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Eswatini (Swaziland)

Official name Kingdom of Eswatini
Name in local language Umbuso we Swatini (sw)
Continent Africa
Subcontinent Southern Africa
Population (ranking: 165e) 1,159,250 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth 1.16 % / year
Area 17,355 km²
Density 66.80 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 168e) 4.704 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking) 4,140 $USD (2018)
GDP growth 0.60 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking) 46.00 years (2018)
Birth rate 30.05 ‰ (2018)
Fertility rate 3.30 children / woman (2018)
Death rate (ranking) 17.01 ‰ (2018)
Infant mortality rate (ranking) 97.50 ‰ (2018)
Literacy rate 93.50 % (2011)
Official languages English, Swazi
Currency South African rand Swazi lilangeni (SZL)
HDI (ranking: 177e) 0.608 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking) 40.32 (2018)
Government Unitary parliamentary absolute diarchy
Head of State Ngwenyama (King) Mswati III
National Day 6 September (independence of 1968)
ISO Codes SZ, SWZ
Demonym Swazi
Tourists (ranking) 921,000 people (2017)
An unconscious monarchy of an old age

Eswatini (or eSwatini or Swaziland) is a southern African country, without access to the sea, bordered by South Africa and Mozambique. He recently decided to change his name to find his former pre-colonial name, eSwatini, which means “Swazi country”, in Swati language.

eSwatini (Swaziland) landscape. Photo: Sara Atkins

King Mswati lll, who has ruled the country since 1986, is an absolute monarch whose decisions are often unaware of the state of his population. More than a third of the inhabitants are infected by AIDS, but the money available is used for the luxury lifestyle of the Head of State, who for example bought a luxury aircraft at $ 45 million USD in 2004. His many Brides regularly travel to Europe and the Middle East for shopping and sumptuous parties.
This announced catastrophe has concrete catastrophic results: the population lives in an extreme deprivation, the life expectancy stagnates, to 46 years hardly!
The overall health and social condition is deplorable. International humanitarian aid, which has been constant for decades, remains insufficient, even though the crops themselves can not feed everyone. In 2007, the maize crop dropped by 60% due to drought.
The country lacks everything in terms of infrastructure, and is largely dependent on its big neighbour, South Africa.

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Urban areas (2018)
Urban areas Population
Manzini 154,763 inhabitants
Mbabane (executive capital) 106,709 inhabitants
Lobamba (royal and legislative capital) 12,372 inhabitants
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Administrative divisions
Regions Population Area
Hhohho 332,722 inhabitants 3,625 km²
Lubombo 234,483 inhabitants 5,849 km²
Manzini 381,834 inhabitants 4,094 km²
Shiselweni 210,211 inhabitants 3,787 km²
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