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: 6 459 865*^[1], area 121320 km², population density 53.25 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

6 459 865

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 2025-06-17*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	413 765	⇐+4.6%	395 571
5-9	466 293	⇐+4.5%	446 308
10-14	458 810	⇐+4.7%	438 268
15-19	360 304	⇐+4.9%	343 377
20-24	246 186	⇐+3.9%	236 936
25-29	240 926	⇐+1.6%	237 022
30-34	280 954	⇐+1.3%	277 482
35-39	252 724	⇐+1.4%	249 147
40-44	170 532	+0.4%⇒	171 299
45-49	101 323	+7.3%⇒	108 730
50-54	71 596	+11.1%⇒	79 567
55-59	59 604	+9.8%⇒	65 467
60-64	44 695	+13.9%⇒	50 887
65-69	32 115	+25.7%⇒	40 382
70-74	27 046	+31.4%⇒	35 525
75-79	12 708	+55%⇒	19 701
80-84	5 592	+89.5%⇒	10 598
85-89	1 725	+156.1%⇒	4 418
90-94	429	+238.7%⇒	1 453
95-99	89	+225.8%⇒	290
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).