The latest officially reported population of Eswatini was 1,242,822 in 2024 vs 11,552,876 people in Jordan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eswatini's population is 1,267,161 people compared to 11,575,983 in Jordan.
Population statistics:
- Jordan's population is 9.14 times bigger than Eswatini's.
- Eswatini is ranked the 156th most populous country in the world, while Jordan is the 85th.
- The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.02% for Eswatini vs 0.14% for Jordan.
- For the last 10 years, Eswatini has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs +3.45% in Jordan.
- Since 2005, the population of Eswatini has increased from 1.08M people to 1.27M (17.4% growth), while Jordan has grown from 6.03M to 11.6M (92% growth).
- Eswatini is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 1.54M people compared to the peak of 21.3M people in 2100 for Jordan.
Eswatini vs Jordan: live population counter
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| Current population |
1267161
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11575983
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| Population rank | 156/197 | 85/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
42.7 minutes
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4.62 minutes
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| One birth every |
17.7 minutes
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2.23 minutes
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| One death every |
55.5 minutes
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15.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.3 hours
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3.36 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -6,754 | -156,369 |
| Daily growth/decline | +34 | +311 |
| Annual growth/decline | +12,316 | +113,663 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1% | +0.99% |
| Population growth rate rank | 102/197 | 103/197 |
Eswatini and Jordan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 345,337 | 853,471 | - | - |
| 1961 | 353,264 | 897,591 | 2.3% | 5.17% |
| 1962 | 361,365 | 940,554 | 2.29% | 4.79% |
| 1963 | 369,759 | 984,714 | 2.32% | 4.7% |
| 1964 | 378,656 | 1,035,640 | 2.41% | 5.17% |
| 1965 | 388,336 | 1,099,440 | 2.56% | 6.16% |
| 1966 | 398,766 | 1,178,360 | 2.69% | 7.18% |
| 1967 | 409,031 | 1,271,183 | 2.57% | 7.88% |
| 1968 | 419,147 | 1,372,460 | 2.47% | 7.97% |
| 1969 | 429,875 | 1,473,100 | 2.56% | 7.33% |
| 1970 | 441,216 | 1,565,163 | 2.64% | 6.25% |
| 1971 | 453,183 | 1,645,145 | 2.71% | 5.11% |
| 1972 | 465,788 | 1,714,555 | 2.78% | 4.22% |
| 1973 | 479,038 | 1,778,094 | 2.84% | 3.71% |
| 1974 | 492,988 | 1,839,182 | 2.91% | 3.44% |
| 1975 | 507,673 | 1,899,055 | 2.98% | 3.26% |
| 1976 | 523,330 | 1,958,177 | 3.08% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 540,348 | 2,019,002 | 3.25% | 3.11% |
| 1978 | 558,446 | 2,083,595 | 3.35% | 3.2% |
| 1979 | 577,199 | 2,153,882 | 3.36% | 3.37% |
| 1980 | 596,644 | 2,234,186 | 3.37% | 3.73% |
| 1981 | 616,808 | 2,325,517 | 3.38% | 4.09% |
| 1982 | 637,652 | 2,426,927 | 3.38% | 4.36% |
| 1983 | 658,957 | 2,537,307 | 3.34% | 4.55% |
| 1984 | 680,783 | 2,654,688 | 3.31% | 4.63% |
| 1985 | 706,196 | 2,778,810 | 3.73% | 4.68% |
| 1986 | 734,732 | 2,909,887 | 4.04% | 4.72% |
| 1987 | 763,811 | 3,047,634 | 3.96% | 4.73% |
| 1988 | 799,798 | 3,193,039 | 4.71% | 4.77% |
| 1989 | 837,800 | 3,349,627 | 4.75% | 4.9% |
| 1990 | 872,428 | 3,621,908 | 4.13% | 8.13% |
| 1991 | 908,189 | 3,915,149 | 4.1% | 8.1% |
| 1992 | 943,416 | 4,127,693 | 3.88% | 5.43% |
| 1993 | 971,318 | 4,348,020 | 2.96% | 5.34% |
| 1994 | 971,212 | 4,561,406 | -0.01% | 4.91% |
| 1995 | 970,433 | 4,752,096 | -0.08% | 4.18% |
