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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Malawi	Eswatini	Malawi
1960	345,337	3,628,134	-	-
1961	353,264	3,715,534	2.3%	2.41%
1962	361,365	3,806,307	2.29%	2.44%
1963	369,759	3,900,506	2.32%	2.47%
1964	378,656	3,997,305	2.41%	2.48%
1965	388,336	4,096,157	2.56%	2.47%
1966	398,766	4,197,926	2.69%	2.48%
1967	409,031	4,303,012	2.57%	2.5%
1968	419,147	4,411,054	2.47%	2.51%
1969	429,875	4,521,184	2.56%	2.5%
1970	441,216	4,633,944	2.64%	2.49%
1971	453,183	4,751,434	2.71%	2.54%
1972	465,788	4,874,475	2.78%	2.59%
1973	479,038	5,003,938	2.84%	2.66%
1974	492,988	5,141,337	2.91%	2.75%
1975	507,673	5,287,367	2.98%	2.84%
1976	523,330	5,443,384	3.08%	2.95%
1977	540,348	5,614,983	3.25%	3.15%
1978	558,446	5,810,132	3.35%	3.48%
1979	577,199	6,028,749	3.36%	3.76%
1980	596,644	6,265,529	3.37%	3.93%
1981	616,808	6,516,454	3.38%	4%
1982	637,652	6,778,879	3.38%	4.03%
1983	658,957	7,051,709	3.34%	4.02%
1984	680,783	7,332,810	3.31%	3.99%
1985	706,196	7,620,508	3.73%	3.92%
1986	734,732	7,906,480	4.04%	3.75%
1987	763,811	8,293,174	3.96%	4.89%
1988	799,798	8,753,262	4.71%	5.55%
1989	837,800	9,176,220	4.75%	4.83%
1990	872,428	9,545,852	4.13%	4.03%
1991	908,189	9,844,227	4.1%	3.13%
1992	943,416	10,135,079	3.88%	2.95%
1993	971,318	10,284,024	2.96%	1.47%
1994	971,212	10,164,894	-0.01%	-1.16%
1995	970,433	10,150,117	-0.08%	-0.15%
1996	989,841	10,352,228	2%	1.99%
1997	1,006,635	10,562,035	1.7%	2.03%
1998	1,019,653	10,792,876	1.29%	2.19%
1999	1,030,782	11,047,804	1.09%	2.36%
2000	1,041,414	11,315,942	1.03%	2.43%
2001	1,051,064	11,593,058	0.93%	2.45%
2002	1,059,441	11,880,440	0.8%	2.48%
2003	1,066,700	12,181,574	0.69%	2.53%
2004	1,073,159	12,500,737	0.61%	2.62%
2005	1,079,022	12,840,031	0.55%	2.71%
2006	1,084,436	13,198,701	0.5%	2.79%
2007	1,090,705	13,576,343	0.58%	2.86%
2008	1,098,091	13,976,417	0.68%	2.95%
2009	1,105,153	14,395,788	0.64%	3%
2010	1,111,650	14,826,463	0.59%	2.99%
2011	1,117,833	15,265,022	0.56%	2.96%
2012	1,123,863	15,709,577	0.54%	2.91%
2013	1,129,990	16,161,816	0.55%	2.88%
2014	1,136,299	16,621,538	0.56%	2.84%
2015	1,142,813	17,085,587	0.57%	2.79%
2016	1,149,507	17,557,739	0.59%	2.76%
2017	1,158,195	18,039,715	0.76%	2.75%
2018	1,168,929	18,528,081	0.93%	2.71%
2019	1,179,874	19,025,752	0.94%	2.69%
2020	1,192,729	19,533,888	1.09%	2.67%
2021	1,206,593	20,047,258	1.16%	2.63%
2022	1,218,917	20,568,728	1.02%	2.6%
2023	1,230,506	21,104,482	0.95%	2.6%
2024	1,242,822	21,655,286	1%	2.61%
2025	1,256,168	22,216,113	1.07%	2.59%
2026	1,269,854	22,785,530	1.09%	2.56%
2027	1,283,222	23,366,187	1.05%	2.55%
2028	1,295,964	23,954,450	0.99%	2.52%
2029	1,308,342	24,553,499	0.96%	2.5%
2030	1,320,904	25,160,293	0.96%	2.47%
2031	1,333,159	25,763,534	0.93%	2.4%
2032	1,344,893	26,366,760	0.88%	2.34%
2033	1,356,736	26,978,417	0.88%	2.32%
2034	1,368,346	27,595,295	0.86%	2.29%
2035	1,379,413	28,213,784	0.81%	2.24%
2036	1,390,148	28,835,595	0.78%	2.2%
2037	1,400,439	29,462,509	0.74%	2.17%
2038	1,410,496	30,081,741	0.72%	2.1%
2039	1,420,444	30,691,578	0.71%	2.03%
2040	1,429,771	31,302,092	0.66%	1.99%
2041	1,439,042	31,911,242	0.65%	1.95%
2042	1,448,106	32,517,509	0.63%	1.9%
2043	1,456,448	33,122,481	0.58%	1.86%
2044	1,464,359	33,736,523	0.54%	1.85%
2045	1,472,135	34,350,947	0.53%	1.82%
2046	1,479,603	34,959,606	0.51%	1.77%
2047	1,486,494	35,567,989	0.47%	1.74%
2048	1,493,017	36,165,757	0.44%	1.68%
2049	1,499,424	36,760,998	0.43%	1.65%
2050	1,505,327	37,361,672	0.39%	1.63%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.