Population of Eritrea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	16 Jun 2024

The current population of Eritrea is 3,822,704 as of July 27, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Eritrea is projected at 3,817,651, or 3.82 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Eritrea is projected at 3,748,901, or 3.75 million people for the year 2023.

Eritrea ranks 131st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Eritrea is ranked 40th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Eritrea population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	3,652,541	3,684,032	62,981	1.710	0.05
2023	3,715,522	3,748,901	66,759	1.781	0.05
2024	3,782,281	3,817,651	70,739	1.853	0.05
2025	3,853,020	3,889,630	73,219	1.882	0.05
2026	3,926,239	3,963,932	75,386	1.902	0.05
2027	4,001,625	4,040,638	78,026	1.931	0.05
2028	4,079,651	4,119,757	80,211	1.947	0.05
2029	4,159,862	4,200,711	81,697	1.945	0.05
2030	4,241,559	4,283,355	83,591	1.952	0.05
2031	4,325,150	4,367,625	84,950	1.945	0.05
2032	4,410,100	4,453,047	85,893	1.929	0.05
2033	4,495,993	4,539,275	86,563	1.907	0.05
2034	4,582,556	4,625,813	86,514	1.870	0.05
2035	4,669,070	4,712,526	86,913	1.844	0.05
2036	4,755,983	4,799,286	86,606	1.805	0.05
2037	4,842,589	4,885,821	86,464	1.770	0.05
2038	4,929,053	4,972,303	86,501	1.740	0.05
2039	5,015,554	5,058,644	86,179	1.704	0.06
2040	5,101,733	5,144,492	85,517	1.662	0.06
2041	5,187,250	5,229,664	84,828	1.622	0.06
2042	5,272,078	5,314,210	84,264	1.586	0.06
2043	5,356,342	5,398,164	83,645	1.550	0.06
2044	5,439,987	5,481,647	83,320	1.520	0.06
2045	5,523,307	5,564,343	82,073	1.475	0.06
2046	5,605,380	5,646,149	81,537	1.444	0.06
2047	5,686,917	5,726,855	79,875	1.395	0.06
2048	5,766,792	5,806,459	79,335	1.366	0.06
2049	5,846,127	5,885,492	78,729	1.338	0.06
2050	5,924,856	5,964,021	78,330	1.313	0.06
2051	6,003,186	6,042,217	78,061	1.292	0.06
2052	6,081,247	6,119,993	77,493	1.266	0.06
2053	6,158,740	6,197,145	76,811	1.239	0.06
2054	6,235,551	6,273,695	76,289	1.216	0.06
2055	6,311,840	6,349,891	76,103	1.199	0.06
2056	6,387,943	6,425,656	75,426	1.174	0.06
2057	6,463,369	6,501,065	75,392	1.160	0.07
2058	6,538,761	6,575,913	74,304	1.130	0.07
2059	6,613,065	6,649,905	73,681	1.108	0.07
2060	6,686,746	6,723,288	73,084	1.087	0.07
2061	6,759,830	6,795,826	71,992	1.059	0.07
2062	6,831,822	6,867,639	71,633	1.043	0.07
2063	6,903,455	6,939,155	71,400	1.029	0.07
2064	6,974,855	7,009,837	69,963	0.998	0.07
2065	7,044,818	7,079,189	68,742	0.971	0.07
2066	7,113,560	7,147,496	67,872	0.950	0.07
2067	7,181,432	7,214,711	66,557	0.923	0.07
2068	7,247,989	7,280,786	65,594	0.901	0.07
2069	7,313,583	7,345,533	63,900	0.870	0.07
2070	7,377,483	7,408,628	62,290	0.841	0.07
2071	7,439,773	7,470,515	61,483	0.823	0.07
2072	7,501,256	7,531,185	59,858	0.795	0.07
2073	7,561,114	7,590,221	58,215	0.767	0.07
2074	7,619,329	7,647,724	56,789	0.743	0.07
2075	7,676,118	7,703,767	55,299	0.718	0.07
2076	7,731,417	7,758,382	53,930	0.695	0.07
2077	7,785,347	7,811,371	52,048	0.666	0.08
2078	7,837,395	7,862,581	50,372	0.641	0.08
2079	7,887,767	7,912,056	48,578	0.614	0.08
2080	7,936,345	7,959,756	46,821	0.588	0.08
2081	7,983,166	8,005,458	44,583	0.557	0.08
2082	8,027,749	8,049,431	43,363	0.539	0.08
2083	8,071,112	8,091,957	41,689	0.515	0.08
2084	8,112,801	8,132,708	39,813	0.490	0.08
2085	8,152,614	8,171,622	38,015	0.465	0.08
2086	8,190,629	8,208,961	36,665	0.447	0.08
2087	8,227,294	8,244,855	35,122	0.426	0.08
2088	8,262,416	8,279,158	33,485	0.404	0.08
2089	8,295,901	8,311,897	31,991	0.385	0.08
2090	8,327,892	8,343,093	30,401	0.364	0.08
2091	8,358,293	8,372,516	28,446	0.340	0.08
2092	8,386,739	8,400,317	27,156	0.323	0.08
2093	8,413,895	8,426,890	25,991	0.308	0.08
2094	8,439,886	8,452,049	24,326	0.288	0.08
2095	8,464,212	8,475,772	23,121	0.273	0.08
2096	8,487,333	8,498,359	22,052	0.259	0.08
2097	8,509,385	8,519,694	20,619	0.242	0.08
2098	8,530,004	8,539,595	19,182	0.225	0.08
2099	8,549,186	8,558,091	17,809	0.208	0.08
2100	8,566,995	8,575,294	16,599	0.194	0.08

