Population growth in Eswatini

The population of Eswatini changed by 1.07% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Eswatini, 2025 1.07% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.07percentage points 2024: 1.00%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 97th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Eswatini over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period EswatiniWorld
2025 1.07% 0.91%
2024 1.00% 0.96%
2023 0.95% 0.93%
2022 1.02% 0.87%
2021 1.16% 0.83%
2020 1.08% 0.98%
2019 0.93% 1.05%
2018 0.92% 1.08%
2017 0.75% 1.13%
2016 0.58% 1.16%
2015 0.57% 1.18%
2014 0.56% 1.21%
2013 0.54% 1.23%
2012 0.54% 1.26%
2011 0.55% 1.22%
2010 0.59% 1.22%
2009 0.64% 1.25%
2008 0.67% 1.27%
2007 0.58% 1.26%
2006 0.50% 1.27%
2005 0.54% 1.27%
2004 0.60% 1.29%
2003 0.68% 1.29%
2002 0.79% 1.31%
2001 0.92% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.07 percentage points from 1.00% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.57%, the figure has changed by +0.50 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Eswatini has the 97th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Eswatini
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects