# Population in Eritrea

Population in Eritrea was 3.61 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `er`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/eritrea
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/eritrea.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=er

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3,607,003 |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 |
| 1961 | 995,573 |
| 1960 | 972,547 |