Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Guatemala 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 2.31 in Guatemala in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Guatemala 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	Guatemala
1960	6.75	7
1961	6.77	6.98
1962	6.79	6.93
1963	6.8	6.9
1964	6.79	6.87
1965	6.79	6.84
1966	6.8	6.8
1967	6.77	6.76
1968	6.76	6.7
1969	6.76	6.65
1970	6.75	6.6
1971	6.74	6.55
1972	6.72	6.51
1973	6.72	6.49
1974	6.71	6.46
1975	6.71	6.41
1976	6.7	6.37
1977	6.68	6.32
1978	6.65	6.26
1979	6.61	6.22
1980	6.57	6.17
1981	6.54	6.12
1982	6.49	6.06
1983	6.43	5.98
1984	6.36	5.86
1985	6.28	5.73
1986	6.11	5.66
1987	5.9	5.64
1988	5.69	5.62
1989	5.48	5.56
1990	5.3	5.48
1991	5.13	5.38
1992	4.98	5.31
1993	4.82	5.25
1994	4.66	5.19
1995	4.52	5.11
1996	4.38	5.01
1997	4.24	4.91
1998	4.13	4.8
1999	4.09	4.69
2000	4.03	4.58
2001	3.94	4.5
2002	3.85	4.37
2003	3.8	4.25
2004	3.76	4.13
2005	3.7	3.97
2006	3.63	3.85
2007	3.58	3.72
2008	3.57	3.57
2009	3.5	3.47
2010	3.38	3.38
2011	3.32	3.29
2012	3.27	3.22
2013	3.24	3.15
2014	3.18	3.09
2015	3.12	3.03
2016	3.07	2.97
2017	3.02	2.86
2018	2.97	2.74
2019	2.93	2.59
2020	2.89	2.47
2021	2.84	2.39
2022	2.8	2.34
2023	2.75	2.31
2024	2.72	2.29
2025	2.68	2.26
2026	2.64	2.23
2027	2.61	2.2
2028	2.57	2.17
2029	2.54	2.15
2030	2.51	2.13
2031	2.49	2.11
2032	2.45	2.09
2033	2.42	2.08
2034	2.4	2.06
2035	2.37	2.05
2036	2.35	2.03
2037	2.32	2.02
2038	2.3	2
2039	2.28	1.99
2040	2.26	1.97
2041	2.24	1.96
2042	2.22	1.95
2043	2.2	1.93
2044	2.18	1.92
2045	2.16	1.92
2046	2.14	1.91
2047	2.13	1.9
2048	2.11	1.89
2049	2.1	1.89
2050	2.08	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Guatemala
1960	46.9%	46.7%
1961	47.2%	46.7%
1962	47.4%	46.8%
1963	47.7%	46.7%
1964	47.8%	46.6%
1965	47.7%	46.6%
1966	47.7%	46.5%
1967	47.5%	46.4%
1968	47.3%	46.2%
1969	47.2%	46.2%
1970	47.2%	46.1%
1971	47.2%	46%
1972	47.3%	46%
1973	47.4%	46%
1974	47.5%	45.9%
1975	47.7%	45.8%
1976	47.9%	45.7%
1977	48.1%	45.6%
1978	48.3%	45.6%
1979	48.5%	45.5%
1980	48.7%	45.5%
1981	48.9%	45.6%
1982	49.2%	45.6%
1983	49.3%	45.7%
1984	49.4%	45.7%
1985	49.5%	45.7%
1986	49.4%	45.7%
1987	49.3%	45.6%
1988	48.7%	45.6%
1989	48.1%	45.5%
1990	47.6%	45.4%
1991	47.1%	45.3%
1992	46.6%	45.2%
1993	46.4%	45.1%
1994	47%	44.9%
1995	47.4%	44.8%
1996	46.9%	44.7%
1997	46.2%	44.5%
1998	45.3%	44.3%
1999	44.4%	44.1%
2000	43.6%	43.8%
2001	42.9%	43.6%
2002	42.3%	43.3%
2003	41.8%	43%
2004	41.4%	42.5%
2005	41.1%	42.1%
2006	40.8%	41.6%
2007	40.4%	41%
2008	39.9%	40.5%
2009	39.3%	39.9%
2010	38.8%	39.3%
2011	38.4%	38.7%
2012	38%	38.1%
2013	37.6%	37.5%
2014	37.2%	36.9%
2015	36.8%	36.4%
2016	36.4%	35.9%
2017	36%	35.4%
2018	35.6%	34.9%
2019	35.1%	34.4%
2020	34.7%	33.8%
2021	34.3%	33.3%
2022	34%	32.7%
2023	33.7%	32.1%
2024	33.4%	31.6%
2025	33%	31%
2026	32.6%	30.5%
2027	32.2%	29.9%
2028	31.8%	29.4%
2029	31.4%	28.8%
2030	31%	28.3%
2031	30.7%	27.8%
2032	30.3%	27.3%
2033	29.9%	26.8%
2034	29.5%	26.4%
2035	29.1%	26%
2036	28.7%	25.7%
2037	28.4%	25.5%
2038	28%	25.2%
2039	27.7%	24.9%
2040	27.4%	24.6%
2041	27.1%	24.3%
2042	26.8%	24%
2043	26.5%	23.7%
2044	26.2%	23.4%
2045	26%	23.1%
2046	25.7%	22.8%
2047	25.4%	22.5%
2048	25.1%	22.2%
2049	24.9%	21.9%
