Eswatini
Population in Eswatini
Population in Eswatini: 271,700 people in 1950 and 1.23 million people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.23 million people
- Since 1950
- +959,300 people
- Rank, 2023
- 160 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 8.09 billion people
- Projected, 2100
- 1.34 million people
- UN projection (medium variant)
people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.34 million people in 2100, between 658,700 people and 2.65 million people (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from HYDE and Gapminder reach back to 1800: 86,000 people.
Every year
people · UN
| Year | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.23 million | 8.09 billion |
| 2022 | 1.22 million | 8.02 billion |
| 2021 | 1.21 million | 7.95 billion |
| 2020 | 1.19 million | 7.89 billion |
| 2019 | 1.18 million | 7.81 billion |
| 2018 | 1.17 million | 7.73 billion |
| 2017 | 1.16 million | 7.65 billion |
| 2016 | 1.15 million | 7.56 billion |
| 2015 | 1.14 million | 7.47 billion |
| 2014 | 1.14 million | 7.38 billion |
| 2013 | 1.13 million | 7.29 billion |
| 2012 | 1.12 million | 7.2 billion |
| 2011 | 1.12 million | 7.11 billion |
| 2010 | 1.11 million | 7.02 billion |
| 2009 | 1.11 million | 6.93 billion |
| 2008 | 1.1 million | 6.84 billion |
| 2007 | 1.09 million | 6.76 billion |
| 2006 | 1.08 million | 6.67 billion |
| 2005 | 1.08 million | 6.59 billion |
| 2004 | 1.07 million | 6.5 billion |
| 2003 | 1.07 million | 6.42 billion |
| 2002 | 1.06 million | 6.34 billion |
| 2001 | 1.05 million | 6.26 billion |
| 2000 | 1.04 million | 6.17 billion |
| 1999 | 1.03 million | 6.09 billion |
| 1998 | 1.02 million | 6.01 billion |
| 1997 | 1.01 million | 5.93 billion |
| 1996 | 989,800 | 5.84 billion |
| 1995 | 970,400 | 5.76 billion |
| 1994 | 971,200 | 5.68 billion |
| 1993 | 971,300 | 5.59 billion |
| 1992 | 943,400 | 5.51 billion |
| 1991 | 908,200 | 5.42 billion |
| 1990 | 872,400 | 5.33 billion |
| 1989 | 837,800 | 5.23 billion |
| 1988 | 799,800 | 5.14 billion |
| 1987 | 763,800 | 5.05 billion |
| 1986 | 734,700 | 4.96 billion |
| 1985 | 706,200 | 4.87 billion |
| 1984 | 680,800 | 4.78 billion |
| 1983 | 659,000 | 4.7 billion |
| 1982 | 637,700 | 4.61 billion |
| 1981 | 616,800 | 4.53 billion |
| 1980 | 596,600 | 4.45 billion |
| 1979 | 577,200 | 4.37 billion |
| 1978 | 558,400 | 4.29 billion |
| 1977 | 540,300 | 4.22 billion |
| 1976 | 523,300 | 4.14 billion |
| 1975 | 507,700 | 4.07 billion |
| 1974 | 493,000 | 4 billion |
| 1973 | 479,000 | 3.92 billion |
| 1972 | 465,800 | 3.85 billion |
| 1971 | 453,200 | 3.77 billion |
| 1970 | 441,200 | 3.7 billion |
| 1969 | 429,900 | 3.62 billion |
| 1968 | 419,100 | 3.55 billion |
| 1967 | 409,000 | 3.47 billion |
| 1966 | 398,800 | 3.4 billion |
| 1965 | 388,300 | 3.34 billion |
| 1964 | 378,700 | 3.26 billion |
| 1963 | 369,800 | 3.19 billion |
| 1962 | 361,400 | 3.12 billion |
| 1961 | 353,300 | 3.07 billion |
| 1960 | 345,300 | 3.02 billion |
| 1959 | 337,500 | 2.97 billion |
| 1958 | 329,800 | 2.91 billion |
| 1957 | 322,100 | 2.85 billion |
| 1956 | 314,600 | 2.8 billion |
| 1955 | 307,200 | 2.74 billion |
| 1954 | 299,900 | 2.69 billion |
| 1953 | 292,700 | 2.63 billion |
| 1952 | 285,600 | 2.58 billion |
| 1951 | 278,600 | 2.54 billion |
| 1950 | 271,700 | 2.49 billion |
| 1949 | 266,000 | – |
| 1948 | 260,700 | – |
| 1947 | 255,800 | – |
| 1946 | 251,000 | – |
| 1945 | 246,200 | – |
| 1944 | 241,600 | – |
| 1943 | 237,100 | – |
| 1942 | 232,600 | – |
| 1941 | 228,200 | – |
| 1940 | 223,800 | – |
| 1939 | 219,500 | – |
| 1938 | 215,200 | – |
| 1937 | 210,900 | – |
| 1936 | 206,700 | – |
| 1935 | 202,600 | – |
| 1934 | 198,600 | – |
| 1933 | 194,700 | – |
| 1932 | 190,800 | – |
| 1931 | 187,000 | – |
| 1930 | 183,300 | – |
| 1929 | 179,600 | – |
| 1928 | 175,900 | – |
| 1927 | 172,300 | – |
| 1926 | 168,700 | – |
| 1925 | 165,300 | – |
| 1924 | 161,900 | – |
| 1923 | 158,500 | – |
| 1922 | 155,300 | – |
| 1921 | 152,200 | – |
| 1920 | 149,400 | – |
| 1919 | 146,800 | – |
| 1918 | 144,400 | – |
| 1917 | 142,200 | – |
| 1916 | 140,000 | – |
| 1915 | 137,900 | – |
| 1914 | 135,800 | – |
| 1913 | 133,800 | – |
