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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Namibia	Eswatini	Namibia
1960	345,337	591,465	-	-
1961	353,264	603,067	2.3%	1.96%
1962	361,365	615,759	2.29%	2.1%
1963	369,759	629,589	2.32%	2.25%
1964	378,656	644,530	2.41%	2.37%
1965	388,336	660,558	2.56%	2.49%
1966	398,766	677,655	2.69%	2.59%
1967	409,031	696,045	2.57%	2.71%
1968	419,147	715,542	2.47%	2.8%
1969	429,875	736,120	2.56%	2.88%
1970	441,216	757,868	2.64%	2.95%
1971	453,183	780,584	2.71%	3%
1972	465,788	804,399	2.78%	3.05%
1973	479,038	828,928	2.84%	3.05%
1974	492,988	854,320	2.91%	3.06%
1975	507,673	881,032	2.98%	3.13%
1976	523,330	906,566	3.08%	2.9%
1977	540,348	931,104	3.25%	2.71%
1978	558,446	947,269	3.35%	1.74%
1979	577,199	962,825	3.36%	1.64%
1980	596,644	981,434	3.37%	1.93%
1981	616,808	992,500	3.38%	1.13%
1982	637,652	1,010,308	3.38%	1.79%
1983	658,957	1,037,511	3.34%	2.69%
1984	680,783	1,065,989	3.31%	2.74%
1985	706,196	1,096,890	3.73%	2.9%
1986	734,732	1,131,081	4.04%	3.12%
1987	763,811	1,167,889	3.96%	3.25%
1988	799,798	1,209,696	4.71%	3.58%
1989	837,800	1,288,947	4.75%	6.55%
1990	872,428	1,369,303	4.13%	6.23%
1991	908,189	1,415,684	4.1%	3.39%
1992	943,416	1,461,322	3.88%	3.22%
1993	971,318	1,508,697	2.96%	3.24%
1994	971,212	1,556,304	-0.01%	3.16%
1995	970,433	1,602,170	-0.08%	2.95%
1996	989,841	1,646,103	2%	2.74%
1997	1,006,635	1,689,264	1.7%	2.62%
1998	1,019,653	1,732,745	1.29%	2.57%
1999	1,030,782	1,776,368	1.09%	2.52%
2000	1,041,414	1,818,647	1.03%	2.38%
2001	1,051,064	1,857,048	0.93%	2.11%
2002	1,059,441	1,889,970	0.8%	1.77%
2003	1,066,700	1,917,464	0.69%	1.45%
2004	1,073,159	1,942,082	0.61%	1.28%
2005	1,079,022	1,966,582	0.55%	1.26%
2006	1,084,436	1,991,888	0.5%	1.29%
2007	1,090,705	2,018,600	0.58%	1.34%
2008	1,098,091	2,047,056	0.68%	1.41%
2009	1,105,153	2,077,394	0.64%	1.48%
2010	1,111,650	2,109,811	0.59%	1.56%
2011	1,117,833	2,146,325	0.56%	1.73%
2012	1,123,863	2,194,654	0.54%	2.25%
2013	1,129,990	2,252,508	0.55%	2.64%
2014	1,136,299	2,312,139	0.56%	2.65%
2015	1,142,813	2,374,300	0.57%	2.69%
2016	1,149,507	2,439,213	0.59%	2.73%
2017	1,158,195	2,506,853	0.76%	2.77%
2018	1,168,929	2,577,327	0.93%	2.81%
2019	1,179,874	2,650,494	0.94%	2.84%
2020	1,192,729	2,728,762	1.09%	2.95%
2021	1,206,593	2,810,548	1.16%	3%
2022	1,218,917	2,889,662	1.02%	2.81%
2023	1,230,506	2,963,095	0.95%	2.54%
2024	1,242,822	3,030,131	1%	2.26%
2025	1,256,168	3,092,826	1.07%	2.07%
2026	1,269,854	3,153,252	1.09%	1.95%
2027	1,283,222	3,212,910	1.05%	1.89%
2028	1,295,964	3,272,166	0.99%	1.84%
2029	1,308,342	3,330,819	0.96%	1.79%
2030	1,320,904	3,389,961	0.96%	1.78%
2031	1,333,159	3,449,508	0.93%	1.76%
2032	1,344,893	3,508,245	0.88%	1.7%
2033	1,356,736	3,565,349	0.88%	1.63%
2034	1,368,346	3,621,829	0.86%	1.58%
2035	1,379,413	3,678,888	0.81%	1.58%
2036	1,390,148	3,735,939	0.78%	1.55%
2037	1,400,439	3,792,807	0.74%	1.52%
2038	1,410,496	3,850,310	0.72%	1.52%
2039	1,420,444	3,907,182	0.71%	1.48%
2040	1,429,771	3,962,414	0.66%	1.41%
2041	1,439,042	4,017,690	0.65%	1.4%
2042	1,448,106	4,073,359	0.63%	1.39%
2043	1,456,448	4,129,577	0.58%	1.38%
2044	1,464,359	4,186,114	0.54%	1.37%
2045	1,472,135	4,243,359	0.53%	1.37%
2046	1,479,603	4,299,969	0.51%	1.33%
2047	1,486,494	4,355,507	0.47%	1.29%
2048	1,493,017	4,409,459	0.44%	1.24%
2049	1,499,424	4,460,507	0.43%	1.16%
2050	1,505,327	4,512,307	0.39%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eswatini increased by 65,071 people (a 6% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eswatini gained 120,493 (a 10.5% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2006 and is 156th in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Eswatini's population will grow by 18.5% to 1,505,327 people with a rank change from 156th to 155th. The population of Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.