Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Israel

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Israel 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 2.85 in Israel in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Israel 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	Israel
1960	6.75	3.87
1961	6.77	3.86
1962	6.79	3.85
1963	6.8	3.84
1964	6.79	3.83
1965	6.79	3.81
1966	6.8	3.8
1967	6.77	3.79
1968	6.76	3.79
1969	6.76	3.78
1970	6.75	3.78
1971	6.74	3.77
1972	6.72	3.77
1973	6.72	3.7
1974	6.71	3.63
1975	6.71	3.55
1976	6.7	3.48
1977	6.68	3.41
1978	6.65	3.35
1979	6.61	3.3
1980	6.57	3.24
1981	6.54	3.19
1982	6.49	3.13
1983	6.43	3.11
1984	6.36	3.08
1985	6.28	3.06
1986	6.11	3.03
1987	5.9	3.01
1988	5.69	2.95
1989	5.48	2.89
1990	5.3	2.82
1991	5.13	2.76
1992	4.98	2.7
1993	4.82	2.8
1994	4.66	2.9
1995	4.52	2.9
1996	4.38	2.9
1997	4.24	2.94
1998	4.13	2.98
1999	4.09	2.97
2000	4.03	2.95
2001	3.94	2.92
2002	3.85	2.89
2003	3.8	2.95
2004	3.76	2.9
2005	3.7	2.84
2006	3.63	2.88
2007	3.58	2.9
2008	3.57	2.96
2009	3.5	2.96
2010	3.38	3.03
2011	3.32	2.98
2012	3.27	3.05
2013	3.24	3.03
2014	3.18	3.08
2015	3.12	3.09
2016	3.07	3.11
2017	3.02	3.11
2018	2.97	3.09
2019	2.93	3.01
2020	2.89	2.9
2021	2.84	3
2022	2.8	2.89
2023	2.75	2.85
2024	2.72	2.8
2025	2.68	2.77
2026	2.64	2.75
2027	2.61	2.72
2028	2.57	2.7
2029	2.54	2.67
2030	2.51	2.66
2031	2.49	2.64
2032	2.45	2.63
2033	2.42	2.6
2034	2.4	2.58
2035	2.37	2.56
2036	2.35	2.55
2037	2.32	2.53
2038	2.3	2.51
2039	2.28	2.49
2040	2.26	2.47
2041	2.24	2.46
2042	2.22	2.44
2043	2.2	2.42
2044	2.18	2.41
2045	2.16	2.39
2046	2.14	2.38
2047	2.13	2.36
2048	2.11	2.35
2049	2.1	2.34
2050	2.08	2.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Israel
1960	46.9%	35.2%
1961	47.2%	34.9%
1962	47.4%	34.8%
1963	47.7%	34.9%
1964	47.8%	34.8%
1965	47.7%	34.6%
1966	47.7%	34.4%
1967	47.5%	34.1%
1968	47.3%	33.8%
1969	47.2%	33.5%
1970	47.2%	33.2%
1971	47.2%	32.9%
1972	47.3%	32.7%
1973	47.4%	32.6%
1974	47.5%	32.7%
1975	47.7%	32.7%
1976	47.9%	32.8%
1977	48.1%	32.9%
1978	48.3%	33%
1979	48.5%	33%
1980	48.7%	32.9%
1981	48.9%	32.8%
1982	49.2%	32.7%
1983	49.3%	32.7%
1984	49.4%	32.6%
1985	49.5%	32.5%
1986	49.4%	32.3%
1987	49.3%	32.1%
1988	48.7%	31.9%
1989	48.1%	31.7%
1990	47.6%	31.3%
1991	47.1%	30.7%
1992	46.6%	30.3%
1993	46.4%	30%
1994	47%	29.8%
1995	47.4%	29.6%
1996	46.9%	29.3%
1997	46.2%	29%
1998	45.3%	28.8%
1999	44.4%	28.5%
2000	43.6%	28.3%
2001	42.9%	28.1%
2002	42.3%	28%
2003	41.8%	27.9%
2004	41.4%	27.9%
2005	41.1%	27.9%
2006	40.8%	27.8%
2007	40.4%	27.8%
2008	39.9%	27.8%
2009	39.3%	27.9%
2010	38.8%	28%
2011	38.4%	28.1%
2012	38%	28.1%
2013	37.6%	28.2%
2014	37.2%	28.2%
2015	36.8%	28.2%
2016	36.4%	28.3%
2017	36%	28.2%
2018	35.6%	28.2%
2019	35.1%	28.1%
2020	34.7%	28%
2021	34.3%	27.9%
2022	34%	27.8%
2023	33.7%	27.6%
2024	33.4%	27.4%
2025	33%	27.2%
2026	32.6%	26.9%
2027	32.2%	26.6%
2028	31.8%	26.4%
2029	31.4%	26.1%
2030	31%	25.8%
2031	30.7%	25.5%
2032	30.3%	25.2%
2033	29.9%	25%
2034	29.5%	24.7%
2035	29.1%	24.6%
2036	28.7%	24.4%
2037	28.4%	24.2%
2038	28%	24.1%
2039	27.7%	24%
2040	27.4%	24%
2041	27.1%	23.9%
2042	26.8%	23.9%
2043	26.5%	23.8%
2044	26.2%	23.8%
2045	26%	23.8%
2046	25.7%	23.8%
2047	25.4%	23.7%
2048	25.1%	23.7%
2049	24.9%	23.6%
2050	24.6%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 27.4% in Israel in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 31.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Israel compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Israel by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.5% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	9,947	44,818
1961	10,262	42,170
1962	10,601	43,337
1963	10,929	44,964
1964	11,266	48,015
1965	11,719	49,979
1966	12,282	50,477
1967	12,773	47,488
1968	13,449	51,014
1969	14,164	53,800
1970	14,873	56,506
1971	15,615	64,449
1972	16,353	62,960
1973	17,145	65,560
1974	17,971	68,891
1975	18,849	70,828
1976	19,734	74,899
1977	20,609	70,092
1978	21,466	67,158
1979	22,299	68,148
1980	23,153	68,253
1981	23,973	67,647
1982	24,742	68,931
1983	24,883	70,196
1984	26,149	70,703
1985	26,835	71,538
1986	27,096	70,073
1987	27,285	69,904
1988	27,396	71,072
1989	28,257	68,674
1990	28,349	71,764
1991	28,497	73,740
1992	28,446	77,357
1993	28,046	77,337
1994	26,703	79,365
1995	23,029	82,066
1996	21,858	86,518
1997	20,686	88,707
1998	19,762	93,744
1999	19,420	94,325
2000	18,830	98,737
2001	17,824	99,160
2002	16,924	101,178
2003	16,396	106,366
2004	15,979	106,901
2005	15,945	105,338
2006	16,133	109,332
2007	16,595	111,292
2008	17,275	117,672
2009	17,656	122,015
2010	17,652	126,552
2011	17,645	125,030
2012	18,308	128,941
2013	18,903	129,758
2014	19,107	133,916
2015	19,223	134,082
2016	19,233	136,736
2017	19,278	138,541
2018	19,392	140,348
2019	19,488	135,810
2020	18,899	128,089
2021	17,314	134,011
2022	20,125	129,982
2023	20,147	131,977

