Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Jamaica

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Jamaica 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 1.36 in Jamaica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Jamaica 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	Jamaica
1960	6.75	5.54
1961	6.77	5.6
1962	6.79	5.64
1963	6.8	5.73
1964	6.79	5.79
1965	6.79	5.72
1966	6.8	5.69
1967	6.77	5.67
1968	6.76	5.58
1969	6.76	5.47
1970	6.75	5.35
1971	6.74	5.21
1972	6.72	5.06
1973	6.72	5
1974	6.71	4.67
1975	6.71	4.44
1976	6.7	4.21
1977	6.68	4
1978	6.65	3.84
1979	6.61	3.72
1980	6.57	3.59
1981	6.54	3.51
1982	6.49	3.46
1983	6.43	3.41
1984	6.36	3.32
1985	6.28	3.21
1986	6.11	3.11
1987	5.9	3.02
1988	5.69	2.98
1989	5.48	2.93
1990	5.3	2.96
1991	5.13	3
1992	4.98	3.03
1993	4.82	2.99
1994	4.66	2.93
1995	4.52	2.85
1996	4.38	2.77
1997	4.24	2.68
1998	4.13	2.57
1999	4.09	2.47
2000	4.03	2.35
2001	3.94	2.3
2002	3.85	2.27
2003	3.8	2.24
2004	3.76	2.2
2005	3.7	2.15
2006	3.63	2.09
2007	3.58	2.02
2008	3.57	1.95
2009	3.5	1.88
2010	3.38	1.8
2011	3.32	1.72
2012	3.27	1.65
2013	3.24	1.59
2014	3.18	1.54
2015	3.12	1.51
2016	3.07	1.46
2017	3.02	1.43
2018	2.97	1.4
2019	2.93	1.39
2020	2.89	1.38
2021	2.84	1.38
2022	2.8	1.37
2023	2.75	1.36
2024	2.72	1.35
2025	2.68	1.34
2026	2.64	1.33
2027	2.61	1.33
2028	2.57	1.33
2029	2.54	1.33
2030	2.51	1.33
2031	2.49	1.33
2032	2.45	1.34
2033	2.42	1.34
2034	2.4	1.34
2035	2.37	1.35
2036	2.35	1.35
2037	2.32	1.36
2038	2.3	1.36
2039	2.28	1.37
2040	2.26	1.37
2041	2.24	1.37
2042	2.22	1.37
2043	2.2	1.38
2044	2.18	1.38
2045	2.16	1.39
2046	2.14	1.39
2047	2.13	1.39
2048	2.11	1.4
2049	2.1	1.4
2050	2.08	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Jamaica
1960	46.9%	41.2%
1961	47.2%	41.7%
1962	47.4%	42.2%
1963	47.7%	42.7%
1964	47.8%	43.3%
1965	47.7%	43.9%
1966	47.7%	44.3%
1967	47.5%	44.6%
1968	47.3%	44.9%
1969	47.2%	45%
1970	47.2%	45%
1971	47.2%	44.8%
1972	47.3%	44.4%
1973	47.4%	44%
1974	47.5%	43.5%
1975	47.7%	42.9%
1976	47.9%	42.3%
1977	48.1%	41.7%
1978	48.3%	41%
1979	48.5%	40.4%
1980	48.7%	39.8%
1981	48.9%	39.2%
1982	49.2%	38.7%
1983	49.3%	38.2%
1984	49.4%	37.9%
1985	49.5%	37.5%
1986	49.4%	37.2%
1987	49.3%	36.8%
1988	48.7%	36.5%
1989	48.1%	36.1%
1990	47.6%	35.8%
1991	47.1%	35.5%
1992	46.6%	35.4%
1993	46.4%	35.3%
1994	47%	35.2%
1995	47.4%	35.1%
1996	46.9%	34.9%
1997	46.2%	34.6%
1998	45.3%	34.2%
1999	44.4%	33.8%
2000	43.6%	33.2%
2001	42.9%	32.7%
2002	42.3%	32.2%
2003	41.8%	31.7%
2004	41.4%	31.2%
2005	41.1%	30.6%
2006	40.8%	30%
2007	40.4%	29.3%
2008	39.9%	28.5%
2009	39.3%	27.7%
2010	38.8%	26.9%
2011	38.4%	26.2%
2012	38%	25.4%
2013	37.6%	24.7%
2014	37.2%	24%
2015	36.8%	23.4%
2016	36.4%	22.8%
2017	36%	22.3%
2018	35.6%	21.7%
2019	35.1%	21.1%
2020	34.7%	20.6%
2021	34.3%	20%
2022	34%	19.6%
2023	33.7%	19.1%
2024	33.4%	18.7%
2025	33%	18.3%
2026	32.6%	17.9%
2027	32.2%	17.6%
2028	31.8%	17.2%
2029	31.4%	16.9%
2030	31%	16.7%
2031	30.7%	16.4%
2032	30.3%	16.2%
2033	29.9%	15.9%
2034	29.5%	15.7%
2035	29.1%	15.5%
2036	28.7%	15.3%
2037	28.4%	15.1%
2038	28%	14.8%
2039	27.7%	14.6%
2040	27.4%	14.4%
2041	27.1%	14.2%
2042	26.8%	14%
2043	26.5%	13.8%
2044	26.2%	13.6%
2045	26%	13.4%
2046	25.7%	13.2%
2047	25.4%	13%
2048	25.1%	12.8%
2049	24.9%	12.6%
2050	24.6%	12.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 18.7% in Jamaica in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Jamaica compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Jamaica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.49% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	9,947	51,944
1961	10,262	51,931
1962	10,601	51,758
1963	10,929	52,277
1964	11,266	52,501
1965	11,719	51,423
1966	12,282	50,808
1967	12,773	50,187
1968	13,449	49,189
1969	14,164	48,258
1970	14,873	47,547
1971	15,615	47,206
1972	16,353	46,676
1973	17,145	47,438
1974	17,971	45,526
1975	18,849	44,736
1976	19,734	43,878
1977	20,609	42,999
1978	21,466	42,475
1979	22,299	42,449
1980	23,153	42,316
1981	23,973	42,898
1982	24,742	43,816
1983	24,883	45,095
1984	26,149	45,644
1985	26,835	45,122
1986	27,096	44,520
1987	27,285	44,155
1988	27,396	43,978
1989	28,257	43,591
1990	28,349	44,465
1991	28,497	45,617
1992	28,446	46,494
1993	28,046	46,090
1994	26,703	45,210
1995	23,029	43,705
1996	21,858	42,297
1997	20,686	40,521
1998	19,762	38,628
1999	19,420	36,649
2000	18,830	34,452
2001	17,824	33,666
2002	16,924	33,572
2003	16,396	33,340
2004	15,979	32,500
2005	15,945	31,506
2006	16,133	30,213
2007	16,595	28,886
2008	17,275	27,553
2009	17,656	26,311
2010	17,652	25,031
2011	17,645	23,627
2012	18,308	22,320
2013	18,903	21,037
2014	19,107	19,751
2015	19,223	18,489
2016	19,233	16,944
2017	19,278	15,419
2018	19,392	13,929
2019	19,488	13,094
2020	18,899	12,170
2021	17,314	6,382
2022	20,125	11,215
2023	20,147	10,072

