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Eswatini — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Eswatini, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.07%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -52.9% since 1961
Population growth for Eswatini was 1.07% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.64% in 1989. The lowest was -0.08% in 1995 (about -13.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.17% per year.
Eswatini ranks 97 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Eswatini sits below it. It peaked in 1989 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 87%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.07%
First (1961)
2.27%
Change
-52.9%
Highest
4.64%
in 1989
Lowest
-0.08%
in 1995
Average
1.99%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.17%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.07% |
| 2024 | 1% |
| 2023 | 0.95% |
| 2022 | 1.02% |
| 2021 | 1.16% |
| 2020 | 1.08% |
| 2019 | 0.93% |
| 2018 | 0.92% |
| 2017 | 0.75% |
| 2016 | 0.58% |
| 2015 | 0.57% |
| 2014 | 0.56% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.