Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Italy

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Italy 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 1.2 in Italy in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Italy 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	Italy
1960	6.75	2.4
1961	6.77	2.44
1962	6.79	2.46
1963	6.8	2.51
1964	6.79	2.66
1965	6.79	2.6
1966	6.8	2.58
1967	6.77	2.5
1968	6.76	2.46
1969	6.76	2.47
1970	6.75	2.38
1971	6.74	2.4
1972	6.72	2.35
1973	6.72	2.3
1974	6.71	2.28
1975	6.71	2.17
1976	6.7	2.04
1977	6.68	1.93
1978	6.65	1.84
1979	6.61	1.73
1980	6.57	1.64
1981	6.54	1.58
1982	6.49	1.56
1983	6.43	1.51
1984	6.36	1.46
1985	6.28	1.42
1986	6.11	1.35
1987	5.9	1.33
1988	5.69	1.36
1989	5.48	1.33
1990	5.3	1.33
1991	5.13	1.3
1992	4.98	1.3
1993	4.82	1.25
1994	4.66	1.21
1995	4.52	1.19
1996	4.38	1.2
1997	4.24	1.22
1998	4.13	1.22
1999	4.09	1.23
2000	4.03	1.26
2001	3.94	1.25
2002	3.85	1.27
2003	3.8	1.29
2004	3.76	1.34
2005	3.7	1.33
2006	3.63	1.37
2007	3.58	1.39
2008	3.57	1.44
2009	3.5	1.44
2010	3.38	1.44
2011	3.32	1.42
2012	3.27	1.42
2013	3.24	1.39
2014	3.18	1.38
2015	3.12	1.36
2016	3.07	1.36
2017	3.02	1.34
2018	2.97	1.31
2019	2.93	1.27
2020	2.89	1.24
2021	2.84	1.25
2022	2.8	1.24
2023	2.75	1.2
2024	2.72	1.21
2025	2.68	1.22
2026	2.64	1.22
2027	2.61	1.23
2028	2.57	1.24
2029	2.54	1.24
2030	2.51	1.25
2031	2.49	1.26
2032	2.45	1.26
2033	2.42	1.27
2034	2.4	1.28
2035	2.37	1.28
2036	2.35	1.29
2037	2.32	1.29
2038	2.3	1.3
2039	2.28	1.3
2040	2.26	1.31
2041	2.24	1.31
2042	2.22	1.31
2043	2.2	1.32
2044	2.18	1.32
2045	2.16	1.33
2046	2.14	1.33
2047	2.13	1.34
2048	2.11	1.34
2049	2.1	1.35
2050	2.08	1.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Italy
1960	46.9%	25%
1961	47.2%	25%
1962	47.4%	24.7%
1963	47.7%	24.5%
1964	47.8%	24.5%
1965	47.7%	24.5%
1966	47.7%	24.5%
1967	47.5%	24.6%
1968	47.3%	24.6%
1969	47.2%	24.7%
1970	47.2%	24.7%
1971	47.2%	24.6%
1972	47.3%	24.6%
1973	47.4%	24.6%
1974	47.5%	24.5%
1975	47.7%	24.3%
1976	47.9%	24.1%
1977	48.1%	23.7%
1978	48.3%	23.4%
1979	48.5%	22.8%
1980	48.7%	22.3%
1981	48.9%	21.6%
1982	49.2%	21.1%
1983	49.3%	20.5%
1984	49.4%	19.9%
1985	49.5%	19.3%
1986	49.4%	18.7%
1987	49.3%	18.1%
1988	48.7%	17.5%
1989	48.1%	17%
1990	47.6%	16.5%
1991	47.1%	15.8%
1992	46.6%	15.2%
1993	46.4%	15%
1994	47%	14.8%
1995	47.4%	14.6%
1996	46.9%	14.5%
1997	46.2%	14.4%
1998	45.3%	14.3%
1999	44.4%	14.3%
2000	43.6%	14.3%
2001	42.9%	14.2%
2002	42.3%	14.2%
2003	41.8%	14.2%
2004	41.4%	14.2%
2005	41.1%	14.1%
2006	40.8%	14.1%
2007	40.4%	14%
2008	39.9%	14%
2009	39.3%	14%
2010	38.8%	14%
2011	38.4%	14%
2012	38%	14%
2013	37.6%	13.9%
2014	37.2%	13.8%
2015	36.8%	13.7%
2016	36.4%	13.6%
2017	36%	13.4%
2018	35.6%	13.2%
2019	35.1%	13%
2020	34.7%	12.8%
2021	34.3%	12.6%
2022	34%	12.4%
2023	33.7%	12.1%
2024	33.4%	11.9%
2025	33%	11.7%
2026	32.6%	11.4%
2027	32.2%	11.2%
2028	31.8%	11%
2029	31.4%	10.9%
2030	31%	10.7%
2031	30.7%	10.6%
2032	30.3%	10.5%
2033	29.9%	10.4%
2034	29.5%	10.3%
2035	29.1%	10.3%
2036	28.7%	10.3%
2037	28.4%	10.3%
2038	28%	10.3%
2039	27.7%	10.4%
2040	27.4%	10.4%
2041	27.1%	10.5%
2042	26.8%	10.5%
2043	26.5%	10.6%
2044	26.2%	10.7%
2045	26%	10.7%
2046	25.7%	10.8%
2047	25.4%	10.8%
2048	25.1%	10.9%
2049	24.9%	10.9%
2050	24.6%	10.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 11.9% in Italy in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 16.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Italy compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Italy by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and -0.38% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	9,947	426,697
1961	10,262	459,880
1962	10,601	427,387
1963	10,929	440,767
1964	11,266	527,089
1965	11,719	474,222
1966	12,282	488,427
1967	12,773	439,074
1968	13,449	399,268
1969	14,164	390,827
1970	14,873	376,753
1971	15,615	383,922
1972	16,353	364,355
1973	17,145	328,508
1974	17,971	336,176
1975	18,849	271,660
1976	19,734	228,445
1977	20,609	190,248
1978	21,466	168,465
1979	22,299	129,531
1980	23,153	84,650
1981	23,973	73,452
1982	24,742	79,161
1983	24,883	33,939
1984	26,149	50,919
1985	26,835	28,297
1986	27,096	11,319
1987	27,285	16,980
1988	27,396	33,977
1989	28,257	28,336
1990	28,349	22,688
1991	28,497	11,352
1992	28,446	22,718
1993	28,046	0
1994	26,703	-17,053
1995	23,029	-34,107
1996	21,858	-22,744
1997	20,686	-22,756
1998	19,762	-39,835
1999	19,420	-22,766
2000	18,830	-17,082
2001	17,824	-11,396
2002	16,924	-22,836
2003	16,396	-40,179
2004	15,979	11,566
2005	15,945	-17,450
2006	16,133	0
2007	16,595	-5,876
2008	17,275	-11,842
2009	17,656	-17,866
2010	17,652	-23,928
2011	17,645	-48,021
2012	18,308	-78,248
2013	18,903	-90,468
2014	19,107	-96,513
2015	19,223	-162,620
2016	19,233	-138,265
2017	19,278	-192,007
2018	19,392	-192,475
2019	19,488	-215,025
2020	18,899	-338,801
2021	17,314	-301,579
2022	20,125	-318,674
2023	20,147	-283,168

