Eritrea
State of Eritrea · Eastern Africa
Eritrea is a country in Eastern Africa, with Asmara as its capital, home to about 3,607,003 people. Eritrea shares land borders with 3 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Asmara |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Africa |
| Currency | Eritrean nakfa (ERN Nfk) |
| Calling code | +291 |
| ISO codes | ER / ERI / 232 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇪🇷 |
| Population | 3,607,003 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 117,600 km² |
| Languages | Arabic, English, Tigrinya |
| Internet domain | .er |
| Demonym | Eritrean |
Bordering countries
About Eritrea
Eritrea, officially State of Eritrea, is a United Nations member state in Eastern Africa. Its capital and seat of government is Asmara. It shares land borders with 3 countries. The official currency is the Eritrean nakfa (Nfk), using the code ERN.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Eritrea for Asmara’s own facts and history.
To call Eritrea from abroad, dial the country code +291. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes ER (alpha-2) and ERI (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 3,607,003.
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How Eritrea compares
- Area: 117,600 km², ranking 99 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 3,607,003, ranking 129 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 31 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 3, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Eritrea
2 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.