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Population in Eswatini compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eswatini was 1,242,822 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eswatini's population is 1,267,161 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Eswatini's population is 34.9 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Eswatini is ranked the 156th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Eswatini vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Eswatini has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eswatini has increased from 1.08M people to 1.27M (17.4% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Eswatini is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 1.54M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Eswatini vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Eswatini Marshall Islands
Current population
1267161
36281
Population rank 156/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.0004%
One net population change
42.7 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
17.7 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
55.5 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
1.3 hours
4.96 hours
Annual migration change -6,754 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +34 -4
Annual growth/decline +12,316 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +1% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 102/197 197/197

Eswatini and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Eswatini
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eswatini Marshall Islands Eswatini Marshall Islands
1960 345,337 14,703 - -
1961 353,264 15,219 2.3% 3.51%
1962 361,365 15,755 2.29% 3.52%
1963 369,759 16,302 2.32% 3.47%
1964 378,656 16,852 2.41% 3.37%
1965 388,336 17,402 2.56% 3.26%
1966 398,766 17,927 2.69% 3.02%
1967 409,031 18,655 2.57% 4.06%
1968 419,147 19,862 2.47% 6.47%
1969 429,875 21,305 2.56% 7.27%
1970 441,216 22,530 2.64% 5.75%
1971 453,183 23,366 2.71% 3.71%
1972 465,788 23,992 2.78% 2.68%
1973 479,038 24,581 2.84% 2.45%
1974 492,988 25,296 2.91% 2.91%
1975 507,673 26,154 2.98% 3.39%
1976 523,330 27,021 3.08% 3.31%
1977 540,348 27,906 3.25% 3.28%
1978 558,446 28,809 3.35% 3.24%
1979 577,199 29,738 3.36% 3.22%
1980 596,644 30,774 3.37% 3.48%
1981 616,808 32,017 3.38% 4.04%
1982 637,652 33,397 3.38% 4.31%
1983 658,957 34,811 3.34% 4.23%
1984 680,783 36,264 3.31% 4.17%
1985 706,196 37,761 3.73% 4.13%
1986 734,732 39,286 4.04% 4.04%
1987 763,811 40,828 3.96% 3.93%
1988 799,798 42,321 4.71% 3.66%
1989 837,800 43,586 4.75% 2.99%
1990 872,428 44,629 4.13% 2.39%
1991 908,189 45,568 4.1% 2.1%
1992 943,416 46,388 3.88% 1.8%
1993 971,318 47,093 2.96% 1.52%
1994 971,212 47,712 -0.01% 1.31%
1995 970,433 48,266 -0.08% 1.16%
1996 989,841 48,775 2% 1.05%
1997 1,006,635 49,259 1.7% 0.99%
1998 1,019,653 49,717 1.29% 0.93%
1999 1,030,782 50,202 1.09% 0.98%
2000 1,041,414 50,706 1.03% 1%
2001 1,051,064 51,123 0.93% 0.82%
2002 1,059,441 51,425 0.8% 0.59%
2003 1,066,700 51,639 0.69% 0.42%
2004 1,073,159 51,791 0.61% 0.29%
2005 1,079,022 51,906 0.55% 0.22%
2006 1,084,436 51,992 0.5% 0.17%
2007 1,090,705 52,035 0.58% 0.08%
2008 1,098,091 52,030 0.68% -0.01%
2009 1,105,153 52,019 0.64% -0.02%
2010 1,111,650 52,044 0.59% 0.05%
2011 1,117,833 51,907 0.56% -0.26%
2012 1,123,863 51,419 0.54% -0.94%
2013 1,129,990 50,681 0.55% -1.44%
2014 1,136,299 49,796 0.56% -1.75%
2015 1,142,813 48,800 0.57% -2%
2016 1,149,507 47,709 0.59% -2.24%
2017 1,158,195 46,529 0.76% -2.47%
2018 1,168,929 45,285 0.93% -2.67%
2019 1,179,874 44,007 0.94% -2.82%
2020 1,192,729 42,706 1.09% -2.96%
2021 1,206,593 41,367 1.16% -3.14%
2022 1,218,917 40,077 1.02% -3.12%
2023 1,230,506 38,827 0.95% -3.12%
2024 1,242,822 37,548 1% -3.29%
2025 1,256,168 36,281 1.07% -3.37%
2026 1,269,854 35,078 1.09% -3.32%
2027 1,283,222 33,976 1.05% -3.14%
2028 1,295,964 32,977 0.99% -2.94%
2029 1,308,342 32,054 0.96% -2.8%
2030 1,320,904 31,191 0.96% -2.69%
2031 1,333,159 30,420 0.93% -2.47%
2032 1,344,893 29,740 0.88% -2.23%
2033 1,356,736 29,142 0.88% -2.01%
2034 1,368,346 28,608 0.86% -1.83%
2035 1,379,413 28,147 0.81% -1.61%
2036 1,390,148 27,751 0.78% -1.41%
2037 1,400,439 27,405 0.74% -1.25%
2038 1,410,496 27,092 0.72% -1.14%
2039 1,420,444 26,836 0.71% -0.94%
2040 1,429,771 26,598 0.66% -0.89%
2041 1,439,042 26,396 0.65% -0.76%
2042 1,448,106 26,217 0.63% -0.68%
2043 1,456,448 26,054 0.58% -0.62%
2044 1,464,359 25,913 0.54% -0.54%
2045 1,472,135 25,777 0.53% -0.52%
2046 1,479,603 25,653 0.51% -0.48%
2047 1,486,494 25,543 0.47% -0.43%
2048 1,493,017 25,429 0.44% -0.45%
2049 1,499,424 25,311 0.43% -0.46%
2050 1,505,327 25,195 0.39% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

Biggest cities by population

Eswatini
City Population
Manzini 111K
Mbabane 60.7K

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