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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eswatini was 1,242,822 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eswatini's population is 1,267,161 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.

Population statistics:

  • Eswatini's population is 10.1 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
  • Eswatini is ranked the 156th most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Eswatini vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
  • For the last 10 years, Eswatini has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eswatini has increased from 1.08M people to 1.27M (17.4% growth), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
  • Eswatini is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 1.54M people compared to the peak of 133K people in 2042 for the Seychelles.

Eswatini vs Seychelles: live population counter

Eswatini Seychelles
Current population
1267161
125181
Population rank 156/197 181/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.002%
One net population change
42.7 minutes
5.54 hours
One birth every
17.7 minutes
5.63 hours
One death every
55.5 minutes
10 hours
One migration net change every
1.3 hours
5.01 hours
Annual migration change -6,754 +1,747
Daily growth/decline +34 +4
Annual growth/decline +12,316 +1,581
Annual growth/decline rate +1% +1.32%
Population growth rate rank 102/197 83/197

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

Eswatini
Population

Growth rate
Seychelles
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eswatini Seychelles Eswatini Seychelles
1960 345,337 41,700 - -
1961 353,264 42,889 2.3% 2.85%
1962 361,365 44,042 2.29% 2.69%
1963 369,759 45,176 2.32% 2.57%
1964 378,656 46,322 2.41% 2.54%
1965 388,336 47,500 2.56% 2.54%
1966 398,766 48,699 2.69% 2.52%
1967 409,031 49,911 2.57% 2.49%
1968 419,147 51,134 2.47% 2.45%
1969 429,875 52,365 2.56% 2.41%
1970 441,216 53,600 2.64% 2.36%
1971 453,183 54,695 2.71% 2.04%
1972 465,788 56,029 2.78% 2.44%
1973 479,038 56,892 2.84% 1.54%
1974 492,988 57,937 2.91% 1.84%
1975 507,673 59,292 2.98% 2.34%
1976 523,330 60,504 3.08% 2.04%
1977 540,348 61,786 3.25% 2.12%
1978 558,446 62,150 3.35% 0.59%
1979 577,199 62,686 3.36% 0.86%
1980 596,644 63,261 3.37% 0.92%
1981 616,808 64,035 3.38% 1.22%
1982 637,652 64,413 3.38% 0.59%
1983 658,957 64,335 3.34% -0.12%
1984 680,783 64,717 3.31% 0.59%
1985 706,196 65,244 3.73% 0.81%
1986 734,732 65,652 4.04% 0.63%
1987 763,811 68,499 3.96% 4.34%
1988 799,798 68,755 4.71% 0.37%
1989 837,800 69,167 4.75% 0.6%
1990 872,428 69,507 4.13% 0.49%
1991 908,189 70,439 4.1% 1.34%
1992 943,416 70,763 3.88% 0.46%
1993 971,318 72,253 2.96% 2.11%
1994 971,212 74,205 -0.01% 2.7%
1995 970,433 75,304 -0.08% 1.48%
1996 989,841 76,417 2% 1.48%
1997 1,006,635 77,319 1.7% 1.18%
1998 1,019,653 78,846 1.29% 1.97%
1999 1,030,782 80,410 1.09% 1.98%
2000 1,041,414 81,131 1.03% 0.9%
2001 1,051,064 81,202 0.93% 0.09%
2002 1,059,441 83,723 0.8% 3.1%
2003 1,066,700 82,781 0.69% -1.13%
2004 1,073,159 82,475 0.61% -0.37%
2005 1,079,022 82,858 0.55% 0.46%
2006 1,084,436 84,600 0.5% 2.1%
2007 1,090,705 85,033 0.58% 0.51%
2008 1,098,091 86,956 0.68% 2.26%
2009 1,105,153 87,298 0.64% 0.39%
2010 1,111,650 89,770 0.59% 2.83%
2011 1,117,833 87,441 0.56% -2.59%
2012 1,123,863 88,303 0.54% 0.99%
2013 1,129,990 89,949 0.55% 1.86%
2014 1,136,299 91,359 0.56% 1.57%
2015 1,142,813 93,419 0.57% 2.25%
2016 1,149,507 94,677 0.59% 1.35%
2017 1,158,195 95,843 0.76% 1.23%
2018 1,168,929 96,762 0.93% 0.96%
2019 1,179,874 97,625 0.94% 0.89%
2020 1,192,729 98,462 1.09% 0.86%
2021 1,206,593 99,258 1.16% 0.81%
2022 1,218,917 119,878 1.02% 20.8%
2023 1,230,506 119,773 0.95% -0.09%
2024 1,242,822 121,354 1% 1.32%
2025 1,256,168 123,549 1.07% 1.81%
2026 1,269,854 125,581 1.09% 1.64%
2027 1,283,222 127,380 1.05% 1.43%
2028 1,295,964 128,883 0.99% 1.18%
2029 1,308,342 130,011 0.96% 0.87%
2030 1,320,904 130,635 0.96% 0.48%
2031 1,333,159 130,989 0.93% 0.27%
2032 1,344,893 131,305 0.88% 0.24%
2033 1,356,736 131,578 0.88% 0.21%
2034 1,368,346 131,816 0.86% 0.18%
2035 1,379,413 132,027 0.81% 0.16%
2036 1,390,148 132,202 0.78% 0.13%
2037 1,400,439 132,348 0.74% 0.11%
2038 1,410,496 132,467 0.72% 0.09%
2039 1,420,444 132,552 0.71% 0.06%
2040 1,429,771 132,631 0.66% 0.06%
2041 1,439,042 132,681 0.65% 0.04%
2042 1,448,106 132,700 0.63% 0.01%
2043 1,456,448 132,698 0.58% -0.001%
2044 1,464,359 132,665 0.54% -0.03%
2045 1,472,135 132,613 0.53% -0.04%
2046 1,479,603 132,531 0.51% -0.06%
2047 1,486,494 132,415 0.47% -0.09%
2048 1,493,017 132,264 0.44% -0.11%
2049 1,499,424 132,085 0.43% -0.14%
2050 1,505,327 131,885 0.39% -0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.

Biggest cities by population

Eswatini
City Population
Manzini 111K
Mbabane 60.7K
Seychelles
City Population
Victoria 24.7K

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