Fertility & birth rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.49 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Eswatini
1960	3.96	6.75
1961	3.89	6.77
1962	3.81	6.79
1963	3.7	6.8
1964	3.6	6.79
1965	3.53	6.79
1966	3.39	6.8
1967	3.22	6.77
1968	3.08	6.76
1969	2.95	6.76
1970	2.79	6.75
1971	2.75	6.74
1972	2.67	6.72
1973	2.54	6.72
1974	2.45	6.71
1975	2.39	6.71
1976	2.31	6.7
1977	2.2	6.68
1978	2.08	6.65
1979	1.99	6.61
1980	1.98	6.57
1981	2.02	6.54
1982	2.05	6.49
1983	2.05	6.43
1984	2.02	6.36
1985	1.96	6.28
1986	1.91	6.11
1987	1.88	5.9
1988	1.85	5.69
1989	1.79	5.48
1990	1.79	5.3
1991	1.78	5.13
1992	1.76	4.98
1993	1.73	4.82
1994	1.7	4.66
1995	1.67	4.52
1996	1.65	4.38
1997	1.69	4.24
1998	1.56	4.13
1999	1.37	4.09
2000	1.28	4.03
2001	1.23	3.94
2002	1.23	3.85
2003	1.22	3.8
2004	1.22	3.76
2005	1.2	3.7
2006	1.18	3.63
2007	1.19	3.58
2008	1.21	3.57
2009	1.27	3.5
2010	1.26	3.38
2011	1.21	3.32
2012	1.25	3.27
2013	1.28	3.24
2014	1.26	3.18
2015	1.32	3.12
2016	1.36	3.07
2017	1.42	3.02
2018	1.5	2.97
2019	1.51	2.93
2020	1.52	2.89
2021	1.49	2.84
2022	1.48	2.8
2023	1.49	2.75
2024	1.49	2.72
2025	1.5	2.68
2026	1.5	2.64
2027	1.51	2.61
2028	1.51	2.57
2029	1.51	2.54
2030	1.52	2.51
2031	1.52	2.49
2032	1.52	2.45
2033	1.53	2.42
2034	1.53	2.4
2035	1.53	2.37
2036	1.54	2.35
2037	1.54	2.32
2038	1.54	2.3
2039	1.54	2.28
2040	1.55	2.26
2041	1.55	2.24
2042	1.55	2.22
2043	1.56	2.2
2044	1.56	2.18
2045	1.56	2.16
2046	1.56	2.14
2047	1.57	2.13
2048	1.57	2.11
2049	1.57	2.1
2050	1.57	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bosnia	Eswatini
1960	38.2%	46.9%
1961	38.5%	47.2%
1962	38.6%	47.4%
1963	38.6%	47.7%
1964	38.4%	47.8%
1965	38.1%	47.7%
1966	37.8%	47.7%
1967	37.3%	47.5%
1968	36.7%	47.3%
1969	36%	47.2%
1970	35.2%	47.2%
1971	34.4%	47.2%
1972	33.7%	47.3%
1973	33%	47.4%
1974	32.2%	47.5%
1975	31.5%	47.7%
1976	30.7%	47.9%
1977	30%	48.1%
1978	29.3%	48.3%
1979	28.7%	48.5%
1980	28.1%	48.7%
1981	27.5%	48.9%
1982	26.9%	49.2%
1983	26.5%	49.3%
1984	26.2%	49.4%
1985	25.9%	49.5%
1986	25.7%	49.4%
1987	25.4%	49.3%
1988	25.1%	48.7%
1989	24.9%	48.1%
1990	24.6%	47.6%
1991	24.3%	47.1%
1992	24.7%	46.6%
1993	25.5%	46.4%
1994	25.5%	47%
1995	24.8%	47.4%
1996	23.5%	46.9%
1997	22.4%	46.2%
1998	21.5%	45.3%
1999	20.7%	44.4%
2000	19.9%	43.6%
2001	19.1%	42.9%
2002	18.4%	42.3%
2003	17.8%	41.8%
2004	17.3%	41.4%
2005	16.9%	41.1%
2006	16.4%	40.8%
2007	16.1%	40.4%
2008	15.8%	39.9%
2009	15.7%	39.3%
2010	15.6%	38.8%
2011	15.4%	38.4%
2012	15.1%	38%
2013	14.8%	37.6%
2014	14.5%	37.2%
2015	14.3%	36.8%
2016	14.1%	36.4%
2017	14%	36%
2018	13.8%	35.6%
2019	13.7%	35.1%
2020	13.6%	34.7%
2021	13.5%	34.3%
2022	13.4%	34%
2023	13.2%	33.7%
2024	13%	33.4%
2025	12.8%	33%
2026	12.7%	32.6%
2027	12.6%	32.2%
2028	12.5%	31.8%
2029	12.4%	31.4%
2030	12.4%	31%
2031	12.3%	30.7%
2032	12.2%	30.3%
2033	12.1%	29.9%
2034	12%	29.5%
2035	12%	29.1%
2036	11.9%	28.7%
2037	11.9%	28.4%
2038	11.9%	28%
2039	11.9%	27.7%
2040	11.9%	27.4%
2041	11.9%	27.1%
2042	11.9%	26.8%
2043	11.9%	26.5%
2044	11.9%	26.2%
