| Kingdom of Eswatini Umbuso weSwatini (Swazi) | ||||||
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| Motto: "Siyinqaba" (Swazi) "We are a fortress" "We are a mystery" "We hide ourselves away" "We are powerful ones" |
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| Anthem: "Nkulunkulu Mnikati wetibusiso temaSwati" "Oh God, Giver of Blessings to the Swazi" |
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| Capital | Mbabane (executive) Lobamba (legislative) | |||||
| Largest city | Mbabane | |||||
| Official languages | Swazi • English • Zulu | |||||
| Religion | 93.3% Christianity 4.5% traditional faiths 1.4% no religion 0.8% others |
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| Demonym | Swazi | |||||
| Government | Unitary diarchic constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | King | Mswati III | ||||
| - | Queen Mother | Ntfombi | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Russell Dlamini | ||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||
| Independence | from the United Kingdom | |||||
| - | Independence granted | 6 September 1968 | ||||
| - | United Nations membership | 24 September 1968 | ||||
| - | Renaming | 19 April 2018 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | 28 July 2025 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 17,364 km2 6,704 sq mi |
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| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 1,236,126 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2025 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $13.797 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $11,858 | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2025 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $4.648 billion | ||||
| - | Per capita | $3,995 | ||||
| Gini (2025) | 54.6 | |||||
| HDI (2025) | 0.695 | |||||
| Currency | Lilangeni (SZL) South African rand (ZAR) |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) | |||||
| Drives on the | Left | |||||
| Internet TLD | .sz | |||||
| Calling code | +268 | |||||
Eswatini, formally the Kingdom of Eswatini, also known by its former official names Swaziland and the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa on the west, northwest and southest, Mozambique to the northeast and Zululand to the south and southeast. At no more than 200 km (120 mi) north to south and 130 km (81 mi) east to west, Eswatini is one of the smallest countries in Africa; despite this, its climate and topography are diverse, ranging from a cool and mountainous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld. The population is composed primarily of ethnic Swazis. The prevalent language is Swazi (siSwati in native form). The Swazis established their kingdom in the mid-18th century under the leadership of Ngwane III. The country and the Swazi take their names from Mswati II, the 19th-century king under whose rule the country was expanded and unified; its boundaries were drawn up in 1881 in the midst of the Scramble for Africa. After the Second Boer War, the kingdom, under the name of Swaziland, was a British high commission territory from 1903 until it regained its full independence on 6 September 1968. In April 2018, the official name was changed from Kingdom of Swaziland to Kingdom of Eswatini, mirroring the name commonly used in Swazi.
