| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 26 Mar 2024 |
There are 605k males and 617k females in Eswatini. The percentage of the female population is 50.48%, compared to 49.52% of the male population. Eswatini has 12k more females than males. The sex ratio in Eswatini in 2024 will be 98.089 males per 100 females. Eswatini is in the 103rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 271,642 | 2.53 |
| 1955 | 307,078 | 2.38 |
| 1960 | 345,065 | 2.27 |
| 1965 | 388,317 | 2.64 |
| 1970 | 442,865 | 2.65 |
| 1975 | 509,535 | 3.02 |
| 1980 | 598,564 | 3.31 |
| 1985 | 702,400 | 3.96 |
| 1990 | 854,011 | 4.13 |
| 1995 | 953,573 | 2.19 |
| 2000 | 1,030,496 | 1.12 |
| 2005 | 1,071,886 | 0.53 |
| 2010 | 1,099,920 | 0.47 |
| 2015 | 1,133,936 | 0.74 |
| 2020 | 1,180,655 | 1.09 |
| 2021 | 1,192,271 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1,201,670 | 0.70 |
| 2023 | 1,210,822 | 0.81 |
| 2024 | 1,222,075 | 1.03 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 5,842 | 13,745 | 21.458 | 50.486 |
| 1955 | 6,232 | 14,885 | 20.246 | 48.359 |
| 1960 | 6,533 | 16,453 | 18.871 | 47.526 |
| 1965 | 6,721 | 18,562 | 17.267 | 47.691 |
| 1970 | 6,852 | 21,672 | 15.415 | 48.753 |
| 1975 | 6,894 | 25,482 | 13.483 | 49.837 |
| 1980 | 6,547 | 29,153 | 10.910 | 48.578 |
| 1985 | 6,176 | 32,154 | 8.802 | 45.827 |
| 1990 | 6,085 | 34,210 | 7.155 | 40.230 |
| 1995 | 9,255 | 32,604 | 9.699 | 34.166 |
| 2000 | 15,013 | 33,251 | 14.521 | 32.162 |
| 2005 | 20,276 | 33,988 | 18.845 | 31.590 |
| 2010 | 17,582 | 33,241 | 15.911 | 30.083 |
| 2015 | 12,760 | 31,594 | 11.202 | 27.737 |
| 2020 | 11,361 | 29,120 | 9.603 | 24.615 |
| 2021 | 13,566 | 28,831 | 11.356 | 24.134 |
| 2022 | 14,312 | 28,476 | 11.883 | 23.642 |
| 2023 | 13,219 | 28,356 | 10.894 | 23.368 |
| 2024 | 10,706 | 28,210 | 8.743 | 23.038 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 6,006 | 266,997 | 2.200 |
| 1955 | 7,761 | 299,465 | 2.526 |
| 1960 | 13,664 | 335,510 | 3.913 |
| 1965 | 25,428 | 366,118 | 6.494 |
| 1970 | 43,260 | 402,469 | 9.705 |
| 1975 | 72,406 | 444,618 | 14.004 |
| 1980 | 99,425 | 503,947 | 16.478 |
| 1985 | 128,791 | 576,294 | 18.266 |
| 1990 | 174,011 | 687,362 | 20.202 |
| 1995 | 214,125 | 746,667 | 22.286 |
| 2000 | 240,805 | 820,663 | 22.686 |
| 2005 | 243,713 | 862,160 | 22.038 |
| 2010 | 270,400 | 932,443 | 22.480 |
| 2015 | 307,330 | 1,011,681 | 23.300 |
| 2020 | 347,895 | 1,091,400 | 24.171 |
| 2021 | 356,511 | 1,106,443 | 24.369 |
| 2022 | 365,285 | 1,121,095 | 24.576 |
| 2023 | 374,223 | 1,135,344 | 24.790 |
| 2024 | 383,335 | 1,149,205 | 25.013 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 68,981 | 67,464 | 136,445 | 11.17 | 102.249 |
| 05-09 | 69,953 | 69,192 | 139,144 | 11.39 | 101.100 |
| 10-14 | 69,558 | 69,550 | 139,108 | 11.38 | 100.012 |
| 15-19 | 65,202 | 64,509 | 129,711 | 10.61 | 101.074 |
| 20-24 | 56,989 | 55,806 | 112,794 | 9.23 | 102.120 |
| 25-29 | 50,651 | 49,727 | 100,378 | 8.21 | 101.858 |
| 30-34 | 52,346 | 51,134 | 103,480 | 8.47 | 102.370 |
| 35-39 | 46,065 | 44,280 | 90,345 | 7.39 | 104.031 |
| 40-44 | 36,700 | 34,809 | 71,509 | 5.85 | 105.433 |
| 45-49 | 26,121 | 24,907 | 51,028 | 4.18 | 104.874 |
| 50-54 | 19,076 | 19,730 | 38,805 | 3.18 | 96.685 |
| 55-59 | 14,491 | 18,174 | 32,665 | 2.67 | 79.735 |
| 60-64 | 10,595 | 16,186 | 26,781 | 2.19 | 65.458 |
| 65-69 | 7,710 | 12,934 | 20,645 | 1.69 | 59.610 |
| 70-74 | 5,463 | 9,307 | 14,771 | 1.21 | 58.698 |
| 75-79 | 3,096 | 5,444 | 8,540 | 0.70 | 56.870 |
| 80-84 | 1,472 | 2,574 | 4,045 | 0.33 | 57.187 |
| 85-89 | 522 | 917 | 1,439 | 0.12 | 56.925 |
| 90-94 | 127 | 238 | 364 | 0.03 | 53.361 |
| 95-99 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 0.01 | 48.980 |
| 100+ | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.00 | 50.000 |
| Total | 605,144 | 616,935 | 1,222,076 | 98.089 | |