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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Kenya	Eswatini	Kenya
1960	345,337	7,695,307	-	-
1961	353,264	7,987,770	2.3%	3.8%
1962	361,365	8,299,308	2.29%	3.9%
1963	369,759	8,627,971	2.32%	3.96%
1964	378,656	8,973,535	2.41%	4.01%
1965	388,336	9,338,078	2.56%	4.06%
1966	398,766	9,717,816	2.69%	4.07%
1967	409,031	10,111,057	2.57%	4.05%
1968	419,147	10,518,823	2.47%	4.03%
1969	429,875	10,939,695	2.56%	4%
1970	441,216	11,368,791	2.64%	3.92%
1971	453,183	11,788,904	2.71%	3.7%
1972	465,788	12,206,060	2.78%	3.54%
1973	479,038	12,634,835	2.84%	3.51%
1974	492,988	13,070,078	2.91%	3.44%
1975	507,673	13,511,671	2.98%	3.38%
1976	523,330	13,957,623	3.08%	3.3%
1977	540,348	14,428,819	3.25%	3.38%
1978	558,446	14,934,126	3.35%	3.5%
1979	577,199	15,460,666	3.36%	3.53%
1980	596,644	16,018,459	3.37%	3.61%
1981	616,808	16,601,507	3.38%	3.64%
1982	637,652	17,206,175	3.38%	3.64%
1983	658,957	17,846,374	3.34%	3.72%
1984	680,783	18,514,906	3.31%	3.75%
1985	706,196	19,201,768	3.73%	3.71%
1986	734,732	19,901,646	4.04%	3.64%
1987	763,811	20,616,096	3.96%	3.59%
1988	799,798	21,356,219	4.71%	3.59%
1989	837,800	22,118,434	4.75%	3.57%
1990	872,428	22,892,651	4.13%	3.5%
1991	908,189	23,646,514	4.1%	3.29%
1992	943,416	24,382,460	3.88%	3.11%
1993	971,318	25,117,188	2.96%	3.01%
1994	971,212	25,857,130	-0.01%	2.95%
1995	970,433	26,601,751	-0.08%	2.88%
1996	989,841	27,344,211	2%	2.79%
1997	1,006,635	28,101,768	1.7%	2.77%
1998	1,019,653	28,888,057	1.29%	2.8%
1999	1,030,782	29,733,408	1.09%	2.93%
2000	1,041,414	30,642,890	1.03%	3.06%
2001	1,051,064	31,619,170	0.93%	3.19%
2002	1,059,441	32,629,808	0.8%	3.2%
2003	1,066,700	33,652,223	0.69%	3.13%
2004	1,073,159	34,713,455	0.61%	3.15%
2005	1,079,022	35,796,484	0.55%	3.12%
2006	1,084,436	36,904,008	0.5%	3.09%
2007	1,090,705	38,036,349	0.58%	3.07%
2008	1,098,091	39,206,351	0.68%	3.08%
2009	1,105,153	40,408,891	0.64%	3.07%
2010	1,111,650	41,598,567	0.59%	2.94%
2011	1,117,833	42,758,461	0.56%	2.79%
2012	1,123,863	43,888,303	0.54%	2.64%
2013	1,129,990	44,986,791	0.55%	2.5%
2014	1,136,299	46,051,440	0.56%	2.37%
2015	1,142,813	47,088,526	0.57%	2.25%
2016	1,149,507	48,139,687	0.59%	2.23%
2017	1,158,195	49,197,766	0.76%	2.2%
2018	1,168,929	50,207,107	0.93%	2.05%
2019	1,179,874	51,202,827	0.94%	1.98%
2020	1,192,729	52,217,334	1.09%	1.98%
2021	1,206,593	53,219,166	1.16%	1.92%
2022	1,218,917	54,252,461	1.02%	1.94%
2023	1,230,506	55,339,003	0.95%	2%
2024	1,242,822	56,432,944	1%	1.98%
2025	1,256,168	57,532,489	1.07%	1.95%
2026	1,269,854	58,636,403	1.09%	1.92%
2027	1,283,222	59,745,751	1.05%	1.89%
2028	1,295,964	60,860,444	0.99%	1.87%
2029	1,308,342	61,979,186	0.96%	1.84%
2030	1,320,904	63,102,241	0.96%	1.81%
2031	1,333,159	64,230,108	0.93%	1.79%
2032	1,344,893	65,359,031	0.88%	1.76%
2033	1,356,736	66,484,805	0.88%	1.72%
2034	1,368,346	67,604,628	0.86%	1.68%
2035	1,379,413	68,715,909	0.81%	1.64%
2036	1,390,148	69,818,887	0.78%	1.61%
2037	1,400,439	70,910,404	0.74%	1.56%
2038	1,410,496	71,990,929	0.72%	1.52%
2039	1,420,444	73,057,760	0.71%	1.48%
2040	1,429,771	74,108,858	0.66%	1.44%
2041	1,439,042	75,144,357	0.65%	1.4%
2042	1,448,106	76,161,719	0.63%	1.35%
2043	1,456,448	77,159,121	0.58%	1.31%
2044	1,464,359	78,134,979	0.54%	1.26%
2045	1,472,135	79,088,832	0.53%	1.22%
2046	1,479,603	80,022,371	0.51%	1.18%
2047	1,486,494	80,938,635	0.47%	1.15%
2048	1,493,017	81,837,657	0.44%	1.11%
2049	1,499,424	82,721,766	0.43%	1.08%
2050	1,505,327	83,593,232	0.39%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.