Demographics of Eritrea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	17 May 2024

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There are 1.89 million males and 1.93 million females in Eritrea. The percentage of the male population is 49.38%, compared to 50.62% of the female population. Eritrea has 47k more females than males. The sex ratio in Eritrea in 2024 will be 97.546 males per 100 females. Eritrea is in the 83rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Eritrea population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	822,576	1.43
1955	895,009	1.89
1960	993,568	2.29
1965	1,121,739	2.51
1970	1,272,748	2.58
1975	1,450,867	2.63
1980	1,657,982	2.71
1985	1,899,243	2.60
1990	2,149,960	2.17
1995	2,157,220	9.08
2000	2,392,880	1.28
2005	2,831,732	2.33
2010	3,147,727	2.20
2015	3,340,006	0.81
2020	3,555,868	1.81
2021	3,620,312	1.78
2022	3,684,032	1.71
2023	3,748,901	1.78
2024	3,817,651	1.85

Population
Growth

Eritrea death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	25,310	36,888	30.798	44.888
1955	25,059	41,629	28.000	46.515
1960	25,541	47,232	25.715	47.554
1965	26,794	53,727	23.895	47.913
1970	28,417	59,830	22.336	47.028
1975	30,404	66,514	20.967	45.868
1980	31,527	74,521	19.024	44.967
1985	33,810	84,268	17.794	44.350
1990	32,810	91,997	15.215	42.662
1995	25,116	84,740	12.022	40.561
2000	26,709	90,648	11.084	37.617
2005	25,284	104,107	8.908	36.677
2010	23,635	106,281	7.492	33.692
2015	22,397	102,386	6.654	30.417
2020	22,895	102,300	6.424	28.706
2021	24,415	103,861	6.729	28.624
2022	24,842	104,981	6.727	28.426
2023	24,214	106,263	6.445	28.283
2024	22,632	107,286	5.917	28.047

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Eritrea
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	81,093	1,061,055	7.100
1955	104,318	1,144,875	8.351
1960	136,944	1,260,547	9.799
1965	182,223	1,406,956	11.466
1970	229,718	1,582,160	12.678
1975	280,493	1,795,472	13.511
1980	343,289	2,042,251	14.390
1985	433,816	2,319,335	15.757
1990	588,576	2,524,735	18.905
1995	695,721	2,394,438	22.514
2000	902,054	2,490,747	26.587
2005	1,234,323	2,734,684	31.099
2010	1,544,485	2,846,355	35.175
2015	1,851,851	2,995,125	38.206
2020	2,246,038	3,186,178	41.347
2021	2,332,299	3,222,842	41.985
2022	2,420,579	3,258,219	42.625
2023	2,510,963	3,292,413	43.267
2024	2,603,638	3,325,660	43.911

Population
Urbanization

Eritrea population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	254,169	248,303	502,472	13.16	102.362
05-09	239,090	234,480	473,570	12.40	101.966
10-14	241,291	237,323	478,615	12.54	101.672
15-19	231,697	228,554	460,252	12.06	101.375
20-24	194,453	192,147	386,601	10.13	101.200
25-29	159,972	158,139	318,111	8.33	101.159
30-34	115,393	115,013	230,406	6.04	100.330
35-39	94,512	96,760	191,272	5.01	97.677
40-44	80,122	85,975	166,097	4.35	93.192
45-49	67,491	76,930	144,421	3.78	87.730
50-54	57,557	67,478	125,035	3.28	85.297
55-59	47,051	56,544	103,596	2.71	83.211
60-64	36,397	45,231	81,627	2.14	80.469
65-69	26,042	34,053	60,095	1.57	76.475
70-74	17,526	24,067	41,593	1.09	72.822
75-79	13,155	17,543	30,698	0.80	74.987
80-84	6,580	9,430	16,011	0.42	69.777
85-89	2,171	3,588	5,760	0.15	60.507
90-94	410	881	1,292	0.03	46.538
95-99	26	102	129	0.00	25.490
100+	0	2	2	0.00	0.000
Total	1,885,105	1,932,543	3,817,655		97.545

Population pyramid
Gender ratio