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Deaths in Eritrea

Deaths in Eritrea was 20,984 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 2.6% from 2022. That is the 140th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count20,984 Estimated
Change on 2022-2.6%
Rank140th of 236Countries ranked
Series high44,6231983
Series low20,7032018
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Deaths in Eritrea, 1950 to 2023

20K25K30K35K40K45K19501961197219831994200520231950: 24,816 count1951: 24,473 count1952: 24,415 count1953: 24,453 count1954: 24,496 count1955: 24,621 count1956: 24,708 count1957: 30,545 count1958: 30,331 count1959: 24,730 count1960: 24,995 count1961: 25,210 count1962: 25,477 count1963: 25,672 count1964: 25,983 count1965: 26,253 count1966: 28,973 count1967: 26,852 count1968: 27,163 count1969: 27,464 count1970: 27,727 count1971: 27,983 count1972: 29,567 count1973: 29,737 count1974: 33,001 count1975: 33,561 count1976: 29,755 count1977: 30,072 count1978: 30,362 count1979: 30,659 count1980: 30,518 count1981: 30,923 count1982: 31,808 count1983: 44,623 count1984: 44,431 count1985: 43,677 count1986: 43,001 count1987: 31,801 count1988: 31,773 count1989: 32,947 count1990: 31,149 count1991: 30,695 count1992: 24,652 count1993: 24,144 count1994: 24,374 count1995: 23,779 count1996: 25,556 count1997: 24,754 count1998: 31,689 count1999: 39,903 count2000: 25,044 count2001: 22,872 count2002: 23,298 count2003: 23,226 count2004: 23,989 count2005: 23,855 count2006: 23,340 count2007: 22,815 count2008: 22,748 count2009: 22,597 count2010: 22,427 count2011: 22,239 count2012: 22,012 count2013: 21,902 count2014: 21,633 count2015: 21,205 count2016: 21,026 count2017: 20,804 count2018: 20,703 count2019: 20,779 count2020: 21,662 count2021: 22,151 count2022: 21,543 count2023: 20,984 count20K30K40K50K19501975200020231950: 24,816 count1951: 24,473 count1952: 24,415 count1953: 24,453 count1954: 24,496 count1955: 24,621 count1956: 24,708 count1957: 30,545 count1958: 30,331 count1959: 24,730 count1960: 24,995 count1961: 25,210 count1962: 25,477 count1963: 25,672 count1964: 25,983 count1965: 26,253 count1966: 28,973 count1967: 26,852 count1968: 27,163 count1969: 27,464 count1970: 27,727 count1971: 27,983 count1972: 29,567 count1973: 29,737 count1974: 33,001 count1975: 33,561 count1976: 29,755 count1977: 30,072 count1978: 30,362 count1979: 30,659 count1980: 30,518 count1981: 30,923 count1982: 31,808 count1983: 44,623 count1984: 44,431 count1985: 43,677 count1986: 43,001 count1987: 31,801 count1988: 31,773 count1989: 32,947 count1990: 31,149 count1991: 30,695 count1992: 24,652 count1993: 24,144 count1994: 24,374 count1995: 23,779 count1996: 25,556 count1997: 24,754 count1998: 31,689 count1999: 39,903 count2000: 25,044 count2001: 22,872 count2002: 23,298 count2003: 23,226 count2004: 23,989 count2005: 23,855 count2006: 23,340 count2007: 22,815 count2008: 22,748 count2009: 22,597 count2010: 22,427 count2011: 22,239 count2012: 22,012 count2013: 21,902 count2014: 21,633 count2015: 21,205 count2016: 21,026 count2017: 20,804 count2018: 20,703 count2019: 20,779 count2020: 21,662 count2021: 22,151 count2022: 21,543 count2023: 20,984 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
202320,984 Estimated
202221,543 Estimated
202122,151 Estimated
202021,662 Estimated
201920,779 Estimated
201820,703 Estimated
201720,804 Estimated
201621,026 Estimated
201521,205 Estimated
201421,633 Estimated
201321,902 Estimated
201222,012 Estimated
201122,239 Estimated
201022,427 Estimated
200922,597 Estimated
200822,748 Estimated
200722,815 Estimated
200623,340 Estimated
200523,855 Estimated
200423,989 Estimated
200323,226 Estimated
200223,298 Estimated
200122,872 Estimated
200025,044 Estimated
199939,903 Estimated
199831,689 Estimated
199724,754 Estimated
199625,556 Estimated
199523,779 Estimated
199424,374 Estimated
199324,144 Estimated
199224,652 Estimated
199130,695 Estimated
199031,149 Estimated
198932,947 Estimated
198831,773 Estimated
198731,801 Estimated
198643,001 Estimated
198543,677 Estimated
198444,431 Estimated
198344,623 Estimated
198231,808 Estimated
198130,923 Estimated
198030,518 Estimated
197930,659 Estimated
197830,362 Estimated
197730,072 Estimated
197629,755 Estimated
197533,561 Estimated
197433,001 Estimated
197329,737 Estimated
197229,567 Estimated
197127,983 Estimated
197027,727 Estimated
196927,464 Estimated
196827,163 Estimated
196726,852 Estimated
196628,973 Estimated
196526,253 Estimated
196425,983 Estimated
196325,672 Estimated
196225,477 Estimated
196125,210 Estimated
196024,995 Estimated
195924,730 Estimated
195830,331 Estimated
195730,545 Estimated
195624,708 Estimated
195524,621 Estimated
195424,496 Estimated
195324,453 Estimated
195224,415 Estimated
195124,473 Estimated
195024,816 Estimated

