Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Population ages 0-14, total, per capita was 0.3759 units per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Eritrea, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Eritrea is 0.3759 units per person, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.4524 units per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3759 units per person, in 2025.
That places Eritrea 38th out of 217 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.4145 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.414 units per person | -0.1% |
| 1962 | 0.4138 units per person | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.4145 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.4158 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.4183 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 0.4214 units per person | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.4245 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.4276 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 0.4304 units per person | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.4332 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 0.436 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.4385 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.4402 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.441 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.4412 units per person | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4418 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.4426 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.4431 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4436 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.4439 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.4441 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.4443 units per person | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4435 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.4419 units per person | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.4407 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.4397 units per person | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.4401 units per person | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.4416 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.4434 units per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.4455 units per person | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.4461 units per person | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4474 units per person | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.4454 units per person | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.444 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.4346 units per person | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.4292 units per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.4375 units per person | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.4443 units per person | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4493 units per person | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4524 units per person | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4496 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4443 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4368 units per person | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.4301 units per person | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4294 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.4313 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.433 units per person | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4302 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4273 units per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4257 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4232 units per person | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4212 units per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4196 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.42 units per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4211 units per person | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4208 units per person | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4191 units per person | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4151 units per person | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4099 units per person | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.404 units per person | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3977 units per person | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.392 units per person | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3868 units per person | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.3814 units per person | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 0.3759 units per person | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4195 units per person | 0.4138 units per person | 0.4304 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4401 units per person | 0.4332 units per person | 0.4436 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4423 units per person | 0.4397 units per person | 0.4443 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4423 units per person | 0.4292 units per person | 0.4493 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4364 units per person | 0.4273 units per person | 0.4524 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4196 units per person | 0.4099 units per person | 0.4257 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3896 units per person | 0.3759 units per person | 0.404 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 35 Senegal 0.3774 units per person compare
- 36 Sierra Leone 0.3765 units per person compare
- 37 Palestine, State of 0.3759 units per person compare
- 39 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3746 units per person compare
- 40 Naoero 0.3716 units per person compare
- 41 Equatorial Guinea 0.3709 units per person compare
More health data for Eritrea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 821.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 425 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate 0.5577 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2955 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Eritrea?
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita in Eritrea was 0.3759 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4524 units per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest population ages 0-14, total, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3759 units per person in 2025.
- How does Eritrea rank for population ages 0-14, total, per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 38th out of 217 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 0-14, total, per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population ages 0-14, total, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Population ages 0-14, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population ages 0-14, total ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population ages 0-14, total Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Population ages 0-14, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.