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: 6 511 249*^[1], area 121320 km², population density 53.67 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

6 511 249

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 2025-11-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	413 655	⇐+4.6%	395 455
5-9	469 382	⇐+4.5%	449 256
10-14	464 031	⇐+4.7%	443 181
15-19	364 232	⇐+5%	346 928
20-24	246 449	⇐+4%	236 958
25-29	241 070	⇐+1.7%	237 075
30-34	284 093	⇐+1.3%	280 505
35-39	257 037	⇐+1.5%	253 255
40-44	173 484	+0.4%⇒	174 098
45-49	102 456	+7.3%⇒	109 962
50-54	72 040	+11.3%⇒	80 175
55-59	59 996	+9.9%⇒	65 916
60-64	44 999	+13.8%⇒	51 195
65-69	32 251	+25.7%⇒	40 550
70-74	27 513	+31%⇒	36 038
75-79	12 931	+54.5%⇒	19 972
80-84	5 715	+88.7%⇒	10 785
85-89	1 765	+155.5%⇒	4 509
90-94	439	+238.7%⇒	1 487
95-99	92	+223.9%⇒	298
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).