Population in Eswatini compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eswatini and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Sri Lanka	Eswatini	Sri Lanka
1960	345,337	9,661,389	-	-
1961	353,264	9,899,372	2.3%	2.46%
1962	361,365	10,143,754	2.29%	2.47%
1963	369,759	10,395,040	2.32%	2.48%
1964	378,656	10,653,397	2.41%	2.49%
1965	388,336	10,916,965	2.56%	2.47%
1966	398,766	11,183,928	2.69%	2.45%
1967	409,031	11,457,328	2.57%	2.44%
1968	419,147	11,736,088	2.47%	2.43%
1969	429,875	12,013,858	2.56%	2.37%
1970	441,216	12,287,110	2.64%	2.27%
1971	453,183	12,551,910	2.71%	2.16%
1972	465,788	12,809,205	2.78%	2.05%
1973	479,038	13,060,916	2.84%	1.97%
1974	492,988	13,305,693	2.91%	1.87%
1975	507,673	13,548,984	2.98%	1.83%
1976	523,330	13,796,770	3.08%	1.83%
1977	540,348	14,049,371	3.25%	1.83%
1978	558,446	14,310,128	3.35%	1.86%
1979	577,199	14,579,614	3.36%	1.88%
1980	596,644	14,847,974	3.37%	1.84%
1981	616,808	15,099,414	3.38%	1.69%
1982	637,652	15,286,567	3.38%	1.24%
1983	658,957	15,388,794	3.34%	0.67%
1984	680,783	15,441,860	3.31%	0.34%
1985	706,196	15,544,154	3.73%	0.66%
1986	734,732	15,731,256	4.04%	1.2%
1987	763,811	15,916,576	3.96%	1.18%
1988	799,798	16,078,621	4.71%	1.02%
1989	837,800	16,248,557	4.75%	1.06%
1990	872,428	16,352,458	4.13%	0.64%
1991	908,189	16,475,354	4.1%	0.75%
1992	943,416	16,739,284	3.88%	1.6%
1993	971,318	17,025,918	2.96%	1.71%
1994	971,212	17,275,773	-0.01%	1.47%
1995	970,433	17,564,068	-0.08%	1.67%
1996	989,841	17,905,018	2%	1.94%
1997	1,006,635	18,248,200	1.7%	1.92%
1998	1,019,653	18,596,003	1.29%	1.91%
1999	1,030,782	18,944,731	1.09%	1.88%
2000	1,041,414	19,293,054	1.03%	1.84%
2001	1,051,064	19,600,362	0.93%	1.59%
2002	1,059,441	19,805,752	0.8%	1.05%
2003	1,066,700	19,951,521	0.69%	0.74%
2004	1,073,159	20,087,605	0.61%	0.68%
2005	1,079,022	20,216,524	0.55%	0.64%
2006	1,084,436	20,352,411	0.5%	0.67%
2007	1,090,705	20,492,545	0.58%	0.69%
2008	1,098,091	20,629,378	0.68%	0.67%
2009	1,105,153	20,756,435	0.64%	0.62%
2010	1,111,650	20,879,089	0.59%	0.59%
2011	1,117,833	21,009,048	0.56%	0.62%
2012	1,123,863	21,169,458	0.54%	0.76%
2013	1,129,990	20,585,000	0.55%	-2.76%
2014	1,136,299	20,778,000	0.56%	0.94%
2015	1,142,813	20,970,000	0.57%	0.92%
2016	1,149,507	21,209,000	0.59%	1.14%
2017	1,158,195	21,453,000	0.76%	1.15%
2018	1,168,929	21,670,000	0.93%	1.01%
2019	1,179,874	21,803,000	0.94%	0.61%
2020	1,192,729	21,919,000	1.09%	0.53%
2021	1,206,593	22,156,000	1.16%	1.08%
2022	1,218,917	22,181,000	1.02%	0.11%
2023	1,230,506	22,037,000	0.95%	-0.65%
2024	1,242,822	21,916,000	1%	-0.55%
2025	1,256,168	22,035,440	1.07%	0.54%
2026	1,269,854	22,148,172	1.09%	0.51%
2027	1,283,222	22,255,601	1.05%	0.49%
2028	1,295,964	22,357,682	0.99%	0.46%
2029	1,308,342	22,453,922	0.96%	0.43%
2030	1,320,904	22,546,245	0.96%	0.41%
2031	1,333,159	22,635,106	0.93%	0.39%
2032	1,344,893	22,720,118	0.88%	0.38%
2033	1,356,736	22,802,043	0.88%	0.36%
2034	1,368,346	22,879,527	0.86%	0.34%
2035	1,379,413	22,952,739	0.81%	0.32%
2036	1,390,148	23,022,027	0.78%	0.3%
2037	1,400,439	23,088,877	0.74%	0.29%
2038	1,410,496	23,152,480	0.72%	0.28%
2039	1,420,444	23,211,633	0.71%	0.26%
2040	1,429,771	23,265,986	0.66%	0.23%
2041	1,439,042	23,315,260	0.65%	0.21%
2042	1,448,106	23,359,578	0.63%	0.19%
2043	1,456,448	23,398,752	0.58%	0.17%
2044	1,464,359	23,433,096	0.54%	0.15%
2045	1,472,135	23,464,943	0.53%	0.14%
2046	1,479,603	23,492,738	0.51%	0.12%
2047	1,486,494	23,512,629	0.47%	0.08%
2048	1,493,017	23,525,953	0.44%	0.06%
2049	1,499,424	23,533,940	0.43%	0.03%
2050	1,505,327	23,538,230	0.39%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.