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Eritrea: map and facts
Eritrea is in Eastern Africa. It has about 3.61 million people (2025), the 129th largest population. It covers 121,630 km², the 97th largest by area. That is about 30 people per km². Its highest point is Soira, at 3,018 m. The longest river on its map is the Setit, 608 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 3,607,003 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 121,630 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Asmara
- Highest point: Soira, 3,018 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 12% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Eritrea, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Setit: 608 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Soira: 3,018 m (its highest point)
- Jabal Hamoyet: 2,726 m
- Mount Ramlo: 2,248 m
- Moussa Ali: 2,028 m
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Danakil Desert and Dahlak Archipelago.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 44.9%, grassland 40%, open shrubland 10.7%, farmland 3.7%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 38.2%, hills 37.6%, plains 12%, plateaus 12%.
Forests covered 12% of its land in 2024, down from 16.1% in 1995 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Eritrea shares land borders with Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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