Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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 Comoros 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
	Comoros	Eswatini
1960	6.79	6.75
1961	6.85	6.77
1962	6.9	6.79
1963	6.92	6.8
1964	6.94	6.79
1965	6.97	6.79
1966	7	6.8
1967	7.02	6.77
1968	7.05	6.76
1969	7.07	6.76
1970	7.1	6.75
1971	7.12	6.74
1972	7.14	6.72
1973	7.17	6.72
1974	7.16	6.71
1975	7.16	6.71
1976	7.16	6.7
1977	7.15	6.68
1978	7.16	6.65
1979	7.16	6.61
1980	7.15	6.57
1981	7.14	6.54
1982	7.13	6.49
1983	7.11	6.43
1984	7.07	6.36
1985	7.02	6.28
1986	6.95	6.11
1987	6.87	5.9
1988	6.76	5.69
1989	6.65	5.48
1990	6.51	5.3
1991	6.35	5.13
1992	6.19	4.98
1993	6.02	4.82
1994	5.86	4.66
1995	5.73	4.52
1996	5.63	4.38
1997	5.51	4.24
1998	5.39	4.13
1999	5.28	4.09
2000	5.23	4.03
2001	5.2	3.94
2002	5.16	3.85
2003	5.12	3.8
2004	5.07	3.76
2005	5.01	3.7
2006	4.93	3.63
2007	4.86	3.58
2008	4.81	3.57
2009	4.78	3.5
2010	4.76	3.38
2011	4.72	3.32
2012	4.65	3.27
2013	4.57	3.24
2014	4.49	3.18
2015	4.42	3.12
2016	4.35	3.07
2017	4.28	3.02
2018	4.21	2.97
2019	4.14	2.93
2020	4.07	2.89
2021	4	2.84
2022	3.94	2.8
2023	3.88	2.75
2024	3.82	2.72
2025	3.76	2.68
2026	3.71	2.64
2027	3.65	2.61
2028	3.6	2.57
2029	3.55	2.54
2030	3.5	2.51
2031	3.44	2.49
2032	3.4	2.45
2033	3.36	2.42
2034	3.31	2.4
2035	3.27	2.37
2036	3.23	2.35
2037	3.19	2.32
2038	3.15	2.3
2039	3.11	2.28
2040	3.07	2.26
2041	3.04	2.24
2042	3	2.22
2043	2.97	2.2
2044	2.93	2.18
2045	2.9	2.16
2046	2.87	2.14
2047	2.84	2.13
2048	2.81	2.11
2049	2.78	2.1
2050	2.76	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Eswatini
1960	41.6%	46.9%
1961	42%	47.2%
1962	42.5%	47.4%
1963	43.1%	47.7%
1964	43.7%	47.8%
1965	44.1%	47.7%
1966	44.5%	47.7%
1967	44.9%	47.5%
1968	45.3%	47.3%
1969	45.6%	47.2%
1970	45.8%	47.2%
1971	45.9%	47.2%
1972	46%	47.3%
1973	46.2%	47.4%
1974	46.3%	47.5%
1975	46.4%	47.7%
1976	46.6%	47.9%
1977	46.7%	48.1%
1978	46.8%	48.3%
1979	46.9%	48.5%
1980	46.9%	48.7%
1981	46.9%	48.9%
1982	46.9%	49.2%
1983	46.9%	49.3%
1984	46.8%	49.4%
1985	46.9%	49.5%
1986	46.9%	49.4%
1987	46.9%	49.3%
1988	46.9%	48.7%
1989	47%	48.1%
1990	47%	47.6%
1991	46.9%	47.1%
1992	47.1%	46.6%
1993	47.5%	46.4%
1994	47.7%	47%
1995	47.9%	47.4%
1996	47.9%	46.9%
1997	47.9%	46.2%
1998	47.7%	45.3%
1999	47.4%	44.4%
2000	47%	43.6%
2001	46.7%	42.9%
2002	46.6%	42.3%
2003	46.3%	41.8%
2004	45.7%	41.4%
2005	45%	41.1%
2006	44.3%	40.8%
2007	43.6%	40.4%
2008	42.9%	39.9%
2009	42.2%	39.3%
2010	41.6%	38.8%
2011	41%	38.4%
2012	40.5%	38%
2013	40.2%	37.6%
2014	40%	37.2%
2015	39.8%	36.8%
2016	39.6%	36.4%
2017	39.3%	36%
2018	38.9%	35.6%
2019	38.6%	35.1%
2020	38.3%	34.7%
2021	38%	34.3%
2022	37.7%	34%
2023	37.4%	33.7%
2024	37.1%	33.4%
2025	36.9%	33%
2026	36.6%	32.6%
2027	36.3%	32.2%
2028	36%	31.8%
2029	35.7%	31.4%
2030	35.3%	31%
2031	35%	30.7%
2032	34.7%	30.3%
2033	34.4%	29.9%
2034	34%	29.5%
2035	33.7%	29.1%
2036	33.4%	28.7%
2037	33.1%	28.4%
2038	32.8%	28%
2039	32.5%	27.7%
2040	32.2%	27.4%
2041	32%	27.1%
2042	31.7%	26.8%
2043	31.5%	26.5%
2044	31.2%	26.2%
2045	31%	26%
