Demographics of Eswatini

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

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As of 2021, the population of Eswatini is projected at 1.17 million, up by 1.05% compared with 1.16 million in 2020. Eswatini is ranked 159th in terms of population and 104th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 29.21 thousand births in Eswatini in 2021. That is 80 per day, which is ranked 147th. The crude birth rate is 24.92 per 1000 people. There are 10.34 thousand deaths in Eswatini in 2021. That is 28 per day, which is ranked 155th. The crude death rate is 8.8 per 1000 people.

0.36 million people are living in urban areas, which is 24.37% of Eswatini population. Eswatini is ranked 90th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Eswatini in 2021 is 97.03 males per 100 females. There are 0.58 million males and 0.60 million females in Eswatini. The percentage of female population is 50.75% compare to 49.25% male population. Eswatini has 17.67 thousand more females than males. Eswatini is at 65th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Eswatini population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	272,997	-
1955	303,027	2.05
1960	336,578	2.07
1965	373,925	2.41
1970	431,251	2.99
1975	499,759	3.1
1980	587,852	3.44
1985	699,077	3.53
1990	822,423	3
1995	926,836	2.12
2000	1,005,432	1.14
2005	1,030,575	0.42
2010	1,064,841	0.7
2015	1,104,038	0.82
2016	1,113,994	0.9
2017	1,124,808	0.97
2018	1,136,274	1.02
2019	1,148,133	1.04
2020	1,160,164	1.05
2021	1,172,369	1.05

Population
Growth

Eswatini death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	6,642	13,396	24.04	48.48
1955	6,778	14,447	22.33	47.65
1960	6,982	15,979	20.74	47.52
1965	7,297	18,194	19.34	48.30
1970	7,561	21,581	17.49	49.96
1975	7,493	25,256	14.91	50.35
1980	7,103	29,181	12.01	49.28
1985	6,399	31,332	9.15	44.80
1990	6,208	31,981	7.59	38.95
1995	8,753	32,461	9.43	35.08
2000	14,843	32,244	14.88	32.32
2005	19,209	33,139	18.59	32.02
2010	17,274	32,347	16.23	30.39
2015	12,418	30,531	11.23	27.58
2020	10,323	29,467	8.88	25.40
2021	10,338	29,207	8.80	24.92

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Eswatini
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	6,006	266,997	-	2.200
1955	7,761	299,465	5.46	2.526
1960	13,664	335,510	13.58	3.913
1965	25,428	366,118	13.14	6.494
1970	43,260	402,469	10.84	9.705
1975	72,406	444,618	10.77	14.004
1980	99,425	503,947	5.26	16.478
1985	128,791	576,294	5.83	18.266
1990	174,011	687,362	5.53	20.202
1995	214,125	746,667	4.02	22.286
2000	240,805	820,663	0.93	22.686
2005	243,713	862,160	0.40	22.038
2010	270,400	932,443	2.88	22.480
2015	307,330	1,011,681	2.51	23.300
2020	347,895	1,091,400	2.49	24.171
2021	356,511	1,106,443	2.48	24.369

Population
Urbanization

Eswatini population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	73,069	71,638	144,707	12.34	101.998
05-09	71,315	70,126	141,441	12.06	101.696
10-14	73,796	73,280	147,076	12.55	100.704
15-19	65,908	64,912	130,820	11.16	101.534
20-24	58,838	54,366	113,204	9.66	108.226
25-29	53,137	48,432	101,569	8.66	109.715
30-34	39,885	44,602	84,487	7.21	89.424
35-39	34,600	44,912	79,512	6.78	77.040
40-44	27,358	35,608	62,966	5.37	76.831
45-49	22,321	23,884	46,205	3.94	93.456
50-54	17,299	13,952	31,251	2.67	123.989
55-59	12,479	10,104	22,583	1.93	123.506
60-64	10,012	9,498	19,510	1.66	105.412
65-69	7,519	9,296	16,815	1.43	80.884
70-74	5,148	8,403	13,551	1.16	61.264
75-79	2,982	6,209	9,191	0.78	48.027
80-84	1,267	3,784	5,051	0.43	33.483
85-89	355	1,587	1,942	0.17	22.369
90-94	56	381	437	0.04	14.698
95-99	5	43	48	0.00	11.628
100+	0	3	3	0.00	0.000
Total	577,349	595,020	1,172,369		97.030

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