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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eswatini was 1,242,822 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eswatini's population is 1,267,161 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 40.8 times bigger than Eswatini's.
  • Eswatini is ranked the 156th most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.02% for Eswatini vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, Eswatini has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eswatini has increased from 1.08M people to 1.27M (17.4% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • Eswatini is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 1.54M people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Eswatini vs South Korea: live population counter

Eswatini South Korea
Current population
1267161
51700480
Population rank 156/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.63%
One net population change
42.7 minutes
13.7 minutes
One birth every
17.7 minutes
2.26 minutes
One death every
55.5 minutes
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
1.3 hours
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change -6,754 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +34 +105
Annual growth/decline +12,316 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +1% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 102/197 159/197

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

Eswatini
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eswatini South Korea Eswatini South Korea
1960 345,337 25,012,374 - -
1961 353,264 25,765,673 2.3% 3.01%
1962 361,365 26,513,030 2.29% 2.9%
1963 369,759 27,261,747 2.32% 2.82%
1964 378,656 27,984,155 2.41% 2.65%
1965 388,336 28,704,674 2.56% 2.57%
1966 398,766 29,435,571 2.69% 2.55%
1967 409,031 30,130,983 2.57% 2.36%
1968 419,147 30,838,302 2.47% 2.35%
1969 429,875 31,544,266 2.56% 2.29%
1970 441,216 32,240,827 2.64% 2.21%
1971 453,183 32,882,704 2.71% 1.99%
1972 465,788 33,505,406 2.78% 1.89%
1973 479,038 34,103,149 2.84% 1.78%
1974 492,988 34,692,266 2.91% 1.73%
1975 507,673 35,280,725 2.98% 1.7%
1976 523,330 35,848,523 3.08% 1.61%
1977 540,348 36,411,795 3.25% 1.57%
1978 558,446 36,969,185 3.35% 1.53%
1979 577,199 37,534,236 3.36% 1.53%
1980 596,644 38,123,775 3.37% 1.57%
1981 616,808 38,723,248 3.38% 1.57%
1982 637,652 39,326,352 3.38% 1.56%
1983 658,957 39,910,403 3.34% 1.49%
1984 680,783 40,405,956 3.31% 1.24%
1985 706,196 40,805,744 3.73% 0.99%
1986 734,732 41,213,674 4.04% 1%
1987 763,811 41,621,690 3.96% 0.99%
1988 799,798 42,031,247 4.71% 0.98%
1989 837,800 42,449,038 4.75% 0.99%
1990 872,428 42,869,283 4.13% 0.99%
1991 908,189 43,295,704 4.1% 0.99%
1992 943,416 43,747,962 3.88% 1.04%
1993 971,318 44,194,628 2.96% 1.02%
1994 971,212 44,641,540 -0.01% 1.01%
1995 970,433 45,092,991 -0.08% 1.01%
1996 989,841 45,524,681 2% 0.96%
1997 1,006,635 45,953,580 1.7% 0.94%
1998 1,019,653 46,286,503 1.29% 0.72%
1999 1,030,782 46,616,677 1.09% 0.71%
2000 1,041,414 47,008,111 1.03% 0.84%
2001 1,051,064 47,370,164 0.93% 0.77%
2002 1,059,441 47,644,736 0.8% 0.58%
2003 1,066,700 47,892,330 0.69% 0.52%
2004 1,073,159 48,082,519 0.61% 0.4%
2005 1,079,022 48,184,561 0.55% 0.21%
2006 1,084,436 48,438,292 0.5% 0.53%
2007 1,090,705 48,683,638 0.58% 0.51%
2008 1,098,091 49,054,708 0.68% 0.76%
2009 1,105,153 49,307,835 0.64% 0.52%
2010 1,111,650 49,554,112 0.59% 0.5%
2011 1,117,833 49,936,638 0.56% 0.77%
2012 1,123,863 50,199,853 0.54% 0.53%
2013 1,129,990 50,428,893 0.55% 0.46%
2014 1,136,299 50,746,659 0.56% 0.63%
2015 1,142,813 51,014,947 0.57% 0.53%
2016 1,149,507 51,217,803 0.59% 0.4%
2017 1,158,195 51,361,911 0.76% 0.28%
2018 1,168,929 51,585,058 0.93% 0.43%
2019 1,179,874 51,764,822 0.94% 0.35%
2020 1,192,729 51,836,239 1.09% 0.14%
2021 1,206,593 51,769,539 1.16% -0.13%
2022 1,218,917 51,672,569 1.02% -0.19%
2023 1,230,506 51,712,619 0.95% 0.08%
2024 1,242,822 51,751,065 1% 0.07%
2025 1,256,168 51,700,480 1.07% -0.1%
2026 1,269,854 51,633,793 1.09% -0.13%
2027 1,283,222 51,552,198 1.05% -0.16%
2028 1,295,964 51,456,707 0.99% -0.19%
2029 1,308,342 51,347,230 0.96% -0.21%
2030 1,320,904 51,221,713 0.96% -0.24%
2031 1,333,159 51,081,220 0.93% -0.27%
2032 1,344,893 50,924,233 0.88% -0.31%
2033 1,356,736 50,747,132 0.88% -0.35%
2034 1,368,346 50,549,508 0.86% -0.39%
2035 1,379,413 50,333,286 0.81% -0.43%
2036 1,390,148 50,098,951 0.78% -0.47%
2037 1,400,439 49,845,669 0.74% -0.51%
2038 1,410,496 49,573,234 0.72% -0.55%
2039 1,420,444 49,283,770 0.71% -0.58%
2040 1,429,771 48,980,369 0.66% -0.62%
2041 1,439,042 48,661,905 0.65% -0.65%
2042 1,448,106 48,331,004 0.63% -0.68%
2043 1,456,448 47,990,085 0.58% -0.71%
2044 1,464,359 47,634,183 0.54% -0.74%
2045 1,472,135 47,263,526 0.53% -0.78%
2046 1,479,603 46,881,228 0.51% -0.81%
2047 1,486,494 46,482,133 0.47% -0.85%
2048 1,493,017 46,063,595 0.44% -0.9%
2049 1,499,424 45,626,805 0.43% -0.95%
2050 1,505,327 45,172,356 0.39% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

Biggest cities by population

Eswatini
City Population
Manzini 111K
Mbabane 60.7K
South Korea
City Population
Seoul 9.67M
Busan 3.45M
Incheon 2.94M
Daegu 2.38M
Gwangju 1.49M
Daejeon 1.48M
Suwon 1.23M
Ulsan 1.13M
Yongin 1.08M
Goyang 1.06M

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