Population of Eswatini

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Eswatini is 1,248,259 as of April 25, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Eswatini is projected at 1,172,362 or 1.172 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Eswatini is projected at 1,160,164 or 1.160 million people for the year 2020. Eswatini ranks number 159th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Eswatini is ranked 49th among 58 countries in Africa.

Eswatini's population will be increased year by year. The Eswatini population is projected to reach 1.17 million in 2030 and increase to 1.70 million in 2050 and 2.14 million by 2100. Eswatini accounts for 0.015 percent of the world population. However, its global share will increase by 0.016% in 2033 and is projected to increase by 0.020% by 2100.

Eswatini was at 159th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 147th in 2100.

Eswatini population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	1,201,670	8.433	0.702	0.015
2021	1,210,822	9.869	0.815	0.015
2022	1,222,075	12.638	1.034	0.015
2023	1,234,858	12.927	1.047	0.015
2024	1,247,889	13.135	1.053	0.015
2025	1,261,280	13.648	1.082	0.015
2026	1,275,188	14.168	1.111	0.015
2027	1,289,962	15.38	1.192	0.015
2028	1,305,985	16.666	1.276	0.015
2029	1,323,254	17.871	1.351	0.015
2030	1,341,503	18.628	1.389	0.015
2031	1,360,216	18.798	1.382	0.016
2032	1,378,991	18.751	1.360	0.016
2033	1,397,706	18.679	1.336	0.016
2034	1,416,343	18.597	1.313	0.016
2035	1,434,924	18.563	1.294	0.016
2036	1,453,393	18.376	1.264	0.016
2037	1,471,679	18.197	1.236	0.016
2038	1,489,771	17.986	1.207	0.016
2039	1,507,612	17.696	1.174	0.016
2040	1,525,184	17.447	1.144	0.016
2041	1,542,481	17.148	1.112	0.016
2042	1,559,524	16.937	1.086	0.017
2043	1,576,301	16.617	1.054	0.017
2044	1,592,766	16.314	1.024	0.017
2045	1,608,885	15.924	0.990	0.017
2046	1,624,681	15.668	0.964	0.017
2047	1,640,120	15.211	0.927	0.017
2048	1,655,121	14.791	0.894	0.017
2049	1,669,762	14.489	0.868	0.017
2050	1,684,099	14.185	0.842	0.017
2051	1,698,101	13.82	0.814	0.017
2052	1,711,770	13.518	0.790	0.017
2053	1,725,067	13.076	0.758	0.017
2054	1,737,994	12.777	0.735	0.017
2055	1,750,671	12.579	0.719	0.018
2056	1,763,090	12.258	0.695	0.018
2057	1,775,173	11.908	0.671	0.018
2058	1,786,887	11.52	0.645	0.018
2059	1,798,251	11.208	0.623	0.018
2060	1,809,234	10.758	0.595	0.018
2061	1,819,892	10.559	0.580	0.018
2062	1,830,239	10.134	0.554	0.018
2063	1,840,205	9.797	0.532	0.018
2064	1,849,878	9.549	0.516	0.018
2065	1,859,233	9.161	0.493	0.018
2066	1,868,233	8.839	0.473	0.018
2067	1,876,864	8.424	0.449	0.018
2068	1,885,063	7.974	0.423	0.018
2069	1,892,874	7.648	0.404	0.018
2070	1,900,383	7.37	0.388	0.018
2071	1,907,573	7.01	0.367	0.018
2072	1,914,426	6.695	0.350	0.018
2073	1,920,965	6.383	0.332	0.019
2074	1,927,170	6.028	0.313	0.019
2075	1,933,047	5.727	0.296	0.019
2076	1,938,614	5.407	0.279	0.019
2077	1,943,873	5.11	0.263	0.019
2078	1,948,815	4.774	0.245	0.019
2079	1,953,501	4.598	0.235	0.019
2080	1,957,901	4.203	0.215	0.019
2081	1,962,023	4.039	0.206	0.019
2082	1,965,928	3.772	0.192	0.019
2083	1,969,526	3.425	0.174	0.019
2084	1,972,813	3.149	0.160	0.019
2085	1,975,841	2.906	0.147	0.019
2086	1,978,620	2.653	0.134	0.019
2087	1,981,136	2.377	0.120	0.019
2088	1,983,362	2.077	0.105	0.019
2089	1,985,308	1.814	0.091	0.019
2090	1,987,035	1.64	0.083	0.019
2091	1,988,571	1.432	0.072	0.019
2092	1,989,889	1.204	0.061	0.019
2093	1,990,934	0.885	0.044	0.019
2094	1,991,718	0.685	0.034	0.019
2095	1,992,287	0.452	0.023	0.019
2096	1,992,611	0.196	0.010	0.019
2097	1,992,776	0.135	0.007	0.019
2098	1,992,790	-0.108	-0.005	0.019

