Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Canada vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Eswatini
1960	3.81	6.75
1961	3.75	6.77
1962	3.68	6.79
1963	3.61	6.8
1964	3.46	6.79
1965	3.12	6.79
1966	2.75	6.8
1967	2.53	6.77
1968	2.39	6.76
1969	2.33	6.76
1970	2.26	6.75
1971	2.14	6.74
1972	1.98	6.72
1973	1.89	6.72
1974	1.84	6.71
1975	1.82	6.71
1976	1.8	6.7
1977	1.78	6.68
1978	1.77	6.65
1979	1.75	6.61
1980	1.74	6.57
1981	1.7	6.54
1982	1.69	6.49
1983	1.68	6.43
1984	1.65	6.36
1985	1.67	6.28
1986	1.68	6.11
1987	1.68	5.9
1988	1.68	5.69
1989	1.77	5.48
1990	1.83	5.3
1991	1.72	5.13
1992	1.71	4.98
1993	1.69	4.82
1994	1.69	4.66
1995	1.67	4.52
1996	1.63	4.38
1997	1.57	4.24
1998	1.56	4.13
1999	1.55	4.09
2000	1.51	4.03
2001	1.54	3.94
2002	1.52	3.85
2003	1.55	3.8
2004	1.56	3.76
2005	1.58	3.7
2006	1.63	3.63
2007	1.67	3.58
2008	1.7	3.57
2009	1.69	3.5
2010	1.65	3.38
2011	1.63	3.32
2012	1.63	3.27
2013	1.61	3.24
2014	1.61	3.18
2015	1.6	3.12
2016	1.59	3.07
2017	1.55	3.02
2018	1.51	2.97
2019	1.47	2.93
2020	1.41	2.89
2021	1.44	2.84
2022	1.33	2.8
2023	1.26	2.75
2024	1.25	2.72
2025	1.24	2.68
2026	1.24	2.64
2027	1.23	2.61
2028	1.24	2.57
2029	1.23	2.54
2030	1.24	2.51
2031	1.24	2.49
2032	1.24	2.45
2033	1.25	2.42
2034	1.25	2.4
2035	1.25	2.37
2036	1.26	2.35
2037	1.26	2.32
2038	1.26	2.3
2039	1.27	2.28
2040	1.27	2.26
2041	1.27	2.24
2042	1.28	2.22
2043	1.28	2.2
2044	1.28	2.18
2045	1.28	2.16
2046	1.29	2.14
2047	1.29	2.13
2048	1.29	2.11
2049	1.3	2.1
2050	1.3	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Eswatini
1960	33.8%	46.9%
1961	33.9%	47.2%
1962	33.9%	47.4%
1963	33.9%	47.7%
1964	33.7%	47.8%
1965	33.3%	47.7%
1966	32.9%	47.7%
1967	32.3%	47.5%
1968	31.6%	47.3%
1969	31%	47.2%
1970	30.2%	47.2%
1971	29.3%	47.2%
1972	28.6%	47.3%
1973	27.8%	47.4%
1974	27%	47.5%
1975	26.2%	47.7%
1976	25.5%	47.9%
1977	24.7%	48.1%
1978	24%	48.3%
1979	23.4%	48.5%
1980	22.8%	48.7%
1981	22.3%	48.9%
1982	22%	49.2%
1983	21.8%	49.3%
1984	21.6%	49.4%
1985	21.3%	49.5%
1986	21.1%	49.4%
1987	20.9%	49.3%
1988	20.8%	48.7%
1989	20.8%	48.1%
1990	20.7%	47.6%
1991	20.7%	47.1%
1992	20.7%	46.6%
1993	20.7%	46.4%
1994	20.6%	47%
1995	20.4%	47.4%
1996	20.2%	46.9%
1997	20%	46.2%
1998	19.8%	45.3%
1999	19.5%	44.4%
2000	19.2%	43.6%
2001	18.9%	42.9%
2002	18.6%	42.3%
2003	18.3%	41.8%
2004	18%	41.4%
2005	17.7%	41.1%
2006	17.4%	40.8%
2007	17.1%	40.4%
2008	16.9%	39.9%
2009	16.7%	39.3%
2010	16.6%	38.8%
2011	16.4%	38.4%
2012	16.3%	38%
2013	16.3%	37.6%
2014	16.2%	37.2%
2015	16.2%	36.8%
2016	16.2%	36.4%
2017	16.2%	36%
2018	16.1%	35.6%
2019	16%	35.1%
2020	15.9%	34.7%
2021	15.7%	34.3%
2022	15.5%	34%
2023	15.3%	33.7%
2024	15.1%	33.4%
2025	15%	33%
2026	14.9%	32.6%
2027	14.7%	32.2%
2028	14.6%	31.8%
2029	14.5%	31.4%
2030	14.4%	31%
2031	14.3%	30.7%
2032	14.2%	30.3%
2033	14.1%	29.9%
2034	14%	29.5%
2035	13.9%	29.1%
2036	13.9%	28.7%
2037	13.8%	28.4%
2038	13.8%	28%
2039	13.7%	27.7%
2040	13.7%	27.4%
2041	13.6%	27.1%
2042	13.6%	26.8%
2043	13.6%	26.5%
2044	13.5%	26.2%
2045	13.5%	26%
2046	13.5%	25.7%
2047	13.5%	25.4%
2048	13.5%	25.1%
2049	13.5%	24.9%
