Eswatini
Life expectancy in Eswatini
Life expectancy in Eswatini: 43.4 years in 1950 and 64.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 64.1 years
- Since 1950
- +20.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 204 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 73.2 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 73.2 years in 2100, between 60.9 years and 85.2 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 64.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 63 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 58.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 59.9 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 59.9 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 58.7 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 57.6 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 56.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 54.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 53.5 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 52.1 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 50.7 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 49.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 48.3 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 46.9 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 45.9 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 45.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 44.6 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 44 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 43.9 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 44.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 45.4 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 46.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 47.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 48.8 | 66 |
| 1998 | 50.1 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 51.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 53.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 55.1 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 56.6 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 58.1 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 59.3 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 60.4 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 61.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | 61.7 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 61.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 61.9 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 61.6 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 61.2 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 60.4 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 58.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 59.5 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 58.8 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 58.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 57.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 56.8 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 56 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 55.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 54.4 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 53.7 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 53 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 52.4 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 51.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 51.2 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 50.6 | 56 |
| 1968 | 50.1 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 49.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 49 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 48.4 | 54 |
| 1964 | 47.9 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 47.5 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 47.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 46.8 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 46.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 46.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 45.8 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 45.4 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 45.1 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 44.9 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 44.6 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 44.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 44 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 43.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 43.4 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64.362.9–65.7 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 64.462.5–66.4 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 64.562.2–66.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 64.762–67.5 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 64.861.7–67.9 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 64.961.5–68.4 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 65.161.1–68.6 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 65.261.1–69.2 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 65.360.8–69.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 65.560.8–69.8 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 65.660.5–70.1 | 75 |
| 2035 | 65.760.6–70.5 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 65.860.6–70.9 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 65.960.4–70.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 66.160.6–71.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 66.260.5–71.5 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 66.360.5–72 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 66.460.4–72.3 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 66.660.3–72.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 66.760.3–72.8 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 66.860.2–73 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 66.960.2–73.5 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 6760.2–73.7 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 67.260.3–74 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 67.360.3–74.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 67.460.3–74.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 67.560.1–74.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 67.660.3–74.9 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 67.760.1–75 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 67.960.1–75.3 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 6860–75.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 68.160–75.9 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 68.260–76 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 68.359.8–76.3 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 68.459.9–76.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 68.559.9–76.7 | 78 |
| 2060 | 68.659.7–76.9 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 68.759.6–77.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 68.859.9–77.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 6960.3–77.6 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 69.160.3–77.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 69.260.3–77.9 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 69.360.4–78.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 69.460.3–78.2 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 69.560.4–78.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 69.660.4–78.9 | 79 |
| 2070 | 69.760.4–79 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 69.960.4–79.3 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 7060.3–79.7 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 70.160.5–80 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 70.260.5–80 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 70.360.5–80.2 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 70.460.5–80.2 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 70.560.6–80.5 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 70.660.6–80.8 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 70.860.4–81 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 70.960.8–81.3 | 80 |
| 2081 | 7160.4–81.6 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 71.160.4–81.9 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 71.260.4–82.1 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 71.360.4–82.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 71.460.6–82.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 71.660.7–82.7 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 71.760.7–83.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 71.860.6–83 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 71.960.7–83.4 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 7260.8–83.6 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 72.160.7–83.6 | 81 |
| 2092 | 72.360.8–83.7 | 81 |
| 2093 | 72.460.8–83.8 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 72.560.9–84 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 72.661.2–84.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 72.861–84.4 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 72.961.1–84.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 7361.2–85.1 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 73.160.8–85 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 73.260.9–85.2 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$88.1M in 2025
- Military spending per person$75 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3,000 people in 1999
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.98% of the labour force in 1999
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2020