Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Gabon

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Gabon 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 3.65 in Gabon in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Gabon 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	Gabon
1960	6.75	4.42
1961	6.77	4.5
1962	6.79	4.59
1963	6.8	4.65
1964	6.79	4.71
1965	6.79	4.79
1966	6.8	4.86
1967	6.77	4.92
1968	6.76	4.98
1969	6.76	5.05
1970	6.75	5.1
1971	6.74	5.16
1972	6.72	5.24
1973	6.72	5.29
1974	6.71	5.33
1975	6.71	5.39
1976	6.7	5.46
1977	6.68	5.52
1978	6.65	5.57
1979	6.61	5.61
1980	6.57	5.66
1981	6.54	5.73
1982	6.49	5.74
1983	6.43	5.76
1984	6.36	5.73
1985	6.28	5.71
1986	6.11	5.69
1987	5.9	5.67
1988	5.69	5.62
1989	5.48	5.55
1990	5.3	5.46
1991	5.13	5.37
1992	4.98	5.29
1993	4.82	5.19
1994	4.66	5.04
1995	4.52	4.88
1996	4.38	4.74
1997	4.24	4.66
1998	4.13	4.58
1999	4.09	4.5
2000	4.03	4.47
2001	3.94	4.42
2002	3.85	4.36
2003	3.8	4.3
2004	3.76	4.25
2005	3.7	4.21
2006	3.63	4.17
2007	3.58	4.14
2008	3.57	4.12
2009	3.5	4.14
2010	3.38	4.15
2011	3.32	4.15
2012	3.27	4.09
2013	3.24	4.02
2014	3.18	3.95
2015	3.12	3.92
2016	3.07	3.92
2017	3.02	3.91
2018	2.97	3.91
2019	2.93	3.88
2020	2.89	3.83
2021	2.84	3.78
2022	2.8	3.71
2023	2.75	3.65
2024	2.72	3.59
2025	2.68	3.54
2026	2.64	3.49
2027	2.61	3.43
2028	2.57	3.37
2029	2.54	3.33
2030	2.51	3.29
2031	2.49	3.24
2032	2.45	3.2
2033	2.42	3.16
2034	2.4	3.12
2035	2.37	3.08
2036	2.35	3.04
2037	2.32	3.01
2038	2.3	2.97
2039	2.28	2.94
2040	2.26	2.91
2041	2.24	2.88
2042	2.22	2.84
2043	2.2	2.81
2044	2.18	2.78
2045	2.16	2.75
2046	2.14	2.73
2047	2.13	2.7
2048	2.11	2.67
2049	2.1	2.64
2050	2.08	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Gabon
1960	46.9%	31.4%
1961	47.2%	31.8%
1962	47.4%	32.2%
1963	47.7%	32.6%
1964	47.8%	33%
1965	47.7%	33.5%
1966	47.7%	33.9%
1967	47.5%	34.3%
1968	47.3%	34.7%
1969	47.2%	35.1%
1970	47.2%	35.4%
1971	47.2%	35.8%
1972	47.3%	36.3%
1973	47.4%	36.7%
1974	47.5%	37.1%
1975	47.7%	37.6%
1976	47.9%	38%
1977	48.1%	38.4%
1978	48.3%	38.8%
1979	48.5%	39.2%
1980	48.7%	39.6%
1981	48.9%	39.9%
1982	49.2%	40.3%
1983	49.3%	40.7%
1984	49.4%	41%
1985	49.5%	41.4%
1986	49.4%	41.6%
1987	49.3%	41.9%
1988	48.7%	42.1%
1989	48.1%	42.3%
1990	47.6%	42.4%
1991	47.1%	42.5%
1992	46.6%	42.5%
1993	46.4%	42.5%
1994	47%	42.4%
1995	47.4%	42.3%
1996	46.9%	42%
1997	46.2%	41.8%
1998	45.3%	41.5%
1999	44.4%	41.2%
2000	43.6%	40.8%
2001	42.9%	40.5%
2002	42.3%	40.1%
2003	41.8%	39.7%
2004	41.4%	39.4%
2005	41.1%	39%
2006	40.8%	38.6%
2007	40.4%	38.2%
2008	39.9%	37.9%
2009	39.3%	37.6%
2010	38.8%	37.3%
2011	38.4%	37.1%
2012	38%	37%
2013	37.6%	36.8%
2014	37.2%	36.7%
2015	36.8%	36.6%
2016	36.4%	36.6%
2017	36%	36.6%
2018	35.6%	36.7%
2019	35.1%	36.8%
2020	34.7%	36.8%
2021	34.3%	36.8%
2022	34%	36.8%
2023	33.7%	36.7%
2024	33.4%	36.5%
2025	33%	36.2%
2026	32.6%	35.9%
2027	32.2%	35.6%
2028	31.8%	35.3%
2029	31.4%	34.9%
2030	31%	34.6%
2031	30.7%	34.2%
2032	30.3%	33.8%
2033	29.9%	33.4%
2034	29.5%	33%
2035	29.1%	32.7%
2036	28.7%	32.3%
2037	28.4%	32%
2038	28%	31.8%
2039	27.7%	31.5%
2040	27.4%	31.3%
2041	27.1%	31.1%
2042	26.8%	31%
2043	26.5%	30.8%
2044	26.2%	30.6%
2045	26%	30.5%
2046	25.7%	30.3%
2047	25.4%	30.2%
2048	25.1%	30%
2049	24.9%	29.8%
2050	24.6%	29.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 36.5% in Gabon in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 42.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Gabon compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Gabon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +2.31% in Gabon. 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	Gabon
1960	9,947	5,732
1961	10,262	6,161
1962	10,601	6,609
1963	10,929	7,001
1964	11,266	7,402
1965	11,719	7,902
1966	12,282	8,410
1967	12,773	8,883
1968	13,449	9,417
1969	14,164	9,969
1970	14,873	10,635
1971	15,615	11,357
1972	16,353	12,095
1973	17,145	12,731
1974	17,971	13,381
1975	18,849	14,162
1976	19,734	14,998
1977	20,609	15,842
1978	21,466	16,714
1979	22,299	17,553
1980	23,153	18,503
1981	23,973	19,528
1982	24,742	20,292
1983	24,883	21,162
1984	26,149	21,851
1985	26,835	22,617
1986	27,096	23,362
1987	27,285	24,212
1988	27,396	24,888
1989	28,257	25,359
1990	28,349	25,858
1991	28,497	26,334
1992	28,446	26,810
1993	28,046	27,235
1994	26,703	27,271
1995	23,029	27,290
1996	21,858	27,450
1997	20,686	28,053
1998	19,762	28,697
1999	19,420	29,330
2000	18,830	30,210
2001	17,824	30,941
2002	16,924	31,777
2003	16,396	32,633
2004	15,979	33,615
2005	15,945	34,766
2006	16,133	35,984
2007	16,595	37,394
2008	17,275	39,002
2009	17,656	41,037
2010	17,652	43,061
2011	17,645	44,922
2012	18,308	45,941
2013	18,903	46,829
2014	19,107	47,704
2015	19,223	48,876
2016	19,233	50,321
2017	19,278	51,455
2018	19,392	52,476
2019	19,488	53,185
2020	18,899	52,745
2021	17,314	52,611
2022	20,125	52,944
2023	20,147	53,167