2050	24.6%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.83% in Guatemala. 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	Guatemala
1960	9,947	120,728
1961	10,262	123,753
1962	10,601	126,429
1963	10,929	129,065
1964	11,266	132,832
1965	11,719	135,997
1966	12,282	140,494
1967	12,773	143,859
1968	13,449	146,946
1969	14,164	149,516
1970	14,873	155,946
1971	15,615	165,104
1972	16,353	173,162
1973	17,145	179,871
1974	17,971	184,992
1975	18,849	188,501
1976	19,734	171,903
1977	20,609	203,299
1978	21,466	211,301
1979	22,299	216,810
1980	23,153	218,460
1981	23,973	221,044
1982	24,742	199,809
1983	24,883	238,059
1984	26,149	241,892
1985	26,835	246,119
1986	27,096	252,754
1987	27,285	261,746
1988	27,396	271,466
1989	28,257	276,736
1990	28,349	280,318
1991	28,497	283,917
1992	28,446	288,411
1993	28,046	295,515
1994	26,703	302,708
1995	23,029	309,236
1996	21,858	315,252
1997	20,686	320,087
1998	19,762	325,174
1999	19,420	328,890
2000	18,830	332,891
2001	17,824	335,503
2002	16,924	334,255
2003	16,396	333,539
2004	15,979	331,699
2005	15,945	325,816
2006	16,133	325,604
2007	16,595	326,298
2008	17,275	323,226
2009	17,656	323,320
2010	17,652	324,802
2011	17,645	328,548
2012	18,308	332,365
2013	18,903	331,321
2014	19,107	333,551
2015	19,223	335,072
2016	19,233	338,114
2017	19,278	332,838
2018	19,392	323,100
2019	19,488	307,389
2020	18,899	281,328
2021	17,314	255,145
2022	20,125	281,675
2023	20,147	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Guatemala

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 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Guatemala
1985	580	301
1986	548	286
1987	521	277
1988	494	273
1989	505	271
1990	520	270
1991	545	268
1992	580	269
1993	609	262
1994	645	244
1995	612	229
1996	604	213
1997	550	198
1998	475	185
1999	409	174
2000	361	166
2001	307	162
2002	331	153
2003	392	150
2004	451	148
2005	529	153
2006	511	142
2007	647	135
2008	766	133
2009	855	130
2010	752	127
2011	765	120
2012	613	115
2013	491	111
2014	369	111
2015	283	112
2016	213	110
2017	151	107
2018	133	107
2019	96	106
2020	102	102
2021	219	125
2022	112	97
2023	118	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 2.14% in Guatemala. 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	Guatemala
1960	20.7%	22.2%
1961	20.4%	21.6%
1962	20%	21.1%
1963	19.6%	20.6%
1964	19.2%	20.1%
1965	18.8%	19.6%
1966	18.3%	19.1%
1967	17.9%	18.6%
1968	17.4%	18.1%
1969	17%	17.6%
1970	16.5%	17.1%
1971	16%	16.6%
1972	15.4%	16.1%
1973	14.9%	15.6%
1974	14.3%	15.1%
1975	13.7%	14.6%
1976	13.2%	16.5%
1977	12.6%	13.6%
1978	12%	13.2%
1979	11.5%	12.7%
1980	10.9%	12.2%
1981	10.4%	11.8%
1982	9.89%	13.6%
1983	10.4%	10.9%
1984	8.85%	10.5%
1985	8.37%	10%
1986	7.93%	9.6%
1987	7.54%	9.19%
1988	7.2%	8.79%
1989	6.93%	8.41%
1990	6.75%	8.04%
1991	6.72%	7.68%
1992	6.85%	7.34%
1993	7.17%	7.02%
1994	7.62%	6.71%
1995	8.12%	6.42%
1996	8.71%	6.15%
1997	9.3%	5.89%
1998	9.87%	5.65%
1999	10.4%	5.42%
2000	10.9%	5.21%
2001	11.3%	5%
2002	11.4%	4.8%
2003	11.6%	4.61%
2004	11.6%	4.43%
2005	11.6%	4.26%
2006	10.5%	4.1%
2007	10%	3.93%
2008	9.82%	3.78%
2009	9.25%	3.62%
2010	8.18%	3.48%
2011	6.81%	3.33%
2012	6.38%	3.2%
2013	6.16%	3.07%
2014	6.17%	2.94%
2015	5.86%	2.83%
2016	5.53%	2.72%
2017	5.43%	2.63%
2018	5.1%	2.54%
2019	5.16%	2.45%
2020	4.98%	2.37%
2021	4.76%	2.28%
2022	4.62%	2.21%
2023	4.5%	2.14%