Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Jordan

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Jordan 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 2.64 in Jordan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Jordan 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	Jordan
1960	6.75	7.6
1961	6.77	7.7
1962	6.79	7.79
1963	6.8	7.85
1964	6.79	7.91
1965	6.79	7.93
1966	6.8	7.99
1967	6.77	8.06
1968	6.76	8.14
1969	6.76	8.19
1970	6.75	8.18
1971	6.74	8.15
1972	6.72	8.12
1973	6.72	8.06
1974	6.71	8
1975	6.71	7.93
1976	6.7	7.83
1977	6.68	7.72
1978	6.65	7.59
1979	6.61	7.45
1980	6.57	7.29
1981	6.54	7.12
1982	6.49	6.96
1983	6.43	6.81
1984	6.36	6.67
1985	6.28	6.53
1986	6.11	6.39
1987	5.9	6.2
1988	5.69	6.01
1989	5.48	5.8
1990	5.3	5.54
1991	5.13	5.33
1992	4.98	5.14
1993	4.82	4.97
1994	4.66	4.82
1995	4.52	4.68
1996	4.38	4.51
1997	4.24	4.32
1998	4.13	4.11
1999	4.09	3.97
2000	4.03	3.86
2001	3.94	3.8
2002	3.85	3.81
2003	3.8	3.82
2004	3.76	3.73
2005	3.7	3.65
2006	3.63	3.71
2007	3.58	3.8
2008	3.57	3.88
2009	3.5	3.84
2010	3.38	3.78
2011	3.32	3.69
2012	3.27	3.57
2013	3.24	3.45
2014	3.18	3.3
2015	3.12	3.14
2016	3.07	3.07
2017	3.02	2.99
2018	2.97	2.92
2019	2.93	2.86
2020	2.89	2.79
2021	2.84	2.74
2022	2.8	2.68
2023	2.75	2.64
2024	2.72	2.6
2025	2.68	2.57
2026	2.64	2.54
2027	2.61	2.51
2028	2.57	2.48
2029	2.54	2.44
2030	2.51	2.42
2031	2.49	2.39
2032	2.45	2.36
2033	2.42	2.33
2034	2.4	2.3
2035	2.37	2.27
2036	2.35	2.25
2037	2.32	2.23
2038	2.3	2.21
2039	2.28	2.19
2040	2.26	2.16
2041	2.24	2.14
2042	2.22	2.12
2043	2.2	2.1
2044	2.18	2.08
2045	2.16	2.07
2046	2.14	2.05
2047	2.13	2.04
2048	2.11	2.02
2049	2.1	2.01
2050	2.08	1.99

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Jordan
1960	46.9%	46.1%
1961	47.2%	46.6%
1962	47.4%	47.2%
1963	47.7%	47.7%
1964	47.8%	48.2%
1965	47.7%	48.7%
1966	47.7%	49.1%
1967	47.5%	49.4%
1968	47.3%	49.8%
1969	47.2%	50%
1970	47.2%	50.3%
1971	47.2%	50.4%
1972	47.3%	50.6%
1973	47.4%	50.6%
1974	47.5%	50.6%
1975	47.7%	50.6%
1976	47.9%	50.5%
1977	48.1%	50.4%
1978	48.3%	50.2%
1979	48.5%	50%
1980	48.7%	49.7%
1981	48.9%	49.5%
1982	49.2%	49.2%
1983	49.3%	48.9%
1984	49.4%	48.6%
1985	49.5%	48.2%
1986	49.4%	47.9%
1987	49.3%	47.6%
1988	48.7%	47.2%
1989	48.1%	46.8%
1990	47.6%	45%
1991	47.1%	43.1%
1992	46.6%	42.2%
1993	46.4%	41.5%
1994	47%	40.9%
1995	47.4%	40.5%
1996	46.9%	40.4%
1997	46.2%	40.4%
1998	45.3%	40.3%
1999	44.4%	40.2%
2000	43.6%	40.1%
2001	42.9%	39.8%
2002	42.3%	39.5%
2003	41.8%	39.2%
2004	41.4%	38.8%
2005	41.1%	38.4%
2006	40.8%	38%
2007	40.4%	37.5%
2008	39.9%	37%
2009	39.3%	36.5%
2010	38.8%	36%
2011	38.4%	35.5%
2012	38%	35.1%
2013	37.6%	34.9%
2014	37.2%	34.9%
2015	36.8%	34.8%
2016	36.4%	34.5%
2017	36%	34.1%
2018	35.6%	33.7%
2019	35.1%	33.3%
2020	34.7%	32.8%
2021	34.3%	32.4%
2022	34%	31.9%
2023	33.7%	31.2%
2024	33.4%	30.7%
2025	33%	30.2%
2026	32.6%	29.6%
2027	32.2%	29%
2028	31.8%	28.4%
2029	31.4%	27.8%
2030	31%	27.3%
2031	30.7%	26.9%
2032	30.3%	26.6%
2033	29.9%	26.2%
2034	29.5%	25.9%
2035	29.1%	25.7%
2036	28.7%	25.4%
2037	28.4%	25.2%
2038	28%	25%
2039	27.7%	24.9%
2040	27.4%	24.7%
2041	27.1%	24.6%
2042	26.8%	24.4%
2043	26.5%	24.3%
2044	26.2%	24.1%
2045	26%	23.9%
2046	25.7%	23.7%
2047	25.4%	23.5%
2048	25.1%	23.3%
2049	24.9%	23.1%
2050	24.6%	22.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 30.7% in Jordan in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 45% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Jordan compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Jordan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.92% in Jordan. 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	Jordan
1960	9,947	29,491
1961	10,262	32,143
1962	10,601	34,598
1963	10,929	36,858
1964	11,266	39,205
1965	11,719	41,635
1966	12,282	44,580
1967	12,773	48,791
1968	13,449	53,336
1969	14,164	57,431
1970	14,873	60,321
1971	15,615	64,763
1972	16,353	67,707
1973	17,145	70,058
1974	17,971	72,212
1975	18,849	74,392
1976	19,734	75,981
1977	20,609	78,101
1978	21,466	79,908
1979	22,299	82,076
1980	23,153	84,508
1981	23,973	86,751
1982	24,742	89,473
1983	24,883	92,863
1984	26,149	96,092
1985	26,835	99,801
1986	27,096	103,551
1987	27,285	106,536
1988	27,396	109,754
1989	28,257	112,608
1990	28,349	114,912
1991	28,497	129,642
1992	28,446	134,241
1993	28,046	139,467
1994	26,703	144,199
1995	23,029	147,652
1996	21,858	147,852
1997	20,686	145,358
1998	19,762	140,696
1999	19,420	138,201
2000	18,830	136,414
2001	17,824	136,450
2002	16,924	139,250
2003	16,396	142,443
2004	15,979	141,752
2005	15,945	141,816
2006	16,133	147,643
2007	16,595	167,574
2008	17,275	175,048
2009	17,656	177,651
2010	17,652	177,748
2011	17,645	177,076
2012	18,308	175,437
2013	18,903	170,473
2014	19,107	184,169
2015	19,223	195,495
2016	19,233	205,891
2017	19,278	205,903
2018	19,392	205,333
2019	19,488	204,933
2020	18,899	198,138
2021	17,314	190,795
2022	20,125	199,900
2023	20,147	200,895

