Population of Eritrea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Jan 2025

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The current population of Eritrea is 3,591,913 as of April 30, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Eritrea is projected at 3,535,603, or 3.54 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Eritrea is projected at 3,470,390, or 3.47 million people for the year 2023.

Eritrea ranks 132nd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Eritrea is ranked 40th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Eritrea population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	809,093	814,866	11,546	1.417	0.0327
1951	820,639	827,025	12,773	1.544	0.0326
1952	833,412	840,340	13,855	1.649	0.0325
1953	847,267	854,702	14,871	1.740	0.0324
1954	862,138	870,021	15,767	1.812	0.0324
1955	877,905	886,237	16,664	1.880	0.0323
1956	894,569	903,407	17,675	1.957	0.0323
1957	912,244	918,798	13,107	1.427	0.0322
1958	925,351	932,583	14,464	1.551	0.0320
1959	939,815	950,563	21,497	2.262	0.0320
1960	961,312	972,547	22,469	2.310	0.0323
1961	983,781	995,573	23,584	2.369	0.0325
1962	1,007,365	1,019,788	24,845	2.436	0.0327
1963	1,032,210	1,045,092	25,764	2.465	0.0327
1964	1,057,974	1,071,287	26,626	2.486	0.0328
1965	1,084,600	1,098,335	27,471	2.501	0.0329
1966	1,112,071	1,124,957	25,771	2.291	0.0330
1967	1,137,842	1,152,339	28,993	2.516	0.0332
1968	1,166,835	1,181,737	29,804	2.522	0.0333
1969	1,196,639	1,212,005	30,733	2.536	0.0335
1970	1,227,372	1,243,453	32,162	2.587	0.0337
1971	1,259,534	1,276,154	33,240	2.605	0.0339
1972	1,292,774	1,309,235	32,921	2.515	0.0341
1973	1,325,695	1,342,669	33,949	2.529	0.0342
1974	1,359,644	1,375,688	32,088	2.333	0.0344
1975	1,391,732	1,408,210	32,956	2.340	0.0346
1976	1,424,688	1,443,807	38,238	2.649	0.0348
1977	1,462,926	1,482,565	39,278	2.649	0.0351
1978	1,502,204	1,522,378	40,348	2.650	0.0355
1979	1,542,552	1,563,332	41,559	2.659	0.0358
1980	1,584,111	1,605,797	43,373	2.701	0.0361
1981	1,627,484	1,649,939	44,911	2.722	0.0364
1982	1,672,395	1,695,461	46,132	2.721	0.0368
1983	1,718,527	1,736,160	35,267	2.031	0.0370
1984	1,753,794	1,771,730	35,873	2.025	0.0370
1985	1,789,667	1,807,816	36,299	2.008	0.0371
1986	1,825,966	1,845,164	38,396	2.081	0.0372
1987	1,864,362	1,888,669	48,614	2.574	0.0374
1988	1,912,976	1,938,255	50,557	2.609	0.0377
1989	1,963,533	1,987,017	46,968	2.364	0.0380
1990	2,010,501	2,032,737	44,472	2.188	0.0382
1991	2,054,973	1,919,571	-270,805	-14.131	0.0354
1992	1,784,168	1,798,748	29,160	1.621	0.0327
1993	1,813,328	1,856,006	85,357	4.600	0.0332
1994	1,898,685	1,913,915	30,460	1.592	0.0337
1995	1,929,145	2,025,267	192,244	9.499	0.0352
1996	2,121,389	2,128,464	14,150	0.665	0.0364
1997	2,135,539	2,152,135	33,191	1.542	0.0363
1998	2,168,730	2,180,419	23,377	1.072	0.0363
1999	2,192,107	2,212,780	41,347	1.869	0.0363
2000	2,233,454	2,247,031	27,154	1.208	0.0364
2001	2,260,608	2,312,079	102,941	4.453	0.0370
2002	2,363,549	2,392,978	58,858	2.460	0.0378
2003	2,422,407	2,493,903	142,992	5.735	0.0388
2004	2,565,399	2,598,284	65,769	2.531	0.0400
2005	2,631,168	2,661,215	60,093	2.258	0.0404
2006	2,691,261	2,703,502	24,482	0.906	0.0405
2007	2,715,743	2,743,222	54,959	2.004	0.0406
2008	2,770,702	2,816,327	91,251	3.240	0.0411
2009	2,861,953	2,887,885	51,864	1.796	0.0417
2010	2,913,817	2,945,186	62,739	2.130	0.0419
2011	2,976,556	2,998,485	43,858	1.463	0.0422
2012	3,020,414	3,036,988	33,149	1.092	0.0422
2013	3,053,563	3,074,360	41,595	1.353	0.0422
2014	3,095,158	3,095,173	29	0.001	0.0419
2015	3,095,187	3,105,546	20,718	0.667	0.0416
2016	3,115,905	3,124,698	17,586	0.563	0.0413
2017	3,133,491	3,150,347	33,712	1.070	0.0412
2018	3,167,203	3,192,760	51,115	1.601	0.0413
2019	3,218,318	3,240,194	43,752	1.350	0.0415
2020	3,262,070	3,291,271	58,401	1.774	0.0417
2021	3,320,471	3,350,183	59,424	1.774	0.0421
2022	3,379,895	3,409,447	59,104	1.734	0.0425
2023	3,438,999	3,470,390	62,781	1.809	0.0429

