Eswatini
Mbabane · Southern Africa
Eswatini is a country in Africa. Its capital city is Mbabane, the official currency is the Lilangeni, and the main language is Swazi.
With a population of roughly 1.2 million people spread over 17,364 km², Eswatini is the 156th most populous country in the world and the 153rd largest by area. That works out at about 69 people per square kilometre.
Eswatini shares land borders with South Africa and Mozambique — 2 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Manzini, Mbabane and Lobamba. The highest point in the country is Emlembe, at 1,862 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Kuwait, while its population is closest to that of Djibouti.
- Capital
- Mbabane
- Region
- Southern Africa
- Population
- 1,200,000
- Area
- 17,364 km²
- Currency
- Lilangeni
- Main language
- Swazi
- Highest point
- Emlembe
1,862 m - Land borders
- 2
Eswatini: things worth knowing
- Eswatini is one of the last absolute monarchies in the world.
- It changed its name from Swaziland in 2018 to avoid confusion with Switzerland.
- The country has two capitals: Mbabane is administrative and Lobamba is legislative and royal.
Eswatini in context
Africa has 54 sovereign countries in total. Eswatini ranks 49th among them by population.
See the full list of Africa countries, or browse all 195 countries.