Eswatini vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Eswatini has a population of 1.24M (ranked 157/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Eswatini's land area is 6,641 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 154th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Eswatini ranks 162/197 ($4.89B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,936), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Eswatini and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Eswatini and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1960	$35,076,846	$1,052,990,485
1961	$43,026,043	$1,096,646,688
1962	$45,927,962	$1,117,601,690
1963	$54,129,438	$1,159,511,793
1964	$64,980,554	$1,217,138,098
1965	$70,279,972	$1,311,435,906
1966	$76,859,969	$1,281,749,603
1967	$74,759,970	$1,397,002,112
1968	$79,799,968	$1,479,600,019
1969	$105,419,958	$1,747,998,941
1970	$112,139,955	$1,884,206,452
1971	$136,462,081	$2,178,716,475
1972	$146,736,479	$2,677,729,616
1973	$221,915,128	$3,309,353,866
1974	$264,320,941	$3,982,161,721
1975	$288,299,789	$4,371,301,052
1976	$272,550,068	$4,318,372,348
1977	$304,060,076	$4,364,382,451
1978	$340,630,085	$4,351,600,850
1979	$412,093,134	$5,177,459,817
1980	$541,976,853	$6,678,868,738
1981	$570,774,825	$8,011,374,445
1982	$537,568,059	$8,539,701,388
1983	$555,336,146	$7,764,067,625
1984	$494,483,409	$6,352,126,411
1985	$360,079,419	$5,637,259,754
1986	$449,140,318	$6,217,524,201
1987	$584,126,092	$6,741,215,643
1988	$692,026,455	$7,814,784,729
1989	$696,921,542	$8,286,323,367
1990	$1,114,694,041	$8,783,817,407
1991	$1,156,135,718	$8,641,482,396
1992	$1,284,759,928	$6,751,472,744
1993	$1,357,189,552	$6,563,813,829
1994	$1,419,294,254	$6,890,675,555
1995	$1,698,989,464	$7,111,271,273
1996	$1,602,741,834	$8,553,147,289
1997	$1,716,714,070	$8,529,572,287
1998	$1,576,908,856	$6,401,968,715
1999	$1,547,888,496	$6,858,013,652
2000	$1,738,093,840	$6,689,958,139
2001	$1,542,477,309	$6,777,385,246
2002	$1,432,221,739	$6,342,116,911
2003	$2,197,598,466	$5,727,592,261
2004	$2,770,082,792	$5,805,598,867
2005	$3,178,112,499	$5,755,215,663
2006	$3,291,330,019	$5,443,896,938
2007	$3,469,381,231	$5,291,950,526
2008	$3,294,084,314	$4,415,703,156
2009	$3,580,428,053	$9,665,815,601
2010	$4,438,765,086	$12,041,602,762
2011	$4,820,478,680	$14,101,801,031
2012	$4,886,551,484	$17,114,762,914
2013	$4,464,726,181	$19,091,004,042
2014	$4,286,015,248	$19,495,547,523
2015	$3,909,281,650	$19,963,058,858
2016	$3,724,180,911	$20,548,759,858
2017	$4,463,673,661	$51,074,726,484
2018	$4,644,696,656	$34,156,057,417
2019	$4,616,996,145	$25,715,657,177
2020	$4,120,621,325	$26,868,564,055
2021	$4,785,708,166	$27,240,507,842
2022	$4,741,163,885	$32,789,657,378
2023	$4,604,172,127	$35,231,369,343
2024	$4,891,883,720	$44,187,704,410

