# Population in Eswatini

Population in Eswatini was 1.26 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `sz`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/eswatini
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/eswatini.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=sz

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,256,174 |
| 2024 | 1,242,822 |
| 2023 | 1,230,506 |
| 2022 | 1,218,917 |
| 2021 | 1,206,593 |
| 2020 | 1,192,729 |
| 2019 | 1,179,874 |
| 2018 | 1,168,929 |
| 2017 | 1,158,195 |
| 2016 | 1,149,507 |
| 2015 | 1,142,813 |
| 2014 | 1,136,299 |
| 2013 | 1,129,990 |
| 2012 | 1,123,863 |
| 2011 | 1,117,833 |
| 2010 | 1,111,650 |
| 2009 | 1,105,153 |
| 2008 | 1,098,091 |
| 2007 | 1,090,705 |
| 2006 | 1,084,436 |
| 2005 | 1,079,022 |
| 2004 | 1,073,159 |
| 2003 | 1,066,700 |
| 2002 | 1,059,441 |
| 2001 | 1,051,064 |
| 2000 | 1,041,414 |
| 1999 | 1,030,782 |
| 1998 | 1,019,653 |
| 1997 | 1,006,635 |
| 1996 | 989,841 |
| 1995 | 970,433 |
| 1994 | 971,212 |
| 1993 | 971,318 |
| 1992 | 943,416 |
| 1991 | 908,189 |
| 1990 | 872,428 |
| 1989 | 837,800 |
| 1988 | 799,798 |
| 1987 | 763,811 |
| 1986 | 734,732 |
| 1985 | 706,196 |
| 1984 | 680,783 |
| 1983 | 658,957 |
| 1982 | 637,652 |
| 1981 | 616,808 |
| 1980 | 596,644 |
| 1979 | 577,199 |
| 1978 | 558,446 |
| 1977 | 540,348 |
| 1976 | 523,330 |
| 1975 | 507,673 |
| 1974 | 492,988 |
| 1973 | 479,038 |
| 1972 | 465,788 |
| 1971 | 453,183 |
| 1970 | 441,216 |
| 1969 | 429,875 |
| 1968 | 419,147 |
| 1967 | 409,031 |
| 1966 | 398,766 |
| 1965 | 388,336 |
| 1964 | 378,656 |
| 1963 | 369,759 |
| 1962 | 361,365 |
| 1961 | 353,264 |
| 1960 | 345,337 |