| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 17 May 2024 |
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.
| 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 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 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 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 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 | |