2045	11.9%	26%
2046	11.8%	25.7%
2047	11.8%	25.4%
2048	11.8%	25.1%
2049	11.7%	24.9%
2050	11.7%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 24.6% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Eswatini
1960	76,840	9,947
1961	77,601	10,262
1962	77,582	10,601
1963	75,380	10,929
1964	74,151	11,266
1965	72,896	11,719
1966	70,085	12,282
1967	65,618	12,773
1968	61,422	13,449
1969	58,454	14,164
1970	54,455	14,873
1971	54,352	15,615
1972	54,072	16,353
1973	52,989	17,145
1974	53,600	17,971
1975	53,629	18,849
1976	52,107	19,734
1977	48,643	20,609
1978	44,800	21,466
1979	42,157	22,299
1980	42,911	23,153
1981	45,423	23,973
1982	47,023	24,742
1983	47,135	24,883
1984	46,413	26,149
1985	44,983	26,835
1986	42,884	27,096
1987	41,172	27,285
1988	39,058	27,396
1989	36,802	28,257
1990	34,993	28,349
1991	33,692	28,497
1992	-17,883	28,446
1993	-27,199	28,046
1994	4,895	26,703
1995	5,926	23,029
1996	13,327	21,858
1997	19,311	20,686
1998	18,492	19,762
1999	13,568	19,420
2000	11,722	18,830
2001	10,424	17,824
2002	10,972	16,924
2003	10,781	16,396
2004	9,549	15,979
2005	6,546	15,945
2006	2,714	16,133
2007	1,557	16,595
2008	161	17,275
2009	652	17,656
2010	-1,895	17,652
2011	-5,354	17,645
2012	-6,761	18,308
2013	-8,367	18,903
2014	-11,009	19,107
2015	-11,942	19,223
2016	-13,009	19,233
2017	-12,810	19,278
2018	-10,761	19,392
2019	-15,192	19,488
2020	-22,502	18,899
2021	-33,670	17,314
2022	-20,197	20,125
2023	-18,292	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Eswatini

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bosnia	Eswatini
1985	35	580
1986	33	548
1987	31	521
1988	29	494
1989	26	505
1990	25	520
1991	23	545
1992	30	580
1993	26	609
1994	22	645
1995	19	612
1996	17	604
1997	16	550
1998	14	475
1999	13	409
2000	11	361
2001	11	307
2002	10	331
2003	10	392
2004	10	451
2005	9	529
2006	9	511
2007	9	647
2008	8	766
2009	8	855
2010	8	752
2011	7	765
2012	7	613
2013	7	491
2014	7	369
2015	7	283
2016	7	213
2017	7	151
2018	7	133
2019	6	96
2020	7	102
2021	13	219
2022	12	112
2023	6	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	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	-	17.4%
1969	-	17%
1970	-	16.5%
1971	-	16%
1972	-	15.4%
1973	-	14.9%
1974	-	14.3%
1975	-	13.7%
1976	-	13.2%
1977	-	12.6%
1978	-	12%
1979	-	11.5%
1980	-	10.9%
1981	-	10.4%
1982	-	9.89%
1983	-	10.4%
1984	2.94%	8.85%
1985	2.7%	8.37%
1986	2.49%	7.93%
1987	2.3%	7.54%
1988	2.12%	7.2%
1989	1.96%	6.93%
1990	1.82%	6.75%
1991	1.69%	6.72%
1992	5.78%	6.85%
1993	5.87%	7.17%
1994	1.4%	7.62%
1995	1.94%	8.12%
1996	1.24%	8.71%
1997	1.17%	9.3%
1998	1.09%	9.87%
1999	1.02%	10.4%
2000	0.95%	10.9%
2001	0.89%	11.3%
2002	0.84%	11.4%
2003	0.8%	11.6%
2004	0.76%	11.6%
2005	0.74%	11.6%
2006	0.72%	10.5%
2007	0.71%	10%
2008	0.7%	9.82%
2009	0.69%	9.25%
2010	0.68%	8.18%
2011	0.68%	6.81%
2012	0.67%	6.38%
2013	0.67%	6.16%
2014	0.67%	6.17%
2015	0.67%	5.86%
2016	0.68%	5.53%
2017	0.68%	5.43%
2018	0.68%	5.1%
2019	0.67%	5.16%
2020	0.66%	4.98%
2021	0.64%	4.76%
2022	0.62%	4.62%
2023	0.6%	4.5%