Demographics of Eritrea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Eritrea is projected at 3.60 million, up by 1.55% compared with 3.55 million in 2020. Eritrea is ranked 133rd in terms of population and 67th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.1 million births in Eritrea in 2021. That is 285 per day, which is ranked 110th. The crude birth rate is 28.75 per 1000 people. There are 24.39 thousand deaths in Eritrea in 2021. That is 67 per day, which is ranked 135th. The crude death rate is 6.74 per 1000 people.

2.33 million people are living in urban areas, which is 42% of Eritrea population. Eritrea is ranked 180th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Eritrea in 2021 is 100.51 males per 100 females. There are 1.81 million males and 1.80 million females in Eritrea. The percentage of female population is 49.87% compare to 50.13% male population. Eritrea has 9.10 thousand more males than females. Eritrea is at 138th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Eritrea population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	822,347	-
1955	899,746	2.04
1960	1,007,586	2.47
1965	1,148,188	2.69
1970	1,310,947	2.73
1975	1,505,438	2.83
1980	1,733,423	2.94
1985	2,003,942	2.96
1990	2,258,649	1.23
1995	2,204,227	-0.64
2000	2,292,413	2.46
2005	2,826,653	3.93
2010	3,170,437	1.62
2015	3,342,818	0.95
2016	3,376,558	1.01
2017	3,412,894	1.08
2018	3,452,797	1.17
2019	3,497,117	1.28
2020	3,546,427	1.41
2021	3,601,462	1.55

Total
Crude

Eritrea death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	25,510	38,576	30.75	46.49
1955	25,613	43,716	28.33	48.42
1960	25,387	49,295	25.11	48.76
1965	25,927	55,090	22.52	47.93
1970	27,262	61,342	20.73	46.68
1975	28,720	68,728	19.03	45.56
1980	30,947	78,826	17.77	45.25
1985	33,878	90,582	16.84	45.01
1990	34,825	91,422	15.83	41.58
1995	30,830	76,820	13.82	34.52
2000	27,089	77,247	11.43	32.52
2005	27,582	102,023	9.91	36.55
2010	27,609	113,832	8.76	36.25
2015	25,783	107,941	7.69	32.19
2020	24,496	104,122	6.87	29.22
2021	24,387	103,991	6.74	28.75

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Eritrea

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	81,093	1,061,055	-	7.100
1955	104,318	1,144,875	5.37	8.351
1960	136,944	1,260,547	5.75	9.799
1965	182,223	1,406,956	5.90	11.466
1970	229,718	1,582,160	4.02	12.678
1975	280,493	1,795,472	4.10	13.511
1980	343,289	2,042,251	4.19	14.390
1985	433,816	2,319,335	6.85	15.757
1990	588,576	2,524,735	5.05	18.905
1995	695,721	2,394,438	3.65	22.514
2000	902,054	2,490,747	6.14	26.587
2005	1,234,323	2,734,684	6.05	31.099
2010	1,544,485	2,846,355	3.61	35.175
2015	1,851,851	2,995,125	3.80	38.206
2020	2,246,038	3,186,178	3.90	41.347
2021	2,332,299	3,222,842	3.84	41.985

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Eritrea population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	257,427	247,079	504,506	14.01	104.188
05-09	240,889	230,449	471,338	13.09	104.530
10-14	249,839	239,652	489,491	13.59	104.251
15-19	200,567	192,931	393,498	10.93	103.958
20-24	146,269	144,346	290,615	8.07	101.332
25-29	141,266	139,769	281,035	7.80	101.071
30-34	137,898	136,530	274,428	7.62	101.002
35-39	102,348	101,873	204,221	5.67	100.466
40-44	70,597	73,762	144,359	4.01	95.709
45-49	68,544	72,330	140,874	3.91	94.766
50-54	45,433	48,807	94,240	2.62	93.087
55-59	39,916	42,491	82,407	2.29	93.940
60-64	33,417	35,645	69,062	1.92	93.749
65-69	26,774	32,294	59,068	1.64	82.907
70-74	20,937	26,387	47,324	1.31	79.346
75-79	13,300	17,373	30,673	0.85	76.556
80-84	6,696	9,214	15,910	0.44	72.672
85-89	2,440	3,836	6,276	0.17	63.608
90-94	614	1,157	1,771	0.05	53.068
95-99	103	231	334	0.01	44.589
100+	8	24	32	0.00	33.333
Total	1,805,282	1,796,180	3,601,462		100.507