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🇪🇷 Eritrea

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ERI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2ER
UN M49 numeric232
IOC codeERI
Official nameState of Eritrea
Native name(s)ara: official: دولة إريتريا; common: إريتريا; eng: official: State of Eritrea; common: Eritrea; tir: official: ሃገረ ኤርትራ; common: ኤርትራ
Alt spellingsER, State of Eritrea, ሃገረ ኤርትራ, Dawlat Iritriyá, ʾErtrā, Iritriyā
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalAsmara
Area (km²)117,600
Lat / Lng15.0000, 39.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)DJI, ETH, SDN
Top-level domain.er
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 91

Demographics

Population (World Bank)3,607,003 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)68.893 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic; eng: English; tir: Tigrinya
Demonymseng: f: Eritrean; m: Eritrean; fra: f: Érythréenne; m: Érythréen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)2,065,001,626.016 (2011)
GDP per capita (current USD)688.682 (2011)
Unemployment rate (%)5.978 (2025)
CurrenciesERN: name: Eritrean nakfa; symbol: Nfk

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950814,866
1951827,025
1952840,340
1953854,702
1954870,021
1955886,237
1956903,407
1957918,798
1958932,583
1959950,563
1960972,547
1961995,573
19621,019,788
19631,045,092
19641,071,287
19651,098,335
19661,124,957
19671,152,339
19681,181,737
19691,212,005
19701,243,453
19711,276,154
19721,309,235
19731,342,669
19741,375,688
19751,408,210
19761,443,807
19771,482,565
19781,522,378
19791,563,332
19801,605,797
19811,649,939
19821,695,461
19831,736,160
19841,771,730
19851,807,816
19861,845,164
19871,888,669
19881,938,255
19891,987,017
19902,032,737
19911,919,571
19921,798,748
19931,856,006
19941,913,915
19952,025,267
19962,128,464
19972,152,135
19982,180,419
19992,212,780
20002,247,031
20012,312,079
20022,392,978
20032,493,903
20042,598,284
20052,661,215
20062,703,502
20072,743,222
20082,816,327
20092,887,885
20102,945,186
20112,998,485
20123,036,988
20133,074,360
20143,095,173
20153,105,546
20163,124,698
20173,150,347
20183,192,760
20193,240,194
20203,291,271
20213,350,183
20223,409,447
20233,470,390

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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    "ሃገረ ኤርትራ",
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