Eswatini and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1960	$101.6	$276.4
1961	$121.8	$279
1962	$127.1	$275.5
1963	$146.4	$277
1964	$171.6	$281.7
1965	$181	$294.1
1966	$192.7	$278.6
1967	$182.8	$294.2
1968	$190.4	$302
1969	$245.2	$346
1970	$254.2	$361
1971	$301	$405
1972	$315	$483
1973	$463	$579
1974	$536	$674
1975	$568	$717
1976	$521	$687
1977	$563	$677
1978	$610	$665
1979	$714	$779
1980	$908	$949
1981	$925	$1,068
1982	$843	$1,095
1983	$843	$959
1984	$726	$757
1985	$510	$649
1986	$611	$692
1987	$765	$726
1988	$865	$815
1989	$832	$840
1990	$1,278	$866
1991	$1,273	$831
1992	$1,362	$631
1993	$1,397	$604
1994	$1,461	$634
1995	$1,751	$648
1996	$1,619	$767
1997	$1,705	$750
1998	$1,547	$552
1999	$1,502	$582
2000	$1,669	$563
2001	$1,468	$566
2002	$1,352	$525
2003	$2,060	$468
2004	$2,581	$469
2005	$2,945	$461
2006	$3,035	$431
2007	$3,181	$413
2008	$3,000	$341
2009	$3,240	$735
2010	$3,993	$902
2011	$4,312	$1,037
2012	$4,348	$1,239
2013	$3,951	$1,362
2014	$3,772	$1,372
2015	$3,421	$1,386
2016	$3,240	$1,407
2017	$3,854	$3,448
2018	$3,973	$2,272
2019	$3,913	$1,684
2020	$3,455	$1,730
2021	$3,966	$1,724
2022	$3,890	$2,041
2023	$3,742	$2,156
2024	$3,936	$2,656

Eswatini vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1950	43.4	49.4
1951	43.7	49.8
1952	44	50.2
1953	44.3	50.6
1954	44.6	51
1955	44.8	51.4
1956	45.1	51.8
1957	45.4	52.2
1958	45.8	52.6
1959	46.1	53
1960	46.4	53.5
1961	46.7	54
1962	47.1	54.5
1963	47.5	54.9
1964	47.9	55.4
1965	48.4	55.9
1966	49	56.4
1967	49.5	56.8
1968	50.1	57.1
1969	50.6	57.5
1970	51.2	57.8
1971	51.8	58
1972	52.4	58.2
1973	53	58.1
1974	53.7	58.2
1975	54.4	58.2
1976	55.2	57.6
1977	56	57
1978	56.8	54.7
1979	57.5	54.9
1980	58.2	59.1
1981	58.8	59.4
1982	59.5	59.9
1983	58.4	60
1984	60.4	60.6
1985	61.2	60.9
1986	61.6	61
1987	61.9	60.7
1988	61.9	60.2
1989	61.7	59.4
1990	61.2	58.3
1991	60.4	57
1992	59.3	55.6
1993	58.1	54
1994	56.6	52.5
1995	55.1	51.1
1996	53.3	49
1997	51.7	48.5
1998	50.1	47.6
1999	48.8	46.4
2000	47.6	46
2001	46.3	44.5
2002	45.4	45.9
2003	44.6	45.4
2004	43.9	46
2005	44	46.6
2006	44.6	47.1
2007	45.2	47.6
2008	45.9	48.5
2009	46.9	49.7
2010	48.3	51.9
2011	49.1	53.9
2012	50.7	55.4
2013	52.1	56.8
2014	53.5	58.1
2015	54.9	59
2016	56.2	59.8
2017	57.6	60.3
2018	58.7	60.9
2019	59.8	61.1
2020	59.9	61.5
2021	58.2	60.1
2022	63	62.4
2023	64.1	62.8
2024	64.3	63.1
2025	64.4	63.3

