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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Eritrea

Most recent
3,607,003 (2025)
Earliest
972,547 (1960)
Highest
3,607,003 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Eritrea at the United Nations
02,500,0005,000,0001960: 972,5471961: 995,5731962: 1,019,7881963: 1,045,0921964: 1,071,2871965: 1,098,3351966: 1,124,9571967: 1,152,3391968: 1,181,7371969: 1,212,0051970: 1,243,4531971: 1,276,1541972: 1,309,2351973: 1,342,6691974: 1,375,6881975: 1,408,2101976: 1,443,8071977: 1,482,5651978: 1,522,3781979: 1,563,3321980: 1,605,7971981: 1,649,9391982: 1,695,4611983: 1,736,1601984: 1,771,7301985: 1,807,8161986: 1,845,1641987: 1,888,6691988: 1,938,2551989: 1,987,0171990: 2,032,7371991: 1,919,5711992: 1,798,7481993: 1,856,0061994: 1,913,9151995: 2,025,2671996: 2,128,4641997: 2,152,1351998: 2,180,4191999: 2,212,7802000: 2,247,0312001: 2,312,0792002: 2,392,9782003: 2,493,9032004: 2,598,2842005: 2,661,2152006: 2,703,5022007: 2,743,2222008: 2,816,3272009: 2,887,8852010: 2,945,1862011: 2,998,4852012: 3,036,9882013: 3,074,3602014: 3,095,1732015: 3,105,5462016: 3,124,6982017: 3,150,3472018: 3,192,7602019: 3,240,1942020: 3,291,2712021: 3,350,1832022: 3,409,4472023: 3,470,3902024: 3,535,6032025: 3,607,00319602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20253,607,003
20243,535,603
20233,470,390
20223,409,447
20213,350,183
20203,291,271
20193,240,194
20183,192,760
20173,150,347
20163,124,698
20153,105,546
20143,095,173
20133,074,360
20123,036,988
20112,998,485
20102,945,186
20092,887,885
20082,816,327
20072,743,222
20062,703,502
20052,661,215
20042,598,284
20032,493,903
20022,392,978
20012,312,079
20002,247,031
19992,212,780
19982,180,419
19972,152,135
19962,128,464
19952,025,267
19941,913,915
19931,856,006
19921,798,748
19911,919,571
19902,032,737
19891,987,017
19881,938,255
19871,888,669
19861,845,164
19851,807,816
19841,771,730
19831,736,160
19821,695,461
19811,649,939
19801,605,797
19791,563,332
19781,522,378
19771,482,565
19761,443,807
19751,408,210
19741,375,688
19731,342,669
19721,309,235
19711,276,154
19701,243,453
19691,212,005
19681,181,737
19671,152,339
19661,124,957
19651,098,335
19641,071,287
19631,045,092
19621,019,788
1961995,573
1960972,547

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