Swaziland Population Pyramid 2025
Year
2025Swaziland in 2025
The population of Swaziland in 2025 was 1,256,174. A decade earlier, in 2015, the population was 1,142,812; it has grown by 9.9% since.
Half of the population was younger than 23.5 years; 33.0% were children under 15 and 4.3% were 65 or older. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
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 | 1,256,174 | 23.5 | |
| Lesotho | 2,363,325 | 22.9 | |
| Botswana | 2,562,122 | 24.5 | |
| Namibia | 3,092,817 | 22.4 | |
| South Africa | 64,747,320 | 29.7 |





