Eritrea
Population: Total population and distribution by age and sex estimated to be consistent with the population by age and sex of the only total population for 2000 Quick Population Count; and with estimates of the subsequent trends in fertility, mortality and international migration. In addition, the (a) 1984 Census; (b) adjusted for under/over count; (c) adjusted for age heaping; (d) adjusted for under enumeration of children under age 15; (e) official estimates through 2023 have been considered.
Graphs: Total Population5-year age groupsSingle age distribution Fertility: Total fertility rate and age pattern of fertility based on: (a) birth-histories data from the 1995, 2002 DHS and 2010 PHS; (b) indirect estimates obtained from the application of the reverse survival method to the 1984 Census; (c) cohort-completed fertility backdated by the mean age of childbearing from the 2002 DHS. In addition, the indirect estimates obtained from the application of the reverse survival method to the 1974-2011 Education Stats have been considered.
Graphs: Total fertility rate5-year age groups Child Mortality: Under-five mortality based on: (a) registered infant and child deaths through 2010; (b) direct estimates from births and deaths under-five calculated from full birth histories data from the 1995, 2002 DHS and 2010 PHS; (c) International estimates used up to 2021.
Graphs: Infant MortalityUnder-five Mortality Overall Mortality: Life expectancy at birth and age pattern of mortality based on: (a) registered deaths by age and sex available through 2020; (b) estimates of under-five mortality; (c) estimates using CD North model life tables and estimates of under-five mortality (5q0), and adult mortality (45q15).
Graphs: Life expectancy at birthLife expectancy at ageAge specific mortality rate Adult and Old Age Mortality: Estimates derived from: (a) deaths by age and sex available from Register through 2020; (b) adjusted for underregistration; (c) siblings deaths from the 1995 DHS and 2010 PHS; (d) maternal orphanhood from the 1995, 2002 DHS and 2010 PHS; (e) paternal orphanhood from the 1995, 2002 DHS and 2010 PHS; (f) estimates of under-five, adult and old age mortality. In addition, the recent household deaths data by age and sex from the 2002 DHS have been considered.
Graphs: Adult mortality Migration: International migration based on: (a) information on foreign-born populations from censuses and registers from major countries of destination; (b) estimates derived as the differences between overall population growth and natural increase; (c) UNHCR statistics on the number of refugees in the main countries of asylum.
Graphs: Total net migration 