Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	6.75	7.69
1961	6.77	7.72
1962	6.79	7.75
1963	6.8	7.78
1964	6.79	7.81
1965	6.79	7.84
1966	6.8	7.87
1967	6.77	7.89
1968	6.76	7.91
1969	6.76	7.93
1970	6.75	7.94
1971	6.74	7.94
1972	6.72	7.94
1973	6.72	7.94
1974	6.71	7.93
1975	6.71	7.91
1976	6.7	7.88
1977	6.68	7.83
1978	6.65	7.67
1979	6.61	7.63
1980	6.57	7.59
1981	6.54	7.54
1982	6.49	7.49
1983	6.43	7.42
1984	6.36	7.35
1985	6.28	7.27
1986	6.11	7.19
1987	5.9	7.09
1988	5.69	6.97
1989	5.48	6.85
1990	5.3	6.72
1991	5.13	6.59
1992	4.98	6.43
1993	4.82	6.27
1994	4.66	6.13
1995	4.52	6.04
1996	4.38	5.95
1997	4.24	5.9
1998	4.13	5.85
1999	4.09	5.81
2000	4.03	5.77
2001	3.94	5.7
2002	3.85	5.64
2003	3.8	5.57
2004	3.76	5.53
2005	3.7	5.5
2006	3.63	5.45
2007	3.58	5.4
2008	3.57	5.36
2009	3.5	5.33
2010	3.38	5.29
2011	3.32	5.24
2012	3.27	5.19
2013	3.24	5.14
2014	3.18	5.07
2015	3.12	4.97
2016	3.07	4.87
2017	3.02	4.76
2018	2.97	4.6
2019	2.93	4.52
2020	2.89	4.46
2021	2.84	4.41
2022	2.8	4.35
2023	2.75	4.28
2024	2.72	4.23
2025	2.68	4.17
2026	2.64	4.1
2027	2.61	4.05
2028	2.57	3.99
2029	2.54	3.93
2030	2.51	3.88
2031	2.49	3.83
2032	2.45	3.78
2033	2.42	3.75
2034	2.4	3.69
2035	2.37	3.64
2036	2.35	3.6
2037	2.32	3.56
2038	2.3	3.51
2039	2.28	3.47
2040	2.26	3.43
2041	2.24	3.39
2042	2.22	3.35
2043	2.2	3.31
2044	2.18	3.27
2045	2.16	3.23
2046	2.14	3.2
2047	2.13	3.17
2048	2.11	3.13
2049	2.1	3.1
2050	2.08	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Ivory Coast
1960	46.9%	43.1%
1961	47.2%	43.2%
1962	47.4%	43.4%
1963	47.7%	43.6%
1964	47.8%	43.9%
1965	47.7%	44.1%
1966	47.7%	44.3%
1967	47.5%	44.6%
1968	47.3%	44.8%
1969	47.2%	44.9%
1970	47.2%	45.1%
1971	47.2%	45.1%
1972	47.3%	45.2%
1973	47.4%	45.2%
1974	47.5%	45.3%
1975	47.7%	45.4%
1976	47.9%	45.7%
1977	48.1%	46.1%
1978	48.3%	46.5%
1979	48.5%	46.8%
1980	48.7%	47.1%
1981	48.9%	47.3%
1982	49.2%	47.5%
1983	49.3%	47.7%
1984	49.4%	47.8%
1985	49.5%	47.9%
1986	49.4%	48%
1987	49.3%	48.1%
1988	48.7%	48%
1989	48.1%	47.9%
1990	47.6%	47.8%
1991	47.1%	47.6%
1992	46.6%	47.4%
1993	46.4%	47.1%
1994	47%	46.9%
1995	47.4%	46.7%
1996	46.9%	46.4%
1997	46.2%	46.2%
1998	45.3%	46.1%
1999	44.4%	46%
2000	43.6%	46%
2001	42.9%	46.1%
2002	42.3%	46.2%
2003	41.8%	46.2%
2004	41.4%	46.3%
2005	41.1%	46.3%
2006	40.8%	46.3%
2007	40.4%	46.4%
2008	39.9%	45.8%
2009	39.3%	44.9%
2010	38.8%	44%
2011	38.4%	43.3%
2012	38%	42.7%
2013	37.6%	42.2%
2014	37.2%	42%
2015	36.8%	42.2%
2016	36.4%	42.3%
2017	36%	42.4%
2018	35.6%	42.4%
2019	35.1%	42.3%
2020	34.7%	42.2%
2021	34.3%	42%
2022	34%	41.7%
2023	33.7%	41.3%
2024	33.4%	40.9%
2025	33%	40.5%
2026	32.6%	40%
2027	32.2%	39.7%
2028	31.8%	39.3%
2029	31.4%	38.8%
2030	31%	38.3%
2031	30.7%	37.8%
2032	30.3%	37.3%
2033	29.9%	37%
2034	29.5%	36.7%
2035	29.1%	36.4%
2036	28.7%	36.2%
2037	28.4%	35.9%
2038	28%	35.7%
2039	27.7%	35.6%
2040	27.4%	35.4%
2041	27.1%	35.3%
2042	26.8%	35.1%
2043	26.5%	35%
2044	26.2%	34.8%
2045	26%	34.7%
2046	25.7%	34.5%
2047	25.4%	34.4%
2048	25.1%	34.2%
2049	24.9%	34%
