Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Guyana

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Guyana 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 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Guyana 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	Guyana
1960	6.75	6.33
1961	6.77	6.34
1962	6.79	6.33
1963	6.8	6.31
1964	6.79	6.23
1965	6.79	6.14
1966	6.8	6.02
1967	6.77	5.89
1968	6.76	5.75
1969	6.76	5.58
1970	6.75	5.41
1971	6.74	5.26
1972	6.72	5.08
1973	6.72	4.87
1974	6.71	4.64
1975	6.71	4.45
1976	6.7	4.28
1977	6.68	4.12
1978	6.65	3.97
1979	6.61	3.86
1980	6.57	3.77
1981	6.54	3.72
1982	6.49	3.68
1983	6.43	3.64
1984	6.36	3.54
1985	6.28	3.47
1986	6.11	3.38
1987	5.9	3.31
1988	5.69	3.23
1989	5.48	3.19
1990	5.3	3.18
1991	5.13	3.18
1992	4.98	3.19
1993	4.82	3.2
1994	4.66	3.23
1995	4.52	3.24
1996	4.38	3.23
1997	4.24	3.22
1998	4.13	3.18
1999	4.09	3.13
2000	4.03	3.06
2001	3.94	2.96
2002	3.85	2.84
2003	3.8	2.75
2004	3.76	2.68
2005	3.7	2.65
2006	3.63	2.66
2007	3.58	2.68
2008	3.57	2.7
2009	3.5	2.69
2010	3.38	2.68
2011	3.32	2.69
2012	3.27	2.7
2013	3.24	2.71
2014	3.18	2.7
2015	3.12	2.67
2016	3.07	2.63
2017	3.02	2.59
2018	2.97	2.55
2019	2.93	2.52
2020	2.89	2.49
2021	2.84	2.46
2022	2.8	2.44
2023	2.75	2.41
2024	2.72	2.39
2025	2.68	2.37
2026	2.64	2.35
2027	2.61	2.32
2028	2.57	2.3
2029	2.54	2.28
2030	2.51	2.26
2031	2.49	2.23
2032	2.45	2.21
2033	2.42	2.2
2034	2.4	2.18
2035	2.37	2.16
2036	2.35	2.15
2037	2.32	2.13
2038	2.3	2.12
2039	2.28	2.11
2040	2.26	2.1
2041	2.24	2.09
2042	2.22	2.07
2043	2.2	2.06
2044	2.18	2.05
2045	2.16	2.03
2046	2.14	2.02
2047	2.13	2.01
2048	2.11	2
2049	2.1	1.98
2050	2.08	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Guyana
1960	46.9%	46.8%
1961	47.2%	47%
1962	47.4%	47.4%
1963	47.7%	47.6%
1964	47.8%	47.7%
1965	47.7%	47.8%
1966	47.7%	47.7%
1967	47.5%	47.5%
1968	47.3%	47.3%
1969	47.2%	46.9%
1970	47.2%	46.6%
1971	47.2%	46.3%
1972	47.3%	46%
1973	47.4%	45.7%
1974	47.5%	45.3%
1975	47.7%	44.9%
1976	47.9%	44.4%
1977	48.1%	43.9%
1978	48.3%	43.4%
1979	48.5%	42.9%
1980	48.7%	42.5%
1981	48.9%	41.9%
1982	49.2%	41.2%
1983	49.3%	40.5%
1984	49.4%	39.9%
1985	49.5%	39.2%
1986	49.4%	38.6%
1987	49.3%	38%
1988	48.7%	37.5%
1989	48.1%	37.2%
1990	47.6%	36.9%
1991	47.1%	36.7%
1992	46.6%	36.5%
1993	46.4%	36.4%
1994	47%	36.4%
1995	47.4%	36.4%
1996	46.9%	36.4%
1997	46.2%	36.5%
1998	45.3%	36.6%
1999	44.4%	36.6%
2000	43.6%	36.6%
2001	42.9%	36.5%
2002	42.3%	36.4%
2003	41.8%	36.1%
2004	41.4%	35.8%
2005	41.1%	35.3%
2006	40.8%	34.7%
2007	40.4%	34.1%
2008	39.9%	33.5%
2009	39.3%	32.9%
2010	38.8%	32.2%
2011	38.4%	31.6%
2012	38%	31.1%
2013	37.6%	30.8%
2014	37.2%	30.5%
2015	36.8%	30.3%
2016	36.4%	30.1%
2017	36%	30%
2018	35.6%	29.5%
2019	35.1%	29.3%
2020	34.7%	29.5%
2021	34.3%	29.4%
2022	34%	29.4%
2023	33.7%	29.3%
2024	33.4%	29.2%
2025	33%	28.9%
2026	32.6%	28.7%
2027	32.2%	28.4%
2028	31.8%	28.1%
2029	31.4%	27.8%
2030	31%	27.4%
2031	30.7%	27%
2032	30.3%	26.7%
2033	29.9%	26.3%
2034	29.5%	26%
2035	29.1%	25.6%
2036	28.7%	25.2%
2037	28.4%	24.9%
2038	28%	24.6%
2039	27.7%	24.3%
2040	27.4%	24.1%
2041	27.1%	23.9%
2042	26.8%	23.6%
2043	26.5%	23.4%
2044	26.2%	23.3%
2045	26%	23.1%
2046	25.7%	22.9%
2047	25.4%	22.7%
2048	25.1%	22.6%
