Eswatini vs Zambia statistics compared

Eswatini has a population of 1.24M (ranked 157/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Eswatini's land area is 6,641 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 154th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Eswatini ranks 162/197 ($4.89B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,936), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Eswatini and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Eswatini and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Eswatini

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Eswatini	Zambia
1960	$35,076,846	$698,739,721
1961	$43,026,043	$682,359,727
1962	$45,927,962	$679,279,729
1963	$54,129,438	$704,339,719
1964	$64,980,554	$822,639,671
1965	$70,279,972	$1,061,199,576
1966	$76,859,969	$1,238,999,505
1967	$74,759,970	$1,340,639,464
1968	$79,799,968	$1,573,739,371
1969	$105,419,958	$1,926,399,230
1970	$112,139,955	$1,788,779,285
1971	$136,462,081	$1,653,259,341
1972	$146,736,479	$1,872,416,680
1973	$221,915,128	$2,434,255,237
1974	$264,320,941	$2,910,981,262
1975	$288,299,789	$2,442,672,141
1976	$272,550,068	$2,742,859,263
1977	$304,060,076	$2,515,296,940
1978	$340,630,085	$2,811,032,473
1979	$412,093,134	$3,353,445,378
1980	$541,976,853	$3,884,530,854
1981	$570,774,825	$4,008,126,497
1982	$537,568,059	$3,871,117,093
1983	$555,336,146	$3,321,048,451
1984	$494,483,409	$2,719,518,933
1985	$360,079,419	$2,252,454,500
1986	$449,140,318	$1,664,413,508
1987	$584,126,092	$2,265,250,972
1988	$692,026,455	$3,728,878,149
1989	$696,921,542	$3,994,673,161
1990	$1,114,694,041	$3,288,381,797
1991	$1,156,135,718	$3,376,806,697
1992	$1,284,759,928	$3,182,810,841
1993	$1,357,189,552	$3,273,505,344
1994	$1,419,294,254	$3,656,806,166
1995	$1,698,989,464	$3,806,983,413
1996	$1,602,741,834	$3,597,220,962
1997	$1,716,714,070	$4,303,288,480
1998	$1,576,908,856	$3,537,741,942
1999	$1,547,888,496	$3,404,284,891
2000	$1,738,093,840	$3,600,632,111
2001	$1,542,477,309	$4,094,441,301
2002	$1,432,221,739	$4,193,850,445
2003	$2,197,598,466	$4,901,869,764
2004	$2,770,082,792	$6,221,110,219
2005	$3,178,112,499	$8,331,870,169
2006	$3,291,330,019	$12,756,858,899
2007	$3,469,381,231	$14,056,957,976
2008	$3,294,084,314	$17,910,858,638
2009	$3,580,428,053	$15,328,342,304
2010	$4,438,765,086	$20,265,559,484
2011	$4,820,478,680	$23,459,515,276
2012	$4,886,551,484	$25,503,060,420
2013	$4,464,726,181	$28,037,239,463
2014	$4,286,015,248	$27,141,023,558
2015	$3,909,281,650	$21,251,216,799
2016	$3,724,180,911	$20,958,412,538
2017	$4,463,673,661	$25,873,601,261
2018	$4,644,696,656	$26,311,507,274
2019	$4,616,996,145	$23,308,667,781
2020	$4,120,621,325	$18,137,764,931
2021	$4,785,708,166	$22,096,416,932
2022	$4,741,163,885	$29,163,782,140
2023	$4,604,172,127	$27,577,956,471
2024	$4,891,883,720	$26,325,775,287

Eswatini and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Eswatini

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Eswatini	Zambia
1960	$101.6	$221.6
1961	$121.8	$209.7
1962	$127.1	$202.3
1963	$146.4	$203.2
1964	$171.6	$230
1965	$181	$287.4
1966	$192.7	$325
1967	$182.8	$341
1968	$190.4	$387
1969	$245.2	$459
1970	$254.2	$414
1971	$301	$372
1972	$315	$410
1973	$463	$518
1974	$536	$601
1975	$568	$490
1976	$521	$533
1977	$563	$474
1978	$610	$514
1979	$714	$595
1980	$908	$669
1981	$925	$670
1982	$843	$627
1983	$843	$520
1984	$726	$413
1985	$510	$332
1986	$611	$238.2
1987	$765	$315
1988	$865	$504
1989	$832	$526
1990	$1,278	$422
1991	$1,273	$423
1992	$1,362	$389
1993	$1,397	$391
1994	$1,461	$426
1995	$1,751	$433
1996	$1,619	$400
1997	$1,705	$466
1998	$1,547	$373
1999	$1,502	$350
2000	$1,669	$359
2001	$1,468	$397
2002	$1,352	$394
2003	$2,060	$446
2004	$2,581	$549
2005	$2,945	$711
2006	$3,035	$1,052
2007	$3,181	$1,119
2008	$3,000	$1,376
2009	$3,240	$1,136
2010	$3,993	$1,451
2011	$4,312	$1,625
2012	$4,348	$1,710
2013	$3,951	$1,821
2014	$3,772	$1,707
2015	$3,421	$1,296
2016	$3,240	$1,239
2017	$3,854	$1,483
2018	$3,973	$1,464
2019	$3,913	$1,259
2020	$3,455	$952
2021	$3,966	$1,127
2022	$3,890	$1,447
2023	$3,742	$1,331
2024	$3,936	$1,235

