Demographics of Eritrea

Demographics of Eritrea
Population	Estimates range between 3.6 million and 6.7 million[1][2] Eritrea has never conducted an official government census.[3]
Growth rate	1.03% (2022 est.)
Birth rate	27.04 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate	6.69 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy	66.85 years
• male	64.25 years
• female	69.53 years (2022 est.)
Fertility rate	3.58 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate	41.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate	-10.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	38.23%
65 and over	4%
Sex ratio
Total	0.97 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth	1.03 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.01 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.67 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Eritrean
Major ethnic	Tigrinya, Tigre
Minor ethnic	Saho, Bilen, Beja, Kunama, Nara, Afar
Language
Spoken	Languages of Eritrea

Sources disagree as to the current population of Eritrea, with some proposing numbers as low as 3.6 million^[1] and others as high as 6.7 million.^[2] Eritrea has never conducted an official government census.^[3]

The nation has nine recognized ethnic groups. Of these, the largest is the Tigriniya, who make up around 50% of the population; the Tigre people, who also speak a Ethiosemitic language, constitute around 30% of residents.^[4] Most of the rest of the population belong to other Afro-Asiatic-speaking communities of the Cushitic branch. Additionally, there are a number of Nilo-Saharan-speaking ethnic minorities and other smaller groups.^[5]

The two most followed religions are Christianity (47%-63% of the total population) and Islam (37%-52%).^[6][7][4]