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Country · SWZ

Eswatini

1.2M
Population · 2023 · UN 2024
0.94%
Growth rate · 2023 · UN 2024
2.75
Fertility rate · 2023 · UN 2024
64.1 yrs
Life expectancy · 2023 · UN 2024

Population projection

Eswatini195019802010204020702100500k1M1.5M2Mpeople
UN · release 2026.08.5

What forecasters project

Each forecaster’s central projection for Eswatini, alongside earlier UN revisions. The newest vintage from each forecaster is shown; older revisions are in the legend.

Population: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024Census 2025IHME 2020UN 2022WIC 20232000202020402060208021001M1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M2Mpeople

5 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 1.3M, projected); Census 2025 (2024–2100, latest 1.4M, projected); IHME 2020 (2017–2100, latest 1.5M, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 2M, projected); WIC 2023 (2020–2100, latest 1.2M, projected).

UN · Census · IHME · WIC · release 2026.08.5
Eswatini population, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
UN 20101.68M—
UN 20121.82M2.16M
WIC 20131.55M1.53M
UN 20151.79M—
UN 20172.08M—
WIC 20181.85M1.67M
UN 20191.70M2.15M
IHME 20201.63M1.54M
UN 20221.66M1.99M
WIC 20231.41M1.20M
Census 20251.37M1.35M
UN 2024 (current)1.51M1.34M

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Eswatini are not listed.

Total fertility rate: forecasters and earlier UN revisions

UN 2024Census 2025IHME 2020UN 2022WIC 2023replacement2000202020402060208021002.002.503.003.504.00

5 series: UN 2024 (2000–2100, latest 1.78, projected); Census 2025 (2024–2100, latest 2.00, projected); IHME 2020 (2017–2100, latest 1.63, projected); UN 2022 (2021–2100, latest 1.76, projected); WIC 2023 (2015–2095, latest 1.81, projected).

UN · Census · IHME · WIC · release 2026.08.5
Eswatini total fertility rate, projected 2050 and 2100, by revision
Revision 20502100
WIC 20131.91—
WIC 20181.89—
IHME 20201.851.63
UN 20222.091.76
WIC 20231.92—
Census 20252.122.00
UN 2024 (current)2.081.78

Revisions with no 2050 or 2100 value for Eswatini are not listed. UN revisions from 2010 to 2019 publish fertility as five-year period averages (e.g. 2045–2050), with no single-year value; their paths are in the chart above. Wittgenstein Centre values are five-year period averages shown at the period's first year (2050 = 2050–2055).

Sources, licenses, and attribution for every forecaster are listed in the methodology.