Eswatini vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Eswatini

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Eswatini	Zambia
1950	43.4	46.8
1951	43.7	47.2
1952	44	47.6
1953	44.3	48
1954	44.6	48.4
1955	44.8	48.8
1956	45.1	49.1
1957	45.4	49.5
1958	45.8	49.9
1959	46.1	50.3
1960	46.4	50.6
1961	46.7	51
1962	47.1	51.3
1963	47.5	51.6
1964	47.9	51.2
1965	48.4	52.1
1966	49	52.3
1967	49.5	52.5
1968	50.1	52.7
1969	50.6	53
1970	51.2	53.4
1971	51.8	53.9
1972	52.4	54.4
1973	53	54.9
1974	53.7	55.4
1975	54.4	55.7
1976	55.2	56.1
1977	56	56.3
1978	56.8	56.3
1979	57.5	56
1980	58.2	55.5
1981	58.8	55
1982	59.5	54.4
1983	58.4	53.7
1984	60.4	52.9
1985	61.2	52
1986	61.6	51.1
1987	61.9	50.4
1988	61.9	49.7
1989	61.7	48.9
1990	61.2	48.2
1991	60.4	47.4
1992	59.3	47
1993	58.1	46.7
1994	56.6	46.3
1995	55.1	46.1
1996	53.3	45.8
1997	51.7	45.7
1998	50.1	45.7
1999	48.8	45.9
2000	47.6	46.6
2001	46.3	47.4
2002	45.4	48.5
2003	44.6	49.6
2004	43.9	50.5
2005	44	51.6
2006	44.6	52.7
2007	45.2	53.7
2008	45.9	54.8
2009	46.9	55.9
2010	48.3	56.9
2011	49.1	57.8
2012	50.7	58.7
2013	52.1	59.4
2014	53.5	60.1
2015	54.9	60.7
2016	56.2	61.1
2017	57.6	61.6
2018	58.7	62.1
2019	59.8	62.9
2020	59.9	63.4
2021	58.2	62.4
2022	63	65.3
2023	64.1	66.3
2024	64.3	66.5
2025	64.4	66.7

Eswatini and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Eswatini

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Eswatini	Zambia
1960	345,337	3,153,729
1961	353,264	3,254,086
1962	361,365	3,358,099
1963	369,759	3,465,907
1964	378,656	3,577,017
1965	388,336	3,692,086
1966	398,766	3,812,003
1967	409,031	3,936,343
1968	419,147	4,065,593
1969	429,875	4,197,116
1970	441,216	4,321,718
1971	453,183	4,442,525
1972	465,788	4,569,309
1973	479,038	4,702,693
1974	492,988	4,842,746
1975	507,673	4,990,086
1976	523,330	5,143,842
1977	540,348	5,302,480
1978	558,446	5,465,374
1979	577,199	5,631,728
1980	596,644	5,802,833
1981	616,808	5,983,289
1982	637,652	6,178,637
1983	658,957	6,381,038
1984	680,783	6,580,490
1985	706,196	6,780,953
1986	734,732	6,986,471
1987	763,811	7,191,282
1988	799,798	7,391,440
1989	837,800	7,589,216
1990	872,428	7,786,169
1991	908,189	7,981,650
1992	943,416	8,176,680
1993	971,318	8,373,921
1994	971,212	8,576,269
1995	970,433	8,785,763
1996	989,841	9,004,053
1997	1,006,635	9,237,063
1998	1,019,653	9,482,408
1999	1,030,782	9,740,005
2000	1,041,414	10,017,631
2001	1,051,064	10,325,185
2002	1,059,441	10,647,949
2003	1,066,700	10,983,595
2004	1,073,159	11,338,198
2005	1,079,022	11,718,819
2006	1,084,436	12,129,553
2007	1,090,705	12,565,085
2008	1,098,091	13,021,324
2009	1,105,153	13,490,389
2010	1,111,650	13,965,594
2011	1,117,833	14,437,796
2012	1,123,863	14,913,629
2013	1,129,990	15,398,997
2014	1,136,299	15,895,315
2015	1,142,813	16,399,089
2016	1,149,507	16,914,423
2017	1,158,195	17,441,320
2018	1,168,929	17,973,569
2019	1,179,874	18,513,839
2020	1,192,729	19,059,395
2021	1,206,593	19,603,607
2022	1,218,917	20,152,938
2023	1,230,506	20,723,965
2024	1,242,822	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Eswatini and Zambia

