Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Eswatini
1960	7.26	6.75
1961	7.23	6.77
1962	7.19	6.79
1963	7.14	6.8
1964	7.09	6.79
1965	7.03	6.79
1966	6.94	6.8
1967	6.84	6.77
1968	6.71	6.76
1969	6.57	6.76
1970	6.43	6.75
1971	6.28	6.74
1972	6.14	6.72
1973	5.97	6.72
1974	5.79	6.71
1975	5.62	6.71
1976	5.45	6.7
1977	5.29	6.68
1978	5.12	6.65
1979	4.94	6.61
1980	4.76	6.57
1981	4.6	6.54
1982	4.51	6.49
1983	4.41	6.43
1984	4.3	6.36
1985	4.28	6.28
1986	4.25	6.11
1987	4.13	5.9
1988	4.04	5.69
1989	3.96	5.48
1990	3.82	5.3
1991	3.63	5.13
1992	3.55	4.98
1993	3.46	4.82
1994	3.29	4.66
1995	3.13	4.52
1996	2.99	4.38
1997	2.92	4.24
1998	2.89	4.13
1999	2.9	4.09
2000	2.8	4.03
2001	2.65	3.94
2002	2.7	3.85
2003	2.78	3.8
2004	2.77	3.76
2005	2.67	3.7
2006	2.46	3.63
2007	2.28	3.58
2008	2.15	3.57
2009	2.05	3.5
2010	1.99	3.38
2011	2.03	3.32
2012	2.11	3.27
2013	2.17	3.24
2014	2.15	3.18
2015	2.11	3.12
2016	2.04	3.07
2017	1.98	3.02
2018	1.91	2.97
2019	1.84	2.93
2020	1.86	2.89
2021	1.85	2.84
2022	1.84	2.8
2023	1.82	2.75
2024	1.8	2.72
2025	1.78	2.68
2026	1.77	2.64
2027	1.75	2.61
2028	1.74	2.57
2029	1.74	2.54
2030	1.73	2.51
2031	1.72	2.49
2032	1.72	2.45
2033	1.71	2.42
2034	1.71	2.4
2035	1.7	2.37
2036	1.7	2.35
2037	1.69	2.32
2038	1.69	2.3
2039	1.69	2.28
2040	1.68	2.26
2041	1.68	2.24
2042	1.68	2.22
2043	1.68	2.2
2044	1.68	2.18
2045	1.67	2.16
2046	1.67	2.14
2047	1.67	2.13
2048	1.67	2.11
2049	1.66	2.1
2050	1.66	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Eswatini
1960	42.7%	46.9%
1961	42.9%	47.2%
1962	43.2%	47.4%
1963	43.6%	47.7%
1964	44.1%	47.8%
1965	44.7%	47.7%
1966	45.3%	47.7%
1967	45.9%	47.5%
1968	46.1%	47.3%
1969	45.8%	47.2%
1970	45.3%	47.2%
1971	44.4%	47.2%
1972	43.4%	47.3%
1973	42.2%	47.4%
1974	41%	47.5%
1975	39.8%	47.7%
1976	38.7%	47.9%
1977	37.7%	48.1%
1978	36.8%	48.3%
1979	36%	48.5%
1980	35.3%	48.7%
1981	34.8%	48.9%
1982	34.4%	49.2%
1983	34%	49.3%
1984	33.7%	49.4%
1985	33.4%	49.5%
1986	33.3%	49.4%
1987	33.3%	49.3%
1988	33.3%	48.7%
1989	33.4%	48.1%
1990	33.6%	47.6%
1991	33.6%	47.1%
1992	33.5%	46.6%
1993	33.1%	46.4%
1994	32.6%	47%
1995	32.2%	47.4%
1996	31.7%	46.9%
1997	31.2%	46.2%
1998	30.7%	45.3%
1999	30.2%	44.4%
2000	29.8%	43.6%
2001	28.9%	42.9%
2002	27.6%	42.3%
2003	26.2%	41.8%
2004	24.9%	41.4%
2005	23.7%	41.1%
2006	22.8%	40.8%
2007	22%	40.4%
2008	21.3%	39.9%
2009	20.6%	39.3%
2010	20.4%	38.8%
2011	20.4%	38.4%
2012	19.9%	38%
2013	19.8%	37.6%
2014	20.3%	37.2%
2015	20.5%	36.8%
2016	20.1%	36.4%
2017	19.8%	36%
2018	19.8%	35.6%
2019	20.1%	35.1%
2020	19.9%	34.7%
2021	19.3%	34.3%
2022	19.1%	34%
2023	19%	33.7%
2024	18.7%	33.4%
2025	18.4%	33%
2026	18.2%	32.6%
2027	17.9%	32.2%
2028	17.7%	31.8%
2029	17.6%	31.4%
2030	17.4%	31%
2031	17.3%	30.7%
2032	17.2%	30.3%
2033	17.1%	29.9%
2034	17.1%	29.5%
2035	17.1%	29.1%
2036	17.2%	28.7%
2037	17.3%	28.4%
2038	17.3%	28%
2039	17.3%	27.7%
2040	17.3%	27.4%
2041	17.3%	27.1%
2042	17.3%	26.8%
2043	17.3%	26.5%
2044	17.3%	26.2%
2045	17.3%	26%
2046	17.3%	25.7%
2047	17.3%	25.4%
2048	17.2%	25.1%
2049	17.2%	24.9%
