Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Africa · Eastern Africa

How many babies are born in Eritrea?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Eritrea through history

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Estimated annual births in Eritrea, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 102K 3.54M 28.7 UN projection
2026 105K 3.68M 28.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Eritrea are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 105K. That is roughly 90 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.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.