Eswatini population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	271,642	6.883	2.534	0.011
1951	278,562	6.956	2.497	0.011
1952	285,562	7.044	2.467	0.011
1953	292,637	7.106	2.428	0.011
1954	299,805	7.231	2.412	0.011
1955	307,078	7.314	2.382	0.011
1956	314,445	7.419	2.360	0.011
1957	321,925	7.543	2.343	0.011
1958	329,538	7.681	2.331	0.011
1959	337,262	7.769	2.304	0.011
1960	345,065	7.836	2.271	0.011
1961	352,971	7.977	2.260	0.012
1962	361,070	8.22	2.277	0.012
1963	369,527	8.695	2.353	0.012
1964	378,531	9.312	2.460	0.012
1965	388,317	10.26	2.642	0.012
1966	398,861	10.827	2.715	0.012
1967	409,638	10.728	2.619	0.012
1968	420,373	10.743	2.556	0.012
1969	431,366	11.242	2.606	0.012
1970	442,865	11.756	2.655	0.012
1971	454,913	12.339	2.713	0.012
1972	467,512	12.859	2.751	0.012
1973	480,668	13.453	2.799	0.012
1974	494,624	14.46	2.924	0.012
1975	509,535	15.362	3.015	0.013
1976	525,457	16.481	3.137	0.013
1977	542,328	17.262	3.183	0.013
1978	560,236	18.555	3.312	0.013
1979	579,091	19.155	3.308	0.013
1980	598,564	19.79	3.307	0.013
1981	616,210	15.501	2.516	0.014
1982	634,439	20.958	3.304	0.014
1983	655,505	21.175	3.231	0.014
1984	677,303	22.42	3.310	0.014
1985	702,400	27.775	3.955	0.014
1986	730,150	27.725	3.798	0.015
1987	758,669	29.312	3.864	0.015
1988	794,434	42.218	5.315	0.015
1989	825,952	20.817	2.520	0.016
1990	854,011	35.302	4.134	0.016
1991	889,712	36.099	4.058	0.016
1992	925,165	34.808	3.763	0.017
1993	953,451	21.764	2.283	0.017
1994	953,737	-21.191	-2.222	0.017
1995	953,573	20.862	2.188	0.017
1996	973,587	19.167	1.969	0.017
1997	990,734	15.126	1.527	0.017
1998	1,005,158	13.721	1.365	0.017
1999	1,018,370	12.704	1.247	0.017
2000	1,030,496	11.549	1.121	0.017
2001	1,041,396	10.25	0.984	0.017
2002	1,050,809	8.575	0.816	0.017
2003	1,058,797	7.402	0.699	0.017
2004	1,065,764	6.531	0.613	0.016
2005	1,071,886	5.714	0.533	0.016
2006	1,077,735	5.983	0.555	0.016
2007	1,084,008	6.565	0.606	0.016
2008	1,089,870	5.158	0.473	0.016
2009	1,094,886	4.874	0.445	0.016
2010	1,099,920	5.194	0.472	0.016
2011	1,105,371	5.709	0.516	0.016
2012	1,111,444	6.436	0.579	0.016
2013	1,118,319	7.314	0.654	0.015
2014	1,125,865	7.778	0.691	0.015
2015	1,133,936	8.364	0.738	0.015
2016	1,142,524	8.812	0.771	0.015
2017	1,151,390	8.921	0.775	0.015
2018	1,160,428	9.153	0.789	0.015
2019	1,169,613	9.218	0.788	0.015
2020	1,180,655	12.866	1.090	0.015
2021	1,192,271	10.366	0.869	0.015