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Eritrea

Eritrea's best placing is 42nd of 194 for land area per person.

Best placing: #42Land area per person
Top 10 placings: 0 / 15
Population: 3.6 million
Land area: 121,178 km²

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Land area per person

#42 of 194

0.034 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#53 of 151

2,234 km of coastline

7th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest per person

#89 of 194

0.0029 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#96 of 194

121,178 km² of land

36th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#79 of 134

84.83 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Forest

#122 of 194

10,458 km² of forest

38th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#121 of 192

3.05 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population

#130 of 195

3,607,003 people

40th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#148 of 193

11 airports

40th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#153 of 194

29.77 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#107 of 133

2.53 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Forest by area

#157 of 194

8.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#149 of 179

384 mm of precipitation per year

40th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#164 of 191

0.91 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#122 of 135

306 km of railway

34th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

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