Eritrea · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Eritrea (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Eritrea? Answer: Current population of Eritrea is: 6 465 914*^[1], area 121320 km², population density 53.3 p/km². Capital of Eritrea is Asmara. Continent: Africa.

Eritrea · Population 1950-2100

Eritrea · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Eritrea as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Eritrea population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Eritrea population

6 465 914

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 255.248 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 200.686 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 938.826 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Eritrea population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 338 / day = 14.1 / hour = 0.235 / minute = 0.0039 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 430 / day = 17.93 / hour = 0.304 / minute = 0.0051 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 92 / day = 3.83 / hour = 0.064 / minute = 0.0011 / seconds.

Current Eritrea population by age and sex for 2025-07-05*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	413 752	⇐+4.6%	395 558
5-9	466 657	⇐+4.5%	446 655
10-14	459 425	⇐+4.7%	438 847
15-19	360 766	⇐+4.9%	343 795
20-24	246 217	⇐+3.9%	236 939
25-29	240 943	⇐+1.7%	237 028
30-34	281 323	⇐+1.3%	277 838
35-39	253 232	⇐+1.4%	249 631
40-44	170 880	+0.4%⇒	171 628
45-49	101 456	+7.3%⇒	108 875
50-54	71 648	+11.2%⇒	79 639
55-59	59 650	+9.8%⇒	65 520
60-64	44 730	+13.8%⇒	50 923
65-69	32 131	+25.7%⇒	40 401
70-74	27 101	+31.3%⇒	35 585
75-79	12 735	+55%⇒	19 733
80-84	5 606	+89.4%⇒	10 620
85-89	1 729	+156.2%⇒	4 429
90-94	430	+238.8%⇒	1 457
95-99	89	+227%⇒	291
100+	1	+1900%⇒	20

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).