Eswatini
Population 2026
1,269,863
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.09%
- Density
- 74 per km²
- Land area
- 17,200 km²
- Capital
- Mbabane
- Currency
- Lilangeni (SZL)
- Official languages
- EN-SZ, SS-SZ
- Urban population
- 26.7%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 29,0622026
- Deaths
- 9,8852026
- Birth rate
- 23.6per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.7per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.72
- Life expectancy
- 64.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 22.7
- Net migration
- -5,775
Age distribution
- 0–1433.0%
- 15–6462.7%
- 65+4.3%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $5.2B
- GDP per capita
- $4.1K
- GDP growth
- +4.2%
- Inflation
- 2.6%
- Unemployment
- 34.2%
- Exports
- $2.6B
- Imports
- $2.6B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture6.4%
- Industry33.6%
- Manufacturing28.1%
- Services52.4%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture14.5%
- Industry26.7%
- Services58.7%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ManziniManzini Region | 110,5372026 |
| 2 | MbabaneHhohho Region | 76,2182019 |
| 3 | LobambaHhohho Region | 4,5572019 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,269,863 | 29.1K | 9.9K |
| 2020 | 1,192,734 | 30.3K | 11.4K |
| 2010 | 1,111,651 | 34.3K | 16.7K |
| 2000 | 1,041,428 | 33.9K | 15.1K |
| 1990 | 872,436 | 35.3K | 6.9K |
| 1980 | 596,657 | 29.7K | 6.6K |
| 1970 | 441,223 | 21.6K | 6.8K |
| 1960 | 345,339 | 16.4K | 6.4K |
| 1950 | 271,670 | 13.7K | 5.7K |