Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Afrikaans (secondary) · Chichewa (secondary) · Hindi (secondary) · Nyanja (secondary) · Zulu (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Eswatini

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Swazi, Tekeza	1062000	Swati	Christianity
Zulu	104000	Zulu	Christianity
Tsonga, Shangaan	26000	Tsonga	Christianity
Afrikaner	15000	Afrikaans	Christianity
South Asian, general	9100	Hindi	Hinduism
Nyanja	6300	Chichewa	Christianity
Deaf	6100	Language unknown	Unknown
Sotho	6000	Sotho, Southern	Christianity
Comorian, Maore	700	Comorian, Maore	Islam

Languages

9 languages recorded here.

Afrikaans

Chichewa

Comorian, Maore

Hindi

Language unknown

Sotho, Southern

Swati

Tsonga

Zulu

All catalogue fields

152 fields recorded

rog3: WZ
iso3: SWZ
iso2: SZ
ctry: Eswatini
poplpeoples: 1236000
cntpeoples: 9
cntpeopleslr: 2
poplpeopleslr: 6800
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: ssw
officiallang: Swati
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 83.690058856673
percentevangelical: 20.722222208723
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 2
harvest_rog3: WZ
harvest_iso3: SWZ
harvest_iso2: SZ
harvest_owcountrycode: SWAZ
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: SZ
harvest_countrynumber: 202
harvest_ctry: Eswatini
harvest_ctryshort: Eswatini
harvest_altname: Swaziland
harvest_countrynamechinese: 斯威士兰
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 斯威士兰
harvest_countrynamedutch: Eswatini
harvest_countrynamefrench: Eswatini
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Eswatini
harvest_countrynamegerman: Eswatini
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Eswatini
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Eswatini
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Eswatini
harvest_countrynameitalian: Eswatini
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Eswatini
harvest_countrynamekorean: 에스와티니
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 에스와티니
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Eswatini
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Eswatini
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Essuatíni
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Essuatíni
harvest_countrynamerussian: Эсватини
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Эсватини
harvest_countrynamespanish: Esuatini
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Esuatini
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Eswatini
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Eswatini
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 6
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 018
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_maniregioncode: AI
harvest_capital: Mbabane (administrative)
harvest_population: 1256000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/swaziland.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-sf+lt+wz.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/eswatini-0
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 25.1
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 45.882034
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 0.2
harvest_owcountrypage: eswatini
harvest_literacyrate: 88
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 24
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: ssw
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: eng
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 2
harvest_pctanimist: 12.2
harvest_pctbahai: 0.48
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.14
harvest_pctislam: 1
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 1.5
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 84.68000000000001
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 9.640000000000001
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 49.01
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.88
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 4.74
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.6100000000000001
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 19.8
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.541
harvest_hdirank: 148
harvest_internetusers: 28.6
harvest_flashmapzoom: 676
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -322
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -473
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: -26.5
harvest_googlemaplng: 31.5
harvest_ctrylatitude: -26.522503
harvest_ctrylongitude: 31.465866
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/eswatini/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 104
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.226993865030675
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=sz&joshua=wz
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-eswatini
harvest_internetusage: 47
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://biblesociety-swaziland.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 6703
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 17364
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 168
harvest_countryphonecode: 268
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 70
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 19
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 70.40000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 11.9
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 82.7
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 29.4
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .sz
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/eswatini
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00