Population of Eswatini

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	07 Dec 2024

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The current population of Eswatini is 1,253,668 as of April 30, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Eswatini is projected at 1,242,822, or 1.24 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Eswatini is projected at 1,230,506, or 1.23 million people for the year 2023.

Eswatini ranks 160th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Eswatini is ranked 49th among 58 countries and territories in Africa.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Eswatini population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	268,201	271,655	6,908	2.543	0.0109
1951	275,109	278,604	6,991	2.509	0.0110
1952	282,100	285,630	7,060	2.472	0.0111
1953	289,160	292,738	7,155	2.444	0.0111
1954	296,315	299,930	7,229	2.410	0.0112
1955	303,544	307,217	7,347	2.392	0.0112
1956	310,891	314,613	7,445	2.367	0.0113
1957	318,336	322,123	7,573	2.351	0.0113
1958	325,909	329,760	7,703	2.336	0.0113
1959	333,612	337,509	7,794	2.309	0.0114
1960	341,406	345,337	7,862	2.277	0.0115
1961	349,268	353,264	7,992	2.262	0.0115
1962	357,260	361,365	8,211	2.272	0.0116
1963	365,471	369,759	8,576	2.319	0.0116
1964	374,047	378,656	9,217	2.434	0.0116
1965	383,264	388,336	10,143	2.612	0.0116
1966	393,407	398,766	10,718	2.688	0.0117
1967	404,125	409,031	9,811	2.399	0.0118
1968	413,936	419,147	10,421	2.486	0.0118
1969	424,357	429,875	11,035	2.567	0.0119
1970	435,392	441,216	11,647	2.640	0.0119
1971	447,039	453,183	12,287	2.711	0.0120
1972	459,326	465,788	12,923	2.775	0.0121
1973	472,249	479,038	13,578	2.835	0.0122
1974	485,827	492,988	14,321	2.905	0.0123
1975	500,148	507,673	15,049	2.965	0.0125
1976	515,197	523,330	16,266	3.108	0.0126
1977	531,463	540,348	17,771	3.289	0.0128
1978	549,234	558,446	18,423	3.299	0.0130
1979	567,657	577,199	19,084	3.307	0.0132
1980	586,741	596,644	19,807	3.320	0.0134
1981	606,548	616,808	20,521	3.327	0.0136
1982	627,069	637,652	21,166	3.320	0.0138
1983	648,235	658,957	21,444	3.255	0.0140
1984	669,679	680,783	22,207	3.262	0.0142
1985	691,886	706,196	28,620	4.053	0.0145
1986	720,506	734,732	28,452	3.873	0.0148
1987	748,958	763,811	29,705	3.890	0.0151
1988	778,663	799,798	42,270	5.286	0.0156
1989	820,933	837,800	33,734	4.027	0.0160
1990	854,667	872,428	35,523	4.072	0.0164
1991	890,190	908,189	35,999	3.964	0.0168
1992	926,189	943,416	34,454	3.652	0.0171
1993	960,643	971,318	21,351	2.198	0.0174
1994	981,994	971,212	-21,563	-2.220	0.0171
1995	960,431	970,433	20,005	2.062	0.0169
1996	980,436	989,841	18,811	1.900	0.0169
1997	999,247	1,006,635	14,776	1.468	0.0170
1998	1,014,023	1,019,653	11,259	1.104	0.0170
1999	1,025,282	1,030,782	11,000	1.067	0.0169
2000	1,036,282	1,041,414	10,263	0.985	0.0169
2001	1,046,545	1,051,064	9,039	0.860	0.0168
2002	1,055,584	1,059,441	7,715	0.728	0.0167
2003	1,063,299	1,066,700	6,802	0.638	0.0166
2004	1,070,101	1,073,159	6,115	0.570	0.0165
2005	1,076,216	1,079,022	5,611	0.520	0.0164
2006	1,081,827	1,084,436	5,218	0.481	0.0163
2007	1,087,045	1,090,705	7,320	0.671	0.0161
2008	1,094,365	1,098,091	7,453	0.679	0.0160
2009	1,101,818	1,105,153	6,671	0.604	0.0159
2010	1,108,489	1,111,650	6,322	0.569	0.0158
2011	1,114,811	1,117,833	6,045	0.541	0.0157
2012	1,120,856	1,123,863	6,015	0.535	0.0156
2013	1,126,871	1,129,990	6,238	0.552	0.0155
2014	1,133,109	1,136,299	6,380	0.561	0.0154
2015	1,139,489	1,142,813	6,647	0.582	0.0153
2016	1,146,136	1,149,507	6,743	0.587	0.0152
2017	1,152,879	1,158,195	10,631	0.918	0.0151
2018	1,163,510	1,168,929	10,839	0.927	0.0151
2019	1,174,349	1,179,874	11,050	0.937	0.0151
2020	1,185,399	1,192,729	14,661	1.229	0.0151
2021	1,200,060	1,206,593	13,067	1.083	0.0152
2022	1,213,127	1,218,917	11,579	0.950	0.0152
2023	1,224,706	1,230,506	11,600	0.943	0.0152

