State · 1968 – present
Eswatini
A state of 1968 – present — 58 years, still standing in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced British Swaziland. The atlas records 2 things within it — famine and plague 1 · people 1. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 58 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 2
- the King of Swaziland
- Most ground
- 17,300 km²
- in 1973
- Within it
- 2
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- British Swaziland · replaces
Rulers
The line of King of Swaziland - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sobhuza II | 1899 – 1982 | 83 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Mswati III | 1986 – in office | in office since 1986 | still in office | child |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1899 – 1986. Median reign 83 years. 1 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Eswatini, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Jameson Mbilini Dlamini | lived 1921 – 2008 |
| Bhekimpi Dlamini | lived 1924 – 1999 |
| Ben Nsibandze | lived 1931 – 2021 |
| Sotsha Dlamini | lived 1940 – 2017 |
| Makhosini Dlamini | 1967 – 1976 |
| Maphevu Dlamini | 1976 – 1979 |
| Mabandla Dlamini | 1980 – 1983 |
| Obed Dlamini | 1989 – 1993 |
| Andreas Fakudze | 1993 – 1993 |
| Sishayi Nxumalo | 1996 – 1996 |
| Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini | 1996 – 2003 |
| Paul Shabangu | 2003 – 2003 |
| Themba Dlamini | 2003 – 2008 |
| Bheki Dlamini | 2008 – 2008 |
| Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini | 2008 – 2018 |
| Vincent Mhlanga | 2018 – 2018 |
| Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini | 2018 – 2020 |
| Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku | 2020 – 2021 |
| Cleopas Dlamini | 2021 – 2023 |
| Mgwagwa Gamedze | 2023 – 2023 |
| Edeupa Yerimin | 2023 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
17,200 km² in 1978, 17,200 km² in 2018; at its largest 17,200 km² in 1978. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, from 1968Flag of Eswatini · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1968Coat of arms of Eswatini · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19991 row
- Mswati III · ruler · 1968 – present
2000 – 20991 row
- COVID-19 pandemic in Eswatini · plague · 2020
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood58 years
stood longer than 36% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held17,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 20% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median83 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 99% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1958 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1973, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1050 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.