Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Fiji

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Fiji chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Eswatini was 2.75 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.28 in Fiji in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Fiji population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eswatini	Fiji
1960	6.75	6.36
1961	6.77	6.28
1962	6.79	6.2
1963	6.8	6.09
1964	6.79	5.96
1965	6.79	5.76
1966	6.8	5.55
1967	6.77	5.33
1968	6.76	5.11
1969	6.76	4.91
1970	6.75	4.71
1971	6.74	4.51
1972	6.72	4.32
1973	6.72	4.16
1974	6.71	4.07
1975	6.71	4.1
1976	6.7	4.12
1977	6.68	4.11
1978	6.65	4.1
1979	6.61	4.08
1980	6.57	4.04
1981	6.54	3.99
1982	6.49	3.94
1983	6.43	3.88
1984	6.36	3.8
1985	6.28	3.66
1986	6.11	3.54
1987	5.9	3.48
1988	5.69	3.43
1989	5.48	3.4
1990	5.3	3.39
1991	5.13	3.37
1992	4.98	3.33
1993	4.82	3.29
1994	4.66	3.26
1995	4.52	3.25
1996	4.38	3.25
1997	4.24	3.19
1998	4.13	3.12
1999	4.09	3.05
2000	4.03	2.99
2001	3.94	2.97
2002	3.85	2.97
2003	3.8	2.96
2004	3.76	2.94
2005	3.7	2.92
2006	3.63	2.91
2007	3.58	2.87
2008	3.57	2.82
2009	3.5	2.76
2010	3.38	2.7
2011	3.32	2.63
2012	3.27	2.61
2013	3.24	2.6
2014	3.18	2.59
2015	3.12	2.57
2016	3.07	2.52
2017	3.02	2.46
2018	2.97	2.42
2019	2.93	2.38
2020	2.89	2.36
2021	2.84	2.33
2022	2.8	2.31
2023	2.75	2.28
2024	2.72	2.27
2025	2.68	2.25
2026	2.64	2.23
2027	2.61	2.21
2028	2.57	2.2
2029	2.54	2.18
2030	2.51	2.16
2031	2.49	2.15
2032	2.45	2.13
2033	2.42	2.12
2034	2.4	2.1
2035	2.37	2.09
2036	2.35	2.07
2037	2.32	2.06
2038	2.3	2.05
2039	2.28	2.04
2040	2.26	2.03
2041	2.24	2.01
2042	2.22	2.01
2043	2.2	1.99
2044	2.18	1.98
2045	2.16	1.97
2046	2.14	1.96
2047	2.13	1.95
2048	2.11	1.94
2049	2.1	1.94
2050	2.08	1.93

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Fiji
1960	46.9%	46.4%
1961	47.2%	46.5%
1962	47.4%	46.5%
1963	47.7%	46.5%
1964	47.8%	46.4%
1965	47.7%	46.4%
1966	47.7%	46.3%
1967	47.5%	46.1%
1968	47.3%	45.9%
1969	47.2%	45.6%
1970	47.2%	45.2%
1971	47.2%	44.7%
1972	47.3%	44.2%
1973	47.4%	43.5%
1974	47.5%	42.8%
1975	47.7%	42.2%
1976	47.9%	41.5%
1977	48.1%	40.9%
1978	48.3%	40.4%
1979	48.5%	40%
1980	48.7%	39.6%
1981	48.9%	39.3%
1982	49.2%	39.1%
1983	49.3%	39%
1984	49.4%	38.9%
1985	49.5%	38.9%
1986	49.4%	38.8%
1987	49.3%	38.7%
1988	48.7%	38.7%
1989	48.1%	38.7%
1990	47.6%	38.7%
1991	47.1%	38.5%
1992	46.6%	38.2%
1993	46.4%	37.9%
1994	47%	37.5%
1995	47.4%	37.1%
1996	46.9%	36.6%
1997	46.2%	36.1%
1998	45.3%	35.5%
1999	44.4%	34.9%
2000	43.6%	34.3%
2001	42.9%	33.8%
2002	42.3%	33.4%
2003	41.8%	33%
2004	41.4%	32.6%
2005	41.1%	32.2%
2006	40.8%	31.9%
2007	40.4%	31.6%
2008	39.9%	31.3%
2009	39.3%	31%
2010	38.8%	30.8%
2011	38.4%	30.5%
2012	38%	30.2%
2013	37.6%	30%
2014	37.2%	29.8%
2015	36.8%	29.6%
2016	36.4%	29.5%
2017	36%	29.2%
2018	35.6%	28.9%
2019	35.1%	28.6%
2020	34.7%	28.3%
2021	34.3%	28%
2022	34%	27.7%
2023	33.7%	27.4%
2024	33.4%	27.1%
2025	33%	26.8%
2026	32.6%	26.6%
2027	32.2%	26.3%
2028	31.8%	26%
2029	31.4%	25.7%
2030	31%	25.4%
2031	30.7%	25%
2032	30.3%	24.7%
2033	29.9%	24.5%
2034	29.5%	24.2%
2035	29.1%	24%
2036	28.7%	23.8%
2037	28.4%	23.6%
2038	28%	23.5%
2039	27.7%	23.3%
2040	27.4%	23.2%
2041	27.1%	23%
2042	26.8%	22.9%
2043	26.5%	22.7%
2044	26.2%	22.6%
2045	26%	22.4%
2046	25.7%	22.3%
2047	25.4%	22.1%
2048	25.1%	21.9%
2049	24.9%	21.8%
2050	24.6%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 27.1% in Fiji in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 38.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Fiji compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Fiji by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.03% in Fiji. 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
	Eswatini	Fiji
1960	9,947	13,313
1961	10,262	13,653
1962	10,601	14,429
1963	10,929	14,774
1964	11,266	14,979
1965	11,719	15,166
1966	12,282	15,111
1967	12,773	14,861
1968	13,449	14,831
1969	14,164	14,669
1970	14,873	14,538
1971	15,615	14,313
1972	16,353	13,905
1973	17,145	13,383
1974	17,971	13,557
1975	18,849	14,272
1976	19,734	14,933
1977	20,609	15,532
1978	21,466	16,196
1979	22,299	16,450
1980	23,153	16,907
1981	23,973	17,282
1982	24,742	17,681
1983	24,883	18,237
1984	26,149	18,499
1985	26,835	18,469
1986	27,096	18,024
1987	27,285	17,987
1988	27,396	18,063
1989	28,257	18,007
1990	28,349	17,748
1991	28,497	17,617
1992	28,446	17,170
1993	28,046	16,751
1994	26,703	16,424
1995	23,029	16,273
1996	21,858	16,163
1997	20,686	15,750
1998	19,762	15,464
1999	19,420	15,229
2000	18,830	14,724
2001	17,824	14,720
2002	16,924	14,468
2003	16,396	14,527
2004	15,979	14,526
2005	15,945	14,503
2006	16,133	14,555
2007	16,595	14,349
2008	17,275	14,000
2009	17,656	13,540
2010	17,652	13,227
2011	17,645	12,657
2012	18,308	11,716
2013	18,903	11,972
2014	19,107	11,680
2015	19,223	11,213
2016	19,233	10,807
2017	19,278	10,413
2018	19,392	9,779
2019	19,488	9,271
2020	18,899	8,730
2021	17,314	6,777
2022	20,125	8,223
2023	20,147	8,078