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Jordan

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 31 deaths in Jordan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Jordan
1985	580	100
1986	548	93
1987	521	87
1988	494	82
1989	505	79
1990	520	72
1991	545	74
1992	580	72
1993	609	71
1994	645	70
1995	612	70
1996	604	69
1997	550	67
1998	475	65
1999	409	63
2000	361	61
2001	307	60
2002	331	58
2003	392	56
2004	451	54
2005	529	53
2006	511	49
2007	647	50
2008	766	50
2009	855	49
2010	752	48
2011	765	47
2012	613	47
2013	491	44
2014	369	43
2015	283	41
2016	213	40
2017	151	38
2018	133	36
2019	96	35
2020	102	41
2021	219	79
2022	112	35
2023	118	31

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 1.32% in Jordan. 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	Jordan
1960	20.7%	15.5%
1961	20.4%	14.6%
1962	20%	13.8%
1963	19.6%	13%
1964	19.2%	12.3%
1965	18.8%	11.6%
1966	18.3%	11%
1967	17.9%	10.4%
1968	17.4%	9.87%
1969	17%	9.38%
1970	16.5%	8.91%
1971	16%	8.48%
1972	15.4%	8.06%
1973	14.9%	7.67%
1974	14.3%	7.31%
1975	13.7%	6.96%
1976	13.2%	6.63%
1977	12.6%	6.31%
1978	12%	6.02%
1979	11.5%	5.74%
1980	10.9%	5.48%
1981	10.4%	5.22%
1982	9.89%	4.99%
1983	10.4%	4.76%
1984	8.85%	4.55%
1985	8.37%	4.34%
1986	7.93%	4.16%
1987	7.54%	3.98%
1988	7.2%	3.82%
1989	6.93%	3.68%
1990	6.75%	3.54%
1991	6.72%	3.42%
1992	6.85%	3.31%
1993	7.17%	3.2%
1994	7.62%	3.1%
1995	8.12%	3.01%
1996	8.71%	2.91%
1997	9.3%	2.83%
1998	9.87%	2.74%
1999	10.4%	2.66%
2000	10.9%	2.58%
2001	11.3%	2.5%
2002	11.4%	2.42%
2003	11.6%	2.35%
2004	11.6%	2.27%
2005	11.6%	2.2%
2006	10.5%	2.13%
2007	10%	2.07%
2008	9.82%	2%
2009	9.25%	1.94%
2010	8.18%	1.89%
2011	6.81%	1.83%
2012	6.38%	1.78%
2013	6.16%	1.74%
2014	6.17%	1.69%
2015	5.86%	1.65%
2016	5.53%	1.6%
2017	5.43%	1.56%
2018	5.1%	1.52%
2019	5.16%	1.48%
2020	4.98%	1.44%
2021	4.76%	1.4%
2022	4.62%	1.36%
2023	4.5%	1.32%