| 1912 | 131,700 | – |
| 1911 | 129,700 | – |
| 1910 | 127,700 | – |
| 1909 | 125,700 | – |
| 1908 | 123,700 | – |
| 1907 | 121,700 | – |
| 1906 | 119,800 | – |
| 1905 | 117,900 | – |
| 1904 | 116,000 | – |
| 1903 | 114,100 | – |
| 1902 | 112,300 | – |
| 1901 | 110,600 | – |
| 1900 | 109,100 | – |
| 1899 | 107,700 | – |
| 1898 | 106,500 | – |
| 1897 | 105,500 | – |
| 1896 | 104,400 | – |
| 1895 | 103,400 | – |
| 1894 | 102,400 | – |
| 1893 | 101,400 | – |
| 1892 | 100,400 | – |
| 1891 | 99,390 | – |
| 1890 | 98,410 | – |
| 1889 | 97,440 | – |
| 1888 | 96,480 | – |
| 1887 | 95,520 | – |
| 1886 | 94,580 | – |
| 1885 | 93,650 | – |
| 1884 | 92,720 | – |
| 1883 | 91,810 | – |
| 1882 | 90,900 | – |
| 1881 | 90,000 | – |
| 1880 | 89,110 | – |
| 1879 | 88,230 | – |
| 1878 | 87,360 | – |
| 1877 | 86,500 | – |
| 1876 | 85,650 | – |
| 1875 | 84,800 | – |
| 1874 | 83,960 | – |
| 1873 | 83,130 | – |
| 1872 | 82,310 | – |
| 1871 | 81,500 | – |
| 1870 | 80,690 | – |
| 1869 | 79,900 | – |
| 1868 | 79,110 | – |
| 1867 | 78,330 | – |
| 1866 | 77,550 | – |
| 1865 | 76,790 | – |
| 1864 | 76,030 | – |
| 1863 | 75,280 | – |
| 1862 | 74,540 | – |
| 1861 | 73,800 | – |
| 1860 | 73,070 | – |
| 1859 | 72,350 | – |
| 1858 | 71,630 | – |
| 1857 | 70,930 | – |
| 1856 | 70,230 | – |
| 1855 | 69,530 | – |
| 1854 | 68,850 | – |
| 1853 | 68,170 | – |
| 1852 | 67,490 | – |
| 1851 | 67,030 | – |
| 1850 | 66,770 | – |
| 1849 | 66,710 | – |
| 1848 | 66,860 | – |
| 1847 | 67,210 | – |
| 1846 | 67,570 | – |
| 1845 | 67,920 | – |
| 1844 | 68,280 | – |
| 1843 | 68,640 | – |
| 1842 | 69,000 | – |
| 1841 | 69,360 | – |
| 1840 | 69,730 | – |
| 1839 | 70,090 | – |
| 1838 | 70,460 | – |
| 1837 | 70,830 | – |
| 1836 | 71,200 | – |
| 1835 | 71,580 | – |
| 1834 | 71,950 | – |
| 1833 | 72,330 | – |
| 1832 | 72,710 | – |
| 1831 | 73,100 | – |
| 1830 | 73,480 | – |
| 1829 | 73,870 | – |
| 1828 | 74,260 | – |
| 1827 | 74,650 | – |
| 1826 | 75,040 | – |
| 1825 | 75,430 | – |
| 1824 | 75,830 | – |
| 1823 | 76,230 | – |
| 1822 | 76,630 | – |
| 1821 | 77,030 | – |
| 1820 | 77,440 | – |
| 1819 | 77,840 | – |
| 1818 | 78,250 | – |
| 1817 | 78,670 | – |
| 1816 | 79,080 | – |
| 1815 | 79,500 | – |
| 1814 | 79,910 | – |
| 1813 | 80,330 | – |
| 1812 | 80,760 | – |
| 1811 | 81,180 | – |
| 1810 | 81,610 | – |
| 1809 | 82,030 | – |
| 1808 | 82,470 | – |
| 1807 | 82,900 | – |
| 1806 | 83,340 | – |
| 1805 | 83,770 | – |
| 1804 | 84,210 | – |
| 1803 | 84,660 | – |
| 1802 | 85,100 | – |
| 1801 | 85,550 | – |
| 1800 | 86,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.24 million1.23 million–1.25 million | 8.16 billion |
| 2025 | 1.26 million1.23 million–1.28 million | 8.23 billion |
| 2026 | 1.27 million1.23 million–1.31 million | 8.3 billion |
| 2027 | 1.28 million1.23 million–1.34 million | 8.37 billion |
| 2028 | 1.3 million1.23 million–1.36 million | 8.44 billion |
| 2029 | 1.31 million1.23 million–1.39 million | 8.5 billion |
| 2030 | 1.32 million1.23 million–1.42 million | 8.57 billion |
| 2031 | 1.33 million1.23 million–1.44 million | 8.63 billion |
| 2032 | 1.35 million1.24 million–1.47 million | 8.7 billion |
| 2033 | 1.36 million1.24 million–1.5 million | 8.76 billion |
| 2034 | 1.37 million1.24 million–1.52 million | 8.82 billion |
| 2035 | 1.38 million1.23 million–1.55 million | 8.89 billion |
| 2036 | 1.39 million1.23 million–1.57 million | 8.95 billion |
| 2037 | 1.4 million1.23 million–1.59 million | 9.01 billion |
| 2038 | 1.41 million1.23 million–1.62 million | 9.06 billion |
| 2039 | 1.42 million1.23 million–1.64 million | 9.12 billion |
| 2040 | 1.43 million1.23 million–1.66 million | 9.18 billion |
| 2041 | 1.44 million1.23 million–1.69 million | 9.23 billion |
| 2042 | 1.45 million1.23 million–1.71 million | 9.29 billion |
| 2043 | 1.46 million1.23 million–1.73 million | 9.34 billion |
| 2044 | 1.46 million1.23 million–1.75 million | 9.39 billion |
| 2045 | 1.47 million1.23 million–1.77 million | 9.44 billion |
| 2046 | 1.48 million1.23 million–1.79 million | 9.49 billion |
| 2047 | 1.49 million1.23 million–1.81 million | 9.54 billion |
| 2048 | 1.49 million1.22 million–1.83 million | 9.58 billion |
| 2049 | 1.5 million1.22 million–1.85 million | 9.62 billion |
