Eritrea - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 15 20 N, 38 56 E
time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: the name means "they [women] made them unite," which according to Tigrinya oral tradition refers to the women of the four clans in the Asmara area who persuaded their menfolk to unite and defeat their common enemy; the name has also been translated as "live in peace"
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Eritrea
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 20 years
land: 101,000 sq km
water: 16,600 sq km
arable land: 6.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 68.3% (2018 est.)
forest: 15.1% (2018 est.)
other: 9.8% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 59.73% (male 1,842,953/female 1,904,677)
65 years and over: 4% (2023 est.) (male 100,158/female 151,045)
male: 64.6 years
female: 69.9 years
male: 20.5 years
female: 21.5 years
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29
rate of urbanization: 3.67% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 8 years
female: 7 years (2015)
7.86% (2020 est.)
5.99% (2019 est.)
132.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
9% (2016 est.)
$485.4 million (2016 est.)
$1.048 billion (2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.1 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 22% (2021 est.)
narrow gauge: 306 km (2018) 0.950-m gauge
paved: 1,600 km (2000)
unpaved: 14,400 km (2000)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 50 (2021 est.)
Eritrea-Ethiopia: both agreed to abide by 2002 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision, but neither party responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC Demarcation Statement
Eritrea-Sudan: Sudan accuses Eritrea of supporting eastern Sudanese rebel groups
Eritrea-Djibouti: in 2008, Eritrean troops moved across the border on Ras Doumera peninsula and occupied Doumera Island with undefined sovereignty in the Red Sea