Population of Eritrea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Eritrea is 3,738,199 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Eritrea is projected at 3,601,467 or 3.602 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Eritrea is projected at 3,546,421 or 3.550 million people for the year 2020. Eritrea ranks number 133rd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Eritrea is ranked 40th among 58 countries in Africa.

Eritrea's population will be increased year by year. The Eritrea population is projected to reach 4.24 million in 2030 and increase further to 6.0 million in 2050 and 9.06 million by 2100. Eritrea accounts for 0.046 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.033% in 1956 and is projected to increase by 0.083% by 2100.

Eritrea was at 139th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 103rd in 2100.

Eritrea population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	3,546,421	49,304	1.41	0.045
2021	3,601,467	55,046	1.55	0.046
2022	3,662,244	60,777	1.69	0.046
2023	3,727,660	65,416	1.79	0.046
2024	3,795,986	68,326	1.83	0.047
2025	3,865,963	69,977	1.84	0.047
2026	3,937,197	71,234	1.84	0.048
2027	4,009,959	72,762	1.85	0.048
2028	4,084,476	74,517	1.86	0.049
2029	4,161,141	76,665	1.88	0.049
2030	4,240,213	79,072	1.90	0.050
2031	4,321,622	81,409	1.92	0.050
2032	4,405,037	83,415	1.93	0.051
2033	4,490,187	85,150	1.93	0.051
2034	4,576,722	86,535	1.93	0.052
2035	4,664,362	87,640	1.91	0.052
2036	4,752,923	88,561	1.90	0.053
2037	4,842,280	89,357	1.88	0.054
2038	4,932,282	90,002	1.86	0.054
2039	5,022,762	90,480	1.83	0.055
2040	5,113,555	90,793	1.81	0.056
2041	5,204,554	90,999	1.78	0.056
2042	5,295,584	91,030	1.75	0.057
2043	5,386,450	90,866	1.72	0.057
2044	5,476,923	90,473	1.68	0.058
2045	5,566,811	89,888	1.64	0.059
2046	5,656,007	89,196	1.60	0.059
2047	5,744,462	88,455	1.56	0.060
2048	5,832,185	87,723	1.53	0.061
2049	5,919,181	86,996	1.49	0.061
2050	6,005,490	86,309	1.46	0.062
2051	6,091,063	85,573	1.42	0.062
2052	6,175,889	84,826	1.39	0.063
2053	6,260,063	84,174	1.36	0.063
2054	6,343,709	83,646	1.34	0.064
2055	6,426,910	83,201	1.31	0.065
2056	6,509,687	82,777	1.29	0.065
2057	6,592,014	82,327	1.26	0.066
2058	6,673,872	81,858	1.24	0.066
2059	6,755,257	81,385	1.22	0.067
2060	6,836,135	80,878	1.20	0.067
2061	6,916,484	80,349	1.18	0.068
2062	6,996,252	79,768	1.15	0.068
2063	7,075,399	79,147	1.13	0.069
2064	7,153,831	78,432	1.11	0.070
2065	7,231,473	77,642	1.09	0.070
2066	7,308,284	76,811	1.06	0.071
2067	7,384,192	75,908	1.04	0.071
2068	7,459,069	74,877	1.01	0.072
2069	7,532,766	73,697	0.99	0.072
2070	7,605,152	72,386	0.96	0.073
2071	7,676,174	71,022	0.93	0.073
2072	7,745,769	69,595	0.91	0.074
2073	7,813,909	68,140	0.88	0.074
2074	7,880,567	66,658	0.85	0.075
2075	7,945,717	65,150	0.83	0.075
2076	8,009,306	63,589	0.80	0.076
2077	8,071,322	62,016	0.77	0.076
2078	8,131,730	60,408	0.75	0.076
2079	8,190,558	58,828	0.72	0.077
2080	8,247,771	57,213	0.70	0.077
2081	8,303,384	55,613	0.67	0.078
2082	8,357,370	53,986	0.65	0.078
2083	8,409,740	52,370	0.63	0.078
2084	8,460,486	50,746	0.60	0.079
2085	8,509,622	49,136	0.58	0.079
2086	8,557,141	47,519	0.56	0.080
2087	8,603,064	45,923	0.54	0.080
2088	8,647,398	44,334	0.52	0.080
2089	8,690,188	42,790	0.49	0.080
2090	8,731,465	41,277	0.47	0.081
2091	8,771,229	39,764	0.46	0.081
2092	8,809,507	38,278	0.44	0.081
2093	8,846,271	36,764	0.42	0.082
2094	8,881,539	35,268	0.40	0.082
2095	8,915,286	33,747	0.38	0.082
2096	8,947,543	32,257	0.36	0.082
2097	8,978,298	30,755	0.34	0.083
2098	9,007,573	29,275	0.33	0.083
2099	9,035,388	27,815	0.31	0.083
2100	9,061,774	26,386	0.29	0.083

