Population in Eswatini compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eswatini and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Sierra Leone	Eswatini	Sierra Leone
1960	345,337	2,268,356	-	-
1961	353,264	2,304,227	2.3%	1.58%
1962	361,365	2,342,242	2.29%	1.65%
1963	369,759	2,382,258	2.32%	1.71%
1964	378,656	2,424,390	2.41%	1.77%
1965	388,336	2,468,666	2.56%	1.83%
1966	398,766	2,514,638	2.69%	1.86%
1967	409,031	2,562,384	2.57%	1.9%
1968	419,147	2,611,532	2.47%	1.92%
1969	429,875	2,661,365	2.56%	1.91%
1970	441,216	2,712,286	2.64%	1.91%
1971	453,183	2,763,222	2.71%	1.88%
1972	465,788	2,814,388	2.78%	1.85%
1973	479,038	2,866,955	2.84%	1.87%
1974	492,988	2,920,459	2.91%	1.87%
1975	507,673	2,974,657	2.98%	1.86%
1976	523,330	3,028,820	3.08%	1.82%
1977	540,348	3,085,354	3.25%	1.87%
1978	558,446	3,145,517	3.35%	1.95%
1979	577,199	3,207,499	3.36%	1.97%
1980	596,644	3,272,089	3.37%	2.01%
1981	616,808	3,338,940	3.38%	2.04%
1982	637,652	3,408,183	3.38%	2.07%
1983	658,957	3,481,646	3.34%	2.16%
1984	680,783	3,558,758	3.31%	2.21%
1985	706,196	3,638,438	3.73%	2.24%
1986	734,732	3,728,380	4.04%	2.47%
1987	763,811	3,829,718	3.96%	2.72%
1988	799,798	3,934,517	4.71%	2.74%
1989	837,800	4,034,037	4.75%	2.53%
1990	872,428	4,196,828	4.13%	4.04%
1991	908,189	4,246,267	4.1%	1.18%
1992	943,416	4,166,366	3.88%	-1.88%
1993	971,318	4,157,130	2.96%	-0.22%
1994	971,212	4,173,105	-0.01%	0.38%
1995	970,433	4,179,179	-0.08%	0.15%
1996	989,841	4,199,210	2%	0.48%
1997	1,006,635	4,253,716	1.7%	1.3%
1998	1,019,653	4,295,785	1.29%	0.99%
1999	1,030,782	4,318,043	1.09%	0.52%
2000	1,041,414	4,423,611	1.03%	2.44%
2001	1,051,064	4,692,716	0.93%	6.08%
2002	1,059,441	4,971,435	0.8%	5.94%
2003	1,066,700	5,177,687	0.69%	4.15%
2004	1,073,159	5,355,717	0.61%	3.44%
2005	1,079,022	5,501,712	0.55%	2.73%
2006	1,084,436	5,624,466	0.5%	2.23%
2007	1,090,705	5,749,352	0.58%	2.22%
2008	1,098,091	5,894,722	0.68%	2.53%
2009	1,105,153	6,055,646	0.64%	2.73%
2010	1,111,650	6,222,714	0.59%	2.76%
2011	1,117,833	6,387,251	0.56%	2.64%
2012	1,123,863	6,551,080	0.54%	2.56%
2013	1,129,990	6,714,051	0.55%	2.49%
2014	1,136,299	6,876,385	0.56%	2.42%
2015	1,142,813	7,037,655	0.57%	2.35%
2016	1,149,507	7,205,328	0.59%	2.38%
2017	1,158,195	7,379,299	0.76%	2.41%
2018	1,168,929	7,554,563	0.93%	2.38%
2019	1,179,874	7,731,991	0.94%	2.35%
2020	1,192,729	7,912,558	1.09%	2.34%
2021	1,206,593	8,094,602	1.16%	2.3%
2022	1,218,917	8,276,807	1.02%	2.25%
2023	1,230,506	8,460,512	0.95%	2.22%
2024	1,242,822	8,642,022	1%	2.15%
2025	1,256,168	8,819,789	1.07%	2.06%
2026	1,269,854	8,996,743	1.09%	2.01%
2027	1,283,222	9,174,695	1.05%	1.98%
2028	1,295,964	9,349,021	0.99%	1.9%
2029	1,308,342	9,520,811	0.96%	1.84%
2030	1,320,904	9,694,851	0.96%	1.83%
2031	1,333,159	9,870,295	0.93%	1.81%
2032	1,344,893	10,047,193	0.88%	1.79%
2033	1,356,736	10,221,006	0.88%	1.73%
2034	1,368,346	10,391,485	0.86%	1.67%
2035	1,379,413	10,563,163	0.81%	1.65%
2036	1,390,148	10,734,341	0.78%	1.62%
2037	1,400,439	10,902,263	0.74%	1.56%
2038	1,410,496	11,066,143	0.72%	1.5%
2039	1,420,444	11,230,060	0.71%	1.48%
2040	1,429,771	11,398,391	0.66%	1.5%
2041	1,439,042	11,566,213	0.65%	1.47%
2042	1,448,106	11,728,787	0.63%	1.41%
2043	1,456,448	11,887,934	0.58%	1.36%
2044	1,464,359	12,049,424	0.54%	1.36%
2045	1,472,135	12,208,872	0.53%	1.32%
2046	1,479,603	12,363,446	0.51%	1.27%
2047	1,486,494	12,512,739	0.47%	1.21%
2048	1,493,017	12,659,609	0.44%	1.17%
2049	1,499,424	12,805,136	0.43%	1.15%
2050	1,505,327	12,948,320	0.39%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.