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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eswatini	Zambia	Eswatini	Zambia
1960	345,337	3,153,729	-	-
1961	353,264	3,254,086	2.3%	3.18%
1962	361,365	3,358,099	2.29%	3.2%
1963	369,759	3,465,907	2.32%	3.21%
1964	378,656	3,577,017	2.41%	3.21%
1965	388,336	3,692,086	2.56%	3.22%
1966	398,766	3,812,003	2.69%	3.25%
1967	409,031	3,936,343	2.57%	3.26%
1968	419,147	4,065,593	2.47%	3.28%
1969	429,875	4,197,116	2.56%	3.24%
1970	441,216	4,321,718	2.64%	2.97%
1971	453,183	4,442,525	2.71%	2.8%
1972	465,788	4,569,309	2.78%	2.85%
1973	479,038	4,702,693	2.84%	2.92%
1974	492,988	4,842,746	2.91%	2.98%
1975	507,673	4,990,086	2.98%	3.04%
1976	523,330	5,143,842	3.08%	3.08%
1977	540,348	5,302,480	3.25%	3.08%
1978	558,446	5,465,374	3.35%	3.07%
1979	577,199	5,631,728	3.36%	3.04%
1980	596,644	5,802,833	3.37%	3.04%
1981	616,808	5,983,289	3.38%	3.11%
1982	637,652	6,178,637	3.38%	3.26%
1983	658,957	6,381,038	3.34%	3.28%
1984	680,783	6,580,490	3.31%	3.13%
1985	706,196	6,780,953	3.73%	3.05%
1986	734,732	6,986,471	4.04%	3.03%
1987	763,811	7,191,282	3.96%	2.93%
1988	799,798	7,391,440	4.71%	2.78%
1989	837,800	7,589,216	4.75%	2.68%
1990	872,428	7,786,169	4.13%	2.6%
1991	908,189	7,981,650	4.1%	2.51%
1992	943,416	8,176,680	3.88%	2.44%
1993	971,318	8,373,921	2.96%	2.41%
1994	971,212	8,576,269	-0.01%	2.42%
1995	970,433	8,785,763	-0.08%	2.44%
1996	989,841	9,004,053	2%	2.48%
1997	1,006,635	9,237,063	1.7%	2.59%
1998	1,019,653	9,482,408	1.29%	2.66%
1999	1,030,782	9,740,005	1.09%	2.72%
2000	1,041,414	10,017,631	1.03%	2.85%
2001	1,051,064	10,325,185	0.93%	3.07%
2002	1,059,441	10,647,949	0.8%	3.13%
2003	1,066,700	10,983,595	0.69%	3.15%
2004	1,073,159	11,338,198	0.61%	3.23%
2005	1,079,022	11,718,819	0.55%	3.36%
2006	1,084,436	12,129,553	0.5%	3.5%
2007	1,090,705	12,565,085	0.58%	3.59%
2008	1,098,091	13,021,324	0.68%	3.63%
2009	1,105,153	13,490,389	0.64%	3.6%
2010	1,111,650	13,965,594	0.59%	3.52%
2011	1,117,833	14,437,796	0.56%	3.38%
2012	1,123,863	14,913,629	0.54%	3.3%
2013	1,129,990	15,398,997	0.55%	3.25%
2014	1,136,299	15,895,315	0.56%	3.22%
2015	1,142,813	16,399,089	0.57%	3.17%
2016	1,149,507	16,914,423	0.59%	3.14%
2017	1,158,195	17,441,320	0.76%	3.12%
2018	1,168,929	17,973,569	0.93%	3.05%
2019	1,179,874	18,513,839	0.94%	3.01%
2020	1,192,729	19,059,395	1.09%	2.95%
2021	1,206,593	19,603,607	1.16%	2.86%
2022	1,218,917	20,152,938	1.02%	2.8%
2023	1,230,506	20,723,965	0.95%	2.83%
2024	1,242,822	21,314,956	1%	2.85%
2025	1,256,168	21,913,869	1.07%	2.81%
2026	1,269,854	22,521,905	1.09%	2.77%
2027	1,283,222	23,138,716	1.05%	2.74%
2028	1,295,964	23,761,368	0.99%	2.69%
2029	1,308,342	24,389,681	0.96%	2.64%
2030	1,320,904	25,024,887	0.96%	2.6%
2031	1,333,159	25,666,496	0.93%	2.56%
2032	1,344,893	26,311,946	0.88%	2.51%
2033	1,356,736	26,960,073	0.88%	2.46%
2034	1,368,346	27,611,621	0.86%	2.42%
2035	1,379,413	28,266,887	0.81%	2.37%
2036	1,390,148	28,925,103	0.78%	2.33%
2037	1,400,439	29,583,482	0.74%	2.28%
2038	1,410,496	30,240,549	0.72%	2.22%
2039	1,420,444	30,895,586	0.71%	2.17%
2040	1,429,771	31,550,394	0.66%	2.12%
2041	1,439,042	32,204,340	0.65%	2.07%
2042	1,448,106	32,856,596	0.63%	2.03%
2043	1,456,448	33,510,500	0.58%	1.99%
2044	1,464,359	34,165,920	0.54%	1.96%
2045	1,472,135	34,821,101	0.53%	1.92%
2046	1,479,603	35,475,795	0.51%	1.88%
2047	1,486,494	36,129,270	0.47%	1.84%
2048	1,493,017	36,782,260	0.44%	1.81%
2049	1,499,424	37,434,667	0.43%	1.77%
2050	1,505,327	38,083,369	0.39%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eswatini increased by 63,791 people (a 5.91% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eswatini gained 124,348 (a 10.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Eswatini was ranked 152nd most populous country in 2005 and is 156th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.