Population in Eswatini compared to Ethiopia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eswatini and Ethiopia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Ethiopia	Eswatini	Ethiopia
1960	345,337	21,376,693	-	-
1961	353,264	21,906,102	2.3%	2.48%
1962	361,365	22,465,126	2.29%	2.55%
1963	369,759	23,051,637	2.32%	2.61%
1964	378,656	23,666,548	2.41%	2.67%
1965	388,336	24,310,612	2.56%	2.72%
1966	398,766	24,952,689	2.69%	2.64%
1967	409,031	25,620,276	2.57%	2.68%
1968	419,147	26,337,930	2.47%	2.8%
1969	429,875	27,072,571	2.56%	2.79%
1970	441,216	27,829,128	2.64%	2.79%
1971	453,183	28,600,106	2.71%	2.77%
1972	465,788	29,374,608	2.78%	2.71%
1973	479,038	30,166,785	2.84%	2.7%
1974	492,988	30,957,273	2.91%	2.62%
1975	507,673	31,723,252	2.98%	2.47%
1976	523,330	32,534,418	3.08%	2.56%
1977	540,348	33,167,272	3.25%	1.95%
1978	558,446	33,734,592	3.35%	1.71%
1979	577,199	34,238,652	3.36%	1.49%
1980	596,644	34,428,514	3.37%	0.55%
1981	616,808	35,304,012	3.38%	2.54%
1982	637,652	36,701,290	3.38%	3.96%
1983	658,957	37,740,817	3.34%	2.83%
1984	680,783	38,735,722	3.31%	2.64%
1985	706,196	39,842,136	3.73%	2.86%
1986	734,732	41,037,656	4.04%	3%
1987	763,811	42,460,039	3.96%	3.47%
1988	799,798	44,150,825	4.71%	3.98%
1989	837,800	45,879,690	4.75%	3.92%
1990	872,428	47,609,755	4.13%	3.77%
1991	908,189	49,717,198	4.1%	4.43%
1992	943,416	51,853,747	3.88%	4.3%
1993	971,318	53,708,891	2.96%	3.58%
1994	971,212	55,611,508	-0.01%	3.54%
1995	970,433	57,537,335	-0.08%	3.46%
1996	989,841	59,467,635	2%	3.35%
1997	1,006,635	61,404,539	1.7%	3.26%
1998	1,019,653	63,363,524	1.29%	3.19%
1999	1,030,782	65,374,561	1.09%	3.17%
2000	1,041,414	67,411,494	1.03%	3.12%
2001	1,051,064	69,487,762	0.93%	3.08%
2002	1,059,441	71,635,517	0.8%	3.09%
2003	1,066,700	73,832,663	0.69%	3.07%
2004	1,073,159	76,077,206	0.61%	3.04%
2005	1,079,022	78,367,470	0.55%	3.01%
2006	1,084,436	80,703,490	0.5%	2.98%
2007	1,090,705	83,103,217	0.58%	2.97%
2008	1,098,091	85,543,668	0.68%	2.94%
2009	1,105,153	88,007,636	0.64%	2.88%
2010	1,111,650	90,538,514	0.59%	2.88%
2011	1,117,833	93,149,970	0.56%	2.88%
2012	1,123,863	95,798,767	0.54%	2.84%
2013	1,129,990	98,438,751	0.55%	2.76%
2014	1,136,299	101,115,610	0.56%	2.72%
2015	1,142,813	103,867,135	0.57%	2.72%
2016	1,149,507	106,718,162	0.59%	2.74%
2017	1,158,195	109,666,481	0.76%	2.76%
2018	1,168,929	112,664,152	0.93%	2.73%
2019	1,179,874	115,737,383	0.94%	2.73%
2020	1,192,729	118,917,671	1.09%	2.75%
2021	1,206,593	122,138,588	1.16%	2.71%
2022	1,218,917	125,384,287	1.02%	2.66%
2023	1,230,506	128,691,692	0.95%	2.64%
2024	1,242,822	132,059,767	1%	2.62%
2025	1,256,168	135,472,043	1.07%	2.58%
2026	1,269,854	138,902,180	1.09%	2.53%
2027	1,283,222	142,364,798	1.05%	2.49%
2028	1,295,964	145,841,255	0.99%	2.44%
2029	1,308,342	149,336,056	0.96%	2.4%
2030	1,320,904	152,855,352	0.96%	2.36%
2031	1,333,159	156,382,425	0.93%	2.31%
2032	1,344,893	159,923,895	0.88%	2.26%
2033	1,356,736	163,453,311	0.88%	2.21%
2034	1,368,346	166,978,790	0.86%	2.16%
2035	1,379,413	170,532,952	0.81%	2.13%
2036	1,390,148	174,097,772	0.78%	2.09%
2037	1,400,439	177,661,132	0.74%	2.05%
2038	1,410,496	181,235,892	0.72%	2.01%
2039	1,420,444	184,835,102	0.71%	1.99%
2040	1,429,771	188,450,900	0.66%	1.96%
2041	1,439,042	192,068,629	0.65%	1.92%
2042	1,448,106	195,695,295	0.63%	1.89%
2043	1,456,448	199,347,978	0.58%	1.87%
2044	1,464,359	203,014,368	0.54%	1.84%
2045	1,472,135	206,673,625	0.53%	1.8%
2046	1,479,603	210,337,847	0.51%	1.77%
2047	1,486,494	214,023,504	0.47%	1.75%
2048	1,493,017	217,710,204	0.44%	1.72%
2049	1,499,424	221,377,329	0.43%	1.68%
2050	1,505,327	225,021,865	0.39%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Eswatini's population will grow by 18.8% to 1,505,327 people with a rank change from 156th to 154th. The population of Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.