2046	30.8%	25.7%
2047	30.6%	25.4%
2048	30.3%	25.1%
2049	30.1%	24.9%
2050	29.9%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 47% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Eswatini
1960	4,886	9,947
1961	5,027	10,262
1962	5,157	10,601
1963	5,249	10,929
1964	5,359	11,266
1965	5,465	11,719
1966	5,601	12,282
1967	5,741	12,773
1968	5,960	13,449
1969	6,189	14,164
1970	6,456	14,873
1971	6,722	15,615
1972	7,019	16,353
1973	7,328	17,145
1974	7,654	17,971
1975	7,752	18,849
1976	8,371	19,734
1977	8,750	20,609
1978	9,189	21,466
1979	9,637	22,299
1980	10,095	23,153
1981	10,569	23,973
1982	11,002	24,742
1983	11,367	24,883
1984	11,830	26,149
1985	12,202	26,835
1986	12,566	27,096
1987	12,869	27,285
1988	13,144	27,396
1989	13,374	28,257
1990	13,610	28,349
1991	13,783	28,497
1992	13,867	28,446
1993	13,667	28,046
1994	13,465	26,703
1995	13,403	23,029
1996	13,390	21,858
1997	13,254	20,686
1998	13,099	19,762
1999	13,161	19,420
2000	13,270	18,830
2001	13,598	17,824
2002	13,760	16,924
2003	14,031	16,396
2004	14,349	15,979
2005	14,810	15,945
2006	15,124	16,133
2007	15,393	16,595
2008	15,804	17,275
2009	16,315	17,656
2010	16,849	17,652
2011	17,313	17,645
2012	17,565	18,308
2013	17,776	18,903
2014	17,876	19,107
2015	17,961	19,223
2016	17,913	19,233
2017	17,798	19,278
2018	17,883	19,392
2019	17,936	19,488
2020	17,906	18,899
2021	17,645	17,314
2022	18,154	20,125
2023	18,247	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Eswatini

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Eswatini
1985	850	580
1986	825	548
1987	811	521
1988	791	494
1989	768	505
1990	737	520
1991	704	545
1992	675	580
1993	642	609
1994	602	645
1995	571	612
1996	545	604
1997	520	550
1998	515	475
1999	486	409
2000	476	361
2001	440	307
2002	428	331
2003	400	392
2004	385	451
2005	373	529
2006	360	511
2007	352	647
2008	334	766
2009	320	855
2010	305	752
2011	291	765
2012	274	613
2013	260	491
2014	247	369
2015	237	283
2016	225	213
2017	219	151
2018	209	133
2019	202	96
2020	198	102
2021	215	219
2022	186	112
2023	179	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	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	23.2%	16.5%
1971	22.5%	16%
1972	22%	15.4%
1973	21.4%	14.9%
1974	20.8%	14.3%
1975	20.3%	13.7%
1976	19.7%	13.2%
1977	19.1%	12.6%
1978	18.6%	12%
1979	18%	11.5%
1980	17.4%	10.9%
1981	16.8%	10.4%
1982	16.2%	9.89%
1983	15.7%	10.4%
1984	15.1%	8.85%
1985	14.6%	8.37%
1986	14%	7.93%
1987	13.5%	7.54%
1988	13%	7.2%
1989	12.6%	6.93%
1990	12.1%	6.75%
1991	11.6%	6.72%
1992	11.1%	6.85%
1993	10.7%	7.17%
1994	10.2%	7.62%
1995	9.78%	8.12%
1996	9.37%	8.71%
1997	9%	9.3%
1998	8.63%	9.87%
1999	8.28%	10.4%
2000	7.96%	10.9%
2001	7.65%	11.3%
2002	7.36%	11.4%
2003	7.07%	11.6%
2004	6.8%	11.6%
2005	6.55%	11.6%
2006	6.31%	10.5%
2007	6.08%	10%
2008	5.88%	9.82%
2009	5.69%	9.25%
2010	5.51%	8.18%
2011	5.36%	6.81%
2012	5.21%	6.38%
2013	5.08%	6.16%
2014	4.97%	6.17%
2015	4.87%	5.86%
2016	4.76%	5.53%
2017	4.66%	5.43%
2018	4.56%	5.1%
2019	4.46%	5.16%
2020	4.35%	4.98%
2021	4.24%	4.76%
2022	4.11%	4.62%
2023	3.98%	4.5%