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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eswatini was 1,242,822 in 2024 vs 623,831 people in Montenegro in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eswatini's population is 1,267,161 people compared to 618,209 in Montenegro.

Population statistics:

  • Eswatini's population is 2.05 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Eswatini is ranked the 156th most populous country in the world, while Montenegro is the 166th.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Eswatini vs 0.007% for Montenegro.
  • For the last 10 years, Eswatini has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs +0.02% in Montenegro.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eswatini has increased from 1.08M people to 1.27M (17.4% growth), while Montenegro has grown from 614K to 618K (0.64% growth).
  • Eswatini is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 1.54M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.

Eswatini vs Montenegro: live population counter

Eswatini Montenegro
Current population
1267161
618209
Population rank 156/197 166/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.007%
One net population change
42.7 minutes
1.21 days
One birth every
17.7 minutes
1.25 hours
One death every
55.5 minutes
1.39 hours
One migration net change every
1.3 hours
5.2 hours
Annual migration change -6,754 -1,686
Daily growth/decline +34 +1
Annual growth/decline +12,316 +302
Annual growth/decline rate +1% +0.05%
Population growth rate rank 102/197 163/197

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

Eswatini
Population

Growth rate
Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eswatini Montenegro Eswatini Montenegro
1960 345,337 480,579 - -
1961 353,264 491,140 2.3% 2.2%
1962 361,365 502,558 2.29% 2.32%
1963 369,759 513,409 2.32% 2.16%
1964 378,656 521,753 2.41% 1.63%
1965 388,336 526,327 2.56% 0.88%
1966 398,766 526,419 2.69% 0.02%
1967 409,031 522,796 2.57% -0.69%
1968 419,147 517,481 2.47% -1.02%
1969 429,875 513,340 2.56% -0.8%
1970 441,216 512,407 2.64% -0.18%
1971 453,183 515,449 2.71% 0.59%
1972 465,788 521,785 2.78% 1.23%
1973 479,038 530,220 2.84% 1.62%
1974 492,988 538,902 2.91% 1.64%
1975 507,673 546,487 2.98% 1.41%
1976 523,330 552,562 3.08% 1.11%
1977 540,348 557,576 3.25% 0.91%
1978 558,446 562,065 3.35% 0.81%
1979 577,199 566,888 3.36% 0.86%
1980 596,644 572,608 3.37% 1.01%
1981 616,808 579,445 3.38% 1.19%
1982 637,652 587,001 3.38% 1.3%
1983 658,957 594,506 3.34% 1.28%
1984 680,783 600,884 3.31% 1.07%
1985 706,196 605,398 3.73% 0.75%
1986 734,732 607,711 4.04% 0.38%
1987 763,811 608,144 3.96% 0.07%
1988 799,798 607,413 4.71% -0.12%
1989 837,800 606,571 4.75% -0.14%
1990 872,428 606,372 4.13% -0.03%
1991 908,189 607,105 4.1% 0.12%
1992 943,416 608,516 3.88% 0.23%
1993 971,318 610,170 2.96% 0.27%
1994 971,212 611,389 -0.01% 0.2%
1995 970,433 611,712 -0.08% 0.05%
1996 989,841 611,003 2% -0.12%
1997 1,006,635 609,520 1.7% -0.24%
1998 1,019,653 607,662 1.29% -0.3%
1999 1,030,782 606,001 1.09% -0.27%
2000 1,041,414 604,950 1.03% -0.17%
2001 1,051,064 607,389 0.93% 0.4%
2002 1,059,441 609,828 0.8% 0.4%
2003 1,066,700 612,267 0.69% 0.4%
2004 1,073,159 613,353 0.61% 0.18%
2005 1,079,022 614,261 0.55% 0.15%
2006 1,084,436 615,025 0.5% 0.12%
2007 1,090,705 615,875 0.58% 0.14%
2008 1,098,091 616,969 0.68% 0.18%
2009 1,105,153 618,294 0.64% 0.21%
2010 1,111,650 619,428 0.59% 0.18%
2011 1,117,833 620,345 0.56% 0.15%
2012 1,123,863 621,418 0.54% 0.17%
2013 1,129,990 622,587 0.55% 0.19%
2014 1,136,299 623,744 0.56% 0.19%
2015 1,142,813 624,651 0.57% 0.15%
2016 1,149,507 625,353 0.59% 0.11%
2017 1,158,195 625,982 0.76% 0.1%
2018 1,168,929 626,438 0.93% 0.07%
2019 1,179,874 626,753 0.94% 0.05%
2020 1,192,729 626,590 1.09% -0.03%
2021 1,206,593 625,053 1.16% -0.25%
2022 1,218,917 623,591 1.02% -0.23%
2023 1,230,506 623,529 0.95% -0.01%
2024 1,242,822 623,831 1% 0.05%
2025 1,256,168 618,209 1.07% -0.9%
2026 1,269,854 611,868 1.09% -1.03%
2027 1,283,222 608,570 1.05% -0.54%
2028 1,295,964 605,281 0.99% -0.54%
2029 1,308,342 601,917 0.96% -0.56%
2030 1,320,904 598,501 0.96% -0.57%
2031 1,333,159 595,047 0.93% -0.58%
2032 1,344,893 591,507 0.88% -0.59%
2033 1,356,736 587,900 0.88% -0.61%
2034 1,368,346 584,230 0.86% -0.62%
2035 1,379,413 580,502 0.81% -0.64%
2036 1,390,148 576,713 0.78% -0.65%
2037 1,400,439 572,889 0.74% -0.66%
2038 1,410,496 569,027 0.72% -0.67%
2039 1,420,444 565,147 0.71% -0.68%
2040 1,429,771 561,254 0.66% -0.69%
2041 1,439,042 557,345 0.65% -0.7%
2042 1,448,106 553,430 0.63% -0.7%
2043 1,456,448 549,485 0.58% -0.71%
2044 1,464,359 545,508 0.54% -0.72%
2045 1,472,135 541,510 0.53% -0.73%
2046 1,479,603 537,487 0.51% -0.74%
2047 1,486,494 533,411 0.47% -0.76%
2048 1,493,017 529,311 0.44% -0.77%
2049 1,499,424 525,208 0.43% -0.78%
2050 1,505,327 521,056 0.39% -0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Montenegro gained 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Montenegro's population decreased by -6,442 (a 1.03% decline).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2005 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 15.7% to 521,056 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.

Biggest cities by population

Eswatini
City Population
Manzini 111K
Mbabane 60.7K
Montenegro
City Population
Podgorica 151K
Ulcinj 19.9K
Cetinje 14K
Plav 13.8K
Bar 13.7K
Budva 13.3K
Berane 11.1K
Mojkovac 3.59K
Kotor 961

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