Eswatini vs Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago has 9% more people than Eswatini: 1,367,764 vs 1,256,174, a gap of 111,590. Eswatini is growing faster (+1.07% vs −0.04% a year), adding about 13,423 people a year against −569. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Eswatini would overtake Trinidad and Tobago in about 8 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2033) — a projection, not a forecast. Trinidad and Tobago is the older society: 12.9% aged 65+ against 4.3% in Eswatini, while Eswatini has more children (33.0% under 15 vs 17.5%). Trinidad and Tobago is 3.7× as densely populated (266.6 vs 71.5 people per km²). People in Trinidad and Tobago live 9.4 years longer on average (73.6 vs 64.3). GDP per capita is 4.6× higher in Trinidad and Tobago ($18,967 vs $4,108).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Eswatini) and 2025 (Trinidad and Tobago); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Eswatini vs Trinidad and Tobago — side by side
 Eswatini |  Trinidad and Tobago | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,256,1742025 | 1,367,7642025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.07%2025 | −0.04%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 23.62024 | 10.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.72024 | 8.72024 |
| Children per woman | 2.722024 | 1.542024 |
| Life expectancy | 64.3 yrs2024 | 73.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 33.0%2025 | 17.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 4.3%2025 | 12.9%2025 |
| Density | 71.5 /km²2023 | 266.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 17,360 km²2023 | 5,130 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 26.7%2025 | 54.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -5,7752025 | +6912025 |
| GDP per capita | $4,1082025 | $18,9672025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #158 | #156 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.02% | 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). Eswatini: 3.6× from 1960 to 2025; Trinidad and Tobago: 1.6× 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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