Assab has a population of 21,300, making it the 5th largest place we list in Eritrea. It is in Southern Red Sea.
Assab holds 0.58% of Eritrea's 3,682,669 people. Asmara, the largest place we list there, is 26 times its size.
21,300
population
#5
in Eritrea
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Keren | Anseba | 74,800 |
| Himora | Gash-Barka | 46,100 |
| Massawa | Northern Red Sea | 23,100 |
| Mendefera | Debub | 17,781 |
| Barentu | Gash-Barka | 15,891 |
| Adi Keyh | Debub | 13,061 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.