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Population in Eswatini compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Eswatini was 1,242,822 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eswatini's population is 1,267,161 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 55.2 times bigger than Eswatini's.
  • Eswatini is ranked the 156th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.86% of the world: 0.02% for Eswatini vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Eswatini has had an average growth rate of +0.87% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Eswatini has increased from 1.08M people to 1.27M (17.4% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Eswatini is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 1.54M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Eswatini vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Eswatini United Kingdom
Current population
1267161
69945462
Population rank 156/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.85%
One net population change
42.7 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
17.7 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
55.5 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
1.3 hours
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -6,754 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +34 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +12,316 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +1% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 102/197 99/197

Eswatini and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Eswatini
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Eswatini United Kingdom Eswatini United Kingdom
1960 345,337 52,400,000 - -
1961 353,264 52,800,000 2.3% 0.76%
1962 361,365 53,250,000 2.29% 0.85%
1963 369,759 53,650,000 2.32% 0.75%
1964 378,656 54,000,000 2.41% 0.65%
1965 388,336 54,348,050 2.56% 0.64%
1966 398,766 54,648,500 2.69% 0.55%
1967 409,031 54,943,600 2.57% 0.54%
1968 419,147 55,211,700 2.47% 0.49%
1969 429,875 55,441,750 2.56% 0.42%
1970 441,216 55,663,250 2.64% 0.4%
1971 453,183 55,896,223 2.71% 0.42%
1972 465,788 56,086,065 2.78% 0.34%
1973 479,038 56,194,527 2.84% 0.19%
1974 492,988 56,229,974 2.91% 0.06%
1975 507,673 56,225,800 2.98% -0.007%
1976 523,330 56,211,968 3.08% -0.02%
1977 540,348 56,193,492 3.25% -0.03%
1978 558,446 56,196,504 3.35% 0.005%
1979 577,199 56,246,951 3.36% 0.09%
1980 596,644 56,314,216 3.37% 0.12%
1981 616,808 56,333,829 3.38% 0.03%
1982 637,652 56,313,641 3.38% -0.04%
1983 658,957 56,332,848 3.34% 0.03%
1984 680,783 56,422,072 3.31% 0.16%
1985 706,196 56,550,268 3.73% 0.23%
1986 734,732 56,681,396 4.04% 0.23%
1987 763,811 56,802,050 3.96% 0.21%
1988 799,798 56,928,327 4.71% 0.22%
1989 837,800 57,076,711 4.75% 0.26%
1990 872,428 57,247,586 4.13% 0.3%
1991 908,189 57,424,897 4.1% 0.31%
1992 943,416 57,580,402 3.88% 0.27%
1993 971,318 57,718,614 2.96% 0.24%
1994 971,212 57,865,745 -0.01% 0.25%
1995 970,433 58,019,030 -0.08% 0.26%
1996 989,841 58,166,950 2% 0.25%
1997 1,006,635 58,316,954 1.7% 0.26%
1998 1,019,653 58,487,141 1.29% 0.29%
1999 1,030,782 58,682,466 1.09% 0.33%
2000 1,041,414 58,892,514 1.03% 0.36%
2001 1,051,064 59,119,673 0.93% 0.39%
2002 1,059,441 59,370,479 0.8% 0.42%
2003 1,066,700 59,647,577 0.69% 0.47%
2004 1,073,159 59,987,905 0.61% 0.57%
2005 1,079,022 60,401,206 0.55% 0.69%
2006 1,084,436 60,846,820 0.5% 0.74%
2007 1,090,705 61,322,463 0.58% 0.78%
2008 1,098,091 61,806,995 0.68% 0.79%
2009 1,105,153 62,276,270 0.64% 0.76%
2010 1,111,650 62,766,365 0.59% 0.79%
2011 1,117,833 63,258,810 0.56% 0.78%
2012 1,123,863 63,711,000 0.54% 0.71%
2013 1,129,990 64,139,000 0.55% 0.67%
2014 1,136,299 64,620,000 0.56% 0.75%
2015 1,142,813 65,088,000 0.57% 0.72%
2016 1,149,507 65,607,000 0.59% 0.8%
2017 1,158,195 65,966,000 0.76% 0.55%
2018 1,168,929 66,289,000 0.93% 0.49%
2019 1,179,874 66,631,000 0.94% 0.52%
2020 1,192,729 66,744,000 1.09% 0.17%
2021 1,206,593 66,984,000 1.16% 0.36%
2022 1,218,917 67,604,000 1.02% 0.93%
2023 1,230,506 68,492,000 0.95% 1.31%
2024 1,242,822 69,226,000 1% 1.07%
2025 1,256,168 69,639,673 1.07% 0.6%
2026 1,269,854 70,020,350 1.09% 0.55%
2027 1,283,222 70,382,853 1.05% 0.52%
2028 1,295,964 70,732,699 0.99% 0.5%
2029 1,308,342 71,061,482 0.96% 0.46%
2030 1,320,904 71,377,535 0.96% 0.44%
2031 1,333,159 71,678,351 0.93% 0.42%
2032 1,344,893 71,959,934 0.88% 0.39%
2033 1,356,736 72,234,509 0.88% 0.38%
2034 1,368,346 72,497,650 0.86% 0.36%
2035 1,379,413 72,749,096 0.81% 0.35%
2036 1,390,148 72,990,847 0.78% 0.33%
2037 1,400,439 73,218,850 0.74% 0.31%
2038 1,410,496 73,441,349 0.72% 0.3%
2039 1,420,444 73,658,392 0.71% 0.3%
2040 1,429,771 73,868,334 0.66% 0.29%
2041 1,439,042 74,074,316 0.65% 0.28%
2042 1,448,106 74,275,779 0.63% 0.27%
2043 1,456,448 74,475,035 0.58% 0.27%
2044 1,464,359 74,667,284 0.54% 0.26%
2045 1,472,135 74,848,605 0.53% 0.24%
2046 1,479,603 75,020,949 0.51% 0.23%
2047 1,486,494 75,184,478 0.47% 0.22%
2048 1,493,017 75,337,543 0.44% 0.2%
2049 1,499,424 75,476,141 0.43% 0.18%
2050 1,505,327 75,600,588 0.39% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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