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Eswatini
Kingdom of Eswatini
Eswatini is a country in Southern Africa. Its capital city is Lobamba. About 1.1 million people live there, in an area of 17 364 square kilometres.
Eswatini has two capitals: Mbabane is the administrative one and Lobamba the royal one, where parliament also meets. The country was called Swaziland until 2018.
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Where is Eswatini?
Eswatini lies in Southern Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 2 950 km from the equator.
Eswatini is landlocked: it has no coast at all, so you cannot reach the sea without crossing another country.
It shares a border with 2 countries: Mozambique and South Africa.
How big is Eswatini?
Eswatini covers 17 364 square kilometres.
That is about 6.7 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 153rd largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 65.4 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Eswatini?
About 1.1 million people live in Eswatini.
That is the 155th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English and Swazi.
They pay with the Swazi lilangeni (L).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 40 years.
The land of Eswatini
The land in Eswatini sits on average 305 metres above sea level.
Because it is landlocked, everything that arrives by ship has to cross one of its 2 neighbours first.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Eswatini different?
Websites from here often end in .sz.
Eswatini and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.2 live in Eswatini.
It takes up about 0.01 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Africa it is the 48th largest of 54 countries, and the 49th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Eswatini and its neighbours
South Africa, its largest neighbour, is about 70.3 times bigger.
South Africa has more people: 57.8 million against 1.1 million.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Eswatini?
The capital of Eswatini is Lobamba. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Eswatini?
About 1.1 million people live in Eswatini, which makes it the 155th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Eswatini?
Eswatini borders Mozambique and South Africa — 2 neighbours in total.
How big is Eswatini?
Eswatini covers 17 364 square kilometres, making it the 153rd largest country in the world. That is about 6.7 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Eswatini in?
Eswatini is in Africa, in the part called Southern Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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