Eritrea | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1423599 |
| 1961 | 1459988 |
| 1962 | 1497855 |
| 1963 | 1537105 |
| 1964 | 1577613 |
| 1965 | 1619301 |
| 1966 | 1662247 |
| 1967 | 1706539 |
| 1968 | 1752123 |
| 1969 | 1798934 |
| 1970 | 1847000 |
| 1971 | 1896028 |
| 1972 | 1946213 |
| 1973 | 1998632 |
| 1974 | 2054727 |
| 1975 | 2115400 |
| 1976 | 2181178 |
| 1977 | 2251397 |
| 1978 | 2324290 |
| 1979 | 2397387 |
| 1980 | 2468902 |
| 1981 | 2537333 |
| 1982 | 2602966 |
| 1983 | 2667868 |
| 1984 | 2735121 |
| 1985 | 2806456 |
| 1986 | 2884388 |
| 1987 | 2967048 |
| 1988 | 3046674 |
| 1989 | 3112654 |
| 1990 | 3158295 |
| 1991 | 3180430 |
| 1992 | 3184019 |
| 1993 | 3180541 |
| 1994 | 3186063 |
| 1995 | 3212503 |
| 1996 | 3263016 |
| 1997 | 3335157 |
| 1998 | 3428264 |
| 1999 | 3539885 |
| 2000 | 3667576 |
| 2001 | 3812473 |
| 2002 | 3973973 |
| 2003 | 4145500 |
| 2004 | 4318343 |
| 2005 | 4486155 |
| 2006 | 4645837 |
| 2007 | 4798561 |
| 2008 | 4947521 |
| 2009 | 5097998 |
| 2010 | 5253676 |
| 2011 | 5415280 |
| 2012 |
Eritrea | Population, total
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.