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Fiji

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 118 deaths per 100,000 live births in Eswatini, compared to 30 deaths in Fiji.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Fiji
1985	580	78
1986	548	76
1987	521	74
1988	494	71
1989	505	70
1990	520	70
1991	545	67
1992	580	64
1993	609	62
1994	645	58
1995	612	55
1996	604	53
1997	550	51
1998	475	49
1999	409	46
2000	361	47
2001	307	46
2002	331	48
2003	392	47
2004	451	46
2005	529	44
2006	511	43
2007	647	43
2008	766	42
2009	855	41
2010	752	40
2011	765	39
2012	613	42
2013	491	40
2014	369	38
2015	283	37
2016	213	38
2017	151	34
2018	133	35
2019	96	34
2020	102	34
2021	219	68
2022	112	32
2023	118	30

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 2.91% in Fiji. 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
	Eswatini	Fiji
1960	20.7%	7.89%
1961	20.4%	7.53%
1962	20%	7.21%
1963	19.6%	6.9%
1964	19.2%	6.61%
1965	18.8%	6.35%
1966	18.3%	6.14%
1967	17.9%	5.97%
1968	17.4%	5.84%
1969	17%	5.75%
1970	16.5%	5.69%
1971	16%	5.66%
1972	15.4%	5.63%
1973	14.9%	5.59%
1974	14.3%	5.52%
1975	13.7%	5.41%
1976	13.2%	5.27%
1977	12.6%	5.1%
1978	12%	4.9%
1979	11.5%	4.68%
1980	10.9%	4.46%
1981	10.4%	4.24%
1982	9.89%	4.03%
1983	10.4%	3.84%
1984	8.85%	3.67%
1985	8.37%	3.51%
1986	7.93%	3.37%
1987	7.54%	3.24%
1988	7.2%	3.12%
1989	6.93%	3%
1990	6.75%	2.89%
1991	6.72%	2.78%
1992	6.85%	2.68%
1993	7.17%	2.6%
1994	7.62%	2.52%
1995	8.12%	2.45%
1996	8.71%	2.39%
1997	9.3%	2.35%
1998	9.87%	2.31%
1999	10.4%	2.28%
2000	10.9%	2.27%
2001	11.3%	2.26%
2002	11.4%	2.27%
2003	11.6%	2.28%
2004	11.6%	2.31%
2005	11.6%	2.33%
2006	10.5%	2.35%
2007	10%	2.35%
2008	9.82%	2.32%
2009	9.25%	2.28%
2010	8.18%	2.22%
2011	6.81%	2.16%
2012	6.38%	2.1%
2013	6.16%	2.07%
2014	6.17%	2.06%
2015	5.86%	2.09%
2016	5.53%	2.16%
2017	5.43%	2.27%
2018	5.1%	2.41%
2019	5.16%	2.57%
2020	4.98%	2.72%
2021	4.76%	2.83%
2022	4.62%	2.89%
2023	4.5%	2.91%