Croatia vs Eritrea
Croatia has 7% more people than Eritrea: 3,876,200 vs 3,607,003, a gap of 269,197. Eritrea is growing faster (+2.00% vs +0.26% a year), adding about 72,116 people a year against +10,013. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Eritrea would overtake Croatia in about 4 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2029) — a projection, not a forecast. Croatia is the older society: 23.6% aged 65+ against 4.3% in Eritrea, while Eritrea has more children (37.6% under 15 vs 13.7%). Croatia is 2.4× as densely populated (69.0 vs 28.6 people per km²). People in Croatia live 10.0 years longer on average (78.9 vs 68.9). GDP per capita is 39.4× higher in Croatia ($27,104 vs $689).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Croatia) and 2025 (Eritrea); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Croatia vs Eritrea — side by side
 Croatia |  Eritrea | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,876,2002025 | 3,607,0032025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.26%2025 | +2.00%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.32024 | 28.72024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 13.22024 | 6.02024 |
| Children per woman | 1.462024 | 3.682024 |
| Life expectancy | 78.9 yrs2024 | 68.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 13.7%2025 | 37.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 23.6%2025 | 4.3%2025 |
| Density | 69.0 /km²2023 | 28.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 56,199 km²2023 | 121,766 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 57.8%2025 | 34.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -3,4812025 | -6,6982025 |
| GDP per capita | $27,1042025 | $6892011 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #130 | #131 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.05% | 0.04% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Croatia: 0.9× from 1960 to 2025; Eritrea: 3.7× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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