rate total: 48.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 52.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 44.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 59.69 years. Country comparison to the world: 219th male: 57.62 years female: 61.81 years (2022 est.) total population: 57.2 years male: 55.1 years female: 59.3 years (2018 est.) male: 52.7 years (2017 est.) female: 51.5 years (2017 est.) total population: 49.06 (2012 est.) 47.85 (2010 est.) 33.22 (2005 est.) 39.47 (2003 est.) Sex ratio at birth: 1.02 (2017, 2003 est.), 1.03 male(s)/female (2000 est.) 0-14 years: 1.02 (2017 est.), 0.99 male(s)/female (2003, 2000 est.) 15-24 years: 1.08 (2017 est.) 25-54 years: 0.66 male(s)/female (2017 est.) 65 years and over: 0.64 (2017 est.), 0.78 (2003 est.), 0.7 male(s)/female (2000 est.) total population: 1 (2017 est.), 0.99 (2003 est.), 0.95 male(s)/female (2000 est.) Education expenditures 7.1% of GDP (2014) Health expenditures 9.3% of GDP (2014) Obesity - adult prevalence rate 16.5% (2016) Children under the age of 5 years underweight 5.8% (2014) Physicians density 0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2009) Hospital bed density 2.1 beds/1,000 population (2011) HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate: 27.4% (2017 est.) people living with HIV/AIDS: 210,000 (2017 est.) deaths: 3,500 (2017 est.) Major infectious diseases degree of risk: intermediate (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria water contact diseases: schistosomiasis Nationality noun: Swazi(s) adjective: Swazi Ethnic groups Swazi 84.3% Zulu 9.9% Tsonga 2.5% Indian 0.8% Pakistani 0.8% Portuguese 0.5% Languages English (official, used for government business) siSwati (official) Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.4% male: 88.3% female: 88.5% (2018) total population: 87.5% (2015 est.), 81.6% (2003 est.), 76.7% (1995 est.) male: 87.4% (2015 est.), 82.6% (2003 est.), 78% (1995 est.) female: 87.5% (2015 est.), 80.8% (2003 est.), 75.6% (1995 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 12 years (2013) See also HIV/AIDS in Swaziland Notes Society of Eswatini pt:Suazilândia#Demografia