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Urban population share — Eritrea

Urban population share in Eritrea in 2025 — 34.5%. Ranked 185 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24.1 pp.

2025 34.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 185of 217
Period maximum 35.7%2012
Period minimum 10.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Eritrea, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.4%1962: 11%1964: 11.5%1966: 12%1968: 12.4%1970: 12.8%1972: 13.1%1974: 13.4%1976: 13.7%1978: 14%1980: 14.4%1982: 14.7%1984: 15.2%1986: 15.8%1988: 16.7%1990: 18.6%1992: 21.4%1994: 25.2%1996: 29.2%1998: 32.4%2000: 34.1%2002: 34.5%2004: 34.9%2006: 35.3%2008: 35.5%2010: 35.6%2012: 35.7%2014: 35.6%2016: 35.5%2018: 35.3%2020: 35.1%2022: 34.8%2024: 34.5%2025: 34.5%
Change over the period: +24.1 pp Annual average: 0.37 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eritrea

Eritrea 34.5%
World 57.8%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Eastern Africa computed 31.8%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.5 +0 pp
2024 34.5 −0.2 pp
2023 34.7 −0.2 pp
2022 34.8 −0.1 pp
2021 35 −0.1 pp
2020 35.1 −0.1 pp
2019 35.2 −0.1 pp
2018 35.3 −0.1 pp
2017 35.4 −0.1 pp
2016 35.5 −0.1 pp
2015 35.6 −0 pp
2014 35.6 −0 pp
2013 35.7 −0 pp
2012 35.7 +0 pp
2011 35.7 +0 pp
2010 35.6 +0.1 pp
2009 35.6 +0.1 pp
2008 35.5 +0.1 pp
2007 35.4 +0.1 pp
2006 35.3 +0.2 pp
2005 35.1 +0.2 pp
2004 34.9 +0.2 pp
2003 34.7 +0.2 pp
2002 34.5 +0.2 pp
2001 34.3 +0.2 pp
2000 34.1 +0.6 pp
1999 33.5 +1.1 pp
1998 32.4 +1.5 pp
1997 30.9 +1.8 pp
1996 29.2 +1.9 pp
1995 27.2 +2 pp
1994 25.2 +2 pp
1993 23.3 +1.8 pp
1992 21.4 +1.6 pp
1991 19.8 +1.3 pp
1990 18.6 +0.9 pp
1989 17.7 +1 pp
1988 16.7 +0.5 pp
1987 16.2 +0.4 pp
1986 15.8 +0.3 pp
1985 15.4 +0.3 pp
1984 15.2 +0.2 pp
1983 14.9 +0.2 pp
1982 14.7 +0.2 pp
1981 14.5 +0.2 pp
1980 14.4 +0.2 pp
1979 14.2 +0.2 pp
1978 14 +0.2 pp
1977 13.9 +0.2 pp
1976 13.7 +0.1 pp
1975 13.6 +0.1 pp
1974 13.4 +0.2 pp
1973 13.3 +0.2 pp
1972 13.1 +0.2 pp
1971 13 +0.2 pp
1970 12.8 +0.2 pp
1969 12.6 +0.2 pp
1968 12.4 +0.2 pp
1967 12.2 +0.2 pp
1966 12 +0.2 pp
1965 11.7 +0.2 pp
1964 11.5 +0.3 pp
1963 11.2 +0.3 pp
1962 11 +0.3 pp
1961 10.7 +0.3 pp
1960 10.4 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DJ Djibouti 73 SO Somalia 55.1 ZM Zambia 45.9 SC Seychelles 45.5 ZW Zimbabwe 40.5 MU Mauritius 39 MZ Mozambique 37.2 TZ Tanzania 36.9 ER Eritrea 34.5 KM Comoros 33.9 MG Madagascar 32.9 KE Kenya 32.2 UG Uganda 31.9 RW Rwanda 30.9 BI Burundi 25.7 ET Ethiopia 24.1 SS South Sudan 21.7 MW Malawi 17.6
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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