Eswatini: flag, capital & map
Get to know Eswatini, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Mbabane
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Southern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 1,256,174
- Area
- 17,364 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Swazi
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)
- Land neighbours
- Mozambique, South Africa
Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital of Eswatini.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Eswatini
The flag of Eswatini is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central yellow-edged red band, and a light blue band above and beneath the red band. The red band is three times the height of the blue bands and bears a centered emblem made up of a large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally.
Where it is
Eswatini is grouped in Southern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: Mozambique, South Africa. It is landlocked.
Eswatini has a recorded area of 17,364 square kilometres. Among the 6 countries assigned to Southern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 6 by area, from largest to smallest. Lesotho is immediately above it in that ordering, at 30,355 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 1,256,174 people for Eswatini in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 72 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Swazi. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Swazi Lilangeni (SZL). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Eswatini?
Reveal answer
Mbabane. Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital of Eswatini.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Eswatini?
Reveal answer
The flag of Eswatini is composed of three horizontal bands — a large central yellow-edged red band, and a light blue band above and beneath the red band. The red band is three times the height of the blue bands and bears a centered emblem made up of a large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and a staff decorated with feather tassels, all placed horizontally.
Which land neighbours of Eswatini are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Mozambique and South Africa. Eswatini is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Eswatini?
Reveal answer
English and Swazi. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Eswatini.
Which currency codes are listed for Eswatini?
Reveal answer
Swazi Lilangeni (SZL). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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