Eswatini population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	1,236,306	1,242,822	13,031	1.049	0.0152
2025	1,249,337	1,256,174	13,674	1.089	0.0153
2026	1,263,011	1,269,859	13,695	1.078	0.0153
2027	1,276,706	1,283,222	13,032	1.016	0.0153
2028	1,289,738	1,295,967	12,459	0.961	0.0154
2029	1,302,197	1,308,350	12,305	0.941	0.0154
2030	1,314,502	1,320,918	12,833	0.972	0.0154
2031	1,327,335	1,333,170	11,671	0.875	0.0154
2032	1,339,006	1,344,897	11,781	0.876	0.0155
2033	1,350,787	1,356,744	11,914	0.878	0.0155
2034	1,362,701	1,368,359	11,316	0.827	0.0155
2035	1,374,017	1,379,418	10,802	0.783	0.0155
2036	1,384,819	1,390,155	10,672	0.768	0.0155
2037	1,395,491	1,400,445	9,908	0.707	0.0156
2038	1,405,399	1,410,501	10,204	0.723	0.0156
2039	1,415,603	1,420,451	9,696	0.683	0.0156
2040	1,425,299	1,429,781	8,964	0.627	0.0156
2041	1,434,263	1,439,043	9,561	0.664	0.0156
2042	1,443,824	1,448,110	8,572	0.592	0.0156
2043	1,452,396	1,456,449	8,107	0.557	0.0156
2044	1,460,503	1,464,370	7,733	0.528	0.0156
2045	1,468,236	1,472,137	7,802	0.530	0.0156
2046	1,476,038	1,479,611	7,146	0.483	0.0156
2047	1,483,184	1,486,494	6,620	0.445	0.0156
2048	1,489,804	1,493,023	6,437	0.431	0.0156
2049	1,496,241	1,499,435	6,387	0.426	0.0156
2050	1,502,628	1,505,331	5,406	0.359	0.0156
2051	1,508,034	1,510,782	5,495	0.364	0.0156
2052	1,513,529	1,515,942	4,826	0.318	0.0156
2053	1,518,355	1,520,481	4,252	0.280	0.0155
2054	1,522,607	1,524,362	3,511	0.230	0.0155
2055	1,526,118	1,527,665	3,093	0.202	0.0155
2056	1,529,211	1,530,611	2,800	0.183	0.0155
2057	1,532,011	1,533,361	2,700	0.176	0.0155
2058	1,534,711	1,536,017	2,613	0.170	0.0155
2059	1,537,324	1,538,248	1,849	0.120	0.0154
2060	1,539,173	1,539,564	783	0.051	0.0154
2061	1,539,956	1,540,354	797	0.052	0.0154
2062	1,540,753	1,540,953	399	0.026	0.0154
2063	1,541,152	1,541,076	-152	-0.010	0.0153
2064	1,541,000	1,540,780	-441	-0.029	0.0153
2065	1,540,559	1,540,153	-812	-0.053	0.0152
2066	1,539,747	1,539,333	-828	-0.054	0.0152
2067	1,538,919	1,538,053	-1,732	-0.113	0.0152
2068	1,537,187	1,536,165	-2,044	-0.133	0.0151
2069	1,535,143	1,533,890	-2,505	-0.163	0.0151
2070	1,532,638	1,531,453	-2,370	-0.155	0.0150
2071	1,530,268	1,528,713	-3,110	-0.203	0.0150
2072	1,527,158	1,525,547	-3,222	-0.211	0.0149
2073	1,523,936	1,522,095	-3,681	-0.242	0.0149
2074	1,520,255	1,518,055	-4,399	-0.290	0.0148
2075	1,515,856	1,513,671	-4,370	-0.289	0.0148
2076	1,511,486	1,509,060	-4,852	-0.322	0.0147
2077	1,506,634	1,504,249	-4,770	-0.317	0.0147
2078	1,501,864	1,499,640	-4,447	-0.297	0.0146
2079	1,497,417	1,494,933	-4,968	-0.332	0.0145
2080	1,492,449	1,489,791	-5,317	-0.357	0.0145
2081	1,487,132	1,484,437	-5,390	-0.363	0.0144
2082	1,481,742	1,478,619	-6,247	-0.422	0.0144
2083	1,475,495	1,472,249	-6,492	-0.441	0.0143
2084	1,469,003	1,465,479	-7,048	-0.481	0.0142
2085	1,461,955	1,458,343	-7,224	-0.495	0.0142
2086	1,454,731	1,451,217	-7,028	-0.484	0.0141
2087	1,447,703	1,444,221	-6,964	-0.482	0.0140
2088	1,440,739	1,437,188	-7,103	-0.494	0.0140
2089	1,433,636	1,429,871	-7,529	-0.527	0.0139
2090	1,426,107	1,422,364	-7,486	-0.526	0.0138
2091	1,418,621	1,414,661	-7,919	-0.560	0.0138
2092	1,410,702	1,406,866	-7,673	-0.545	0.0137
2093	1,403,029	1,399,107	-7,844	-0.561	0.0136
2094	1,395,185	1,391,140	-8,090	-0.582	0.0136
2095	1,387,095	1,383,009	-8,171	-0.591	0.0135
2096	1,378,924	1,374,859	-8,131	-0.591	0.0134
2097	1,370,793	1,366,736	-8,114	-0.594	0.0134
2098	1,362,679	1,358,520	-8,319	-0.612	0.0133
2099	1,354,360	1,349,837	-9,046	-0.670	0.0132
2100	1,345,314	1,340,879	-8,870	-0.662	0.0132