Eritrea population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	3,501,780	3,535,603	67,646	1.913	0.0433
2025	3,569,426	3,607,003	75,154	2.084	0.0438
2026	3,644,580	3,682,669	76,178	2.069	0.0444
2027	3,720,758	3,760,374	79,232	2.107	0.0449
2028	3,799,990	3,840,143	80,306	2.091	0.0455
2029	3,880,296	3,920,472	80,352	2.050	0.0461
2030	3,960,648	4,002,672	84,048	2.100	0.0467
2031	4,044,696	4,085,046	80,699	1.976	0.0473
2032	4,125,395	4,166,514	82,237	1.974	0.0479
2033	4,207,632	4,249,506	83,747	1.971	0.0485
2034	4,291,379	4,334,730	86,701	2.000	0.0491
2035	4,378,080	4,420,922	85,685	1.938	0.0498
2036	4,463,765	4,509,757	91,984	2.040	0.0504
2037	4,555,749	4,601,935	92,371	2.007	0.0511
2038	4,648,120	4,692,343	88,447	1.885	0.0518
2039	4,736,567	4,780,475	87,817	1.837	0.0524
2040	4,824,384	4,868,676	88,585	1.820	0.0531
2041	4,912,969	4,954,488	83,038	1.676	0.0537
2042	4,996,007	5,039,301	86,588	1.718	0.0543
2043	5,082,595	5,124,265	83,340	1.626	0.0549
2044	5,165,935	5,207,870	83,870	1.610	0.0555
2045	5,249,805	5,292,768	85,926	1.623	0.0561
2046	5,335,731	5,375,967	80,473	1.497	0.0567
2047	5,416,204	5,456,501	80,594	1.477	0.0572
2048	5,496,798	5,537,542	81,488	1.472	0.0578
2049	5,578,286	5,617,356	78,141	1.391	0.0584
2050	5,656,427	5,696,062	79,270	1.392	0.0589
2051	5,735,697	5,775,739	80,084	1.387	0.0595
2052	5,815,781	5,858,065	84,568	1.444	0.0601
2053	5,900,349	5,941,185	81,673	1.375	0.0608
2054	5,982,022	6,018,816	73,588	1.223	0.0613
2055	6,055,610	6,095,239	79,258	1.300	0.0619
2056	6,134,868	6,170,190	70,645	1.145	0.0625
2057	6,205,513	6,243,952	76,877	1.231	0.0630
2058	6,282,390	6,321,628	78,477	1.241	0.0636
2059	6,360,867	6,399,810	77,887	1.217	0.0642
2060	6,438,754	6,478,361	79,214	1.223	0.0649
2061	6,517,968	6,556,896	77,856	1.187	0.0655
2062	6,595,824	6,632,337	73,026	1.101	0.0661
2063	6,668,850	6,709,275	80,849	1.205	0.0667
2064	6,749,699	6,784,082	68,766	1.014	0.0673
2065	6,818,465	6,852,234	67,539	0.986	0.0678
2066	6,886,004	6,922,395	72,783	1.051	0.0684
2067	6,958,787	6,992,724	67,874	0.971	0.0690
2068	7,026,661	7,061,501	69,680	0.987	0.0695
2069	7,096,341	7,129,181	65,681	0.921	0.0701
2070	7,162,022	7,194,167	64,290	0.894	0.0706
2071	7,226,312	7,257,209	61,794	0.851	0.0711
2072	7,288,106	7,318,845	61,477	0.840	0.0716
2073	7,349,583	7,381,154	63,141	0.855	0.0722
2074	7,412,724	7,439,758	54,068	0.727	0.0727
2075	7,466,792	7,497,515	61,446	0.820	0.0731
2076	7,528,238	7,555,651	54,826	0.726	0.0736
2077	7,583,064	7,610,587	55,047	0.723	0.0741
2078	7,638,111	7,664,749	53,277	0.695	0.0746
2079	7,691,388	7,716,193	49,610	0.643	0.0751
2080	7,740,998	7,768,724	55,451	0.714	0.0755
2081	7,796,449	7,816,263	39,628	0.507	0.0760
2082	7,836,077	7,858,175	44,195	0.562	0.0764
2083	7,880,272	7,901,725	42,906	0.543	0.0768
2084	7,923,178	7,946,507	46,657	0.587	0.0772
2085	7,969,835	7,992,739	45,809	0.573	0.0777
2086	8,015,644	8,036,914	42,540	0.529	0.0781
2087	8,058,184	8,076,333	36,298	0.449	0.0785
2088	8,094,482	8,112,913	36,862	0.454	0.0789
2089	8,131,344	8,148,193	33,697	0.414	0.0793
2090	8,165,041	8,182,351	34,621	0.423	0.0797
2091	8,199,662	8,214,604	29,885	0.364	0.0800
2092	8,229,547	8,247,064	35,033	0.425	0.0804
2093	8,264,580	8,277,311	25,463	0.308	0.0807
2094	8,290,043	8,302,905	25,723	0.310	0.0810
2095	8,315,766	8,328,759	25,986	0.312	0.0814
2096	8,341,752	8,352,719	21,933	0.263	0.0817
2097	8,363,685	8,374,835	22,300	0.266	0.0820
2098	8,385,985	8,397,345	22,721	0.271	0.0823
2099	8,408,706	8,420,967	24,521	0.291	0.0826
2100	8,433,227	8,444,381	22,309	0.264	0.0829