Eritrea ended 2017 with a population of 5,068,831 people, which represents an increasea of 114,186 people compared to 2016.
Eritrea ranks No. 119 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.
The female population is greater, with 2,551,547 women, representing 50.03% of the total, compared to 2,548,453 or 49.97% men.
Eritrea shows a moderate population density, with 43 people per square km and it was in position 58th in our ranking of density population in 2017.
In this page we show you the progression of the population in Eritrea. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about Eritrea in Eritrean economy.