Fertility & birth rates in Bulgaria and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Bulgaria vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bulgaria was 1.81 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 Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Eswatini
1960	2.31	6.75
1961	2.29	6.77
1962	2.24	6.79
1963	2.21	6.8
1964	2.19	6.79
1965	2.09	6.79
1966	2.03	6.8
1967	2.02	6.77
1968	2.27	6.76
1969	2.27	6.76
1970	2.17	6.75
1971	2.1	6.74
1972	2.03	6.72
1973	2.15	6.72
1974	2.29	6.71
1975	2.23	6.71
1976	2.24	6.7
1977	2.21	6.68
1978	2.15	6.65
1979	2.16	6.61
1980	2.05	6.57
1981	2	6.54
1982	2.01	6.49
1983	2.01	6.43
1984	2.01	6.36
1985	1.97	6.28
1986	2.02	6.11
1987	1.96	5.9
1988	1.97	5.69
1989	1.9	5.48
1990	1.82	5.3
1991	1.66	5.13
1992	1.55	4.98
1993	1.46	4.82
1994	1.37	4.66
1995	1.23	4.52
1996	1.23	4.38
1997	1.09	4.24
1998	1.11	4.13
1999	1.23	4.09
2000	1.26	4.03
2001	1.21	3.94
2002	1.23	3.85
2003	1.26	3.8
2004	1.33	3.76
2005	1.37	3.7
2006	1.44	3.63
2007	1.49	3.58
2008	1.56	3.57
2009	1.66	3.5
2010	1.57	3.38
2011	1.51	3.32
2012	1.5	3.27
2013	1.54	3.24
2014	1.62	3.18
2015	1.64	3.12
2016	1.67	3.07
2017	1.71	3.02
2018	1.73	2.97
2019	1.79	2.93
2020	1.77	2.89
2021	1.8	2.84
2022	1.78	2.8
2023	1.81	2.75
2024	1.81	2.72
2025	1.8	2.68
2026	1.8	2.64
2027	1.8	2.61
2028	1.8	2.57
2029	1.79	2.54
2030	1.79	2.51
2031	1.79	2.49
2032	1.79	2.45
2033	1.79	2.42
2034	1.79	2.4
2035	1.78	2.37
2036	1.78	2.35
2037	1.78	2.32
2038	1.77	2.3
2039	1.77	2.28
2040	1.77	2.26
2041	1.77	2.24
2042	1.77	2.22
2043	1.76	2.2
2044	1.76	2.18
2045	1.76	2.16
2046	1.76	2.14
2047	1.76	2.13
2048	1.76	2.11
2049	1.76	2.1
2050	1.76	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bulgaria	Eswatini
1960	26.1%	46.9%
1961	25.8%	47.2%
1962	25.4%	47.4%
1963	25.1%	47.7%
1964	24.7%	47.8%
1965	24.2%	47.7%
1966	23.8%	47.7%
1967	23.4%	47.5%
1968	23.2%	47.3%
1969	23%	47.2%
1970	22.8%	47.2%
1971	22.6%	47.2%
1972	22.4%	47.3%
1973	22.3%	47.4%
1974	22.2%	47.5%
1975	22.3%	47.7%
1976	22.3%	47.9%
1977	22.2%	48.1%
1978	22.2%	48.3%
1979	22.1%	48.5%
1980	22.1%	48.7%
1981	22.1%	48.9%
1982	22.1%	49.2%
1983	22%	49.3%
1984	21.8%	49.4%
1985	21.6%	49.5%
1986	21.4%	49.4%
1987	21.3%	49.3%
1988	21.1%	48.7%
1989	20.8%	48.1%
1990	20.3%	47.6%
1991	19.8%	47.1%
1992	19.3%	46.6%
1993	18.8%	46.4%
1994	18.3%	47%
1995	17.9%	47.4%
1996	17.4%	46.9%
1997	17%	46.2%
1998	16.5%	45.3%
1999	16.1%	44.4%
2000	15.7%	43.6%
2001	15.2%	42.9%
2002	14.8%	42.3%
2003	14.4%	41.8%
2004	14%	41.4%
2005	13.7%	41.1%
2006	13.5%	40.8%
2007	13.4%	40.4%
2008	13.3%	39.9%
2009	13.4%	39.3%
2010	13.5%	38.8%
2011	13.5%	38.4%
2012	13.6%	38%
2013	13.7%	37.6%
2014	13.8%	37.2%
2015	13.9%	36.8%
2016	14%	36.4%
2017	14.2%	36%
2018	14.3%	35.6%
2019	14.4%	35.1%
2020	14.4%	34.7%
2021	14.5%	34.3%
2022	14.5%	34%
2023	14.5%	33.7%
2024	14.5%	33.4%
2025	14.4%	33%
2026	14.3%	32.6%
2027	14.3%	32.2%
2028	14.2%	31.8%
2029	14.1%	31.4%
2030	14%	31%
2031	14%	30.7%
2032	13.9%	30.3%
2033	13.8%	29.9%
2034	13.8%	29.5%
2035	13.7%	29.1%
2036	13.7%	28.7%
2037	13.7%	28.4%
2038	13.6%	28%
2039	13.6%	27.7%
2040	13.6%	27.4%
2041	13.6%	27.1%
2042	13.6%	26.8%
2043	13.6%	26.5%
2044	13.6%	26.2%
2045	13.6%	26%
2046	13.7%	25.7%
2047	13.7%	25.4%
2048	13.7%	25.1%
2049	13.8%	24.9%
