The latest officially reported population of Eswatini was 1,242,822 in 2024 vs 58,986,023 people in Italy in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eswatini's population is 1,267,161 people compared to 58,790,597 in Italy.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 46.4 times bigger than Eswatini's.
- Eswatini is ranked the 156th most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 25th.
- The countries together account for 0.73% of the world: 0.02% for Eswatini vs 0.71% for Italy.
- For the last 10 years, Eswatini has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs -0.2% in Italy.
- Since 2005, the population of Eswatini has increased from 1.08M people to 1.27M (17.4% growth), while Italy has grown from 58.2M to 58.8M (1.07% growth).
- Eswatini is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 1.54M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.
Eswatini vs Italy: live population counter
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| Current population |
1267161
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58790597
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| Population rank | 156/197 | 25/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
42.7 minutes
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1.18 hours
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| One birth every |
17.7 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
55.5 minutes
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47.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.3 hours
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5.52 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -6,754 | +95,246 |
| Daily growth/decline | +34 | -20 |
| Annual growth/decline | +12,316 | -7,452 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1% | -0.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 102/197 | 166/197 |
Eswatini and Italy: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 345,337 | 50,199,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 353,264 | 50,536,350 | 2.3% | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 361,365 | 50,879,450 | 2.29% | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 369,759 | 51,252,000 | 2.32% | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 378,656 | 51,675,350 | 2.41% | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 388,336 | 52,112,350 | 2.56% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 398,766 | 52,519,000 | 2.69% | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 409,031 | 52,900,500 | 2.57% | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 419,147 | 53,235,750 | 2.47% | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 429,875 | 53,537,950 | 2.56% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 441,216 | 53,821,850 | 2.64% | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 453,183 | 54,073,490 | 2.71% | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 465,788 | 54,381,345 | 2.78% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 479,038 | 54,751,406 | 2.84% | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 492,988 | 55,110,868 | 2.91% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 507,673 | 55,441,001 | 2.98% | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 523,330 | 55,718,260 | 3.08% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 540,348 | 55,955,411 | 3.25% | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 558,446 | 56,155,143 | 3.35% | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 577,199 | 56,317,749 | 3.36% | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 596,644 | 56,433,883 | 3.37% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 616,808 | 56,501,675 | 3.38% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 637,652 | 56,543,548 | 3.38% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 658,957 | 56,564,074 | 3.34% | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 680,783 | 56,576,718 | 3.31% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 706,196 | 56,593,071 | 3.73% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 734,732 | 56,596,155 | 4.04% | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 763,811 | 56,601,931 | 3.96% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 799,798 | 56,629,288 | 4.71% | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 837,800 | 56,671,781 | 4.75% | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 872,428 | 56,719,240 | 4.13% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 908,189 | 56,758,521 | 4.1% | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 943,416 | 56,797,087 | 3.88% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 971,318 | 56,831,821 | 2.96% | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 971,212 | 56,843,400 | -0.01% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 970,433 | 56,844,303 | -0.08% | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 989,841 | 56,860,281 | 2% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 1,006,635 | 56,890,372 | 1.7% | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 1,019,653 | 56,906,744 | 1.29% | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 1,030,782 | 56,916,317 | 1.09% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 1,041,414 | 56,942,108 | 1.03% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 1,051,064 | 56,976,981 | 0.93% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 1,059,441 | 57,089,824 | 0.8% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,066,700 | 57,399,184 | 0.69% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 1,073,159 | 57,828,179 | 0.61% | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 1,079,022 | 58,166,682 | 0.55% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 1,084,436 | 58,399,861 | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,090,705 | 58,756,247 | 0.58% | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 1,098,091 | 59,211,181 | 0.68% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 1,105,153 | 59,555,454 | 0.64% | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 1,111,650 | 59,819,407 | 0.59% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 1,117,833 | 60,026,841 | 0.56% | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 1,123,863 | 60,191,247 | 0.54% | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 1,129,990 | 60,311,613 | 0.55% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,136,299 | 60,320,707 | 0.56% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 1,142,813 | 60,229,605 | 0.57% | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 1,149,507 | 60,115,223 | 0.59% | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 1,158,195 | 60,002,252 | 0.76% | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 1,168,929 | 60,148,658 | 0.93% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 1,179,874 | 59,729,081 | 0.94% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,192,729 | 59,438,851 | 1.09% | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 1,206,593 | 59,133,173 | 1.16% | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 1,218,917 | 59,013,667 | 1.02% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,230,506 | 58,993,475 | 0.95% | -0.03% |
| 2024 | 1,242,822 | 58,986,023 | 1% | -0.01% |
| 2025 | 1,256,168 | 58,790,597 | 1.07% | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 1,269,854 | 58,571,823 | 1.09% | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 1,283,222 | 58,335,864 | 1.05% | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 1,295,964 | 58,094,373 | 0.99% | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 1,308,342 | 57,851,042 | 0.96% | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 1,320,904 | 57,597,622 | 0.96% | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 1,333,159 | 57,333,277 | 0.93% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 1,344,893 | 57,071,235 | 0.88% | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 1,356,736 | 56,812,747 | 0.88% | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 1,368,346 | 56,548,816 | 0.86% | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 1,379,413 | 56,279,536 | 0.81% | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 1,390,148 | 56,009,844 | 0.78% | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 1,400,439 | 55,737,477 | 0.74% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 1,410,496 | 55,460,735 | 0.72% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 1,420,444 | 55,177,508 | 0.71% | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 1,429,771 | 54,889,107 | 0.66% | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 1,439,042 | 54,601,628 | 0.65% | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 1,448,106 | 54,307,412 | 0.63% | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 1,456,448 | 53,997,106 | 0.58% | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 1,464,359 | 53,679,603 | 0.54% | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 1,472,135 | 53,357,669 | 0.53% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 1,479,603 | 53,025,288 | 0.51% | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 1,486,494 | 52,680,150 | 0.47% | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 1,493,017 | 52,324,241 | 0.44% | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 1,499,424 | 51,959,050 | 0.43% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 1,505,327 | 51,579,060 | 0.39% | -0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).
Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.
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Population differences between Eswatini and Italy
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| Life expectancy | 64.4 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 26.5 years | 46.5 years |
| Median age | 23.2 years | 48.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.1:50.9 | 48.9:51.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 187.1 ppl/mi² | 517 ppl/mi² |
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