| 2050 | 1.51 million1.22 million–1.87 million | 9.66 billion |
| 2051 | 1.51 million1.21 million–1.89 million | 9.7 billion |
| 2052 | 1.52 million1.2 million–1.92 million | 9.74 billion |
| 2053 | 1.52 million1.2 million–1.94 million | 9.78 billion |
| 2054 | 1.52 million1.2 million–1.97 million | 9.81 billion |
| 2055 | 1.53 million1.19 million–1.99 million | 9.85 billion |
| 2056 | 1.53 million1.18 million–2 million | 9.88 billion |
| 2057 | 1.53 million1.18 million–2.03 million | 9.91 billion |
| 2058 | 1.54 million1.17 million–2.05 million | 9.94 billion |
| 2059 | 1.54 million1.16 million–2.07 million | 9.96 billion |
| 2060 | 1.54 million1.14 million–2.1 million | 9.99 billion |
| 2061 | 1.54 million1.13 million–2.12 million | 10 billion |
| 2062 | 1.54 million1.12 million–2.14 million | 10 billion |
| 2063 | 1.54 million1.12 million–2.16 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2064 | 1.54 million1.11 million–2.17 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2065 | 1.54 million1.1 million–2.19 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2066 | 1.54 million1.09 million–2.22 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2067 | 1.54 million1.08 million–2.25 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2068 | 1.54 million1.07 million–2.27 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2069 | 1.53 million1.06 million–2.28 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2070 | 1.53 million1.04 million–2.29 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2071 | 1.53 million1.02 million–2.31 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2072 | 1.53 million1.02 million–2.33 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2073 | 1.52 million1.01 million–2.35 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2074 | 1.52 million990,800–2.36 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2075 | 1.51 million974,800–2.36 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2076 | 1.51 million964,600–2.38 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2077 | 1.5 million951,400–2.4 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2078 | 1.5 million937,000–2.42 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2079 | 1.5 million922,300–2.43 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2080 | 1.49 million909,900–2.45 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2081 | 1.48 million899,000–2.47 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2082 | 1.48 million884,200–2.48 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2083 | 1.47 million870,100–2.48 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2084 | 1.47 million859,300–2.49 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2085 | 1.46 million850,600–2.5 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2086 | 1.45 million837,200–2.51 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2087 | 1.44 million821,500–2.51 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2088 | 1.44 million811,200–2.53 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2089 | 1.43 million799,700–2.53 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2090 | 1.42 million784,900–2.55 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2091 | 1.42 million768,800–2.56 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2092 | 1.41 million756,500–2.59 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2093 | 1.4 million746,500–2.63 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2094 | 1.39 million733,100–2.63 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2095 | 1.38 million720,800–2.62 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2096 | 1.38 million710,300–2.62 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2097 | 1.37 million698,400–2.62 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2098 | 1.36 million685,200–2.63 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2099 | 1.35 million673,300–2.63 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2100 | 1.34 million658,700–2.65 million | 10.2 billion |
Good to know
- Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
- 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