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Jamaica

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 130 deaths in Jamaica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Jamaica
1985	580	45
1986	548	45
1987	521	46
1988	494	48
1989	505	50
1990	520	54
1991	545	58
1992	580	62
1993	609	67
1994	645	71
1995	612	74
1996	604	77
1997	550	79
1998	475	80
1999	409	81
2000	361	82
2001	307	82
2002	331	81
2003	392	79
2004	451	77
2005	529	81
2006	511	89
2007	647	89
2008	766	91
2009	855	93
2010	752	94
2011	765	89
2012	613	89
2013	491	94
2014	369	100
2015	283	100
2016	213	102
2017	151	106
2018	133	112
2019	96	120
2020	102	126
2021	219	186
2022	112	138
2023	118	130

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 1.93% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	20.7%	8.17%
1961	20.4%	7.79%
1962	20%	7.45%
1963	19.6%	7.17%
1964	19.2%	6.91%
1965	18.8%	6.69%
1966	18.3%	6.49%
1967	17.9%	6.28%
1968	17.4%	6.08%
1969	17%	5.87%
1970	16.5%	5.64%
1971	16%	5.41%
1972	15.4%	5.18%
1973	14.9%	4.95%
1974	14.3%	4.74%
1975	13.7%	4.55%
1976	13.2%	4.37%
1977	12.6%	4.21%
1978	12%	4.06%
1979	11.5%	3.92%
1980	10.9%	3.78%
1981	10.4%	3.66%
1982	9.89%	3.54%
1983	10.4%	3.43%
1984	8.85%	3.32%
1985	8.37%	3.22%
1986	7.93%	3.13%
1987	7.54%	3.04%
1988	7.2%	2.96%
1989	6.93%	2.88%
1990	6.75%	2.8%
1991	6.72%	2.73%
1992	6.85%	2.66%
1993	7.17%	2.58%
1994	7.62%	2.51%
1995	8.12%	2.43%
1996	8.71%	2.35%
1997	9.3%	2.27%
1998	9.87%	2.19%
1999	10.4%	2.12%
2000	10.9%	2.06%
2001	11.3%	2%
2002	11.4%	1.97%
2003	11.6%	1.94%
2004	11.6%	1.92%
2005	11.6%	1.92%
2006	10.5%	1.91%
2007	10%	1.92%
2008	9.82%	1.92%
2009	9.25%	1.91%
2010	8.18%	1.91%
2011	6.81%	1.9%
2012	6.38%	1.89%
2013	6.16%	1.88%
2014	6.17%	1.87%
2015	5.86%	1.87%
2016	5.53%	1.86%
2017	5.43%	1.86%
2018	5.1%	1.87%
2019	5.16%	1.88%
2020	4.98%	1.9%
2021	4.76%	1.91%
2022	4.62%	1.93%
2023	4.5%	1.93%