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Eritrea — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Eritrea, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.00%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -14.6% since 1961
Population growth for Eritrea was 2.00% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.66% in 1995. The lowest was -6.50% in 1992 (about -3.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.25% per year.
Eritrea ranks 50 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Eritrea sits below it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 65% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 498%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.00%
First (1961)
2.34%
Change
-14.6%
Highest
5.66%
in 1995
Lowest
-6.50%
in 1992
Average
2.02%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.25%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2% |
| 2024 | 1.86% |
| 2023 | 1.77% |
| 2022 | 1.75% |
| 2021 | 1.77% |
| 2020 | 1.56% |
| 2019 | 1.47% |
| 2018 | 1.34% |
| 2017 | 0.82% |
| 2016 | 0.61% |
| 2015 | 0.33% |
| 2014 | 0.67% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.