Eritrea's population rose from 2.13M in 1996 to 3.61M in 2025.
Eritrea · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Eritrea's population growth fell from 5.0 % in 1996 to 2.0 % in 2025.
Eritrea's population density rose from 18.9 in 1994 to 28.6 in 2023.
Eritrea's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.9 % in 1996 to 50.6 % in 2025.
Eritrea's urbanisation rose from 29.2 % in 1996 to 34.5 % in 2025.
Eritrea's urban population rose from 620,933 in 1996 to 1.25M in 2025.
Eritrea's rural population rose from 1.51M in 1996 to 2.36M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %36th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +0.6 %36th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.9 %162nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.0 %170th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs187th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts38th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.5 pts184th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts162nd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.5 pts34th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts156th of 217
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- Net migrationup +47.2 %142nd of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts198th of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0 %144th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs162nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs168th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs158th of 217