Population in Eswatini compared to the Gambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eswatini and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Gambia	Eswatini	Gambia
1960	345,337	398,060	-	-
1961	353,264	408,930	2.3%	2.73%
1962	361,365	420,163	2.29%	2.75%
1963	369,759	431,757	2.32%	2.76%
1964	378,656	443,687	2.41%	2.76%
1965	388,336	455,952	2.56%	2.76%
1966	398,766	468,516	2.69%	2.76%
1967	409,031	481,588	2.57%	2.79%
1968	419,147	495,269	2.47%	2.84%
1969	429,875	509,440	2.56%	2.86%
1970	441,216	524,105	2.64%	2.88%
1971	453,183	539,388	2.71%	2.92%
1972	465,788	555,370	2.78%	2.96%
1973	479,038	571,991	2.84%	2.99%
1974	492,988	589,085	2.91%	2.99%
1975	507,673	606,821	2.98%	3.01%
1976	523,330	625,667	3.08%	3.11%
1977	540,348	645,770	3.25%	3.21%
1978	558,446	667,103	3.35%	3.3%
1979	577,199	689,781	3.36%	3.4%
1980	596,644	713,913	3.37%	3.5%
1981	616,808	739,125	3.38%	3.53%
1982	637,652	765,753	3.38%	3.6%
1983	658,957	794,525	3.34%	3.76%
1984	680,783	825,631	3.31%	3.92%
1985	706,196	858,874	3.73%	4.03%
1986	734,732	894,019	4.04%	4.09%
1987	763,811	931,091	3.96%	4.15%
1988	799,798	970,160	4.71%	4.2%
1989	837,800	1,011,357	4.75%	4.25%
1990	872,428	1,054,696	4.13%	4.29%
1991	908,189	1,099,959	4.1%	4.29%
1992	943,416	1,145,582	3.88%	4.15%
1993	971,318	1,188,365	2.96%	3.73%
1994	971,212	1,227,226	-0.01%	3.27%
1995	970,433	1,264,313	-0.08%	3.02%
1996	989,841	1,301,410	2%	2.93%
1997	1,006,635	1,338,889	1.7%	2.88%
1998	1,019,653	1,376,987	1.29%	2.85%
1999	1,030,782	1,415,779	1.09%	2.82%
2000	1,041,414	1,455,084	1.03%	2.78%
2001	1,051,064	1,495,011	0.93%	2.74%
2002	1,059,441	1,535,691	0.8%	2.72%
2003	1,066,700	1,577,611	0.69%	2.73%
2004	1,073,159	1,621,312	0.61%	2.77%
2005	1,079,022	1,667,037	0.55%	2.82%
2006	1,084,436	1,715,275	0.5%	2.89%
2007	1,090,705	1,765,774	0.58%	2.94%
2008	1,098,091	1,817,852	0.68%	2.95%
2009	1,105,153	1,871,422	0.64%	2.95%
2010	1,111,650	1,926,630	0.59%	2.95%
2011	1,117,833	1,983,784	0.56%	2.97%
2012	1,123,863	2,043,094	0.54%	2.99%
2013	1,129,990	2,103,820	0.55%	2.97%
2014	1,136,299	2,164,528	0.56%	2.89%
2015	1,142,813	2,224,529	0.57%	2.77%
2016	1,149,507	2,283,769	0.59%	2.66%
2017	1,158,195	2,342,189	0.76%	2.56%
2018	1,168,929	2,399,632	0.93%	2.45%
2019	1,179,874	2,456,844	0.94%	2.38%
2020	1,192,729	2,515,733	1.09%	2.4%
2021	1,206,593	2,576,010	1.16%	2.4%
2022	1,218,917	2,636,470	1.02%	2.35%
2023	1,230,506	2,697,845	0.95%	2.33%
2024	1,242,822	2,759,988	1%	2.3%
2025	1,256,168	2,822,083	1.07%	2.25%
2026	1,269,854	2,884,075	1.09%	2.2%
2027	1,283,222	2,945,874	1.05%	2.14%
2028	1,295,964	3,007,541	0.99%	2.09%
2029	1,308,342	3,069,012	0.96%	2.04%
2030	1,320,904	3,130,117	0.96%	1.99%
2031	1,333,159	3,190,986	0.93%	1.94%
2032	1,344,893	3,251,816	0.88%	1.91%
2033	1,356,736	3,312,585	0.88%	1.87%
2034	1,368,346	3,373,117	0.86%	1.83%
2035	1,379,413	3,433,418	0.81%	1.79%
2036	1,390,148	3,493,569	0.78%	1.75%
2037	1,400,439	3,553,521	0.74%	1.72%
2038	1,410,496	3,613,489	0.72%	1.69%
2039	1,420,444	3,673,332	0.71%	1.66%
2040	1,429,771	3,732,793	0.66%	1.62%
2041	1,439,042	3,791,791	0.65%	1.58%
2042	1,448,106	3,850,526	0.63%	1.55%
2043	1,456,448	3,909,016	0.58%	1.52%
2044	1,464,359	3,966,899	0.54%	1.48%
2045	1,472,135	4,024,221	0.53%	1.45%
2046	1,479,603	4,080,955	0.51%	1.41%
2047	1,486,494	4,137,188	0.47%	1.38%
2048	1,493,017	4,192,836	0.44%	1.35%
2049	1,499,424	4,247,701	0.43%	1.31%
2050	1,505,327	4,301,881	0.39%	1.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. The Gambia was ranked 146th in 2005 and ranked 138th 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 the Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.