Demography of Eritrea

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The demographic data of Eritrea cannot be precisely determined because the Eritrean government uses it politically to represent a balance, especially between the religions.

Eritreans form a cultural unit together with the inhabitants of Ethiopia , see Habesha . Eritrea has about 6.75 million inhabitants. Numerous refugees have been leaving the country for years and there are repeated famines. For these reasons the numbers can only be estimated.

Total population

The number of inhabitants is not given uniformly in different sources. For the year 2017 the population is given by the United Nations as 5.1 million, given by the CIA World Factbook as 5.9 million and by Statista as 6.7 million.

Population development in millions of inhabitants
year population population
1950 1.1 million
1980 2.4 million
1995 3.1 million 03.2 million
2004 3.9 million 04.7 million
2006 4.1 million 05.0 million
2008 4.2 million 05.4 million
2010 4.4 million 05.7 million
2012 4.6 million 06.1 million
2017 5.1 million 06.7 million
2050 (forecast) 9.6 million 14 , 0million
age structure
Age proportion of Men Women
0-14 years 42.1% 1,256,384 1,244,569
15–64 years 54.3% 1,580,535 1,641,911
65 years and older 2 0 3.6% 96,627 119,458
2 (2011, estimated)

statistics

  • Growth rate : 2.418% (2012, estimated)
  • Birth rate : 32.1 births / 1,000 population (2012, estimated)
  • Mortality rate : 7.92 deaths / 1,000 population (2012, estimated)
  • Net migration rate : 0 migrants / 1,000 population (2012, estimated)
    • Note: no data available
  • Gender ratio :
    • Birth: 1.03 male / female
    • under 15 years: 1.01 male / female
    • 15-64 years: 0.96 male / female
    • 65 years and older: 0.79 male / female
    • Total population: 0.98 male / female (2012, estimated)
  • Child mortality : 40.34 deaths / 1,000 live births (2012, estimated)
  • Maternal mortality : 280 deaths / 100,000 live births (2008)
  • Life expectancy at birth:
    • Total population: 62.86 years
    • male 60.73 years (2012, estimated)
    • female: 65.06 years (2012, estimated)
  • Overall fertility : 4.37 children born per woman (2012, estimated)

nationality

  • Name: Eritreans
  • Adjective: Eritrean

Ethnic groups

Ethnolinguistic assignment Population (2010, estimated)
Tigrinya 55%
Tigre 30%
Saho 4%
Rashaida 2%
Bilen 2%
Kunama 2%
others ( Afar , Beni Amir, Nara ) 5%

Religions

Muslims ( Sunnis ) and Eritrean Christians ( Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church , Protestants , Catholics ).

languages

Tigrinya , Tigré , Afar , Saho , Kunama , Bedscha , Bilen , Nara and Arabic as well as English as a second language. Italian is occasionally understood.

Literacy

  • Definition: 15 year olds and older people can read and write.
  • Total population: 58.6%
  • Men: 69.9%
  • Women: 47.6% (2003, estimated)

Web links

Commons : Demographics of Eritrea  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved November 18, 2017 .
  2. ^ CIA - The World Factbook. Retrieved November 18, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2017 .
  4. ^ Population for 1995 from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs / Population Division. Figures from 2004 to 2015 inclusive from Statista , forecast for 2050 from the country database of the German Foundation for World Population.
  5. ↑ a b "Africa:" Eritrea . " The World Factbook. Retrieved May 28, 2012.