Eritrea

Urban population in Eritrea

Urban population in Eritrea: 7.1% in 1950 and 34.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025
34.5%
Since 1950
+27.4 percentage points
Rank, 2025
194 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2050
40.7%
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
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% of people · UN

Urban population in EritreaUrban population in Eritrea: 7.1% in 1950 and 34.5% in 2025, by UN estimates. The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 40.7% in 2050.
Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 40.7% in 2050.
  • The highest was 35.7% in 2012, the lowest 7.1% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearEritrea
202534.5
202434.5
202334.7
202234.9
202135
202035.1
201935.2
201835.4
201735.4
201635.5
201535.6
201435.6
201335.7
201235.7
201135.7
201035.6
200935.6
200835.5
200735.4
200635.3
200535.1
200434.9
200334.8
200234.5
200134.3
200034.1
199933.5
199832.4
199730.9
199629.2
199527.2
199425.2
199323.3
199221.4
199119.8
199018.6
198917.7
198816.7
198716.2
198615.8
198515.4
198415.2
198314.9
198214.7
198114.6
198014.4
197914.2
197814
197713.9
197613.7
197513.6
197413.4
197313.3
197213.1
197113
197012.8
196912.6
196812.4
196712.2
196612
196511.7
196411.5
196311.2
196211
196110.7
196010.4
195910.1
19589.8
19579.5
19569.2
19558.8
19548.5
19538.2
19527.8
19517.5
19507.1
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearEritrea
202634.6
202734.6
202834.6
202934.7
203034.7
203134.8
203234.9
203335
203435.1
203535.3
203635.4
203735.6
203835.8
203936.1
204036.3
204136.6
204236.9
204337.3
204437.7
204538.1
204638.5
204739
204839.5
204940.1
205040.7

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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