Real size
How big is Eswatini really?
17,000 km²
6,570 sq mi · 13th smallest of the 167 here · about the size of Kuwait
Normal web maps draw it 1.3× too big
Eswatini covers 17,000 km² (6,570 sq mi), about the size of Kuwait. A normal web map draws it about 1.3 times too big: not much, but enough to make it look bigger than countries nearer the equator.
Measured from our map outlines, so official figures can differ by a few percent. Ranks count the 167 countries and territories on these pages: those over 5,000 km², not counting disputed territories.
EswatiniSlovenia
EswatiniSlovenia
- Real area
- 17,000 km²
- Size rank
- 155th of 167
- On a normal web map
- 1.3× too big
- Latitude
- 27°S
Countries about the same size
- KuwaitAbout the same size
- FijiFiji is 1.1 times the size of Eswatini
- New CaledoniaNew Caledonia is 1.1 times the size of Eswatini
- Timor-LesteEswatini is 1.1 times the size of Timor-Leste
- SloveniaSlovenia is 1.2 times the size of Eswatini
Eswatini through history
Borders here have moved many times. Step through our maps, from 2000 BCE to today, to see who ruled this land before, and how big their realms really were.
Open the history map →Browse the eras →
Common questions
- How big is Eswatini?
- Eswatini covers about 17,000 km² (6,570 sq mi). It is the 13th smallest of the 167 countries and territories on these pages (those over 5,000 km²).
- Why does Eswatini look so big on maps?
- Most web maps use the Mercator projection, which keeps shapes right but stretches area more and more toward the poles. Averaged over the whole country, it draws Eswatini about 1.3 times too big.
- Is Eswatini bigger than Slovenia?
- No. Slovenia is about 1.2 times the size of Eswatini.
- Is Eswatini bigger than Kuwait?
- They are about the same size: within 5% of each other.