Eswatini and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1960	345,337	3,809,389
1961	353,264	3,930,401
1962	361,365	4,055,959
1963	369,759	4,185,877
1964	378,656	4,320,006
1965	388,336	4,458,462
1966	398,766	4,601,217
1967	409,031	4,748,307
1968	419,147	4,900,440
1969	429,875	5,058,181
1970	441,216	5,215,918
1971	453,183	5,374,712
1972	465,788	5,542,445
1973	479,038	5,720,404
1974	492,988	5,908,328
1975	507,673	6,098,658
1976	523,330	6,287,105
1977	540,348	6,449,512
1978	558,446	6,543,575
1979	577,199	6,647,556
1980	596,644	7,041,303
1981	616,808	7,498,635
1982	637,652	7,796,496
1983	658,957	8,098,404
1984	680,783	8,391,488
1985	706,196	8,686,813
1986	734,732	8,982,578
1987	763,811	9,284,644
1988	799,798	9,583,094
1989	837,800	9,864,798
1990	872,428	10,137,281
1991	908,189	10,404,816
1992	943,416	10,702,700
1993	971,318	10,860,288
1994	971,212	10,873,148
1995	970,433	10,974,599
1996	989,841	11,158,360
1997	1,006,635	11,369,827
1998	1,019,653	11,594,297
1999	1,030,782	11,783,458
2000	1,041,414	11,892,055
2001	1,051,064	11,971,901
2002	1,059,441	12,087,653
2003	1,066,700	12,232,323
2004	1,073,159	12,365,896
2005	1,079,022	12,483,432
2006	1,084,436	12,636,445
2007	1,090,705	12,804,058
2008	1,098,091	12,959,149
2009	1,105,153	13,142,790
2010	1,111,650	13,356,548
2011	1,117,833	13,595,424
2012	1,123,863	13,817,887
2013	1,129,990	14,013,808
2014	1,136,299	14,207,359
2015	1,142,813	14,399,013
2016	1,149,507	14,600,294
2017	1,158,195	14,812,482
2018	1,168,929	15,034,452
2019	1,179,874	15,271,368
2020	1,192,729	15,526,888
2021	1,206,593	15,797,210
2022	1,218,917	16,069,056
2023	1,230,506	16,340,822
2024	1,242,822	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Eswatini and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1960	6.75	7.2
1961	6.77	7.21
1962	6.79	7.23
1963	6.8	7.23
1964	6.79	7.23
1965	6.79	7.23
1966	6.8	7.2
1967	6.77	7.16
1968	6.76	7.11
1969	6.76	7.04
1970	6.75	6.98
1971	6.74	6.94
1972	6.72	6.94
1973	6.72	6.94
1974	6.71	6.88
1975	6.71	6.83
1976	6.7	6.77
1977	6.68	6.71
1978	6.65	6.66
1979	6.61	6.59
1980	6.57	6.52
1981	6.54	6.45
1982	6.49	6.33
1983	6.43	6.2
1984	6.36	6.04
1985	6.28	5.87
1986	6.11	5.69
1987	5.9	5.5
1988	5.69	5.28
1989	5.48	5.07
1990	5.3	4.88
1991	5.13	4.72
1992	4.98	4.57
1993	4.82	4.39
1994	4.66	4.28
1995	4.52	4.15
1996	4.38	4.11
1997	4.24	4.08
1998	4.13	4.07
1999	4.09	4.06
2000	4.03	4.01
2001	3.94	3.98
2002	3.85	3.93
2003	3.8	3.86
2004	3.76	3.78
2005	3.7	3.69
2006	3.63	3.64
2007	3.58	3.68
2008	3.57	3.78
2009	3.5	3.95
2010	3.38	4.04
2011	3.32	4.13
2012	3.27	4.13
2013	3.24	4.11
2014	3.18	4.01
2015	3.12	3.91
2016	3.07	3.83
2017	3.02	3.77
2018	2.97	3.74
2019	2.93	3.75
2020	2.89	3.75
2021	2.84	3.77
2022	2.8	3.77
2023	2.75	3.72

Eswatini and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1960	16.6	16.4
1961	16.4	16.2
1962	16.3	16
1963	16.1	15.8
1964	16.1	15.7
1965	16.1	15.7
1966	16.1	15.7
1967	16.1	15.7
1968	16.2	15.7
1969	16.2	15.7
1970	16.3	15.7
1971	16.3	15.8
1972	16.3	15.8
1973	16.2	15.8
1974	16.2	15.9
1975	16.1	15.9
1976	16	15.8
1977	15.9	15.8
1978	15.8	15.7
1979	15.7	15.6
1980	15.6	15.6
1981	15.5	15.7
1982	15.4	15.8
1983	15.3	15.8
1984	15.3	15.8
1985	15.2	15.9
1986	15.3	15.9
1987	15.3	15.9
1988	15.6	15.9
1989	15.9	16.1
1990	16.1	16.3
1991	16.3	16.5
1992	16.5	16.4
1993	16.7	16.3
1994	16.3	16.4
1995	16.1	16.6
1996	16.3	16.9
1997	16.6	17.2
1998	16.9	17.5
1999	17.3	17.7
2000	17.6	17.8
2001	17.8	18
2002	18.1	18.1
2003	18.3	18.2
2004	18.5	18.3
2005	18.6	18.3
2006	18.7	18.5
2007	18.9	18.5
2008	19.1	18.5
2009	19.4	18.4
2010	19.6	18.3
2011	19.9	18.2
2012	20.2	18.1
2013	20.5	18
2014	20.7	18
2015	21	18
2016	21.2	18
2017	21.5	18.1
2018	21.8	18.2
2019	22.1	18.3
2020	22.4	18.5
2021	22.6	18.6
2022	22.8	18.7
2023	23	18.9
2024	23.2	19

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