Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 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 Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Eswatini
1960	6.7	6.75
1961	6.7	6.77
1962	6.69	6.79
1963	6.69	6.8
1964	6.68	6.79
1965	6.68	6.79
1966	6.67	6.8
1967	6.67	6.77
1968	6.66	6.76
1969	6.66	6.76
1970	6.65	6.75
1971	6.64	6.74
1972	6.64	6.72
1973	6.63	6.72
1974	6.62	6.71
1975	6.62	6.71
1976	6.62	6.7
1977	6.61	6.68
1978	6.58	6.65
1979	6.55	6.61
1980	6.51	6.57
1981	6.46	6.54
1982	6.4	6.49
1983	6.34	6.43
1984	6.26	6.36
1985	6.18	6.28
1986	6.1	6.11
1987	6	5.9
1988	5.88	5.69
1989	5.76	5.48
1990	5.6	5.3
1991	5.45	5.13
1992	5.27	4.98
1993	5.07	4.82
1994	4.87	4.66
1995	4.62	4.52
1996	4.37	4.38
1997	4.09	4.24
1998	3.85	4.13
1999	3.61	4.09
2000	3.38	4.03
2001	3.19	3.94
2002	3.01	3.85
2003	2.87	3.8
2004	2.78	3.76
2005	2.73	3.7
2006	2.66	3.63
2007	2.59	3.58
2008	2.48	3.57
2009	2.36	3.5
2010	2.25	3.38
2011	2.15	3.32
2012	2.07	3.27
2013	2	3.24
2014	1.92	3.18
2015	1.84	3.12
2016	1.74	3.07
2017	1.62	3.02
2018	1.52	2.97
2019	1.45	2.93
2020	1.5	2.89
2021	1.49	2.84
2022	1.48	2.8
2023	1.46	2.75
2024	1.45	2.72
2025	1.44	2.68
2026	1.43	2.64
2027	1.42	2.61
2028	1.42	2.57
2029	1.42	2.54
2030	1.42	2.51
2031	1.42	2.49
2032	1.42	2.45
2033	1.42	2.42
2034	1.42	2.4
2035	1.42	2.37
2036	1.43	2.35
2037	1.43	2.32
2038	1.43	2.3
2039	1.43	2.28
2040	1.43	2.26
2041	1.44	2.24
2042	1.44	2.22
2043	1.44	2.2
2044	1.44	2.18
2045	1.44	2.16
2046	1.45	2.14
2047	1.45	2.13
2048	1.45	2.11
2049	1.46	2.1
2050	1.46	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Eswatini
1960	42.3%	46.9%
1961	42.1%	47.2%
1962	41.9%	47.4%
1963	41.8%	47.7%
1964	41.8%	47.8%
1965	41.7%	47.7%
1966	41.7%	47.7%
1967	41.7%	47.5%
1968	41.8%	47.3%
1969	41.8%	47.2%
1970	41.8%	47.2%
1971	41.9%	47.2%
1972	42%	47.3%
1973	42.1%	47.4%
1974	42.2%	47.5%
1975	42.3%	47.7%
1976	42.4%	47.9%
1977	42.5%	48.1%
1978	42.6%	48.3%
1979	42.7%	48.5%
1980	42.8%	48.7%
1981	42.9%	48.9%
1982	43%	49.2%
1983	43.1%	49.3%
1984	43.1%	49.4%
1985	43.1%	49.5%
1986	43.1%	49.4%
1987	43.1%	49.3%
1988	43%	48.7%
1989	43%	48.1%
1990	42.9%	47.6%
1991	42.8%	47.1%
1992	42.6%	46.6%
1993	42.4%	46.4%
1994	42.1%	47%
1995	41.7%	47.4%
1996	41.3%	46.9%
1997	40.7%	46.2%
1998	40.1%	45.3%
1999	39.4%	44.4%
2000	38.6%	43.6%
2001	37.7%	42.9%
2002	36.6%	42.3%
2003	35.5%	41.8%
2004	34.3%	41.4%
2005	33.2%	41.1%
2006	32.4%	40.8%
2007	31.6%	40.4%
2008	30.8%	39.9%
2009	30.1%	39.3%
2010	29.4%	38.8%
2011	28.8%	38.4%
2012	28.3%	38%
2013	27.8%	37.6%
2014	27.4%	37.2%
2015	27%	36.8%
2016	26.5%	36.4%
2017	25.8%	36%
2018	25%	35.6%
2019	24.2%	35.1%
2020	23.4%	34.7%
2021	22.7%	34.3%
2022	22%	34%
2023	21.5%	33.7%
2024	20.9%	33.4%
2025	20.4%	33%
2026	19.8%	32.6%
2027	19.3%	32.2%
2028	18.7%	31.8%
2029	18.3%	31.4%
2030	17.9%	31%
2031	17.6%	30.7%
2032	17.4%	30.3%
2033	17.2%	29.9%
2034	17.1%	29.5%
2035	17%	29.1%
2036	16.9%	28.7%
2037	16.8%	28.4%
2038	16.6%	28%
2039	16.5%	27.7%
2040	16.3%	27.4%
2041	16.2%	27.1%
2042	16%	26.8%
2043	15.9%	26.5%
2044	15.7%	26.2%
2045	15.6%	26%
2046	15.4%	25.7%
2047	15.2%	25.4%
2048	15%	25.1%
2049	14.8%	24.9%
2050	14.6%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Eswatini
1960	4,888	9,947
1961	5,081	10,262
1962	5,297	10,601
1963	5,551	10,929
1964	5,818	11,266
1965	6,109	11,719
1966	6,418	12,282
1967	6,744	12,773
1968	7,085	13,449
1969	7,435	14,164
1970	7,791	14,873
1971	8,161	15,615
1972	8,549	16,353
1973	8,939	17,145
1974	9,324	17,971
1975	9,775	18,849
1976	10,228	19,734
1977	10,679	20,609
1978	11,133	21,466
1979	11,583	22,299
1980	12,016	23,153
1981	12,444	23,973
1982	12,872	24,742
1983	13,284	24,883
1984	13,688	26,149
1985	14,061	26,835
1986	14,516	27,096
1987	14,887	27,285
1988	15,212	27,396
1989	15,516	28,257
1990	15,704	28,349
1991	15,801	28,497
1992	15,594	28,446
1993	13,915	28,046
1994	13,536	26,703
1995	12,938	23,029
1996	12,153	21,858
1997	11,668	20,686
1998	11,320	19,762
1999	10,940	19,420
2000	10,142	18,830
2001	9,904	17,824
2002	9,464	16,924
2003	9,132	16,396
2004	9,056	15,979
2005	9,102	15,945
2006	9,197	16,133
2007	9,322	16,595
2008	9,200	17,275
2009	8,913	17,656
2010	8,598	17,652
2011	8,282	17,645
2012	7,967	18,308
2013	7,689	18,903
2014	7,290	19,107
2015	6,762	19,223
2016	6,164	19,233
2017	5,367	19,278
2018	4,909	19,392
2019	4,643	19,488
2020	5,142	18,899
2021	5,162	17,314
2022	5,204	20,125
2023	5,153	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Eswatini

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Eswatini
1985	969	580
1986	911	548
1987	857	521
1988	798	494
1989	747	505
1990	704	520
1991	671	545
1992	656	580
1993	578	609
1994	544	645
1995	498	612
1996	450	604
1997	415	550
1998	378	475
1999	346	409
2000	324	361
2001	286	307
2002	257	331
2003	229	392
2004	207	451
2005	186	529
2006	167	511
2007	149	647
2008	133	766
2009	121	855
2010	107	752
2011	96	765
2012	86	613
2013	79	491
2014	73	369
2015	68	283
2016	63	213
2017	58	151
2018	55	133
2019	52	96
2020	51	102
2021	50	219
2022	49	112
2023	47	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	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	27.4%	17.4%
1969	26.7%	17%
1970	26.2%	16.5%
1971	25.5%	16%
1972	24.9%	15.4%
1973	24.3%	14.9%
1974	23.6%	14.3%
1975	22.9%	13.7%
1976	22.3%	13.2%
1977	21.6%	12.6%
1978	20.9%	12%
1979	20.2%	11.5%
1980	19.5%	10.9%
1981	18.7%	10.4%
1982	18%	9.89%
1983	17.3%	10.4%
1984	16.6%	8.85%
1985	15.9%	8.37%
1986	15.3%	7.93%
1987	14.6%	7.54%
1988	14%	7.2%
1989	13.4%	6.93%
1990	12.8%	6.75%
1991	12.3%	6.72%
1992	11.8%	6.85%
1993	11.3%	7.17%
1994	10.8%	7.62%
1995	10.3%	8.12%
1996	9.75%	8.71%
1997	9.26%	9.3%
1998	8.77%	9.87%
1999	8.3%	10.4%
2000	7.85%	10.9%
2001	7.4%	11.3%
2002	6.96%	11.4%
2003	6.54%	11.6%
2004	6.12%	11.6%
2005	5.71%	11.6%
2006	5.32%	10.5%
2007	4.96%	10%
2008	4.62%	9.82%
2009	4.31%	9.25%
2010	4.03%	8.18%
2011	3.77%	6.81%
2012	3.56%	6.38%
2013	3.38%	6.16%
2014	3.22%	6.17%
2015	3.08%	5.86%
2016	2.96%	5.53%
2017	2.85%	5.43%
2018	2.74%	5.1%
2019	2.65%	5.16%
2020	2.55%	4.98%
2021	2.47%	4.76%
2022	2.39%	4.62%
2023	2.31%	4.5%