Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Iceland

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Iceland 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 1.59 in Iceland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Iceland 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	Iceland
1960	6.75	4.29
1961	6.77	3.88
1962	6.79	3.98
1963	6.8	3.99
1964	6.79	3.88
1965	6.79	3.73
1966	6.8	3.59
1967	6.77	3.28
1968	6.76	3.06
1969	6.76	2.99
1970	6.75	2.81
1971	6.74	2.92
1972	6.72	3.09
1973	6.72	2.94
1974	6.71	2.66
1975	6.71	2.65
1976	6.7	2.52
1977	6.68	2.31
1978	6.65	2.35
1979	6.61	2.49
1980	6.57	2.48
1981	6.54	2.33
1982	6.49	2.27
1983	6.43	2.24
1984	6.36	2.08
1985	6.28	1.93
1986	6.11	1.92
1987	5.9	2.06
1988	5.69	2.26
1989	5.48	2.19
1990	5.3	2.3
1991	5.13	2.18
1992	4.98	2.21
1993	4.82	2.22
1994	4.66	2.14
1995	4.52	2.08
1996	4.38	2.12
1997	4.24	2.04
1998	4.13	2.05
1999	4.09	1.99
2000	4.03	2.08
2001	3.94	1.95
2002	3.85	1.93
2003	3.8	1.99
2004	3.76	2.04
2005	3.7	2.05
2006	3.63	2.08
2007	3.58	2.09
2008	3.57	2.15
2009	3.5	2.23
2010	3.38	2.2
2011	3.32	2.02
2012	3.27	2.04
2013	3.24	1.93
2014	3.18	1.93
2015	3.12	1.8
2016	3.07	1.74
2017	3.02	1.71
2018	2.97	1.71
2019	2.93	1.74
2020	2.89	1.72
2021	2.84	1.82
2022	2.8	1.59
2023	2.75	1.59
2024	2.72	1.57
2025	2.68	1.55
2026	2.64	1.54
2027	2.61	1.53
2028	2.57	1.53
2029	2.54	1.53
2030	2.51	1.52
2031	2.49	1.52
2032	2.45	1.52
2033	2.42	1.53
2034	2.4	1.53
2035	2.37	1.53
2036	2.35	1.53
2037	2.32	1.53
2038	2.3	1.53
2039	2.28	1.54
2040	2.26	1.54
2041	2.24	1.54
2042	2.22	1.54
2043	2.2	1.54
2044	2.18	1.54
2045	2.16	1.54
2046	2.14	1.55
2047	2.13	1.55
2048	2.11	1.55
2049	2.1	1.55
2050	2.08	1.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Iceland
1960	46.9%	34.9%
1961	47.2%	35%
1962	47.4%	34.9%
1963	47.7%	34.9%
1964	47.8%	34.7%
1965	47.7%	34.5%
1966	47.7%	34.3%
1967	47.5%	34%
1968	47.3%	33.6%
1969	47.2%	33.2%
1970	47.2%	32.6%
1971	47.2%	32.1%
1972	47.3%	31.6%
1973	47.4%	31.2%
1974	47.5%	30.7%
1975	47.7%	30.1%
1976	47.9%	29.5%
1977	48.1%	29%
1978	48.3%	28.4%
1979	48.5%	27.9%
1980	48.7%	27.5%
1981	48.9%	27.2%
1982	49.2%	26.9%
1983	49.3%	26.7%
1984	49.4%	26.5%
1985	49.5%	26.2%
1986	49.4%	25.9%
1987	49.3%	25.6%
1988	48.7%	25.2%
1989	48.1%	25%
1990	47.6%	25%
1991	47.1%	24.8%
1992	46.6%	24.8%
1993	46.4%	24.8%
1994	47%	24.7%
1995	47.4%	24.4%
1996	46.9%	24.1%
1997	46.2%	23.9%
1998	45.3%	23.6%
1999	44.4%	23.4%
2000	43.6%	23.3%
2001	42.9%	23.2%
2002	42.3%	23%
2003	41.8%	22.8%
2004	41.4%	22.5%
2005	41.1%	22.1%
2006	40.8%	21.5%
2007	40.4%	21.1%
2008	39.9%	20.9%
2009	39.3%	20.9%
2010	38.8%	20.9%
2011	38.4%	20.8%
2012	38%	20.7%
2013	37.6%	20.6%
2014	37.2%	20.4%
2015	36.8%	20.2%
2016	36.4%	19.9%
2017	36%	19.6%
2018	35.6%	19.2%
2019	35.1%	18.9%
2020	34.7%	18.7%
2021	34.3%	18.6%
2022	34%	18.4%
2023	33.7%	18.1%
2024	33.4%	17.8%
2025	33%	17.5%
2026	32.6%	17.3%
2027	32.2%	17.1%
2028	31.8%	17%
2029	31.4%	16.8%
2030	31%	16.7%
2031	30.7%	16.6%
2032	30.3%	16.5%
2033	29.9%	16.3%
2034	29.5%	16.1%
2035	29.1%	15.9%
2036	28.7%	15.6%
2037	28.4%	15.4%
2038	28%	15.2%
2039	27.7%	15%
2040	27.4%	14.8%
2041	27.1%	14.7%
2042	26.8%	14.5%
2043	26.5%	14.4%
2044	26.2%	14.2%
2045	26%	14.1%
2046	25.7%	14%
2047	25.4%	13.9%
2048	25.1%	13.8%
2049	24.9%	13.7%
2050	24.6%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 17.8% in Iceland in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 25% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Iceland compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Iceland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.57% in Iceland. 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	Iceland
1960	9,947	3,758
1961	10,262	3,312
1962	10,601	3,465
1963	10,929	3,490
1964	11,266	3,459
1965	11,719	3,442
1966	12,282	3,305
1967	12,773	3,021
1968	13,449	2,841
1969	14,164	2,766
1970	14,873	2,576
1971	15,615	2,782
1972	16,353	3,241
1973	17,145	3,121
1974	17,971	2,776
1975	18,849	2,965
1976	19,734	2,951
1977	20,609	2,551
1978	21,466	2,727
1979	22,299	2,980
1980	23,153	2,966
1981	23,973	2,677
1982	24,742	2,736
1983	24,883	2,702
1984	26,149	2,539
1985	26,835	2,221
1986	27,096	2,384
1987	27,285	2,360
1988	27,396	2,847
1989	28,257	2,832
1990	28,349	3,058
1991	28,497	2,733
1992	28,446	2,898
1993	28,046	2,875
1994	26,703	2,713
1995	23,029	2,354
1996	21,858	2,447
1997	20,686	2,305
1998	19,762	2,357
1999	19,420	2,192
2000	18,830	2,475
2001	17,824	2,365
2002	16,924	2,243
2003	16,396	2,317
2004	15,979	2,425
2005	15,945	2,433
2006	16,133	2,491
2007	16,595	2,617
2008	17,275	2,825
2009	17,656	3,026
2010	17,652	2,862
2011	17,645	2,521
2012	18,308	2,566
2013	18,903	2,169
2014	19,107	2,324
2015	19,223	1,952
2016	19,233	1,711
2017	19,278	1,854
2018	19,392	1,975
2019	19,488	2,163
2020	18,899	2,199
2021	17,314	2,534
2022	20,125	1,719
2023	20,147	1,730

