COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Eritrea Population
Eritrea population: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 1992, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SP.POP.TOTL| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,61 m | 71.400 |
| 2024 | 3,54 m | 65.213 |
| 2023 | 3,47 m | 60.943 |
| 2022 | 3,41 m | 59.264 |
| 2021 | 3,35 m | 58.912 |
| 2020 | 3,29 m | 51.077 |
| 2019 | 3,24 m | 47.434 |
| 2018 | 3,19 m | 42.413 |
| 2017 | 3,15 m | 25.649 |
| 2016 | 3,12 m | -218.302 |
| 2015 | 3,34 m | 32.000 |
| 2014 | 3,31 m | 30.000 |
| 2013 | 3,28 m | 31.000 |
| 2012 | 3,25 m | 36.000 |
| 2011 | 3,21 m | 44.000 |
| 2010 | 3,17 m | 50.000 |
| 2009 | 3,12 m | 57.000 |
| 2008 | 3,06 m | 66.000 |
| 2007 | 3,00 m | 79.000 |
| 2006 | 2,92 m | 91.000 |
| 2005 | 2,83 m | 107.000 |
| 2004 | 2,72 m | 119.000 |
| 2003 | 2,60 m | 120.000 |
| 2002 | 2,48 m | 106.000 |
| 2001 | 2,38 m | 83.000 |
| 2000 | 2,29 m | 55.000 |
| 1999 | 2,24 m | 31.000 |
| 1998 | 2,21 m | 11.000 |
| 1997 | 2,20 m | -1.000 |
| 1996 | 2,20 m | -8.000 |
| 1995 | 2,20 m | -14.000 |
| 1994 | 2,22 m | -21.000 |
| 1993 | 2,24 m | -19.000 |
| 1992 | 2,26 m | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source organization: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
Metadata fetched: 2026-08-01 01:16:07. Open original metadata response.
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesEritrea recorded 3,61 m people in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the population increased by 71.400.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 34 observations from 1992 to 2025, the average was 2,88 m; the minimum was 2,20 m in 1997 and the maximum was 3,61 m in 2025.
Eritrea ranks 131 out of 217 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also below the available average for the Low income group.
Demographic scale and market size.