What is the difference in long term urban population region between Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Eswatini, Kingdom of?

1.2, with Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Eswatini, Kingdom of?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Our World in Data, published as Long term urban population region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of vs Eswatini, Kingdom of: Long term urban population region

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of

30.2

in 2025

Eswatini, Kingdom of

in 2025

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of rank

180th

Eswatini, Kingdom of rank

183rd

Long term urban population region over time

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
Eswatini, Kingdom of

How they compare

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of currently reports 30.2 against 29 in Eswatini, Kingdom of, a difference of 1.2.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ahead.

Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ranks 180th and Eswatini, Kingdom of ranks 183rd of 199 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of averaged higher in 35 and Eswatini, Kingdom of in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of	Eswatini, Kingdom of	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.0001	0.0001	0	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1100s	0.0003	0.0002	0	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1200s	0.0008	0.0007	0.0001	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1300s	0.0025	0.0022	0.0003	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1400s	0.0074	0.0065	0.0009	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1500s	0.0222	0.0194	0.0028	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1600s	0.0667	0.0583	0.0083	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1700s	0.2	0.175	0.025	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1710s	0.3611	0.1972	0.1639	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1720s	0.4062	0.216	0.1902	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1730s	0.457	0.2365	0.2204	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1740s	0.5141	0.2591	0.255	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1750s	0.5784	0.2837	0.2946	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1760s	0.6506	0.3108	0.3399	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1770s	0.732	0.3403	0.3916	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1780s	0.8235	0.3728	0.4507	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1790s	0.9264	0.4083	0.5181	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1800s	1.04	0.4471	0.5951	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1810s	1.17	0.4897	0.6827	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1820s	1.32	0.5364	0.7827	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1830s	1.48	0.5875	0.8965	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1840s	1.67	0.6434	1.03	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1850s	1.88	0.7047	1.17	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1860s	2.11	0.7718	1.34	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1870s	2.38	0.8453	1.53	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1880s	2.67	0.9258	1.75	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1890s	3.01	1.01	1.99	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1900s	3.38	1.11	2.27	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1910s	3.81	1.22	2.59	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1920s	4.28	1.33	2.95	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1930s	4.82	1.46	3.36	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1940s	5.42	1.6	3.82	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1950s	7.16	2.46	4.69	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1960s	9.88	6.29	3.59	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of
1970s	13.27	13.46	0.19	Eswatini, Kingdom of
1980s	16.18	20.94	4.76	Eswatini, Kingdom of
1990s	18.13	23.25	5.12	Eswatini, Kingdom of
2000s	20.69	23.66	2.98	Eswatini, Kingdom of
2010s	24.84	24.88	0.0364	Eswatini, Kingdom of
2020s	28.89	27.68	1.21	Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher long term urban population region, Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of or Eswatini, Kingdom of?: Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of, at 30.2 against 29 in Eswatini, Kingdom of as of 2025.
What is the difference in long term urban population region between Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Eswatini, Kingdom of?: 1.2, with Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Eswatini, Kingdom of?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of and Eswatini, Kingdom of rank globally for long term urban population region?: Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of ranks 180th and Eswatini, Kingdom of ranks 183rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Long term urban population region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Long term urban population region
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026