Eritrea compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 9,916 countAfghanistan: 240,296 countAntigua and Barbuda: 643 countAlbania: 23,428 countArmenia: 27,579 countAngola: 254,482 countArgentina: 349,195 countAustria: 93,223 countAustralia: 183,924 countAzerbaijan: 67,842 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 42,861 countBangladesh: 859,075 countBelgium: 113,791 countBurkina Faso: 183,375 countBulgaria: 102,980 countBurundi: 91,963 countBenin: 124,132 countBrunei: 2,400 countBolivia: 87,812 countBrazil: 1,494,154 countBahamas: 3,480 countBhutan: 4,805 countBotswana: 14,197 countBelarus: 121,587 countBelize: 2,025 countCanada: 311,824 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 901,851 countCentral African Republic: 48,529 countRepublic of the Congo: 38,880 countSwitzerland: 73,788 countCôte d’Ivoire: 238,741 countChile: 127,691 countCameroon: 202,882 countChina: 11,684,177 countColombia: 282,433 countCosta Rica: 27,861 countCuba: 111,819 countCape Verde: 2,642 countCyprus: 9,499 countCzechia: 113,525 countGermany: 1,034,140 countDjibouti: 8,596 countDenmark: 57,275 countDominican Republic: 70,823 countAlgeria: 214,259 countEcuador: 92,204 countEstonia: 16,693 countEgypt: 625,449 countWestern Sahara: 3,678 countEritrea: 20,984 countSpain: 447,463 countEthiopia: 767,018 countFinland: 59,984 countFiji: 8,553 countFalkland Islands: 27 countFaroe Islands: 564 countFrance: 616,095 countGabon: 15,577 countUnited Kingdom: 653,747 countGeorgia: 45,077 countGhana: 237,869 countGreenland: 551 countGambia: 16,975 countGuinea: 131,455 countEquatorial Guinea: 14,556 countGreece: 127,018 countGuatemala: 87,523 countGuinea-Bissau: 15,181 countGuyana: 6,049 countHong Kong: 57,190 countHonduras: 47,670 countCroatia: 55,029 countHaiti: 90,966 countHungary: 128,063 countIndonesia: 2,117,706 countIreland: 35,550 countIsrael: 51,294 countIsle of Man: 882 countIndia: 9,507,008 countIraq: 186,266 countIran: 423,367 countIceland: 2,612 countItaly: 663,448 countJamaica: 22,933 countJordan: 34,873 countJapan: 1,524,430 countKenya: 399,024 countKyrgyzstan: 42,200 countCambodia: 111,340 countKiribati: 934 countNorth Korea: 255,826 countSouth Korea: 345,502 countKuwait: 8,624 countCayman Islands: 351 countKazakhstan: 136,388 countLaos: 47,682 countLebanon: 34,419 countSri Lanka: 162,453 countLiberia: 44,333 countLesotho: 24,612 countLithuania: 40,940 countLuxembourg: 4,642 countLatvia: 27,614 countLibya: 48,610 countMorocco: 212,624 countMoldova: 41,730 countMontenegro: 7,209 countMadagascar: 234,841 countNorth Macedonia: 19,863 countMali: 205,047 countMyanmar: 495,470 countMongolia: 20,340 countMauritania: 27,725 countMauritius: 11,124 countMalawi: 113,181 countMexico: 799,366 countMalaysia: 181,166 countMozambique: 235,520 countNamibia: 18,279 countNew Caledonia: 1,818 countNiger: 231,746 countNigeria: 2,675,442 countNicaragua: 31,294 countNetherlands: 166,338 countNorway: 44,143 countNepal: 205,841 countNew Zealand: 37,686 countOman: 9,597 countPanama: 21,272 countPeru: 185,861 countFrench Polynesia: 1,026 countPapua New Guinea: 67,700 countPhilippines: 716,490 countPakistan: 1,600,313 countPoland: 412,310 countPuerto Rico: 34,664 countPalestine: 38,937 countPortugal: 115,917 countPalau: 204 countParaguay: 39,034 countQatar: 2,771 countRomania: 257,119 countSerbia: 93,928 countRussia: 1,794,857 countRwanda: 82,826 countSaudi Arabia: 77,837 countSolomon Islands: 4,113 countSudan: 320,491 countSweden: 93,944 countSingapore: 27,728 countSlovenia: 21,581 countSlovakia: 54,167 countSierra Leone: 70,116 countSenegal: 100,882 countSomalia: 180,554 countSuriname: 4,182 countSouth Sudan: 110,339 countEl Salvador: 47,443 countSyria: 118,900 countEswatini: 9,475 countChad: 213,123 countTogo: 71,661 countThailand: 637,306 countTajikistan: 47,595 countTimor-Leste: 10,065 countTurkmenistan: 42,575 countTunisia: 74,071 countTürkiye: 551,598 countTrinidad and Tobago: 12,577 countTaiwan: 205,339 countTanzania: 385,799 countUkraine: 495,421 countUganda: 235,583 countUnited States: 2,975,658 countUruguay: 33,145 countUzbekistan: 221,249 countVenezuela: 213,955 countVietnam: 659,980 countVanuatu: 1,629 countSamoa: 1,334 countYemen: 188,764 countSouth Africa: 584,015 countZambia: 107,917 countZimbabwe: 124,412 count
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Deaths, 2023, count. Eritrea is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths) (Deaths, Eritrea, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Eritrea, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/eritrea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Deaths, Eritrea, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/eritrea.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Eritrea, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/eritrea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths): Deaths, Eritrea, 1950 to 2023}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/eritrea. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the deaths in Eritrea?

Deaths in Eritrea was 20,984 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 2.6% from 2022. That is the 140th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest deaths in Eritrea?

44,623 in 1983, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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