Eritrea population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	822,350	-	-	0.032
1951	835,005	12,655	1.54	0.032
1952	849,258	14,253	1.71	0.032
1953	864,895	15,637	1.84	0.032
1954	881,760	16,865	1.95	0.032
1955	899,752	17,992	2.04	0.032
1956	918,849	19,097	2.12	0.033
1957	939,081	20,232	2.20	0.033
1958	960,543	21,462	2.29	0.033
1959	983,338	22,795	2.37	0.033
1960	1,007,590	24,252	2.47	0.033
1961	1,033,328	25,738	2.55	0.033
1962	1,060,486	27,158	2.63	0.034
1963	1,088,854	28,368	2.67	0.034
1964	1,118,159	29,305	2.69	0.034
1965	1,148,189	30,030	2.69	0.034
1966	1,178,875	30,686	2.67	0.035
1967	1,210,302	31,427	2.67	0.035
1968	1,242,635	32,333	2.67	0.035
1969	1,276,123	33,488	2.69	0.035
1970	1,310,945	34,822	2.73	0.035
1971	1,347,176	36,231	2.76	0.036
1972	1,384,797	37,621	2.79	0.036
1973	1,423,761	38,964	2.81	0.036
1974	1,463,983	40,222	2.83	0.037
1975	1,505,439	41,456	2.83	0.037
1976	1,547,975	42,536	2.83	0.037
1977	1,591,620	43,645	2.82	0.038
1978	1,636,769	45,149	2.84	0.038
1979	1,683,939	47,170	2.88	0.038
1980	1,733,416	49,477	2.94	0.039
1981	1,784,561	51,145	2.95	0.039
1982	1,836,823	52,262	2.93	0.040
1983	1,890,558	53,735	2.93	0.040
1984	1,946,305	55,747	2.95	0.041
1985	2,003,937	57,632	2.96	0.041
1986	2,064,794	60,857	3.04	0.042
1987	2,127,422	62,628	3.03	0.042
1988	2,185,605	58,183	2.73	0.042
1989	2,231,141	45,536	2.08	0.043
1990	2,258,653	27,512	1.23	0.042
1991	2,266,358	7,705	0.34	0.042
1992	2,257,596	-8,762	-0.39	0.041
1993	2,238,626	-18,970	-0.84	0.040
1994	2,218,430	-20,196	-0.90	0.039
1995	2,204,222	-14,208	-0.64	0.038
1996	2,196,464	-7,758	-0.35	0.038
1997	2,195,179	-1,285	-0.06	0.037
1998	2,206,432	11,253	0.51	0.037
1999	2,237,405	30,973	1.40	0.037
2000	2,292,416	55,011	2.46	0.037
2001	2,374,722	82,306	3.59	0.038
2002	2,481,058	106,336	4.48	0.039
2003	2,600,973	119,915	4.83	0.041
2004	2,719,803	118,830	4.57	0.042
2005	2,826,659	106,856	3.93	0.043
2006	2,918,205	91,546	3.24	0.044
2007	2,996,536	78,331	2.68	0.045
2008	3,062,779	66,243	2.21	0.045
2009	3,119,920	57,141	1.87	0.045
2010	3,170,435	50,515	1.62	0.046
2011	3,213,972	43,537	1.37	0.046
2012	3,250,100	36,128	1.12	0.046
2013	3,281,449	31,349	0.96	0.046
2014	3,311,449	30,000	0.91	0.045
2015	3,342,818	31,369	0.95	0.045
2016	3,376,557	33,739	1.01	0.045
2017	3,412,893	36,336	1.08	0.045
2018	3,452,786	39,893	1.17	0.045
2019	3,497,117	44,331	1.28	0.045