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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	South Sudan	Eswatini	South Sudan
1960	345,337	2,931,559	-	-
1961	353,264	2,976,724	2.3%	1.54%
1962	361,365	3,024,308	2.29%	1.6%
1963	369,759	3,072,669	2.32%	1.6%
1964	378,656	3,129,918	2.41%	1.86%
1965	388,336	3,189,835	2.56%	1.91%
1966	398,766	3,236,423	2.69%	1.46%
1967	409,031	3,277,648	2.57%	1.27%
1968	419,147	3,321,528	2.47%	1.34%
1969	429,875	3,365,533	2.56%	1.32%
1970	441,216	3,409,614	2.64%	1.31%
1971	453,183	3,468,646	2.71%	1.73%
1972	465,788	3,542,497	2.78%	2.13%
1973	479,038	3,627,383	2.84%	2.4%
1974	492,988	3,723,259	2.91%	2.64%
1975	507,673	3,821,494	2.98%	2.64%
1976	523,330	3,921,910	3.08%	2.63%
1977	540,348	4,024,032	3.25%	2.6%
1978	558,446	4,127,657	3.35%	2.58%
1979	577,199	4,232,605	3.36%	2.54%
1980	596,644	4,339,030	3.37%	2.51%
1981	616,808	4,447,272	3.38%	2.49%
1982	637,652	4,557,686	3.38%	2.48%
1983	658,957	4,661,574	3.34%	2.28%
1984	680,783	4,750,627	3.31%	1.91%
1985	706,196	4,834,296	3.73%	1.76%
1986	734,732	4,921,240	4.04%	1.8%
1987	763,811	4,962,395	3.96%	0.84%
1988	799,798	4,848,029	4.71%	-2.3%
1989	837,800	4,713,229	4.75%	-2.78%
1990	872,428	4,737,633	4.13%	0.52%
1991	908,189	4,836,677	4.1%	2.09%
1992	943,416	4,909,749	3.88%	1.51%
1993	971,318	4,956,002	2.96%	0.94%
1994	971,212	5,071,184	-0.01%	2.32%
1995	970,433	5,225,836	-0.08%	3.05%
1996	989,841	5,356,925	2%	2.51%
1997	1,006,635	5,509,136	1.7%	2.84%
1998	1,019,653	5,620,068	1.29%	2.01%
1999	1,030,782	5,771,628	1.09%	2.7%
2000	1,041,414	6,032,267	1.03%	4.52%
2001	1,051,064	6,308,391	0.93%	4.58%
2002	1,059,441	6,596,806	0.8%	4.57%
2003	1,066,700	6,903,127	0.69%	4.64%
2004	1,073,159	7,233,041	0.61%	4.78%
2005	1,079,022	7,590,143	0.55%	4.94%
2006	1,084,436	7,976,526	0.5%	5.09%
2007	1,090,705	8,388,788	0.58%	5.17%
2008	1,098,091	8,817,647	0.68%	5.11%
2009	1,105,153	9,243,556	0.64%	4.83%
2010	1,111,650	9,745,953	0.59%	5.44%
2011	1,117,833	10,288,109	0.56%	5.56%
2012	1,123,863	10,756,240	0.54%	4.55%
2013	1,129,990	11,166,275	0.55%	3.81%
2014	1,136,299	11,235,073	0.56%	0.62%
2015	1,142,813	11,107,561	0.57%	-1.13%
2016	1,149,507	10,830,102	0.59%	-2.5%
2017	1,158,195	10,259,154	0.76%	-5.27%
2018	1,168,929	10,122,977	0.93%	-1.33%
2019	1,179,874	10,423,384	0.94%	2.97%
2020	1,192,729	10,698,467	1.09%	2.64%
2021	1,206,593	10,865,780	1.16%	1.56%
2022	1,218,917	11,021,177	1.02%	1.43%
2023	1,230,506	11,483,374	0.95%	4.19%
2024	1,242,822	11,943,408	1%	4.01%
2025	1,256,168	12,188,793	1.07%	2.05%
2026	1,269,854	12,436,036	1.09%	2.03%
2027	1,283,222	12,687,301	1.05%	2.02%
2028	1,295,964	12,941,503	0.99%	2%
2029	1,308,342	13,198,080	0.96%	1.98%
2030	1,320,904	13,457,446	0.96%	1.97%
2031	1,333,159	13,725,413	0.93%	1.99%
2032	1,344,893	13,996,343	0.88%	1.97%
2033	1,356,736	14,261,762	0.88%	1.9%
2034	1,368,346	14,527,550	0.86%	1.86%
2035	1,379,413	14,798,602	0.81%	1.87%
2036	1,390,148	15,070,098	0.78%	1.83%
2037	1,400,439	15,335,700	0.74%	1.76%
2038	1,410,496	15,595,968	0.72%	1.7%
2039	1,420,444	15,850,696	0.71%	1.63%
2040	1,429,771	16,101,470	0.66%	1.58%
2041	1,439,042	16,350,149	0.65%	1.54%
2042	1,448,106	16,593,361	0.63%	1.49%
2043	1,456,448	16,829,209	0.58%	1.42%
2044	1,464,359	17,060,176	0.54%	1.37%
2045	1,472,135	17,286,412	0.53%	1.33%
2046	1,479,603	17,509,693	0.51%	1.29%
2047	1,486,494	17,728,331	0.47%	1.25%
2048	1,493,017	17,938,437	0.44%	1.19%
2049	1,499,424	18,142,893	0.43%	1.14%
2050	1,505,327	18,341,968	0.39%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.