2050	24.6%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	9,947	99,681
1961	10,262	105,568
1962	10,601	111,930
1963	10,929	118,526
1964	11,266	124,996
1965	11,719	131,601
1966	12,282	138,438
1967	12,773	145,773
1968	13,449	153,464
1969	14,164	161,541
1970	14,873	170,070
1971	15,615	179,918
1972	16,353	190,842
1973	17,145	203,429
1974	17,971	216,389
1975	18,849	228,883
1976	19,734	241,939
1977	20,609	250,858
1978	21,466	257,222
1979	22,299	268,875
1980	23,153	280,630
1981	23,973	292,755
1982	24,742	305,204
1983	24,883	317,379
1984	26,149	331,910
1985	26,835	344,549
1986	27,096	357,205
1987	27,285	370,654
1988	27,396	378,575
1989	28,257	390,081
1990	28,349	402,629
1991	28,497	413,354
1992	28,446	423,294
1993	28,046	430,759
1994	26,703	438,274
1995	23,029	453,719
1996	21,858	469,740
1997	20,686	489,984
1998	19,762	509,167
1999	19,420	527,634
2000	18,830	545,129
2001	17,824	555,220
2002	16,924	563,692
2003	16,396	568,220
2004	15,979	579,424
2005	15,945	593,685
2006	16,133	605,001
2007	16,595	617,247
2008	17,275	630,610
2009	17,656	654,439
2010	17,652	676,554
2011	17,645	694,033
2012	18,308	708,847
2013	18,903	720,228
2014	19,107	728,978
2015	19,223	731,387
2016	19,233	735,630
2017	19,278	734,553
2018	19,392	722,445
2019	19,488	727,774
2020	18,899	727,455
2021	17,314	732,191
2022	20,125	750,270
2023	20,147	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Ivory Coast
1985	580	766
1986	548	735
1987	521	697
1988	494	671
1989	505	645
1990	520	619
1991	545	584
1992	580	546
1993	609	503
1994	645	463
1995	612	421
1996	604	381
1997	550	364
1998	475	380
1999	409	381
2000	361	378
2001	307	405
2002	331	427
2003	392	451
2004	451	456
2005	529	492
2006	511	544
2007	647	567
2008	766	562
2009	855	588
2010	752	592
2011	765	569
2012	613	566
2013	491	544
2014	369	522
2015	283	505
2016	213	488
2017	151	465
2018	133	449
2019	96	429
2020	102	447
2021	219	459
2022	112	409
2023	118	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	20.7%	32.1%
1961	20.4%	31.3%
1962	20%	30.5%
1963	19.6%	29.7%
1964	19.2%	28.9%
1965	18.8%	28.2%
1966	18.3%	27.4%
1967	17.9%	26.7%
1968	17.4%	26%
1969	17%	25.2%
1970	16.5%	24.5%
1971	16%	23.7%
1972	15.4%	22.9%
1973	14.9%	22.1%
1974	14.3%	21.2%
1975	13.7%	20.3%
1976	13.2%	19.5%
1977	12.6%	18.7%
1978	12%	18%
1979	11.5%	17.4%
1980	10.9%	16.9%
1981	10.4%	16.4%
1982	9.89%	16.1%
1983	10.4%	15.8%
1984	8.85%	15.5%
1985	8.37%	15.4%
1986	7.93%	15.3%
1987	7.54%	15.2%
1988	7.2%	15.2%
1989	6.93%	15.3%
1990	6.75%	15.3%
1991	6.72%	15.4%
1992	6.85%	15.4%
1993	7.17%	15.4%
1994	7.62%	15.3%
1995	8.12%	15.2%
1996	8.71%	15.1%
1997	9.3%	14.9%
1998	9.87%	14.6%
1999	10.4%	14.4%
2000	10.9%	14.1%
2001	11.3%	13.7%
2002	11.4%	13.3%
2003	11.6%	13%
2004	11.6%	12.6%
2005	11.6%	12.2%
2006	10.5%	11.8%
2007	10%	11.4%
2008	9.82%	11%
2009	9.25%	10.6%
2010	8.18%	10.2%
2011	6.81%	9.91%
2012	6.38%	9.6%
2013	6.16%	9.27%
2014	6.17%	8.92%
2015	5.86%	8.61%
2016	5.53%	8.36%
2017	5.43%	8.11%
2018	5.1%	7.85%
2019	5.16%	7.59%
2020	4.98%	7.37%
2021	4.76%	7.14%
2022	4.62%	6.92%
2023	4.5%	6.71%