Swaziland Population Pyramid 1999
Year
1999Swaziland in 1999
The population of Swaziland in 1999 was 1,030,782. That is 23.0% more than in 1989, when the population stood at 837,800.
Half of the population was younger than 17.3 years; 44.4% were children under 15 and 2.4% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Swaziland had on average 2.75 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 64.1 years in 2023: 67.0 for women and 61.2 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
25,822 immigrants live in Swaziland, 2.1% of the population.
| South Africa | 12,870 |
| Mozambique | 10,136 |
| D.R. Congo | 683 |
| Burundi | 475 |
| Rwanda | 392 |
11,561 people born in Swaziland live in other countries.
| South Africa | 9,302 |
| Portugal | 742 |
| Botswana | 642 |
| Australia | 359 |
| Namibia | 216 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swaziland | 1,030,782 | 17.3 | |
| Botswana | 1,641,997 | 19.4 | |
| Namibia | 1,776,368 | 18.9 | |
| Lesotho | 2,003,234 | 19.1 | |
| South Africa | 46,730,335 | 21.6 |





