Eritrea - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Eritrea was 998,321 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 998,321 in 2021 and a minimum value of 123,185 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 123,185
1961 130,858
1962 139,019
1963 147,690
1964 156,915
1965 166,688
1966 177,085
1967 188,130
1968 192,437
1969 196,830
1970 201,330
1971 205,933
1972 210,648
1973 215,457
1974 220,383
1975 225,421
1976 230,582
1977 235,846
1978 241,238
1979 246,753
1980 252,402
1981 258,165
1982 264,067
1983 270,104
1984 277,095
1985 289,181
1986 301,812
1987 314,995
1988 328,773
1989 343,113
1990 358,100
1991 361,227
1992 364,385
1993 367,562
1994 370,771
1995 374,008
1996 377,278
1997 380,568
1998 402,017
1999 424,674
2000 448,642
2001 473,892
2002 500,600
2003 519,144
2004 538,402
2005 558,318
2006 579,000
2007 600,448
2008 622,691
2009 645,757
2010 669,678
2011 694,486
2012 720,212
2013 746,891
2014 774,558
2015 803,250
2016 833,006
2017 863,863
2018 895,863
2019 928,758
2020 962,985
2021 998,321

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Eritrea was 66.03 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 100.00 in 1980, while its lowest value was 59.80 in 2008.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 100.00
1961 100.00
1962 100.00
1963 100.00
1964 100.00
1965 100.00
1966 100.00
1967 100.00
1968 100.00
1969 100.00
1970 100.00
1971 100.00
1972 100.00
1973 100.00
1974 100.00
1975 100.00
1976 100.00
1977 100.00
1978 100.00
1979 100.00
1980 100.00
1981 99.28
1982 97.43
1983 95.63
1984 93.78
1985 91.58
1986 89.40
1987 87.29
1988 85.51
1989 84.32
1990 83.86
1991 81.36
1992 79.53
1993 78.13
1994 76.82
1995 75.37
1996 73.74
1997 71.97
1998 73.16
1999 73.75
2000 73.61
2001 72.69
2002 71.19
2003 68.25
2004 65.63
2005 63.51
2006 61.90
2007 60.69
2008 59.80
2009 59.85
2010 60.05
2011 60.41
2012 60.93
2013 61.55
2014 62.22
2015 62.89
2016 63.54
2017 64.16
2018 64.74
2019 65.23
2020 65.67
2021 66.03

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization