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EASTERN AFRICA

Eritrea

ER

Asmara · pop. 4M · Arabic, English, Tigrinya · Eritrean nakfa

Trajectories

economic momentum

$689

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2011, in current US dollars.

2011 · $689

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers20
whenvaluechange
1992$265
1993low$252−5.0%
1994$278+10.2%
1995$285+2.7%
1996$326+14.2%
1997$319−2.1%
1998$342+7.2%
1999$311−8.9%
2000$314+1.0%
2001$325+3.5%
2002$305−6.3%
2003$349+14.5%
2004$427+22.3%
2005$413−3.3%
2006$448+8.5%
2007$480+7.2%
2008$490+2.0%
2009$643+31.2%
2010$540−16.1%
2011latest$689+27.6%

demographic curve

3.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.6 in 1980.

2024 · 3.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
the numbers65
whenvaluechange
19606.5
19616.5−0.1%
19626.5+0.3%
19636.5−0.2%
19646.5+0.1%
19656.5+0.1%
19666.50.0%
19676.5+0.1%
19686.50.0%
19696.50.0%
19706.5+0.6%
19716.50.0%
19726.50.0%
19736.5+0.2%
19746.6+0.3%
19756.6+0.3%
19766.6+0.3%
19776.6+0.1%
19786.60.0%
19796.6+0.2%
19806.6−0.1%
19816.6+0.1%
19826.6+0.2%
1983high6.6+0.2%
19846.6−0.3%
19856.6−0.5%
19866.6−0.5%
19876.5−0.5%
19886.5−0.8%
19896.4−0.8%
19906.3−1.2%
19916.2−1.5%
19926.2−1.4%
19936.1−1.4%
19946.0−1.1%
19955.9−1.1%
19965.8−1.7%
19975.7−1.7%
19985.6−1.9%
19995.5−2.1%
20005.4−2.2%
20015.3−1.7%
20025.2−1.4%
20035.1−1.7%
20045.0−2.1%
20054.9−2.0%
20064.9−1.1%
20074.8−1.4%
20084.7−1.6%
20094.7−1.7%
20104.6−1.8%
20114.5−1.9%
20124.4−1.8%
20134.3−1.6%
20144.3−1.4%
20154.2−1.3%
20164.2−1.3%
20174.1−1.2%
20184.1−1.4%
20194.0−1.5%
20203.9−1.6%
20213.9−1.7%
20223.8−2.1%
20233.7−1.9%
2024latest3.7−0.9%

Metrics

  1. population
    4M
    128 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. area
    118K km²
    102 of 176
    REST Countries
  3. population density
    33.9 /km²
    122 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  4. life expectancy
    68.6 yr
    126 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  5. internet access
    20%
    154 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  6. co₂ per capita
    0.22 t
    148 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  7. urbanisation
    35%
    142 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  8. fertility rate
    3.7
    32 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  9. foreign-born share
    0.4%
    150 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  10. scientific articles / yr
    34
    149 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  11. youth unemployment
    10%
    60 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  12. democracy (v-dem)
    0.01
    161 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  13. clean government
    13
    158 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  14. press freedom
    81.5
    163 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  15. human development
    0.503
    149 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  16. refugees hosted
    119
    134 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  17. refugees produced
    551K
    9 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data