2050	13.8%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.5% of the population in Bulgaria and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 20.3% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bulgaria and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Bulgaria vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.79% in Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Eswatini
1960	76,314	9,947
1961	75,460	10,262
1962	64,104	10,601
1963	66,241	10,929
1964	66,783	11,266
1965	58,249	11,719
1966	54,504	12,282
1967	49,861	12,773
1968	69,468	13,449
1969	63,256	14,164
1970	61,125	14,873
1971	52,925	15,615
1972	47,169	16,353
1973	57,760	17,145
1974	64,223	17,971
1975	54,941	18,849
1976	56,055	19,734
1977	47,543	20,609
1978	44,070	21,466
1979	40,599	22,299
1980	30,129	23,153
1981	29,341	23,973
1982	24,077	24,742
1983	21,455	24,883
1984	20,610	26,149
1985	11,649	26,835
1986	16,125	27,096
1987	8,971	27,285
1988	9,879	27,396
1989	5,326	28,257
1990	-3,487	28,349
1991	-14,675	28,497
1992	-18,789	28,446
1993	-24,569	28,046
1994	-32,086	26,703
1995	-42,030	23,029
1996	-45,159	21,858
1997	-58,185	20,686
1998	-52,844	19,762
1999	-39,411	19,420
2000	-41,668	18,830
2001	-44,050	17,824
2002	-46,240	16,924
2003	-44,319	16,396
2004	-40,128	15,979
2005	-42,124	15,945
2006	-39,526	16,133
2007	-37,727	16,595
2008	-32,967	17,275
2009	-26,800	17,656
2010	-34,759	17,652
2011	-37,477	17,645
2012	-40,183	18,308
2013	-37,948	18,903
2014	-41,027	19,107
2015	-44,699	19,223
2016	-42,744	19,233
2017	-45,583	19,278
2018	-46,304	19,392
2019	-46,317	19,488
2020	-65,507	18,899
2021	-90,452	17,314
2022	-62,065	20,125
2023	-43,837	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bulgaria	Eswatini
1985	26	580
1986	25	548
1987	25	521
1988	26	494
1989	25	505
1990	27	520
1991	25	545
1992	25	580
1993	23	609
1994	25	645
1995	23	612
1996	22	604
1997	23	550
1998	20	475
1999	20	409
2000	19	361
2001	17	307
2002	15	331
2003	14	392
2004	14	451
2005	13	529
2006	12	511
2007	11	647
2008	10	766
2009	9	855
2010	9	752
2011	8	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	9	102
2021	9	219
2022	10	112
2023	6	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Eswatini
1960	5.47%	20.7%
1961	4.89%	20.4%
1962	4.43%	20%
1963	4.08%	19.6%
1964	3.86%	19.2%
1965	3.75%	18.8%
1966	3.7%	18.3%
1967	3.64%	17.9%
1968	3.54%	17.4%
1969	3.4%	17%
1970	3.25%	16.5%
1971	3.11%	16%
1972	3.01%	15.4%
1973	2.95%	14.9%
1974	2.91%	14.3%
1975	2.86%	13.7%
1976	2.8%	13.2%
1977	2.72%	12.6%
1978	2.6%	12%
1979	2.49%	11.5%
1980	2.38%	10.9%
1981	2.3%	10.4%
1982	2.22%	9.89%
1983	2.15%	10.4%
1984	2.07%	8.85%
1985	1.97%	8.37%
1986	1.87%	7.93%
1987	1.8%	7.54%
1988	1.78%	7.2%
1989	1.79%	6.93%
1990	1.83%	6.75%
1991	1.89%	6.72%
1992	1.92%	6.85%
1993	1.92%	7.17%
1994	1.91%	7.62%
1995	1.92%	8.12%
1996	1.94%	8.71%
1997	1.93%	9.3%
1998	1.89%	9.87%
1999	1.82%	10.4%
2000	1.75%	10.9%
2001	1.68%	11.3%
2002	1.6%	11.4%
2003	1.51%	11.6%
2004	1.42%	11.6%
2005	1.33%	11.6%
2006	1.24%	10.5%
2007	1.18%	10%
2008	1.14%	9.82%
2009	1.12%	9.25%
2010	1.08%	8.18%
2011	1.04%	6.81%
2012	0.99%	6.38%
2013	0.93%	6.16%
2014	0.87%	6.17%
2015	0.82%	5.86%
2016	0.77%	5.53%
2017	0.73%	5.43%
2018	0.7%	5.1%
2019	0.67%	5.16%
2020	0.65%	4.98%
2021	0.63%	4.76%
2022	0.62%	4.62%
2023	0.61%	4.5%