Babies on Map Explore births by country

Africa · Eastern Africa

How many babies are born in Eritrea?

105 thousand babies born in Eritrea in 2026. That is 0.08% of all births worldwide, and the 104th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Eritrea: history and projections

10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Eritrea’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~1.2K ~29K 40.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2.4K ~58K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~4.8K ~120K 41.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~9.82K ~205K 47.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~27.4K ~572K 47.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 36.2K 815K 44.4 UN estimate
2000 85.3K 2.25M 38.0 UN estimate
2023 99K 3.47M 28.5 UN estimate
2026 105K 3.68M 28.6 UN projection
2050 117K 5.7M 20.5 UN projection
2075 115K 7.5M 15.4 UN projection
2100 105K 8.44M 12.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Eritrea among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 99K. That is roughly 84 times the estimated ~1.18K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.55 children per woman, fertility in Eritrea is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

See Eritrea on the map

How many babies are born in Eritrea each year?

An estimated 105 thousand babies are born in Eritrea in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 289 a day and 0.08% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Eritrea?

Eritrea has an estimated 28.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.55 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.