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Eritrea: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2030 · pop

2025
3.61 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+1.5%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20304.00Forecast
20293.92Forecast
20283.84Forecast
20273.76Forecast
20263.68Forecast
20253.61
20243.54
20233.47
20223.41
20213.35
20203.29
20193.24
20183.19
20173.15
20163.12

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–2011
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1990–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1992–2006
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2006–2019
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Eritrea documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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