Asmara — UN urban centre
Asmara: 228,270 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,575 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 730; territory: Eritrea (ERI). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 15.3323, 38.9305. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 182,284 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 186,735 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 193,038 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 223,701 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 211,564 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 235,600 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 267,874 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 304,947 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 337,857 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 214,404 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 228,270 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 243,754 | Projection |
| 2035 | 257,651 | Projection |
| 2040 | 271,666 | Projection |
| 2045 | 285,890 | Projection |
| 2050 | 297,733 | Projection |
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