Eritrea is a rapidly growing country with a population growth rate of 2.35% and an extremely high fertility rate of 4.13 births per woman as of 2019. during 2005–2010. In light of these violations, USCIRF again finds in 2019 that Eritrea merits designation as a “country of particular concern,” or CPC, under the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA).
The population has doubled over the past 30 years, with an accelerating growth rate estimated at close to 3.2% p.a. Cracking down on Catholic Church activities, arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of Orthodox and other Christian congregation members in Eritrea, prompted a call from a UN independent rights expert on Friday for the Government to respect citizens' freedom of religion and to “release those who have been imprisoned …
Nonreligious inclu The U.S. government estimates the total population at six million (midyear 2019 estimate). It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. There are no reliable figures on religious affiliation. The U.S. Department of State has Some government, religious, and international sources estimate the population to be 49 percent Christian and 49 percent Sunni Muslim. Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in Eastern Africa, with its capital at Asmara. Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki arriving at the airport in Gondar, for a visit in Ethiopia, November 9, 2018.
Islam (Sunni) Eritrea has an estimated population of approximately 5,750,433 in 2019. While elsewhere on the continent, Christianity in Africa was primarily introduced by European missionaries, this was not the case with the Tigray-Tigrinya people of Eritrea and Tigray Region in neighbouring Ethiopia (or with the Amhara people of Ethiopia). The nation has a total area of approximately 117,600 km (45,406 sq mi), and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. These figures may incorporate populations of secular/nominal adherents as well as syncretist worshipers, although the concept of syncretism is disputed by some. Christianity is the religion of about 50% to of the population of Eritrea.