Population
5.0M
Unitary one-party presidential republic under a totalitarian dictatorship
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,537
in 2019
Passport power
#190
12 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
4
Top: Asmara
Country overview
- Official name
- State of Eritrea
- Capital
- Asmara
- Continent
- Africa / Eastern Africa
- Area
- 117,600 km²
- Population
- 5.0M
- Density
- 29.7/km²
- Government
- Unitary one-party presidential republic under a totalitarian dictatorship
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Right
- TLD
- .er
- Calling code
- +291
- Timezone
- UTC+03:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #190 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 12
- Total accessible
- 36
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic (العربية), English, Tigrinya (ትግርኛ)
- Currencies
- Nfk ERN — Eritrean nakfa
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.503
- GDP per capita (2019)
- $1,537
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 68.9 yrs
- Internet users (2020)
- 14.4%
- Inflation (2019)
- 1.3%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 6.0%
- Urban population (2025)
- 34.5%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 25.0 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 18th pct
- Homicide rate (2012)
- 15.6/100k