🇪🇷Eritrea

Asmara

Africa

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Population

3.6M

2.0%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

3.68

births/woman

Life Expectancy

68.9y

GDP / capita

$688.7

Pop. Growth

2.00%

Net Migration

-6.7K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Eritrea by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.1.9K(18.0%)

−59%

🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.1.3K(12.3%)

−5%

🇺🇬

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male1.8MTotal 3.6M1.8MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

15.6

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇸🇸South Sudan1.2K(10.9%)

−5%

🇲🇿Mozambique867(8.1%)

−5%

🇧🇮Burundi820(7.6%)

−5%

🇲🇼Malawi604(5.6%)

−5%

🇹🇿Tanzania412(3.8%)

−5%

🇷🇼Rwanda365(3.4%)

−5%

🇫🇷France341(3.2%)

−5%

🇰🇪Kenya274(2.5%)

−6%

🇦🇴Angola270(2.5%)

−6%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Eritrea diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Eritrea who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇩Sudan384.1K(42.1%)

+170%

🇪🇹Ethiopia176.9K(19.4%)

+334%

🇸🇪Sweden59.8K(6.5%)

+522%

🇨🇦Canada42.2K(4.6%)

+442%

🇺🇬Uganda41.7K(4.6%)

+691%

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.32.4K(3.5%)

17×

🇨🇭Switzerland31.9K(3.5%)

+356%

🇳🇱Netherlands27.1K(3.0%)

23×

🇳🇴Norway25.5K(2.8%)

+429%

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates18.1K(2.0%)

+50%

🇮🇹Italy9.1K(1.0%)

−25%

🇮🇱Israel7.9K(0.9%)

−45%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024