Demographics of Eritrea
Sources disagree as to the current population of Eritrea, with some proposing numbers as low as 3.6 million and others as high as 6.7 million. Eritrea has never conducted an official government census.
| Demographics of Eritrea | |
|---|---|
| Population | Estimates range between 3.6 million and 6.7 million Eritrea has never conducted an official government census. |
| Growth rate | 1.03% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 27.04 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.69 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 66.85 years |
| • male | 64.25 years |
| • female | 69.53 years (2022 est.) |
| Fertility rate | 3.58 children born/woman (2022 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 41.5 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | -10.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 38.23% |
| 65 and over | 4% |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.97 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
| At birth | 1.03 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.01 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.67 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Eritrean |
| Major ethnic | Tigrinya, Tigre |
| Minor ethnic | Saho, Bilen, Beja, Kunama, Nara, Afar |
| Language | |
| Spoken | Languages of Eritrea |
The nation has nine recognized ethnic groups. Of these, the largest is the Tigriniya, who make up around 50% of the population; the Tigre people, who also speak a Ethiosemitic language, constitute around 30% of residents. Most of the rest of the population belong to other Afro-Asiatic-speaking communities of the Cushitic branch. Additionally, there are a number of Nilo-Saharan-speaking ethnic minorities and other smaller groups.
The two most followed religions are Christianity (47%-63% of the total population) and Islam (37%-52%).
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