Fertility rate

Eswatini

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eswatini	Zambia
1960	6.75	6.95
1961	6.77	6.98
1962	6.79	7.01
1963	6.8	7.06
1964	6.79	7.09
1965	6.79	7.12
1966	6.8	7.14
1967	6.77	7.15
1968	6.76	7.18
1969	6.76	7.18
1970	6.75	7.22
1971	6.74	7.26
1972	6.72	7.3
1973	6.72	7.34
1974	6.71	7.36
1975	6.71	7.42
1976	6.7	7.39
1977	6.68	7.35
1978	6.65	7.29
1979	6.61	7.22
1980	6.57	7.14
1981	6.54	7.07
1982	6.49	7.04
1983	6.43	7.01
1984	6.36	6.97
1985	6.28	6.93
1986	6.11	6.87
1987	5.9	6.8
1988	5.69	6.7
1989	5.48	6.64
1990	5.3	6.57
1991	5.13	6.46
1992	4.98	6.35
1993	4.82	6.3
1994	4.66	6.26
1995	4.52	6.23
1996	4.38	6.18
1997	4.24	6.12
1998	4.13	6.07
1999	4.09	6
2000	4.03	5.92
2001	3.94	5.85
2002	3.85	5.77
2003	3.8	5.71
2004	3.76	5.7
2005	3.7	5.7
2006	3.63	5.68
2007	3.58	5.61
2008	3.57	5.53
2009	3.5	5.45
2010	3.38	5.36
2011	3.32	5.26
2012	3.27	5.14
2013	3.24	5.01
2014	3.18	4.89
2015	3.12	4.78
2016	3.07	4.67
2017	3.02	4.57
2018	2.97	4.49
2019	2.93	4.42
2020	2.89	4.32
2021	2.84	4.25
2022	2.8	4.18
2023	2.75	4.1

Eswatini and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Eswatini

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Eswatini	Zambia
1960	16.6	17
1961	16.4	16.9
1962	16.3	16.8
1963	16.1	16.7
1964	16.1	16.6
1965	16.1	16.6
1966	16.1	16.5
1967	16.1	16.5
1968	16.2	16.4
1969	16.2	16.4
1970	16.3	16.2
1971	16.3	16.1
1972	16.3	15.9
1973	16.2	15.8
1974	16.2	15.7
1975	16.1	15.5
1976	16	15.4
1977	15.9	15.4
1978	15.8	15.3
1979	15.7	15.3
1980	15.6	15.2
1981	15.5	15.3
1982	15.4	15.3
1983	15.3	15.4
1984	15.3	15.4
1985	15.2	15.5
1986	15.3	15.5
1987	15.3	15.6
1988	15.6	15.6
1989	15.9	15.7
1990	16.1	15.7
1991	16.3	15.7
1992	16.5	15.8
1993	16.7	15.8
1994	16.3	15.8
1995	16.1	15.8
1996	16.3	15.8
1997	16.6	15.8
1998	16.9	15.8
1999	17.3	15.8
2000	17.6	15.9
2001	17.8	15.9
2002	18.1	16
2003	18.3	16.1
2004	18.5	16.2
2005	18.6	16.3
2006	18.7	16.3
2007	18.9	16.4
2008	19.1	16.5
2009	19.4	16.6
2010	19.6	16.7
2011	19.9	16.8
2012	20.2	16.9
2013	20.5	17
2014	20.7	17.1
2015	21	17.2
2016	21.2	17.4
2017	21.5	17.5
2018	21.8	17.7
2019	22.1	17.9
2020	22.4	18
2021	22.6	18.2
2022	22.8	18.4
2023	23	18.6
2024	23.2	18.8

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