Djibouti vs Eswatini
Eswatini has 6% more people than Djibouti: 1,256,174 vs 1,184,076, a gap of 72,098. Djibouti is growing faster (+1.31% vs +1.07% a year), adding about 15,454 people a year against +13,423. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Djibouti would overtake Eswatini in about 25 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2050) — a projection, not a forecast. Eswatini is 1.4× as densely populated (71.5 vs 49.7 people per km²). People in Djibouti live 1.9 years longer on average (66.2 vs 64.3).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Djibouti) and 2025 (Eswatini); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Djibouti vs Eswatini — side by side
 Djibouti |  Eswatini | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,184,0762025 | 1,256,1742025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.31%2025 | +1.07%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 20.92024 | 23.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.52024 | 7.72024 |
| Children per woman | 2.622024 | 2.722024 |
| Life expectancy | 66.2 yrs2024 | 64.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 28.8%2025 | 33.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 5.0%2025 | 4.3%2025 |
| Density | 49.7 /km²2023 | 71.5 /km²2023 |
| Area | 23,200 km²2023 | 17,360 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 73.0%2025 | 26.7%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -5812025 | -5,7752025 |
| GDP per capita | $3,9062025 | $4,1082025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #160 | #158 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.02% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Djibouti: 13.8× from 1960 to 2025; Eswatini: 3.6× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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