Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.75 in Eswatini in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Eswatini population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Eswatini
1960	5.09	6.75
1961	5.16	6.77
1962	5.13	6.79
1963	5.06	6.8
1964	4.97	6.79
1965	4.88	6.79
1966	4.79	6.8
1967	4.69	6.77
1968	4.56	6.76
1969	4.38	6.76
1970	4.21	6.75
1971	4.06	6.74
1972	3.89	6.72
1973	3.73	6.72
1974	3.57	6.71
1975	3.42	6.71
1976	3.3	6.7
1977	3.17	6.68
1978	3.05	6.65
1979	2.94	6.61
1980	2.84	6.57
1981	2.77	6.54
1982	2.71	6.49
1983	2.65	6.43
1984	2.59	6.36
1985	2.55	6.28
1986	2.53	6.11
1987	2.52	5.9
1988	2.52	5.69
1989	2.52	5.48
1990	2.52	5.3
1991	2.51	5.13
1992	2.71	4.98
1993	2.61	4.82
1994	2.47	4.66
1995	2.42	4.52
1996	2.35	4.38
1997	2.29	4.24
1998	2.23	4.13
1999	2.13	4.09
2000	2.06	4.03
2001	2.02	3.94
2002	1.98	3.85
2003	1.97	3.8
2004	1.98	3.76
2005	2.01	3.7
2006	2.02	3.63
2007	2.04	3.58
2008	2	3.57
2009	2.01	3.5
2010	1.84	3.38
2011	1.79	3.32
2012	1.76	3.27
2013	1.74	3.24
2014	1.69	3.18
2015	1.57	3.12
2016	1.5	3.07
2017	1.42	3.02
2018	1.4	2.97
2019	1.4	2.93
2020	1.39	2.89
2021	1.38	2.84
2022	1.38	2.8
2023	1.37	2.75
2024	1.37	2.72
2025	1.36	2.68
2026	1.36	2.64
2027	1.35	2.61
2028	1.35	2.57
2029	1.35	2.54
2030	1.35	2.51
2031	1.36	2.49
2032	1.36	2.45
2033	1.36	2.42
2034	1.37	2.4
2035	1.37	2.37
2036	1.37	2.35
2037	1.38	2.32
2038	1.38	2.3
2039	1.38	2.28
2040	1.39	2.26
2041	1.39	2.24
2042	1.39	2.22
2043	1.39	2.2
2044	1.4	2.18
2045	1.4	2.16
2046	1.4	2.14
2047	1.4	2.13
2048	1.41	2.11
2049	1.41	2.1
2050	1.41	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Eswatini
1960	41.1%	46.9%
1961	41%	47.2%
1962	40.9%	47.4%
1963	40.8%	47.7%
1964	40.7%	47.8%
1965	40.7%	47.7%
1966	40.6%	47.7%
1967	40.6%	47.5%
1968	40.4%	47.3%
1969	40.3%	47.2%
1970	40.1%	47.2%
1971	40%	47.2%
1972	39.9%	47.3%
1973	39.7%	47.4%
1974	39.4%	47.5%
1975	39%	47.7%
1976	38.4%	47.9%
1977	37.8%	48.1%
1978	37%	48.3%
1979	36.1%	48.5%
1980	35.3%	48.7%
1981	34.4%	48.9%
1982	33.6%	49.2%
1983	32.8%	49.3%
1984	32%	49.4%
1985	31.2%	49.5%
1986	30.6%	49.4%
1987	30%	49.3%
1988	29.5%	48.7%
1989	29.2%	48.1%
1990	28.9%	47.6%
1991	28.7%	47.1%
1992	28.6%	46.6%
1993	28.6%	46.4%
1994	28.6%	47%
1995	28.5%	47.4%
1996	28.5%	46.9%
1997	28.4%	46.2%
1998	28.2%	45.3%
1999	28.1%	44.4%
2000	27.8%	43.6%
2001	27.5%	42.9%
2002	27.2%	42.3%
2003	26.8%	41.8%
2004	26.3%	41.4%
2005	25.9%	41.1%
2006	25.4%	40.8%
2007	24.9%	40.4%
2008	24.3%	39.9%
2009	23.8%	39.3%
2010	23.3%	38.8%
2011	22.8%	38.4%
2012	22.4%	38%
2013	22%	37.6%
2014	21.6%	37.2%
2015	21.3%	36.8%
2016	20.9%	36.4%
2017	20.6%	36%
2018	20.2%	35.6%
2019	19.8%	35.1%
2020	19.5%	34.7%
2021	19.1%	34.3%
2022	18.8%	34%
2023	18.3%	33.7%
2024	17.9%	33.4%
2025	17.5%	33%
2026	17.2%	32.6%
2027	16.9%	32.2%
2028	16.7%	31.8%
2029	16.4%	31.4%
2030	16.2%	31%
2031	16%	30.7%
2032	15.9%	30.3%
2033	15.8%	29.9%
2034	15.7%	29.5%
2035	15.6%	29.1%
2036	15.5%	28.7%
2037	15.4%	28.4%
2038	15.3%	28%
2039	15.3%	27.7%
2040	15.2%	27.4%
2041	15.1%	27.1%
2042	15%	26.8%
2043	14.9%	26.5%
2044	14.9%	26.2%
2045	14.8%	26%
2046	14.7%	25.7%
2047	14.7%	25.4%
2048	14.6%	25.1%
2049	14.5%	24.9%
