Eswatini
Urban population in Eswatini
Urban population in Eswatini: 1.3% in 1950 and 26.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 26.7%
- Since 1950
- +25.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 211 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 34%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 34% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Eswatini |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.7 |
| 2024 | 26.3 |
| 2023 | 25.8 |
| 2022 | 25.4 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2020 | 24.7 |
| 2019 | 24.4 |
| 2018 | 24.1 |
| 2017 | 23.8 |
| 2016 | 23.5 |
| 2015 | 23.3 |
| 2014 | 23 |
| 2013 | 22.8 |
| 2012 | 22.6 |
| 2011 | 22.5 |
| 2010 | 22.3 |
| 2009 | 22.2 |
| 2008 | 22.2 |
| 2007 | 22.1 |
| 2006 | 22.2 |
| 2005 | 22.2 |
| 2004 | 22.3 |
| 2003 | 22.4 |
| 2002 | 22.6 |
| 2001 | 22.7 |
| 2000 | 22.8 |
| 1999 | 23 |
| 1998 | 23 |
| 1997 | 23.1 |
| 1996 | 23.1 |
| 1995 | 23.1 |
| 1994 | 23 |
| 1993 | 23 |
| 1992 | 23 |
| 1991 | 23 |
| 1990 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 22.9 |
| 1988 | 22.9 |
| 1987 | 22.8 |
| 1986 | 22.7 |
| 1985 | 22.5 |
| 1984 | 22.1 |
| 1983 | 21.4 |
| 1982 | 20.6 |
| 1981 | 19.8 |
| 1980 | 18.8 |
| 1979 | 17.8 |
| 1978 | 16.8 |
| 1977 | 15.9 |
| 1976 | 15.1 |
| 1975 | 14.3 |
| 1974 | 13.5 |
| 1973 | 12.6 |
| 1972 | 11.8 |
| 1971 | 10.9 |
| 1970 | 10.1 |
| 1969 | 9.2 |
| 1968 | 8.5 |
| 1967 | 7.8 |
| 1966 | 7.2 |
| 1965 | 6.6 |
| 1964 | 6 |
| 1963 | 5.5 |
| 1962 | 5 |
| 1961 | 4.5 |
| 1960 | 4.1 |
| 1959 | 3.6 |
| 1958 | 3.2 |
| 1957 | 2.9 |
| 1956 | 2.6 |
| 1955 | 2.3 |
| 1954 | 2.1 |
| 1953 | 1.8 |
| 1952 | 1.6 |
| 1951 | 1.4 |
| 1950 | 1.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Eswatini |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 27.2 |
| 2027 | 27.7 |
| 2028 | 28.1 |
| 2029 | 28.5 |
| 2030 | 28.9 |
| 2031 | 29.3 |
| 2032 | 29.7 |
| 2033 | 30 |
| 2034 | 30.4 |
| 2035 | 30.8 |
| 2036 | 31.1 |
| 2037 | 31.4 |
| 2038 | 31.7 |
| 2039 | 32 |
| 2040 | 32.3 |
| 2041 | 32.6 |
| 2042 | 32.9 |
| 2043 | 33.1 |
| 2044 | 33.3 |
| 2045 | 33.5 |
| 2046 | 33.6 |
| 2047 | 33.8 |
| 2048 | 33.9 |
| 2049 | 34 |
| 2050 | 34 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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