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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Uganda	Eswatini	Uganda
1960	345,337	7,640,973	-	-
1961	353,264	7,862,217	2.3%	2.9%
1962	361,365	8,092,231	2.29%	2.93%
1963	369,759	8,333,663	2.32%	2.98%
1964	378,656	8,586,363	2.41%	3.03%
1965	388,336	8,849,203	2.56%	3.06%
1966	398,766	9,122,864	2.69%	3.09%
1967	409,031	9,408,924	2.57%	3.14%
1968	419,147	9,708,632	2.47%	3.19%
1969	429,875	10,014,858	2.56%	3.15%
1970	441,216	10,321,603	2.64%	3.06%
1971	453,183	10,618,206	2.71%	2.87%
1972	465,788	10,885,796	2.78%	2.52%
1973	479,038	11,144,236	2.84%	2.37%
1974	492,988	11,424,846	2.91%	2.52%
1975	507,673	11,725,240	2.98%	2.63%
1976	523,330	12,037,294	3.08%	2.66%
1977	540,348	12,359,669	3.25%	2.68%
1978	558,446	12,692,113	3.35%	2.69%
1979	577,199	13,002,163	3.36%	2.44%
1980	596,644	13,275,741	3.37%	2.1%
1981	616,808	13,556,452	3.38%	2.11%
1982	637,652	13,873,631	3.38%	2.34%
1983	658,957	14,221,881	3.34%	2.51%
1984	680,783	14,607,677	3.31%	2.71%
1985	706,196	15,023,681	3.73%	2.85%
1986	734,732	15,467,579	4.04%	2.95%
1987	763,811	15,954,170	3.96%	3.15%
1988	799,798	16,470,483	4.71%	3.24%
1989	837,800	17,010,698	4.75%	3.28%
1990	872,428	17,569,897	4.13%	3.29%
1991	908,189	18,155,901	4.1%	3.34%
1992	943,416	18,785,032	3.88%	3.47%
1993	971,318	19,445,161	2.96%	3.51%
1994	971,212	20,108,801	-0.01%	3.41%
1995	970,433	20,665,667	-0.08%	2.77%
1996	989,841	21,231,550	2%	2.74%
1997	1,006,635	21,856,046	1.7%	2.94%
1998	1,019,653	22,515,806	1.29%	3.02%
1999	1,030,782	23,257,281	1.09%	3.29%
2000	1,041,414	24,000,150	1.03%	3.19%
2001	1,051,064	24,745,676	0.93%	3.11%
2002	1,059,441	25,532,870	0.8%	3.18%
2003	1,066,700	26,352,124	0.69%	3.21%
2004	1,073,159	27,154,515	0.61%	3.04%
2005	1,079,022	27,963,289	0.55%	2.98%
2006	1,084,436	28,794,003	0.5%	2.97%
2007	1,090,705	29,653,430	0.58%	2.98%
2008	1,098,091	30,539,553	0.68%	2.99%
2009	1,105,153	31,451,151	0.64%	2.98%
2010	1,111,650	32,390,802	0.59%	2.99%
2011	1,117,833	33,354,543	0.56%	2.98%
2012	1,123,863	34,337,438	0.54%	2.95%
2013	1,129,990	35,337,042	0.55%	2.91%
2014	1,136,299	36,395,539	0.56%	3%
2015	1,142,813	37,531,446	0.57%	3.12%
2016	1,149,507	38,799,152	0.59%	3.38%
2017	1,158,195	40,177,388	0.76%	3.55%
2018	1,168,929	41,565,831	0.93%	3.46%
2019	1,179,874	42,999,637	0.94%	3.45%
2020	1,192,729	44,457,152	1.09%	3.39%
2021	1,206,593	45,910,930	1.16%	3.27%
2022	1,218,917	47,312,719	1.02%	3.05%
2023	1,230,506	48,656,601	0.95%	2.84%
2024	1,242,822	50,015,092	1%	2.79%
2025	1,256,168	51,384,895	1.07%	2.74%
2026	1,269,854	52,761,471	1.09%	2.68%
2027	1,283,222	54,144,274	1.05%	2.62%
2028	1,295,964	55,532,564	0.99%	2.56%
2029	1,308,342	56,922,797	0.96%	2.5%
2030	1,320,904	58,312,944	0.96%	2.44%
2031	1,333,159	59,703,537	0.93%	2.38%
2032	1,344,893	61,089,060	0.88%	2.32%
2033	1,356,736	62,464,116	0.88%	2.25%
2034	1,368,346	63,833,872	0.86%	2.19%
2035	1,379,413	65,205,570	0.81%	2.15%
2036	1,390,148	66,573,737	0.78%	2.1%
2037	1,400,439	67,942,634	0.74%	2.06%
2038	1,410,496	69,312,210	0.72%	2.02%
2039	1,420,444	70,669,875	0.71%	1.96%
2040	1,429,771	72,020,414	0.66%	1.91%
2041	1,439,042	73,372,658	0.65%	1.88%
2042	1,448,106	74,730,004	0.63%	1.85%
2043	1,456,448	76,090,991	0.58%	1.82%
2044	1,464,359	77,449,517	0.54%	1.79%
2045	1,472,135	78,797,995	0.53%	1.74%
2046	1,479,603	80,139,174	0.51%	1.7%
2047	1,486,494	81,478,503	0.47%	1.67%
2048	1,493,017	82,812,102	0.44%	1.64%
2049	1,499,424	84,130,056	0.43%	1.59%
2050	1,505,327	85,431,202	0.39%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eswatini increased by 65,071 people (a 6% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eswatini gained 120,493 (a 10.5% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2006 and is 156th in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.