Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Asmara
Eritrea
#131 by population · Low income · ISO ERI
Population right now
3,701,015
220.7 net per day · 1 birth every 304.6 s
·anchor 3,607,003 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.045% of the world
👶 Births today
250
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
52
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−1,340
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+194
2.24% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
28.72 /1,000
2024
Death rate
6.00 /1,000
2024
Fertility
3.68 births/woman
Life expectancy
68.9 yrs
Aged 0–14
37.6%
Aged 65+
4.3%
Urban
34.5%
Land area
121,766 km²
Density
29.6 /km²
GDP / capita
—
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 3,607,003 + 0.0026/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 284 (crude birth rate 28.72/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 59 (crude death rate 6.00/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 2.00%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →