Demographics of Eritrea | |
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Population | Estimates range between 3.6 million and 6.7 million[1][2] Eritrea has never conducted an official government census.[3] |
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 |
Sources disagree as to the current population of Eritrea, with some proposing numbers as low as 3.6 million[1] and others as high as 6.7 million.[2] Eritrea has never conducted an official government census.[3]
The nation has nine recognized ethnic groups. Of these, the largest is the Tigrinya, who make up around 50% of the population; the Tigre people, who also speak a Ethiosemitic language, constitute around 30% of residents.[4] 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.[5]
The two most followed religions are Christianity (47%-63% of the total population) and Islam (37%-52%).[6][7][4]
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The majority of the Eritreans speak Semitic or Cushitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic language group. The Kunama, Baria, and other smaller groups in the north and northwest speak Nilotic languages.