Eritrea population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	816,704	822,576	11,744	1.428	0.03
1951	828,448	834,934	12,972	1.554	0.03
1952	841,420	848,449	14,058	1.657	0.03
1953	855,478	863,003	15,050	1.744	0.03
1954	870,528	878,538	16,021	1.824	0.03
1955	886,549	895,009	16,920	1.891	0.03
1956	903,469	912,409	17,881	1.960	0.03
1957	921,350	930,920	19,140	2.056	0.03
1958	940,490	950,588	20,197	2.125	0.03
1959	960,687	971,439	21,504	2.214	0.03
1960	982,191	993,568	22,755	2.290	0.03
1961	1,004,946	1,016,932	23,971	2.357	0.03
1962	1,028,917	1,041,552	25,269	2.426	0.03
1963	1,054,186	1,067,295	26,218	2.457	0.03
1964	1,080,404	1,094,042	27,276	2.493	0.03
1965	1,107,680	1,121,739	28,118	2.507	0.03
1966	1,135,798	1,150,264	28,933	2.515	0.03
1967	1,164,731	1,179,554	29,647	2.514	0.03
1968	1,194,378	1,209,602	30,448	2.517	0.03
1969	1,224,826	1,240,562	31,471	2.537	0.03
1970	1,256,297	1,272,748	32,902	2.585	0.03
1971	1,289,199	1,306,234	34,070	2.608	0.03
1972	1,323,269	1,340,838	35,137	2.621	0.03
1973	1,358,406	1,376,516	36,221	2.632	0.04
1974	1,394,627	1,413,220	37,187	2.632	0.04
1975	1,431,814	1,450,867	38,106	2.627	0.04
1976	1,469,920	1,489,656	39,471	2.650	0.04
1977	1,509,391	1,529,802	40,821	2.669	0.04
1978	1,550,212	1,571,193	41,962	2.671	0.04
1979	1,592,174	1,613,829	43,309	2.684	0.04
1980	1,635,483	1,657,982	44,997	2.714	0.04
1981	1,680,480	1,703,789	46,618	2.736	0.04
1982	1,727,098	1,751,045	47,895	2.735	0.04
1983	1,774,993	1,799,814	49,643	2.758	0.04
1984	1,824,636	1,849,594	49,917	2.699	0.04
1985	1,874,553	1,899,243	49,379	2.600	0.04
1986	1,923,932	1,949,611	51,359	2.634	0.04
1987	1,975,291	2,000,355	50,129	2.506	0.04
1988	2,025,420	2,051,546	52,252	2.547	0.04
1989	2,077,672	2,102,131	48,919	2.327	0.04
1990	2,126,591	2,149,960	46,738	2.174	0.04
1991	2,173,329	2,039,220	-268,218	-13.172	0.04
1992	1,905,111	1,921,153	32,084	1.670	0.03
1993	1,937,195	1,981,419	88,449	4.465	0.04
1994	2,025,644	2,042,500	33,712	1.651	0.04
1995	2,059,356	2,157,220	195,729	9.079	0.04
1996	2,255,085	2,264,073	17,977	0.794	0.04
1997	2,273,062	2,291,561	36,998	1.615	0.04
1998	2,310,060	2,322,753	25,387	1.093	0.04
1999	2,335,447	2,356,477	42,059	1.785	0.04
2000	2,377,506	2,392,880	30,747	1.285	0.04
2001	2,408,253	2,461,927	107,347	4.361	0.04
2002	2,515,600	2,547,424	63,648	2.499	0.04
2003	2,579,248	2,653,390	148,285	5.590	0.04
2004	2,727,533	2,763,140	71,213	2.577	0.04
2005	2,798,746	2,831,732	65,972	2.330	0.04
2006	2,864,718	2,880,093	30,750	1.068	0.04
2007	2,895,468	2,926,168	61,399	2.098	0.04
2008	2,956,867	3,005,779	97,824	3.255	0.04
2009	3,054,691	3,083,888	58,394	1.894	0.04
2010	3,113,085	3,147,727	69,284	2.201	0.05
2011	3,182,369	3,207,570	50,402	1.571	0.05
2012	3,232,771	3,252,596	39,650	1.219	0.05
2013	3,272,421	3,296,367	47,892	1.453	0.05
2014	3,320,313	3,323,425	6,224	0.187	0.05
2015	3,326,537	3,340,006	26,938	0.807	0.04
2016	3,353,475	3,365,287	23,625	0.702	0.04
2017	3,377,100	3,396,933	39,666	1.168	0.04
2018	3,416,766	3,445,374	57,217	1.661	0.04
2019	3,473,983	3,498,818	49,670	1.420	0.05
2020	3,523,653	3,555,868	64,430	1.812	0.05
2021	3,588,083	3,620,312	64,458	1.781	0.05