2050	17.1%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Eswatini
1960	5,513	9,947
1961	5,882	10,262
1962	6,232	10,601
1963	6,557	10,929
1964	6,873	11,266
1965	7,148	11,719
1966	7,342	12,282
1967	7,492	12,773
1968	7,584	13,449
1969	7,277	14,164
1970	6,973	14,873
1971	6,650	15,615
1972	6,763	16,353
1973	7,012	17,145
1974	7,265	17,971
1975	7,535	18,849
1976	7,818	19,734
1977	8,093	20,609
1978	8,358	21,466
1979	8,587	22,299
1980	8,802	23,153
1981	9,020	23,973
1982	9,396	24,742
1983	9,821	24,883
1984	10,269	26,149
1985	10,924	26,835
1986	11,455	27,096
1987	11,709	27,285
1988	11,995	27,396
1989	12,293	28,257
1990	12,337	28,349
1991	11,491	28,497
1992	11,577	28,446
1993	11,521	28,046
1994	11,133	26,703
1995	10,824	23,029
1996	10,607	21,858
1997	10,739	20,686
1998	10,970	19,762
1999	11,397	19,420
2000	11,339	18,830
2001	10,948	17,824
2002	11,875	16,924
2003	13,243	16,396
2004	14,454	15,979
2005	15,196	15,945
2006	15,248	16,133
2007	15,393	16,595
2008	15,541	17,275
2009	15,795	17,656
2010	16,474	17,652
2011	15,990	17,645
2012	16,219	18,308
2013	17,044	18,903
2014	17,826	19,107
2015	18,193	19,223
2016	17,996	19,233
2017	18,140	19,278
2018	17,445	19,392
2019	16,639	19,488
2020	15,056	18,899
2021	15,401	17,314
2022	17,058	20,125
2023	16,356	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Eswatini

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Eswatini
1985	37	580
1986	37	548
1987	36	521
1988	36	494
1989	35	505
1990	35	520
1991	34	545
1992	34	580
1993	33	609
1994	33	645
1995	31	612
1996	30	604
1997	28	550
1998	27	475
1999	26	409
2000	25	361
2001	24	307
2002	23	331
2003	22	392
2004	21	451
2005	20	529
2006	20	511
2007	19	647
2008	19	766
2009	18	855
2010	18	752
2011	18	765
2012	17	613
2013	17	491
2014	16	369
2015	16	283
2016	17	213
2017	17	151
2018	16	133
2019	17	96
2020	7	102
2021	10	219
2022	5	112
2023	17	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Eswatini
1960	19.8%	20.7%
1961	18.2%	20.4%
1962	16.6%	20%
1963	15.2%	19.6%
1964	13.9%	19.2%
1965	12.7%	18.8%
1966	11.5%	18.3%
1967	10.5%	17.9%
1968	9.5%	17.4%
1969	8.6%	17%
1970	7.79%	16.5%
1971	7.05%	16%
1972	6.38%	15.4%
1973	5.8%	14.9%
1974	5.29%	14.3%
1975	4.84%	13.7%
1976	4.45%	13.2%
1977	4.11%	12.6%
1978	3.81%	12%
1979	3.54%	11.5%
1980	3.3%	10.9%
1981	3.09%	10.4%
1982	2.91%	9.89%
1983	2.76%	10.4%
1984	2.63%	8.85%
1985	2.52%	8.37%
1986	2.44%	7.93%
1987	2.38%	7.54%
1988	2.34%	7.2%
1989	2.32%	6.93%
1990	2.31%	6.75%
1991	2.27%	6.72%
1992	2.21%	6.85%
1993	2.1%	7.17%
1994	1.97%	7.62%
1995	1.82%	8.12%
1996	1.66%	8.71%
1997	1.52%	9.3%
1998	1.41%	9.87%
1999	1.32%	10.4%
2000	1.25%	10.9%
2001	1.2%	11.3%
2002	1.16%	11.4%
2003	1.13%	11.6%
2004	1.1%	11.6%
2005	1.06%	11.6%
2006	1.03%	10.5%
2007	0.98%	10%
2008	0.94%	9.82%
2009	0.9%	9.25%
2010	0.86%	8.18%
2011	0.83%	6.81%
2012	0.81%	6.38%
2013	0.79%	6.16%
2014	0.78%	6.17%
2015	0.77%	5.86%
2016	0.76%	5.53%
2017	0.77%	5.43%
2018	0.77%	5.1%
2019	0.78%	5.16%
2020	0.8%	4.98%
2021	0.82%	4.76%
2022	0.84%	4.62%
2023	0.86%	4.5%