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 ($4.86B) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, Eswatini ranks 131/197 ($3,910), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

Eswatini and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Eswatini and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1960	$35,076,846	$1,053,528,036
1961	$43,026,043	$1,097,206,526
1962	$45,927,962	$1,118,172,226
1963	$54,129,438	$1,160,103,724
1964	$64,980,554	$1,217,759,447
1965	$70,279,972	$1,312,105,394
1966	$76,859,969	$1,282,403,936
1967	$74,759,970	$1,397,715,282
1968	$79,799,968	$1,480,355,355
1969	$105,419,958	$1,748,891,294
1970	$112,139,955	$1,885,168,339
1971	$136,462,081	$2,179,828,710
1972	$146,736,479	$2,679,096,597
1973	$221,915,128	$3,311,043,292
1974	$264,320,941	$3,984,194,614
1975	$288,299,789	$4,373,532,601
1976	$272,550,068	$4,320,576,877
1977	$304,060,076	$4,366,610,469
1978	$340,630,085	$4,353,822,343
1979	$412,093,134	$5,180,102,910
1980	$541,976,853	$6,682,278,300
1981	$570,774,825	$8,015,464,252
1982	$537,568,059	$8,544,060,905
1983	$555,336,146	$7,768,031,182
1984	$494,483,409	$6,355,369,172
1985	$360,079,419	$5,640,137,575
1986	$449,140,318	$6,220,698,247
1987	$584,126,092	$6,744,657,033
1988	$692,026,455	$7,818,774,177
1989	$696,921,542	$8,290,553,535
1990	$1,114,694,041	$8,788,301,546
1991	$1,156,135,718	$8,646,000,000
1992	$1,284,759,928	$6,755,000,000
1993	$1,357,189,552	$6,567,250,000
1994	$1,419,294,254	$6,894,250,000
1995	$1,698,989,464	$7,115,000,000
1996	$1,602,741,834	$8,557,500,000
1997	$1,716,714,070	$8,534,000,000
1998	$1,576,908,856	$6,405,250,000
1999	$1,547,888,496	$6,861,500,000
2000	$1,697,161,558	$6,693,250,000
2001	$1,502,870,486	$6,780,750,000
2002	$1,393,945,031	$6,345,250,000
2003	$2,149,632,433	$5,730,500,000
2004	$2,710,331,785	$5,808,500,000
2005	$3,097,946,371	$5,758,250,000
2006	$3,215,307,901	$5,446,750,000
2007	$3,391,122,887	$5,294,750,000
2008	$3,235,921,171	$4,418,000,000
2009	$3,525,213,502	$9,670,750,000
2010	$4,360,714,359	$12,047,750,000
2011	$4,722,912,047	$14,109,000,000
2012	$4,747,813,067	$17,123,500,000
2013	$4,463,396,204	$19,100,750,000
2014	$4,285,065,665	$19,505,500,000
2015	$3,908,217,914	$19,973,250,000
2016	$3,722,306,117	$20,559,250,000
2017	$4,462,640,651	$51,035,657,371
2018	$4,643,751,059	$34,141,666,667
2019	$4,617,018,959	$33,357,695,635
2020	$4,134,677,810	$31,980,334,561
2021	$4,807,069,277	$41,287,673,690
2022	$4,746,660,274	$40,757,561,709
2023	$4,621,191,262	$35,871,779,681
2024	$4,858,885,841	$41,539,411,516

Eswatini and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Eswatini

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Eswatini	Zimbabwe
1960	$101.6	$276.6
1961	$121.8	$279.2
1962	$127.1	$275.7
1963	$146.4	$277.1
1964	$171.6	$281.9
1965	$181	$294.3
1966	$192.7	$278.7
1967	$182.8	$294.4
1968	$190.4	$302
1969	$245.2	$346
1970	$254.2	$361
1971	$301	$406
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	$1,069
1982	$843	$1,096
1983	$843	$959
1984	$726	$757
1985	$510	$649
1986	$611	$693
1987	$765	$726
1988	$865	$816
1989	$832	$840
1990	$1,278	$867
1991	$1,273	$831
1992	$1,362	$631
1993	$1,397	$605
1994	$1,461	$634
1995	$1,751	$648
1996	$1,619	$767
1997	$1,705	$751
1998	$1,547	$552
1999	$1,502	$582
2000	$1,630	$563
2001	$1,430	$566
2002	$1,316	$525
2003	$2,015	$468
2004	$2,526	$470
2005	$2,871	$461
2006	$2,965	$431
2007	$3,109	$414
2008	$2,947	$341
2009	$3,190	$736
2010	$3,923	$902
2011	$4,225	$1,038
2012	$4,225	$1,239
2013	$3,950	$1,363
2014	$3,771	$1,373
2015	$3,420	$1,387
2016	$3,238	$1,408
2017	$3,853	$3,445
2018	$3,973	$2,271
2019	$3,913	$2,184
2020	$3,467	$2,060
2021	$3,984	$2,614
2022	$3,894	$2,536
2023	$3,756	$2,195
2024	$3,910	$2,497

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
2026	64.5	63.6

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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