Eritrea
Population 2026
3,682,667
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.10%
- Density
- 30 per km²
- Land area
- 120,800 km²
- Capital
- Asmara
- Currency
- Nakfa (ERN)
- Official languages
- AA-ER, AR, TIG, KUN
- Urban population
- 34.5%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 105,3982026
- Deaths
- 21,7022026
- Birth rate
- 28.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.68
- Life expectancy
- 68.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 19.5
- Net migration
- -6,698
Age distribution
- 0–1437.6%
- 15–6458.2%
- 65+4.3%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $2.1B
- GDP per capita
- $689
- GDP growth
- +8.7%
- Inflation
- —
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
- Exports
- $375M
- Imports
- $604M
- Tourism receipts
- 36.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture14.1%
- Industry21.8%
- Manufacturing5.5%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture55.5%
- Industry12.7%
- Services31.8%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AsmaraMaekel | 563,9302021 |
| 2 | KerenAnseba | 74,8002021 |
| 3 | HimoraGash-Barka | 46,1002023 |
| 4 | Af’abetDebub | 35,6732026 |
| 5 | MassawaNorthern Red Sea | 23,1002022 |
| 6 | AssabSouthern Red Sea | 21,3002026 |
| 7 | MendeferaDebub | 17,7812021 |
| 8 | BarentuGash-Barka | 15,8912026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,682,667 | 105K | 21.7K |
| 2020 | 3,291,277 | 95.0K | 21.7K |
| 2010 | 2,945,184 | 98.5K | 22.4K |
| 2000 | 2,247,036 | 85.3K | 25.0K |
| 1990 | 2,032,749 | 88.1K | 31.2K |
| 1980 | 1,605,800 | 71.9K | 30.5K |
| 1970 | 1,243,457 | 58.4K | 27.7K |
| 1960 | 972,558 | 46.4K | 25.0K |
| 1950 | 814,880 | 36.2K | 24.8K |