Population in Eswatini compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eswatini and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	South Africa	Eswatini	South Africa
1960	345,337	16,440,172	-	-
1961	353,264	16,908,035	2.3%	2.85%
1962	361,365	17,418,522	2.29%	3.02%
1963	369,759	17,954,564	2.32%	3.08%
1964	378,656	18,511,361	2.41%	3.1%
1965	388,336	19,089,380	2.56%	3.12%
1966	398,766	19,690,087	2.69%	3.15%
1967	409,031	20,314,066	2.57%	3.17%
1968	419,147	20,957,287	2.47%	3.17%
1969	429,875	21,614,676	2.56%	3.14%
1970	441,216	22,279,984	2.64%	3.08%
1971	453,183	22,942,143	2.71%	2.97%
1972	465,788	23,609,456	2.78%	2.91%
1973	479,038	24,294,263	2.84%	2.9%
1974	492,988	24,989,108	2.91%	2.86%
1975	507,673	25,690,940	2.98%	2.81%
1976	523,330	26,395,450	3.08%	2.74%
1977	540,348	27,118,952	3.25%	2.74%
1978	558,446	27,869,507	3.35%	2.77%
1979	577,199	28,634,162	3.36%	2.74%
1980	596,644	29,518,857	3.37%	3.09%
1981	616,808	30,541,044	3.38%	3.46%
1982	637,652	31,615,339	3.38%	3.52%
1983	658,957	32,739,304	3.34%	3.56%
1984	680,783	33,892,788	3.31%	3.52%
1985	706,196	35,042,093	3.73%	3.39%
1986	734,732	36,180,515	4.04%	3.25%
1987	763,811	37,326,190	3.96%	3.17%
1988	799,798	38,480,649	4.71%	3.09%
1989	837,800	39,628,575	4.75%	2.98%
1990	872,428	40,746,268	4.13%	2.82%
1991	908,189	41,687,898	4.1%	2.31%
1992	943,416	42,443,509	3.88%	1.81%
1993	971,318	43,297,156	2.96%	2.01%
1994	971,212	44,004,139	-0.01%	1.63%
1995	970,433	44,541,554	-0.08%	1.22%
1996	989,841	45,123,018	2%	1.31%
1997	1,006,635	45,666,838	1.7%	1.21%
1998	1,019,653	46,223,880	1.29%	1.22%
1999	1,030,782	46,730,335	1.09%	1.1%
2000	1,041,414	47,159,719	1.03%	0.92%
2001	1,051,064	47,566,800	0.93%	0.86%
2002	1,059,441	48,019,415	0.8%	0.95%
2003	1,066,700	48,500,348	0.69%	1%
2004	1,073,159	48,991,421	0.61%	1.01%
2005	1,079,022	49,490,033	0.55%	1.02%
2006	1,084,436	49,998,277	0.5%	1.03%
2007	1,090,705	50,528,584	0.58%	1.06%
2008	1,098,091	51,114,599	0.68%	1.16%
2009	1,105,153	51,728,516	0.64%	1.2%
2010	1,111,650	52,344,051	0.59%	1.19%
2011	1,117,833	52,995,205	0.56%	1.24%
2012	1,123,863	53,782,567	0.54%	1.49%
2013	1,129,990	54,678,791	0.55%	1.67%
2014	1,136,299	55,594,838	0.56%	1.68%
2015	1,142,813	56,723,537	0.57%	2.03%
2016	1,149,507	57,259,551	0.59%	0.94%
2017	1,158,195	57,635,162	0.76%	0.66%
2018	1,168,929	58,613,001	0.93%	1.7%
2019	1,179,874	59,587,885	0.94%	1.66%
2020	1,192,729	60,562,381	1.09%	1.64%
2021	1,206,593	61,502,603	1.16%	1.55%
2022	1,218,917	62,378,410	1.02%	1.42%
2023	1,230,506	63,212,384	0.95%	1.34%
2024	1,242,822	64,007,187	1%	1.26%
2025	1,256,168	64,747,317	1.07%	1.16%
2026	1,269,854	65,453,086	1.09%	1.09%
2027	1,283,222	66,143,018	1.05%	1.05%
2028	1,295,964	66,830,384	0.99%	1.04%
2029	1,308,342	67,506,850	0.96%	1.01%
2030	1,320,904	68,161,357	0.96%	0.97%
2031	1,333,159	68,798,574	0.93%	0.93%
2032	1,344,893	69,426,441	0.88%	0.91%
2033	1,356,736	70,040,484	0.88%	0.88%
2034	1,368,346	70,641,572	0.86%	0.86%
2035	1,379,413	71,234,749	0.81%	0.84%
2036	1,390,148	71,816,372	0.78%	0.82%
2037	1,400,439	72,387,807	0.74%	0.8%
2038	1,410,496	72,949,611	0.72%	0.78%
2039	1,420,444	73,496,152	0.71%	0.75%
2040	1,429,771	74,035,615	0.66%	0.73%
2041	1,439,042	74,575,444	0.65%	0.73%
2042	1,448,106	75,111,899	0.63%	0.72%
2043	1,456,448	75,641,512	0.58%	0.71%
2044	1,464,359	76,164,461	0.54%	0.69%
2045	1,472,135	76,681,448	0.53%	0.68%
2046	1,479,603	77,199,542	0.51%	0.68%
2047	1,486,494	77,716,650	0.47%	0.67%
2048	1,493,017	78,215,323	0.44%	0.64%
2049	1,499,424	78,699,584	0.43%	0.62%
2050	1,505,327	79,177,329	0.39%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eswatini increased by 65,071 people (a 6% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eswatini gained 120,493 (a 10.5% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2006 and is 156th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.