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Southern Africa

Eswatini is home to 2 documented ethnic groups in Southern Africa — led by Swazi (~97%), Eswatini Other (~3%). This page blends their phenotype and demographic data into one weighted reference: skin tone, facial features, hair texture and build, drawn from published census and ancestry sources.

Demographic Composition

Composition weights are derived from self-identification in published census and demographic surveys. Each row links to the source ethnic-group atlas page.

Ethnic groupWeightSource
SwaziSwazi97.0%Eswatini Population and Housing Census 2017; Swazi / emaSwati (~97%, ~1.1M+ of ~1.2M total). Bantu / siSwati language. Cross-border with South African Swazi populations of Mpumalanga
Eswatini OtherEswatini Other3.0%Eswatini 2017 Census residual; includes Zulu, Tsonga, plus white-Eswatini and Indian-Eswatini smaller groups

Eswatini Phenotype Profile

Eswatini has a strongly Swazi demographic profile (~97%). The country (formerly Swaziland) is one of the last remaining absolute monarchies in Africa.

A descriptive view, not a claim about individuals

This page shows a weighted aggregate of phenotype observations across the Eswatini population, based on demographic composition from published census and ancestry sources. Phenotypes within any country are far more varied than the aggregate suggests; this is a descriptive reference, not a deterministic claim about any individual. For source-level detail on individual ethnic groups, see the constituent atlas pages linked below.

Methodology Notes

Composition weights derived from Eswatini 2017 Census.

See full project methodology →

Primary Sources

  1. 1.Central Statistical Office Eswatini. Population and Housing Census 2017. Mbabane: CSO; 2019.
  2. 2.Kuper H. The Swazi: A South African Kingdom. Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 1986.
  3. 3.Bonner P. Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires: The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth-Century Swazi State. Cambridge University Press; 1983.
  4. 4.Booth A. Swaziland: Tradition and Change in a Southern African Kingdom. Westview; 1983.
  5. 5.Levin R. When the Sleeping Grass Awakens: Land and Power in Swaziland. Witwatersrand University Press; 1997.

Other countries in Southern Africa

Aggregate phenotype references for neighbouring Southern Africa nations, weighted by demographic composition.

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