Live population of Eritrea

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Eritrea as of 2023 Jun 7 was 3,643,561

According to the 2022 Census, Eritrea's share of the world population is 0.045%

Eritrea population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	3,546,427	1,777,548	1,768,879	3,186,178	35.11	4.10	65,216	56,434	65.26	69.75
2015	3,342,818	1,674,330	1,668,488	2,995,125	33.09	4.10	66,972	57,790	63.60	67.96
2010	3,170,437	1,584,072	1,586,365	2,846,355	31.39	4.35	71,860	61,732	61.37	65.55
2005	2,826,653	1,410,329	1,416,324	2,734,684	27.98	4.80	75,463	64,988	58.74	62.74
2000	2,292,413	1,141,068	1,151,345	2,292,413	22.69	5.10	72,529	62,719	54.70	58.79
1995	2,204,227	1,096,984	1,107,243	2,204,227	21.82	5.60	74,249	66,195	52.27	55.73
1990	2,258,649	1,129,538	1,129,111	2,258,649	22.36	6.30	89,566	78,401	48.98	52.65
1985	2,003,942	1,001,085	1,002,857	2,003,942	19.84	6.60	91,773	82,466	47.21	50.21
1980	1,733,423	865,254	868,169	1,733,423	17.16	6.70	85,379	76,099	45.73	49.01
1975	1,505,438	750,850	754,588	1,505,438	14.90	6.62	78,354	70,144	44.28	47.60
1970	1,310,947	653,507	657,440	1,310,947	12.97	6.62	73,757	65,960	42.42	45.88
1965	1,148,188	571,587	576,601	1,148,188	11.36	6.69	69,720	63,637	40.64	43.70
1960	1,007,586	500,723	506,863	1,007,586	9.97	6.81	66,351	60,678	38.58	41.63
1955	899,746	446,338	453,408	899,746	8.90	6.96	66,317	61,520	35.30	38.09
1950	822,347	407,342	415,005	822,347	8.14	6.96	66,219	61,732	32.80	35.39