Demographics of Eritrea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date17 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Eritrea population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950822,5761.43
1955895,0091.89
1960993,5682.29
19651,121,7392.51
19701,272,7482.58
19751,450,8672.63
19801,657,9822.71
19851,899,2432.60
19902,149,9602.17
19952,157,2209.08
20002,392,8801.28
20052,831,7322.33
20103,147,7272.20
20153,340,0060.81
20203,555,8681.81
20213,620,3121.78
20223,684,0321.71
20233,748,9011.78
20243,817,6511.85
  • Total
  • Crude

Eritrea death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195025,31036,88830.79844.888
195525,05941,62928.00046.515
196025,54147,23225.71547.554
196526,79453,72723.89547.913
197028,41759,83022.33647.028
197530,40466,51420.96745.868
198031,52774,52119.02444.967
198533,81084,26817.79444.350
199032,81091,99715.21542.662
199525,11684,74012.02240.561
200026,70990,64811.08437.617
200525,284104,1078.90836.677
201023,635106,2817.49233.692
201522,397102,3866.65430.417
202022,895102,3006.42428.706
202124,415103,8616.72928.624
202224,842104,9816.72728.426
202324,214106,2636.44528.283
202422,632107,2865.91728.047
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Eritrea

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195081,0931,061,0557.100
1955104,3181,144,8758.351
1960136,9441,260,5479.799
1965182,2231,406,95611.466
1970229,7181,582,16012.678
1975280,4931,795,47213.511
1980343,2892,042,25114.390
1985433,8162,319,33515.757
1990588,5762,524,73518.905
1995695,7212,394,43822.514
2000902,0542,490,74726.587
20051,234,3232,734,68431.099
20101,544,4852,846,35535.175
20151,851,8512,995,12538.206
20202,246,0383,186,17841.347
20212,332,2993,222,84241.985
20222,420,5793,258,21942.625
20232,510,9633,292,41343.267
20242,603,6383,325,66043.911
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Eritrea population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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