Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Lobamba
- Region
- Africa, Southern Africa
- Population
- 1,256,174 (2025)
- Area
- 17,363 km²
- Currency
- Swazi lilangeni (SZL), South African rand (ZAR)
- Languages
- English, Swati
- Calling code
- +268
- Internet domain
- .sz
- ISO codes
- SZ, SWZ, 748
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- @### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Eswatini covers about 17,363 square kilometres. By area it ranks 160th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Kuwait and a little larger than Timor-Leste. It shares a land border with 2 neighbours: Mozambique, South Africa. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 26° south, 32° east, in the southern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 1.26 million people live in Eswatini (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 159th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 72 people to each square kilometre. About 27 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 64 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Swati. A person from Eswatini is called Swazi.
Money and economy
The currency is the Swazi lilangeni (code SZL, symbol L). Also listed as used here: South African rand (ZAR). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 5.16 billion (2025), which is about US$ 4,108 for each person (2025).
Time
Eswatini uses one time zone, UTC+2:00 (Africa/Mbabane). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Manzini | 110,537 |
| Mbabane | 76,218 |
| Lobamba | 4,557 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southern Africa
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.