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Eritrea: area, population and density
Eritrea has 121,178 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 3,607,003; calculated population density is 30 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Eritrea ranks 96th of 196 by land area, 131st by population and 155th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 121,178 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 3,607,003World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 30 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Eritrea in the country comparison set
Eritrea has 121,178 sq km of land area and a population value of 3,607,003 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 96th by land area, 131st by population, and 155th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Eritrea first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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