2050	14.4%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +1.63% in Eswatini. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bahamas	Eswatini
1960	3,351	9,947
1961	3,577	10,262
1962	3,748	10,601
1963	3,901	10,929
1964	4,037	11,266
1965	4,193	11,719
1966	4,339	12,282
1967	4,502	12,773
1968	4,622	13,449
1969	4,688	14,164
1970	4,726	14,873
1971	4,690	15,615
1972	4,583	16,353
1973	4,467	17,145
1974	4,352	17,971
1975	4,249	18,849
1976	4,167	19,734
1977	4,069	20,609
1978	3,987	21,466
1979	3,899	22,299
1980	3,845	23,153
1981	3,851	23,973
1982	3,863	24,742
1983	3,888	24,883
1984	3,892	26,149
1985	3,918	26,835
1986	3,998	27,096
1987	4,090	27,285
1988	4,198	27,396
1989	4,323	28,257
1990	4,432	28,349
1991	4,498	28,497
1992	5,064	28,446
1993	4,877	28,046
1994	4,558	26,703
1995	4,434	23,029
1996	4,265	21,858
1997	4,107	20,686
1998	3,949	19,762
1999	3,688	19,420
2000	3,487	18,830
2001	3,377	17,824
2002	3,249	16,924
2003	3,181	16,396
2004	3,165	15,979
2005	3,220	15,945
2006	3,205	16,133
2007	3,243	16,595
2008	3,134	17,275
2009	3,163	17,656
2010	2,662	17,652
2011	2,558	17,645
2012	2,485	18,308
2013	2,432	18,903
2014	2,259	19,107
2015	1,840	19,223
2016	1,569	19,233
2017	1,289	19,278
2018	1,173	19,392
2019	740	19,488
2020	631	18,899
2021	-93	17,314
2022	947	20,125
2023	854	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Eswatini

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Eswatini
1985	70	580
1986	68	548
1987	66	521
1988	66	494
1989	65	505
1990	65	520
1991	67	545
1992	67	580
1993	66	609
1994	64	645
1995	63	612
1996	62	604
1997	59	550
1998	57	475
1999	54	409
2000	51	361
2001	48	307
2002	46	331
2003	57	392
2004	69	451
2005	70	529
2006	74	511
2007	78	647
2008	80	766
2009	84	855
2010	79	752
2011	74	765
2012	71	613
2013	74	491
2014	78	369
2015	83	283
2016	77	213
2017	79	151
2018	82	133
2019	82	96
2020	84	102
2021	174	219
2022	80	112
2023	76	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 4.5% in Eswatini. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bahamas	Eswatini
1960	-	20.7%
1961	-	20.4%
1962	-	20%
1963	-	19.6%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	18.8%
1966	-	18.3%
1967	-	17.9%
1968	2.94%	17.4%
1969	2.99%	17%
1970	3.03%	16.5%
1971	3.07%	16%
1972	3.1%	15.4%
1973	3.13%	14.9%
1974	3.14%	14.3%
1975	3.13%	13.7%
1976	3.1%	13.2%
1977	3.07%	12.6%
1978	3.03%	12%
1979	2.99%	11.5%
1980	2.95%	10.9%
1981	2.91%	10.4%
1982	2.88%	9.89%
1983	2.84%	10.4%
1984	2.81%	8.85%
1985	2.78%	8.37%
1986	2.73%	7.93%
1987	2.65%	7.54%
1988	2.55%	7.2%
1989	2.45%	6.93%
1990	2.34%	6.75%
1991	2.23%	6.72%
1992	2.12%	6.85%
1993	2.03%	7.17%
1994	1.93%	7.62%
1995	1.84%	8.12%
1996	1.76%	8.71%
1997	1.69%	9.3%
1998	1.65%	9.87%
1999	1.62%	10.4%
2000	1.62%	10.9%
2001	1.63%	11.3%
2002	1.65%	11.4%
2003	1.67%	11.6%
2004	1.69%	11.6%
2005	1.69%	11.6%
2006	1.68%	10.5%
2007	1.65%	10%
2008	1.62%	9.82%
2009	1.58%	9.25%
2010	1.54%	8.18%
2011	1.5%	6.81%
2012	1.47%	6.38%
2013	1.44%	6.16%
2014	1.42%	6.17%
2015	1.39%	5.86%
2016	1.38%	5.53%
2017	1.36%	5.43%
2018	1.35%	5.1%
2019	2.35%	5.16%
2020	1.33%	4.98%
2021	1.31%	4.76%
2022	1.29%	4.62%
2023	1.27%	4.5%