	4,334,727	27,611,621	2.01%	2.42%
2035	4,420,915	28,266,887	1.99%	2.37%
2036	4,509,755	28,925,103	2.01%	2.33%
2037	4,601,933	29,583,482	2.04%	2.28%
2038	4,692,340	30,240,549	1.96%	2.22%
2039	4,780,469	30,895,586	1.88%	2.17%
2040	4,868,668	31,550,394	1.84%	2.12%
2041	4,954,481	32,204,340	1.76%	2.07%
2042	5,039,298	32,856,596	1.71%	2.03%
2043	5,124,256	33,510,500	1.69%	1.99%
2044	5,207,858	34,165,920	1.63%	1.96%
2045	5,292,756	34,821,101	1.63%	1.92%
2046	5,375,963	35,475,795	1.57%	1.88%
2047	5,456,488	36,129,270	1.5%	1.84%
2048	5,537,538	36,782,260	1.49%	1.81%
2049	5,617,348	37,434,667	1.44%	1.77%
2050	5,696,052	38,083,369	1.4%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.