Eritrea
Africa · Eastern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Asmara
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 3.6 million (3,607,003) · rank 129 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 121,630 km² · rank 98 of 193
- People per km²
- 30 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Eritrea, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Eritrea in the map data: 3.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Suriname, United Kingdom, North Korea, Cuba.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Eritrea is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Eritrea | Asmara |
| Italiano | Eritrea | Asmara |
| Magyar | Eritrea | Aszmara |
| Suomi | Eritrea | Asmara |