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Iceland

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 3 deaths in Iceland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Iceland
1985	580	11
1986	548	15
1987	521	13
1988	494	11
1989	505	14
1990	520	13
1991	545	11
1992	580	12
1993	609	10
1994	645	9
1995	612	13
1996	604	7
1997	550	8
1998	475	8
1999	409	7
2000	361	7
2001	307	6
2002	331	7
2003	392	6
2004	451	6
2005	529	5
2006	511	5
2007	647	5
2008	766	4
2009	855	5
2010	752	5
2011	765	4
2012	613	4
2013	491	4
2014	369	4
2015	283	4
2016	213	3
2017	151	3
2018	133	4
2019	96	4
2020	102	12
2021	219	5
2022	112	5
2023	118	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.26% in Iceland. 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	Iceland
1960	20.7%	2.14%
1961	20.4%	2.11%
1962	20%	2.07%
1963	19.6%	2.02%
1964	19.2%	1.97%
1965	18.8%	1.92%
1966	18.3%	1.85%
1967	17.9%	1.79%
1968	17.4%	1.72%
1969	17%	1.66%
1970	16.5%	1.6%
1971	16%	1.54%
1972	15.4%	1.48%
1973	14.9%	1.41%
1974	14.3%	1.35%
1975	13.7%	1.29%
1976	13.2%	1.22%
1977	12.6%	1.15%
1978	12%	1.09%
1979	11.5%	1.03%
1980	10.9%	0.97%
1981	10.4%	0.92%
1982	9.89%	0.87%
1983	10.4%	0.83%
1984	8.85%	0.79%
1985	8.37%	0.75%
1986	7.93%	0.73%
1987	7.54%	0.7%
1988	7.2%	0.67%
1989	6.93%	0.65%
1990	6.75%	0.63%
1991	6.72%	0.61%
1992	6.85%	0.58%
1993	7.17%	0.56%
1994	7.62%	0.54%
1995	8.12%	0.52%
1996	8.71%	0.49%
1997	9.3%	0.47%
1998	9.87%	0.45%
1999	10.4%	0.42%
2000	10.9%	0.4%
2001	11.3%	0.38%
2002	11.4%	0.36%
2003	11.6%	0.34%
2004	11.6%	0.33%
2005	11.6%	0.31%
2006	10.5%	0.3%
2007	10%	0.29%
2008	9.82%	0.28%
2009	9.25%	0.27%
2010	8.18%	0.27%
2011	6.81%	0.27%
2012	6.38%	0.26%
2013	6.16%	0.26%
2014	6.17%	0.26%
2015	5.86%	0.26%
2016	5.53%	0.26%
2017	5.43%	0.26%
2018	5.1%	0.27%
2019	5.16%	0.27%
2020	4.98%	0.27%
2021	4.76%	0.27%
2022	4.62%	0.26%
2023	4.5%	0.26%