What is the difference in population between Djibouti and Eswatini?

77,560 people, with Eswatini ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Eswatini?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Djibouti vs Eswatini: Population

Djibouti

1.15 million people

in 2023

Eswatini

1.23 million people

in 2023

Djibouti rank

160th

Eswatini rank

159th

Population over time

Djibouti
Eswatini

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 1.23 million people against 1.15 million people in Djibouti, a difference of 77,560 people.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.1 times Djibouti's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Djibouti ahead.

Djibouti ranks 160th and Eswatini ranks 159th of 238 regions.

Across the 40 decades both report, Djibouti averaged higher in 9 and Eswatini in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Djibouti	Eswatini	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,800 people	6,300 people	4,500 people	Djibouti
1100s	12,960 people	7,560 people	5,400 people	Djibouti
1200s	15,120 people	8,820 people	6,300 people	Djibouti
1300s	17,280 people	10,080 people	7,200 people	Djibouti
1400s	19,440 people	11,340 people	8,100 people	Djibouti
1500s	21,600 people	12,600 people	9,000 people	Djibouti
1600s	22,950 people	14,700 people	8,250 people	Djibouti
1700s	24,300 people	21,000 people	3,300 people	Djibouti
1710s	24,790 people	24,452 people	338 people	Djibouti
1720s	25,030 people	26,533 people	1,503 people	Eswatini
1730s	25,283 people	28,794 people	3,511 people	Eswatini
1740s	25,550 people	31,249 people	5,699 people	Eswatini
1750s	25,833 people	33,915 people	8,082 people	Eswatini
1760s	26,133 people	36,812 people	10,679 people	Eswatini
1770s	26,453 people	39,959 people	13,506 people	Eswatini
1780s	26,796 people	43,377 people	16,581 people	Eswatini
1790s	27,163 people	47,091 people	19,928 people	Eswatini
1800s	22,848 people	84,003 people	61,155 people	Eswatini
1810s	22,857 people	79,713 people	56,856 people	Eswatini
1820s	24,969 people	75,639 people	50,670 people	Eswatini
1830s	30,156 people	71,774 people	41,618 people	Eswatini
1840s	36,454 people	68,126 people	31,672 people	Eswatini
1850s	40,340 people	69,297 people	28,958 people	Eswatini
1860s	40,370 people	76,439 people	36,069 people	Eswatini
1870s	40,523 people	84,414 people	43,891 people	Eswatini
1880s	40,897 people	93,221 people	52,324 people	Eswatini
1890s	41,655 people	102,961 people	61,306 people	Eswatini
1900s	42,880 people	117,086 people	74,206 people	Eswatini
1910s	43,957 people	137,016 people	93,060 people	Eswatini
1920s	46,512 people	163,905 people	117,392 people	Eswatini
1930s	50,884 people	200,937 people	150,053 people	Eswatini
1940s	56,944 people	244,293 people	187,348 people	Eswatini
1950s	72,214 people	303,987 people	231,774 people	Eswatini
1960s	108,026 people	385,360 people	277,335 people	Eswatini
1970s	211,756 people	503,927 people	292,172 people	Eswatini
1980s	407,073 people	703,324 people	296,251 people	Eswatini
1990s	645,446 people	968,398 people	322,952 people	Eswatini
2000s	832,761 people	1.07 million people	242,166 people	Eswatini
2010s	1.01 million people	1.14 million people	131,247 people	Eswatini
2020s	1.13 million people	1.21 million people	83,068 people	Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Djibouti or Eswatini?: Eswatini, at 1.23 million people against 1.15 million people in Djibouti as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Djibouti and Eswatini?: 77,560 people, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and Eswatini?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Djibouti and Eswatini rank globally for population?: Djibouti ranks 160th and Eswatini ranks 159th of 238 regions.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.