Eswatini's population rose from 989,841 in 1996 to 1.26M in 2025.
Eswatini · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Eswatini's population growth fell from 2.0 % in 1996 to 1.1 % in 2025.
Eswatini's population density rose from 56.5 in 1994 to 71.5 in 2023.
Eswatini's population, female (% of total) fell from 51.3 % in 1996 to 50.9 % in 2025.
Eswatini's urbanisation rose from 23.1 % in 1996 to 26.7 % in 2025.
Eswatini's urban population rose from 228,274 in 1996 to 335,667 in 2025.
Eswatini's rural population rose from 761,567 in 1996 to 920,507 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.3 %64th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.8 %57th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.4 %92nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.8 %175th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs161st of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts59th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts142nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts161st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts76th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts161st of 217
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- Net migrationup +14.5 %141st of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts140th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +7.7 %123rd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs192nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs192nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs199th of 217