Population in Eswatini compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eswatini and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Netherlands	Eswatini	Netherlands
1960	345,337	11,486,631	-	-
1961	353,264	11,638,712	2.3%	1.32%
1962	361,365	11,805,689	2.29%	1.43%
1963	369,759	11,965,966	2.32%	1.36%
1964	378,656	12,127,120	2.41%	1.35%
1965	388,336	12,294,732	2.56%	1.38%
1966	398,766	12,456,251	2.69%	1.31%
1967	409,031	12,598,201	2.57%	1.14%
1968	419,147	12,729,721	2.47%	1.04%
1969	429,875	12,877,984	2.56%	1.16%
1970	441,216	13,038,526	2.64%	1.25%
1971	453,183	13,194,497	2.71%	1.2%
1972	465,788	13,328,593	2.78%	1.02%
1973	479,038	13,439,322	2.84%	0.83%
1974	492,988	13,545,056	2.91%	0.79%
1975	507,673	13,666,335	2.98%	0.9%
1976	523,330	13,774,037	3.08%	0.79%
1977	540,348	13,856,185	3.25%	0.6%
1978	558,446	13,941,700	3.35%	0.62%
1979	577,199	14,038,270	3.36%	0.69%
1980	596,644	14,149,800	3.37%	0.79%
1981	616,808	14,247,208	3.38%	0.69%
1982	637,652	14,312,690	3.38%	0.46%
1983	658,957	14,367,070	3.34%	0.38%
1984	680,783	14,424,211	3.31%	0.4%
1985	706,196	14,491,632	3.73%	0.47%
1986	734,732	14,572,278	4.04%	0.56%
1987	763,811	14,665,037	3.96%	0.64%
1988	799,798	14,760,094	4.71%	0.65%
1989	837,800	14,848,907	4.75%	0.6%
1990	872,428	14,951,510	4.13%	0.69%
1991	908,189	15,069,798	4.1%	0.79%
1992	943,416	15,184,166	3.88%	0.76%
1993	971,318	15,290,368	2.96%	0.7%
1994	971,212	15,382,838	-0.01%	0.6%
1995	970,433	15,459,006	-0.08%	0.5%
1996	989,841	15,530,498	2%	0.46%
1997	1,006,635	15,610,650	1.7%	0.52%
1998	1,019,653	15,707,209	1.29%	0.62%
1999	1,030,782	15,812,088	1.09%	0.67%
2000	1,041,414	15,925,513	1.03%	0.72%
2001	1,051,064	16,046,180	0.93%	0.76%
2002	1,059,441	16,148,929	0.8%	0.64%
2003	1,066,700	16,225,302	0.69%	0.47%
2004	1,073,159	16,281,779	0.61%	0.35%
2005	1,079,022	16,319,868	0.55%	0.23%
2006	1,084,436	16,346,101	0.5%	0.16%
2007	1,090,705	16,381,696	0.58%	0.22%
2008	1,098,091	16,445,593	0.68%	0.39%
2009	1,105,153	16,530,388	0.64%	0.52%
2010	1,111,650	16,615,394	0.59%	0.51%
2011	1,117,833	16,693,074	0.56%	0.47%
2012	1,123,863	16,754,962	0.54%	0.37%
2013	1,129,990	16,804,432	0.55%	0.3%
2014	1,136,299	16,865,008	0.56%	0.36%
2015	1,142,813	16,939,923	0.57%	0.44%
2016	1,149,507	17,030,314	0.59%	0.53%
2017	1,158,195	17,131,296	0.76%	0.59%
2018	1,168,929	17,231,624	0.93%	0.59%
2019	1,179,874	17,344,874	0.94%	0.66%
2020	1,192,729	17,441,500	1.09%	0.56%
2021	1,206,593	17,533,044	1.16%	0.52%
2022	1,218,917	17,700,982	1.02%	0.96%
2023	1,230,506	17,877,117	0.95%	1%
2024	1,242,822	17,994,237	1%	0.66%
2025	1,256,168	18,110,800	1.07%	0.65%
2026	1,269,854	18,211,436	1.09%	0.56%
2027	1,283,222	18,299,531	1.05%	0.48%
2028	1,295,964	18,379,573	0.99%	0.44%
2029	1,308,342	18,452,044	0.96%	0.39%
2030	1,320,904	18,515,913	0.96%	0.35%
2031	1,333,159	18,571,934	0.93%	0.3%
2032	1,344,893	18,621,087	0.88%	0.26%
2033	1,356,736	18,664,975	0.88%	0.24%
2034	1,368,346	18,702,456	0.86%	0.2%
2035	1,379,413	18,733,223	0.81%	0.16%
2036	1,390,148	18,760,054	0.78%	0.14%
2037	1,400,439	18,781,793	0.74%	0.12%
2038	1,410,496	18,798,283	0.72%	0.09%
2039	1,420,444	18,810,276	0.71%	0.06%
2040	1,429,771	18,817,745	0.66%	0.04%
2041	1,439,042	18,820,870	0.65%	0.02%
2042	1,448,106	18,819,607	0.63%	-0.007%
2043	1,456,448	18,815,261	0.58%	-0.02%
2044	1,464,359	18,807,564	0.54%	-0.04%
2045	1,472,135	18,797,005	0.53%	-0.06%
2046	1,479,603	18,785,724	0.51%	-0.06%
2047	1,486,494	18,771,651	0.47%	-0.07%
2048	1,493,017	18,754,325	0.44%	-0.09%
2049	1,499,424	18,735,299	0.43%	-0.1%
2050	1,505,327	18,714,579	0.39%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.