Digital 2021: Eritrea

You’ll find our complete #Digital2021 report for Eritrea in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that’s not working for you).

This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for Eritrea, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in Eritrea in 2021.

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Eritrea’s population

  • Eritrea had a population of 3.57 million in January 2021.

  • Eritrea’s population increased by 52 thousand (+1.5%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • 49.9% of Eritrea’s population is female, while 50.1% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].

  • 41.7% of Eritrea’s population lives in urban centres, while 58.3% lives in rural areas.

Internet users in Eritrea

  • There were 248.2 thousand internet users in Eritrea in January 2021.

  • The number of internet users in Eritrea decreased by 45 thousand (-15%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • Internet penetration in Eritrea stood at 6.9% in January 2021.

Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.

Social media statistics for Eritrea

  • There were 6,300 social media users in Eritrea in January 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Eritrea decreased by 16 thousand (-71%) between 2020 and 2021.

  • The number of social media users in Eritrea was equivalent to 0.2% of the total population in January 2021.

Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.

Mobile connections in Eritrea

  • There were 767.5 thousand mobile connections in Eritrea in January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Eritrea increased by 57 thousand (+8.0%) between January 2020 and January 2021.

  • The number of mobile connections in Eritrea in January 2021 was equivalent to 21.5% of the total population.

Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.

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Additional resources

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