| 1996 | 989,841 | 4,912,516 | 2% | 3.38% |
| 1997 | 1,006,635 | 5,046,285 | 1.7% | 2.72% |
| 1998 | 1,019,653 | 5,164,284 | 1.29% | 2.34% |
| 1999 | 1,030,782 | 5,276,444 | 1.09% | 2.17% |
| 2000 | 1,041,414 | 5,386,945 | 1.03% | 2.09% |
| 2001 | 1,051,064 | 5,498,894 | 0.93% | 2.08% |
| 2002 | 1,059,441 | 5,616,066 | 0.8% | 2.13% |
| 2003 | 1,066,700 | 5,741,828 | 0.69% | 2.24% |
| 2004 | 1,073,159 | 5,882,061 | 0.61% | 2.44% |
| 2005 | 1,079,022 | 6,029,587 | 0.55% | 2.51% |
| 2006 | 1,084,436 | 6,427,371 | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| 2007 | 1,090,705 | 6,827,227 | 0.58% | 6.22% |
| 2008 | 1,098,091 | 6,989,866 | 0.68% | 2.38% |
| 2009 | 1,105,153 | 7,141,753 | 0.64% | 2.17% |
| 2010 | 1,111,650 | 7,297,043 | 0.59% | 2.17% |
| 2011 | 1,117,833 | 7,480,424 | 0.56% | 2.51% |
| 2012 | 1,123,863 | 7,587,127 | 0.54% | 1.43% |
| 2013 | 1,129,990 | 7,991,809 | 0.55% | 5.33% |
| 2014 | 1,136,299 | 8,791,710 | 0.56% | 10% |
| 2015 | 1,142,813 | 9,544,729 | 0.57% | 8.57% |
| 2016 | 1,149,507 | 10,006,367 | 0.59% | 4.84% |
| 2017 | 1,158,195 | 10,234,226 | 0.76% | 2.28% |
| 2018 | 1,168,929 | 10,462,306 | 0.93% | 2.23% |
| 2019 | 1,179,874 | 10,671,891 | 0.94% | 2% |
| 2020 | 1,192,729 | 10,865,228 | 1.09% | 1.81% |
| 2021 | 1,206,593 | 11,066,356 | 1.16% | 1.85% |
| 2022 | 1,218,917 | 11,256,263 | 1.02% | 1.72% |
| 2023 | 1,230,506 | 11,439,213 | 0.95% | 1.63% |
| 2024 | 1,242,822 | 11,552,876 | 1% | 0.99% |
| 2025 | 1,256,168 | 11,520,678 | 1.07% | -0.28% |
| 2026 | 1,269,854 | 11,589,528 | 1.09% | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 1,283,222 | 11,819,454 | 1.05% | 1.98% |
| 2028 | 1,295,964 | 12,034,459 | 0.99% | 1.82% |
| 2029 | 1,308,342 | 12,245,726 | 0.96% | 1.76% |
| 2030 | 1,320,904 | 12,448,772 | 0.96% | 1.66% |
| 2031 | 1,333,159 | 12,652,545 | 0.93% | 1.64% |
| 2032 | 1,344,893 | 12,854,926 | 0.88% | 1.6% |
| 2033 | 1,356,736 | 13,050,713 | 0.88% | 1.52% |
| 2034 | 1,368,346 | 13,245,158 | 0.86% | 1.49% |
| 2035 | 1,379,413 | 13,440,821 | 0.81% | 1.48% |
| 2036 | 1,390,148 | 13,638,248 | 0.78% | 1.47% |
| 2037 | 1,400,439 | 13,840,237 | 0.74% | 1.48% |
| 2038 | 1,410,496 | 14,048,303 | 0.72% | 1.5% |
| 2039 | 1,420,444 | 14,256,684 | 0.71% | 1.48% |
| 2040 | 1,429,771 | 14,471,288 | 0.66% | 1.51% |
| 2041 | 1,439,042 | 14,684,501 | 0.65% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 1,448,106 | 14,883,641 | 0.63% | 1.36% |
| 2043 | 1,456,448 | 15,077,789 | 0.58% | 1.3% |
| 2044 | 1,464,359 | 15,273,526 | 0.54% | 1.3% |
| 2045 | 1,472,135 | 15,471,971 | 0.53% | 1.3% |
| 2046 | 1,479,603 | 15,662,312 | 0.51% | 1.23% |
| 2047 | 1,486,494 | 15,841,619 | 0.47% | 1.14% |
| 2048 | 1,493,017 | 16,021,374 | 0.44% | 1.13% |
| 2049 | 1,499,424 | 16,197,518 | 0.43% | 1.1% |
| 2050 | 1,505,327 | 16,367,341 | 0.39% | 1.05% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Jordan gained 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Jordan's population increased by 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth).
Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Jordan was ranked 101st in 2005 and ranked 85th 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 Jordan will increase by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people and rank change from 85th to 79th.
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Population differences between Eswatini and Jordan
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| Life expectancy | 64.4 years | 78.1 years |
| Average age | 26.5 years | 28.4 years |
| Median age | 23.2 years | 25.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.1:50.9 | 51.6:48.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| Population density | 187.1 ppl/mi² | 337 ppl/mi² |
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