2049	24.9%	22.4%
2050	24.6%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.36% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	9,947	17,867
1961	10,262	18,092
1962	10,601	18,344
1963	10,929	18,606
1964	11,266	18,729
1965	11,719	18,791
1966	12,282	18,862
1967	12,773	18,933
1968	13,449	19,035
1969	14,164	19,133
1970	14,873	19,233
1971	15,615	19,273
1972	16,353	19,219
1973	17,145	18,991
1974	17,971	18,589
1975	18,849	18,317
1976	19,734	18,083
1977	20,609	17,805
1978	21,466	17,539
1979	22,299	17,402
1980	23,153	17,298
1981	23,973	17,471
1982	24,742	17,644
1983	24,883	17,753
1984	26,149	17,466
1985	26,835	17,292
1986	27,096	16,940
1987	27,285	16,600
1988	27,396	16,189
1989	28,257	15,947
1990	28,349	15,917
1991	28,497	15,896
1992	28,446	15,990
1993	28,046	16,099
1994	26,703	16,185
1995	23,029	15,991
1996	21,858	15,768
1997	20,686	15,568
1998	19,762	15,292
1999	19,420	14,763
2000	18,830	14,128
2001	17,824	13,307
2002	16,924	12,218
2003	16,396	11,344
2004	15,979	10,767
2005	15,945	10,455
2006	16,133	10,525
2007	16,595	10,741
2008	17,275	10,792
2009	17,656	10,758
2010	17,652	10,652
2011	17,645	10,713
2012	18,308	10,633
2013	18,903	10,887
2014	19,107	11,143
2015	19,223	11,199
2016	19,233	11,168
2017	19,278	11,108
2018	19,392	10,946
2019	19,488	11,665
2020	18,899	10,307
2021	17,314	8,125
2022	20,125	11,042
2023	20,147	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Guyana

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 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Guyana
1985	580	241
1986	548	238
1987	521	234
1988	494	230
1989	505	227
1990	520	224
1991	545	219
1992	580	208
1993	609	205
1994	645	204
1995	612	207
1996	604	202
1997	550	195
1998	475	184
1999	409	178
2000	361	171
2001	307	163
2002	331	164
2003	392	164
2004	451	162
2005	529	166
2006	511	167
2007	647	158
2008	766	153
2009	855	146
2010	752	141
2011	765	135
2012	613	133
2013	491	128
2014	369	121
2015	283	117
2016	213	114
2017	151	110
2018	133	105
2019	96	107
2020	102	109
2021	219	189
2022	112	83
2023	118	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 2.57% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	20.7%	9.19%
1961	20.4%	8.81%
1962	20%	8.49%
1963	19.6%	8.21%
1964	19.2%	7.99%
1965	18.8%	7.8%
1966	18.3%	7.66%
1967	17.9%	7.56%
1968	17.4%	7.48%
1969	17%	7.43%
1970	16.5%	7.39%
1971	16%	7.37%
1972	15.4%	7.35%
1973	14.9%	7.33%
1974	14.3%	7.31%
1975	13.7%	7.27%
1976	13.2%	7.24%
1977	12.6%	7.19%
1978	12%	7.14%
1979	11.5%	7.08%
1980	10.9%	7.02%
1981	10.4%	6.96%
1982	9.89%	6.89%
1983	10.4%	6.82%
1984	8.85%	6.74%
1985	8.37%	6.66%
1986	7.93%	6.57%
1987	7.54%	6.47%
1988	7.2%	6.35%
1989	6.93%	6.22%
1990	6.75%	6.08%
1991	6.72%	5.92%
1992	6.85%	5.77%
1993	7.17%	5.6%
1994	7.62%	5.45%
1995	8.12%	5.3%
1996	8.71%	5.16%
1997	9.3%	5.02%
1998	9.87%	4.89%
1999	10.4%	4.77%
2000	10.9%	4.65%
2001	11.3%	4.53%
2002	11.4%	4.42%
2003	11.6%	4.32%
2004	11.6%	4.23%
2005	11.6%	4.14%
2006	10.5%	4.05%
2007	10%	3.97%
2008	9.82%	3.89%
2009	9.25%	3.81%
2010	8.18%	3.73%
2011	6.81%	3.65%
2012	6.38%	3.58%
2013	6.16%	3.49%
2014	6.17%	3.4%
2015	5.86%	3.31%
2016	5.53%	3.21%
2017	5.43%	3.11%
2018	5.1%	3.02%
2019	5.16%	2.93%
2020	4.98%	2.84%
2021	4.76%	2.75%
2022	4.62%	2.66%
2023	4.5%	2.57%