Eswatini
Eswatini
Capital Mbabane (administrative); Lobamba (legislative)
17,364 km² · 1,256,174 people (2025) · Swazi lilangeni
One of the smallest countries in Africa, roughly 200 km from north to south. Sibebe Rock outside the capital is a granite dome around 3 billion years old and is often described as the world's second-largest exposed monolith after Uluru.
The facts
- Capital
- Mbabane (administrative); Lobamba (legislative)
- Largest city
- Manzini
- Area
- 17,364 km² — 6,704 sq mi
- Population
- 1,256,174 (2025)
- Density
- 72.3 people per km²
- Currency
- Swazi lilangeni (SZL, L)
- Official languages
- English, Swazi
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +268
- Drives on the
- left
- ISO codes
- SZ · SWZ
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 155 of 200
- By population
- 159 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 18,274 | 933,154 |
| Kuwait | 17,818 | 4,865,298 |
| Eswatini ← | 17,364 | 1,256,174 |
| Timor-Leste | 14,874 | 1,418,517 |
| Bahamas | 13,880 | 403,033 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Eswatini?
- Mbabane (administrative); Lobamba (legislative)
- What currency does Eswatini use?
- The Swazi lilangeni (SZL).
- How big is Eswatini?
- 17,364 km², or 6,704 square miles — 155 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Eswatini drive on?
- The left.
Related pages
- Fiji 18,274 km²
- Kuwait 17,818 km²
- Timor-Leste 14,874 km²
- Bahamas 13,880 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Egypt Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Kenya Africa
- Sudan Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)