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Italy

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 6 deaths in Italy.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Italy
1985	580	22
1986	548	22
1987	521	21
1988	494	20
1989	505	19
1990	520	18
1991	545	18
1992	580	17
1993	609	16
1994	645	15
1995	612	15
1996	604	14
1997	550	13
1998	475	12
1999	409	11
2000	361	11
2001	307	10
2002	331	10
2003	392	8
2004	451	8
2005	529	8
2006	511	7
2007	647	7
2008	766	7
2009	855	8
2010	752	8
2011	765	8
2012	613	8
2013	491	8
2014	369	8
2015	283	8
2016	213	8
2017	151	8
2018	133	7
2019	96	7
2020	102	8
2021	219	7
2022	112	10
2023	118	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.28% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	20.7%	5.19%
1961	20.4%	4.98%
1962	20%	4.76%
1963	19.6%	4.53%
1964	19.2%	4.31%
1965	18.8%	4.11%
1966	18.3%	3.93%
1967	17.9%	3.78%
1968	17.4%	3.64%
1969	17%	3.51%
1970	16.5%	3.36%
1971	16%	3.18%
1972	15.4%	2.98%
1973	14.9%	2.76%
1974	14.3%	2.53%
1975	13.7%	2.31%
1976	13.2%	2.11%
1977	12.6%	1.95%
1978	12%	1.82%
1979	11.5%	1.7%
1980	10.9%	1.61%
1981	10.4%	1.52%
1982	9.89%	1.43%
1983	10.4%	1.35%
1984	8.85%	1.27%
1985	8.37%	1.2%
1986	7.93%	1.14%
1987	7.54%	1.08%
1988	7.2%	1.04%
1989	6.93%	1%
1990	6.75%	0.97%
1991	6.72%	0.93%
1992	6.85%	0.89%
1993	7.17%	0.85%
1994	7.62%	0.8%
1995	8.12%	0.75%
1996	8.71%	0.7%
1997	9.3%	0.66%
1998	9.87%	0.62%
1999	10.4%	0.59%
2000	10.9%	0.56%
2001	11.3%	0.53%
2002	11.4%	0.51%
2003	11.6%	0.48%
2004	11.6%	0.46%
2005	11.6%	0.45%
2006	10.5%	0.43%
2007	10%	0.42%
2008	9.82%	0.41%
2009	9.25%	0.41%
2010	8.18%	0.4%
2011	6.81%	0.39%
2012	6.38%	0.38%
2013	6.16%	0.37%
2014	6.17%	0.36%
2015	5.86%	0.35%
2016	5.53%	0.34%
2017	5.43%	0.33%
2018	5.1%	0.32%
2019	5.16%	0.31%
2020	4.98%	0.3%
2021	4.76%	0.29%
2022	4.62%	0.28%
2023	4.5%	0.28%