Population 3,842,436 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 43% (male 826,686; female 818,323)
15-64 years: 54% (male 1,026,922; female 1,042,156)
65 years and over: 3% (male 66,222; female 62,127) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 3.39% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 42.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 12.57 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 3.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)
note: it is estimated that between 200,000 and 350,000 Eritrean refugees were still living in Sudan in mid-1997

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.06 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 78.51 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 55.31 years
male: 53.19 years
female: 57.51 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 5.99 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Eritrean(s)
adjective: Eritrean

Ethnic groups ethnic Tigrinya 50%, Tigre and Kunama 40%, Afar 4%, Saho (Red Sea coast dwellers) 3%

Religions Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant

Languages Afar, Amharic, Arabic, Tigre and Kunama, Tigrinya, minor ethnic group languages

Literacy NA

NOTE: The information regarding Eritrea on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Eritrea People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Eritrea People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.