2050	13.5%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Eswatini
1960	338,487	9,947
1961	334,360	10,262
1962	325,745	10,601
1963	318,595	10,929
1964	307,268	11,266
1965	269,589	11,719
1966	236,566	12,282
1967	220,450	12,773
1968	211,589	13,449
1969	216,588	14,164
1970	215,372	14,873
1971	208,640	15,615
1972	188,857	16,353
1973	184,432	17,145
1974	182,464	17,971
1975	196,718	18,849
1976	196,979	19,734
1977	199,297	20,609
1978	194,102	21,466
1979	203,293	22,299
1980	203,480	23,153
1981	206,005	23,973
1982	200,935	24,742
1983	202,931	24,883
1984	204,856	26,149
1985	204,153	26,835
1986	190,532	27,096
1987	190,416	27,285
1988	192,901	27,396
1989	207,304	28,257
1990	213,222	28,349
1991	207,477	28,497
1992	204,273	28,446
1993	186,451	28,046
1994	179,804	26,703
1995	167,023	23,029
1996	153,973	21,858
1997	134,577	20,686
1998	126,651	19,762
1999	118,565	19,420
2000	110,469	18,830
2001	114,777	17,824
2002	106,621	16,924
2003	110,749	16,396
2004	111,786	15,979
2005	116,074	15,945
2006	130,285	16,133
2007	134,845	16,595
2008	142,963	17,275
2009	144,609	17,656
2010	139,425	17,652
2011	133,923	17,645
2012	135,382	18,308
2013	129,799	18,903
2014	127,563	19,107
2015	117,825	19,223
2016	115,555	19,233
2017	98,672	19,278
2018	88,974	19,392
2019	86,523	19,488
2020	53,241	18,899
2021	57,360	17,314
2022	15,574	20,125
2023	28,058	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Eswatini

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Eswatini
1985	7	580
1986	7	548
1987	7	521
1988	7	494
1989	8	505
1990	7	520
1991	8	545
1992	8	580
1993	8	609
1994	8	645
1995	8	612
1996	9	604
1997	8	550
1998	9	475
1999	9	409
2000	9	361
2001	10	307
2002	10	331
2003	10	392
2004	10	451
2005	11	529
2006	11	511
2007	11	647
2008	12	766
2009	12	855
2010	11	752
2011	11	765
2012	11	613
2013	11	491
2014	12	369
2015	11	283
2016	12	213
2017	12	151
2018	13	133
2019	12	96
2020	17	102
2021	14	219
2022	15	112
2023	12	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Eswatini
1960	3.26%	20.7%
1961	3.15%	20.4%
1962	3.05%	20%
1963	2.94%	19.6%
1964	2.82%	19.2%
1965	2.71%	18.8%
1966	2.6%	18.3%
1967	2.5%	17.9%
1968	2.4%	17.4%
1969	2.3%	17%
1970	2.19%	16.5%
1971	2.09%	16%
1972	1.99%	15.4%
1973	1.89%	14.9%
1974	1.79%	14.3%
1975	1.7%	13.7%
1976	1.6%	13.2%
1977	1.51%	12.6%
1978	1.42%	12%
1979	1.33%	11.5%
1980	1.25%	10.9%
1981	1.18%	10.4%
1982	1.12%	9.89%
1983	1.06%	10.4%
1984	1.01%	8.85%
1985	0.98%	8.37%
1986	0.94%	7.93%
1987	0.91%	7.54%
1988	0.88%	7.2%
1989	0.85%	6.93%
1990	0.82%	6.75%
1991	0.8%	6.72%
1992	0.77%	6.85%
1993	0.74%	7.17%
1994	0.72%	7.62%
1995	0.69%	8.12%
1996	0.67%	8.71%
1997	0.65%	9.3%
1998	0.64%	9.87%
1999	0.63%	10.4%
2000	0.62%	10.9%
2001	0.62%	11.3%
2002	0.62%	11.4%
2003	0.62%	11.6%
2004	0.61%	11.6%
2005	0.61%	11.6%
2006	0.6%	10.5%
2007	0.6%	10%
2008	0.59%	9.82%
2009	0.58%	9.25%
2010	0.57%	8.18%
2011	0.56%	6.81%
2012	0.56%	6.38%
2013	0.55%	6.16%
2014	0.54%	6.17%
2015	0.54%	5.86%
2016	0.53%	5.53%
2017	0.52%	5.43%
2018	0.52%	5.1%
2019	0.51%	5.16%
2020	0.51%	4.98%
2021	0.51%	4.76%
2022	0.51%	4.62%
2023	0.51%	4.5%