Population in Eswatini compared to Tanzania: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Eswatini and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Tanzania	Eswatini	Tanzania
1960	345,337	9,901,419	-	-
1961	353,264	10,187,886	2.3%	2.89%
1962	361,365	10,487,756	2.29%	2.94%
1963	369,759	10,799,528	2.32%	2.97%
1964	378,656	11,127,826	2.41%	3.04%
1965	388,336	11,470,728	2.56%	3.08%
1966	398,766	11,827,459	2.69%	3.11%
1967	409,031	12,200,109	2.57%	3.15%
1968	419,147	12,602,076	2.47%	3.29%
1969	429,875	13,036,700	2.56%	3.45%
1970	441,216	13,492,677	2.64%	3.5%
1971	453,183	13,971,451	2.71%	3.55%
1972	465,788	14,479,308	2.78%	3.63%
1973	479,038	15,010,101	2.84%	3.67%
1974	492,988	15,561,630	2.91%	3.67%
1975	507,673	16,138,361	2.98%	3.71%
1976	523,330	16,736,211	3.08%	3.7%
1977	540,348	17,352,929	3.25%	3.68%
1978	558,446	17,976,566	3.35%	3.59%
1979	577,199	18,592,038	3.36%	3.42%
1980	596,644	19,189,769	3.37%	3.21%
1981	616,808	19,784,703	3.38%	3.1%
1982	637,652	20,398,571	3.38%	3.1%
1983	658,957	21,079,874	3.34%	3.34%
1984	680,783	21,779,066	3.31%	3.32%
1985	706,196	22,501,693	3.73%	3.32%
1986	734,732	23,258,959	4.04%	3.37%
1987	763,811	24,030,378	3.96%	3.32%
1988	799,798	24,769,686	4.71%	3.08%
1989	837,800	25,438,759	4.75%	2.7%
1990	872,428	26,110,207	4.13%	2.64%
1991	908,189	26,780,436	4.1%	2.57%
1992	943,416	27,457,588	3.88%	2.53%
1993	971,318	28,332,692	2.96%	3.19%
1994	971,212	29,442,356	-0.01%	3.92%
1995	970,433	30,383,497	-0.08%	3.2%
1996	989,841	30,945,762	2%	1.85%
1997	1,006,635	31,578,089	1.7%	2.04%
1998	1,019,653	32,420,458	1.29%	2.67%
1999	1,030,782	33,300,330	1.09%	2.71%
2000	1,041,414	34,260,139	1.03%	2.88%
2001	1,051,064	35,198,299	0.93%	2.74%
2002	1,059,441	36,121,304	0.8%	2.62%
2003	1,066,700	37,089,555	0.69%	2.68%
2004	1,073,159	38,109,668	0.61%	2.75%
2005	1,079,022	39,182,076	0.55%	2.81%
2006	1,084,436	40,294,902	0.5%	2.84%
2007	1,090,705	41,435,512	0.58%	2.83%
2008	1,098,091	42,570,728	0.68%	2.74%
2009	1,105,153	43,633,982	0.64%	2.5%
2010	1,111,650	44,758,488	0.59%	2.58%
2011	1,117,833	46,029,367	0.56%	2.84%
2012	1,123,863	47,374,260	0.54%	2.92%
2013	1,129,990	48,824,128	0.55%	3.06%
2014	1,136,299	50,351,512	0.56%	3.13%
2015	1,142,813	52,020,962	0.57%	3.32%
2016	1,149,507	53,824,013	0.59%	3.47%
2017	1,158,195	55,652,890	0.76%	3.4%
2018	1,168,929	57,437,145	0.93%	3.21%
2019	1,179,874	59,174,891	0.94%	3.03%
2020	1,192,729	60,972,798	1.09%	3.04%
2021	1,206,593	62,830,412	1.16%	3.05%
2022	1,218,917	64,711,821	1.02%	2.99%
2023	1,230,506	66,617,606	0.95%	2.95%
2024	1,242,822	68,560,157	1%	2.92%
2025	1,256,168	70,545,858	1.07%	2.9%
2026	1,269,854	72,563,773	1.09%	2.86%
2027	1,283,222	74,604,804	1.05%	2.81%
2028	1,295,964	76,670,483	0.99%	2.77%
2029	1,308,342	78,773,192	0.96%	2.74%
2030	1,320,904	80,913,118	0.96%	2.72%
2031	1,333,159	83,087,927	0.93%	2.69%
2032	1,344,893	85,293,126	0.88%	2.65%
2033	1,356,736	87,520,491	0.88%	2.61%
2034	1,368,346	89,788,673	0.86%	2.59%
2035	1,379,413	92,091,418	0.81%	2.56%
2036	1,390,148	94,420,808	0.78%	2.53%
2037	1,400,439	96,775,766	0.74%	2.49%
2038	1,410,496	99,156,465	0.72%	2.46%
2039	1,420,444	101,567,525	0.71%	2.43%
2040	1,429,771	103,999,350	0.66%	2.39%
2041	1,439,042	106,448,475	0.65%	2.35%
2042	1,448,106	108,926,272	0.63%	2.33%
2043	1,456,448	111,433,788	0.58%	2.3%
2044	1,464,359	113,966,263	0.54%	2.27%
2045	1,472,135	116,525,463	0.53%	2.25%
2046	1,479,603	119,109,670	0.51%	2.22%
2047	1,486,494	121,721,018	0.47%	2.19%
2048	1,493,017	124,351,294	0.44%	2.16%
2049	1,499,424	126,981,394	0.43%	2.12%
2050	1,505,327	129,621,083	0.39%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.