What is the difference in population by world region between Eritrea and Paraguay?

603,610 people, with Paraguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Paraguay?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Eritrea vs Paraguay: Population by world region

Eritrea

8.44 million people

in 2100

Paraguay

9.05 million people

in 2100

Eritrea rank

110th

Paraguay rank

107th

Population by world region over time

Eritrea
Paraguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 9.05 million people against 8.44 million people in Eritrea, a difference of 603,610 people.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Paraguay ahead.

Eritrea ranks 110th and Paraguay ranks 107th of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 10 and Paraguay in 38.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	58,000 people	100,000 people	42,000 people	Paraguay
1100s	66,700 people	120,000 people	53,300 people	Paraguay
1200s	75,400 people	140,000 people	64,600 people	Paraguay
1300s	88,933 people	160,000 people	71,067 people	Paraguay
1400s	102,466 people	180,000 people	77,534 people	Paraguay
1500s	116,000 people	200,000 people	84,000 people	Paraguay
1600s	130,500 people	200,000 people	69,500 people	Paraguay
1700s	145,000 people	200,000 people	55,000 people	Paraguay
1710s	147,692 people	210,000 people	62,308 people	Paraguay
1720s	150,682 people	220,000 people	69,318 people	Paraguay
1730s	153,868 people	230,000 people	76,132 people	Paraguay
1740s	157,272 people	240,000 people	82,728 people	Paraguay
1750s	160,921 people	250,000 people	89,079 people	Paraguay
1760s	164,846 people	260,000 people	95,154 people	Paraguay
1770s	169,084 people	270,000 people	100,916 people	Paraguay
1780s	173,678 people	280,000 people	106,322 people	Paraguay
1790s	178,684 people	290,000 people	111,316 people	Paraguay
1800s	205,010 people	255,373 people	50,363 people	Paraguay
1810s	205,182 people	176,745 people	28,436 people	Eritrea
1820s	249,289 people	165,065 people	84,224 people	Eritrea
1830s	374,522 people	221,413 people	153,109 people	Eritrea
1840s	563,556 people	298,208 people	265,348 people	Eritrea
1850s	685,146 people	357,228 people	327,918 people	Eritrea
1860s	657,845 people	375,728 people	282,117 people	Eritrea
1870s	631,156 people	328,546 people	302,609 people	Eritrea
1880s	607,474 people	416,004 people	191,470 people	Eritrea
1890s	583,373 people	548,164 people	35,209 people	Eritrea
1900s	574,058 people	499,836 people	74,222 people	Eritrea
1910s	579,996 people	629,015 people	49,018 people	Paraguay
1920s	617,206 people	793,433 people	176,227 people	Paraguay
1930s	675,425 people	1.00 million people	324,942 people	Paraguay
1940s	755,704 people	1.29 million people	538,359 people	Paraguay
1950s	879,864 people	1.67 million people	787,234 people	Paraguay
1960s	1.09 million people	2.10 million people	1.02 million people	Paraguay
1970s	1.40 million people	2.67 million people	1.27 million people	Paraguay
1980s	1.79 million people	3.47 million people	1.68 million people	Paraguay
1990s	2.02 million people	4.52 million people	2.50 million people	Paraguay
2000s	2.59 million people	5.41 million people	2.82 million people	Paraguay
2010s	3.10 million people	6.12 million people	3.02 million people	Paraguay
2020s	3.59 million people	6.97 million people	3.38 million people	Paraguay
2030s	4.38 million people	7.72 million people	3.34 million people	Paraguay
2040s	5.25 million people	8.35 million people	3.10 million people	Paraguay
2050s	6.05 million people	8.83 million people	2.78 million people	Paraguay
2060s	6.81 million people	9.15 million people	2.34 million people	Paraguay
2070s	7.46 million people	9.27 million people	1.81 million people	Paraguay
2080s	7.97 million people	9.26 million people	1.29 million people	Paraguay
2090s	8.31 million people	9.14 million people	834,849 people	Paraguay
2100s	8.44 million people	9.05 million people	603,610 people	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Eritrea or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 9.05 million people against 8.44 million people in Eritrea as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Eritrea and Paraguay?: 603,610 people, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Paraguay?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Eritrea and Paraguay rank globally for population by world region?: Eritrea ranks 110th and Paraguay ranks 107th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.