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Israel

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 2 deaths in Israel.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Israel
1985	580	36
1986	548	36
1987	521	30
1988	494	31
1989	505	30
1990	520	29
1991	545	28
1992	580	27
1993	609	25
1994	645	24
1995	612	22
1996	604	20
1997	550	17
1998	475	14
1999	409	11
2000	361	9
2001	307	7
2002	331	7
2003	392	5
2004	451	5
2005	529	4
2006	511	4
2007	647	4
2008	766	4
2009	855	4
2010	752	3
2011	765	3
2012	613	3
2013	491	3
2014	369	3
2015	283	3
2016	213	3
2017	151	3
2018	133	3
2019	96	3
2020	102	3
2021	219	3
2022	112	3
2023	118	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.34% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	20.7%	4.71%
1961	20.4%	4.48%
1962	20%	4.26%
1963	19.6%	4.06%
1964	19.2%	3.86%
1965	18.8%	3.68%
1966	18.3%	3.52%
1967	17.9%	3.36%
1968	17.4%	3.23%
1969	17%	3.11%
1970	16.5%	3.01%
1971	16%	2.91%
1972	15.4%	2.82%
1973	14.9%	2.72%
1974	14.3%	2.61%
1975	13.7%	2.48%
1976	13.2%	2.33%
1977	12.6%	2.19%
1978	12%	2.05%
1979	11.5%	1.93%
1980	10.9%	1.82%
1981	10.4%	1.74%
1982	9.89%	1.66%
1983	10.4%	1.59%
1984	8.85%	1.51%
1985	8.37%	1.44%
1986	7.93%	1.37%
1987	7.54%	1.31%
1988	7.2%	1.26%
1989	6.93%	1.21%
1990	6.75%	1.15%
1991	6.72%	1.1%
1992	6.85%	1.04%
1993	7.17%	0.98%
1994	7.62%	0.92%
1995	8.12%	0.87%
1996	8.71%	0.82%
1997	9.3%	0.78%
1998	9.87%	0.75%
1999	10.4%	0.72%
2000	10.9%	0.69%
2001	11.3%	0.66%
2002	11.4%	0.63%
2003	11.6%	0.61%
2004	11.6%	0.58%
2005	11.6%	0.56%
2006	10.5%	0.53%
2007	10%	0.51%
2008	9.82%	0.49%
2009	9.25%	0.47%
2010	8.18%	0.46%
2011	6.81%	0.44%
2012	6.38%	0.43%
2013	6.16%	0.41%
2014	6.17%	0.4%
2015	5.86%	0.39%
2016	5.53%	0.38%
2017	5.43%	0.37%
2018	5.1%	0.37%
2019	5.16%	0.36%
2020	4.98%	0.35%
2021	4.76%	0.35%
2022	4.62%	0.34%
2023	4.5%	0.34%