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Gabon

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 233 deaths in Gabon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Gabon
1985	580	373
1986	548	369
1987	521	366
1988	494	367
1989	505	366
1990	520	368
1991	545	369
1992	580	371
1993	609	364
1994	645	357
1995	612	341
1996	604	321
1997	550	290
1998	475	258
1999	409	216
2000	361	178
2001	307	160
2002	331	151
2003	392	134
2004	451	142
2005	529	175
2006	511	186
2007	647	173
2008	766	158
2009	855	158
2010	752	144
2011	765	149
2012	613	173
2013	491	235
2014	369	273
2015	283	239
2016	213	215
2017	151	184
2018	133	176
2019	96	179
2020	102	194
2021	219	249
2022	112	216
2023	118	233

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 3.32% in Gabon. 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	Gabon
1960	20.7%	21.9%
1961	20.4%	21.2%
1962	20%	20.5%
1963	19.6%	19.8%
1964	19.2%	19.2%
1965	18.8%	18.6%
1966	18.3%	17.9%
1967	17.9%	17.4%
1968	17.4%	16.8%
1969	17%	16.2%
1970	16.5%	15.7%
1971	16%	15.2%
1972	15.4%	14.7%
1973	14.9%	14.2%
1974	14.3%	13.7%
1975	13.7%	13.3%
1976	13.2%	12.8%
1977	12.6%	12.4%
1978	12%	12%
1979	11.5%	11.6%
1980	10.9%	11.2%
1981	10.4%	10.8%
1982	9.89%	10.5%
1983	10.4%	10.1%
1984	8.85%	9.81%
1985	8.37%	9.52%
1986	7.93%	9.26%
1987	7.54%	9.03%
1988	7.2%	8.82%
1989	6.93%	8.64%
1990	6.75%	8.49%
1991	6.72%	8.35%
1992	6.85%	8.24%
1993	7.17%	8.14%
1994	7.62%	8.06%
1995	8.12%	7.98%
1996	8.71%	7.89%
1997	9.3%	7.79%
1998	9.87%	7.67%
1999	10.4%	7.53%
2000	10.9%	7.37%
2001	11.3%	7.19%
2002	11.4%	7.01%
2003	11.6%	6.81%
2004	11.6%	6.6%
2005	11.6%	6.39%
2006	10.5%	6.21%
2007	10%	5.99%
2008	9.82%	5.77%
2009	9.25%	5.57%
2010	8.18%	5.35%
2011	6.81%	5.14%
2012	6.38%	4.94%
2013	6.16%	4.73%
2014	6.17%	4.57%
2015	5.86%	4.42%
2016	5.53%	4.24%
2017	5.43%	4.1%
2018	5.1%	3.96%
2019	5.16%	3.8%
2020	4.98%	3.62%
2021	4.76%	3.52%
2022	4.62%	3.41%
2023	4.5%	3.32%