Eswatini Population 2024

Eswatini formerly Swaziland is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, borders South Africa to its north, west, south, southeast and Mozambique to its northeast. Eswatini population in 2024 is estimated to be 1.21 million, covers country area of 17,364 sq km (6,704 sq mi), ranks one-hundred-fifty-third country by area, one of the smallest countries in Africa and the one-hundred-fifty-ninth most populous country in the world. Eswatini executive capital is Mbabane and legislative capital is Lobamba, other popular cities are Manzini, Big Bend and Malkerns. Country code is SWZ, Life expectancy of Eswatini ranks one-hundred-seventy-ninth, one of the lowest in the world with average lifespan of 53.36 years for male and 63.18 years for female. Ethnic group wise 84 percent are Swazi, 10 percent are Zulu and 6 percent are Other groups. Swaziland official language is Swazi and English.

Year	Population
1960	336,578
1965	373,925
1970	431,251
1975	499,759
1980	587,852
1985	699,077
1990	822,423
1995	926,836
2000	1,005,432
2005	1,030,575
2010	1,064,841
2015	1,104,038
2020	1,160,164

Eswatini Population Growth

Eswatini population in 1960 is 336,578, by 1970 the population is increased by 94,673 totaling to 431,251, by 1980 the population is increased to 587,852, and by 1990 the total increase of 822,423 in 30 years from 1960 to 1990 resulting to 822,423. From 1990 to 2000, population increased by 183,009 to 1,005,432, and from 2000 to 2010 the population of Eswatini increase by 59,409 with a change of 5.91 percent and increase of population from 2010 to 2020 by 95,323 with a change of 8.95 percent and make up to 1,160,164. Eswatini population in 2023 is estimated to be 1.2 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 1.18 million, Population of Eswatini in 2021 is estimated as 1.17 million.

Eswatini population region wise

Eswatini is divided into four regions: Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, and Shiselweni.

Region	Capital	Area (Sq km)	Population (2017 census)
Hhohho	Mbabane	3,625.17	320,651
Manzini	Manzini	4,093.59	355,945
Lubombo	Siteki	5,849.11	212,531
Shiselweni	Nhlangano	3,786.71	204,111

AgeGroup	National			Urban			Rural
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Total	531,111	562,127	1,093,238	128,701	131,065	259,766	402,410	431,062	833,472
0-4	65,218	64,990	130,208	12,973	12,933	25,906	52,245	52,057	104,302
5-9	65,109	64,719	129,828	11,144	11,429	22,573	53,965	53,290	107,255
10-14	63,783	63,654	127,437	10,096	10,513	20,609	53,687	53,141	106,828
15-19	60,955	59,213	120,168	10,194	11,295	21,489	50,761	47,918	98,679
20-24	52,280	54,236	106,516	12,845	15,025	27,870	39,435	39,211	78,646
25-29	46,551	50,188	96,739	15,419	16,569	31,988	31,132	33,619	64,751
30-34	42,148	44,222	86,370	15,171	15,260	30,431	26,977	28,962	55,939
35-39	33,443	33,538	66,981	12,609	11,277	23,886	20,834	22,261	43,095
40-44	24,428	25,268	49,696	9,002	7,681	16,683	15,426	17,587	33,013
45-49	19,194	22,084	41,278	6,535	5,603	12,138	12,659	16,481	29,140
50-54	14,094	18,724	32,818	4,320	4,115	8,435	9,774	14,609	24,383
55-59	12,062	15,754	27,816	3,137	2,896	6,033	8,925	12,858	21,783
60-64	10,059	12,810	22,869	1,751	2,101	3,852	8,308	10,709	19,017
65-69	7,322	10,037	17,359	1,103	1,381	2,484	6,219	8,656	14,875
70-74	4,998	8,256	13,254	602	913	1,515	4,396	7,343	11,739
75-79	3,484	5,664	9,148	401	583	984	3,083	5,081	8,164
80+	2,846	6,193	9,039	273	544	817	2,573	5,649	8,222
Not stated	3,137	2,577	5,714	1,126	947	2,073	2,011	1,630	3,641

Religion	Male	Female	Population (2017)	Percent
Christian	453,249	522,508	975,757	89.25
Islam	2,188	1,438	3,626	0.33
Hindu	150	94	244	0.02
Bahai Faith	235	195	430	0.04
Traditionalist	3,523	1,346	4,869	0.45
Judaism	93	70	163	0.01
Other	2,050	1,313	3,363	0.31
No religion	57,463	23,398	80,861	7.40
Not Stated	12,160	11,765	23,925	2.19
Total	531,111	562,127	1,093,238	100.00