Eritrea

Africa · Eastern Africa

Eritrea

State of Eritrea
Africa · Eastern Africa · Capital: Asmara

Quick facts about Eritrea

Official name	State of Eritrea
Capital	Asmara
Continent & subregion	Africa · Eastern Africa
Population	3,470,390 people (world rank 132)
Area	117,600 km²
Density	30 people/km²
Share of world population	0.043% of 8,037,699,775
GDP (nominal)	—
Urbanisation	34.7% urban population
Life expectancy	68.6 years
Currency	Eritrean nakfa (Nfk) — ERN
Languages	Arabic, English, Tigrinya
Internet domain	`.er`
Calling code	+291
Status	Sovereign state

Development & environment in numbers

Fertility Rate	3.7 children per woman · see world ranking
Infant Mortality	25.4 per 1,000 births · see world ranking
CO₂ Emissions per Capita	0.2 tonnes CO₂ · see world ranking
Forest Cover	12% · see world ranking

These come from the World Bank Open Data 2023 series, the same source behind the world indicator rankings. A blank simply means Eritrea did not report that figure.

Neighbours (land borders)

Djibouti Ethiopia Sudan

The geographic position is roughly 15°, 39°.

Flags: flagcdn.com; population, GDP, urbanisation, life expectancy and every development indicator above: World Bank Open Data (2023 series); base data: the open-source world-countries package — all of it free, with no registration.