Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Kiribati 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 3.15 in Kiribati in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eswatini	Kiribati
1960	6.75	6.44
1961	6.77	6.48
1962	6.79	6.42
1963	6.8	6.35
1964	6.79	6.29
1965	6.79	6.26
1966	6.8	6.23
1967	6.77	6.11
1968	6.76	5.98
1969	6.76	5.85
1970	6.75	5.71
1971	6.74	5.55
1972	6.72	5.37
1973	6.72	5.2
1974	6.71	5.09
1975	6.71	5.02
1976	6.7	4.96
1977	6.68	4.96
1978	6.65	4.97
1979	6.61	4.97
1980	6.57	4.96
1981	6.54	4.96
1982	6.49	4.95
1983	6.43	4.91
1984	6.36	4.91
1985	6.28	4.91
1986	6.11	4.87
1987	5.9	4.81
1988	5.69	4.73
1989	5.48	4.69
1990	5.3	4.67
1991	5.13	4.64
1992	4.98	4.57
1993	4.82	4.49
1994	4.66	4.44
1995	4.52	4.42
1996	4.38	4.43
1997	4.24	4.37
1998	4.13	4.29
1999	4.09	4.18
2000	4.03	4.07
2001	3.94	3.96
2002	3.85	3.81
2003	3.8	3.7
2004	3.76	3.73
2005	3.7	3.76
2006	3.63	3.82
2007	3.58	3.87
2008	3.57	3.9
2009	3.5	3.91
2010	3.38	3.9
2011	3.32	3.88
2012	3.27	3.77
2013	3.24	3.64
2014	3.18	3.52
2015	3.12	3.44
2016	3.07	3.38
2017	3.02	3.34
2018	2.97	3.32
2019	2.93	3.29
2020	2.89	3.25
2021	2.84	3.22
2022	2.8	3.18
2023	2.75	3.15
2024	2.72	3.12
2025	2.68	3.09
2026	2.64	3.06
2027	2.61	3.03
2028	2.57	3
2029	2.54	2.97
2030	2.51	2.94
2031	2.49	2.92
2032	2.45	2.89
2033	2.42	2.86
2034	2.4	2.84
2035	2.37	2.81
2036	2.35	2.79
2037	2.32	2.77
2038	2.3	2.74
2039	2.28	2.72
2040	2.26	2.69
2041	2.24	2.67
2042	2.22	2.64
2043	2.2	2.62
2044	2.18	2.6
2045	2.16	2.58
2046	2.14	2.56
2047	2.13	2.54
2048	2.11	2.52
2049	2.1	2.5
2050	2.08	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Kiribati
1960	46.9%	43.2%
1961	47.2%	43.5%
1962	47.4%	43.8%
1963	47.7%	44%
1964	47.8%	44%
1965	47.7%	43.9%
1966	47.7%	44.1%
1967	47.5%	44.5%
1968	47.3%	44.9%
1969	47.2%	45%
1970	47.2%	44.9%
1971	47.2%	44.8%
1972	47.3%	44.8%
1973	47.4%	44.6%
1974	47.5%	44.2%
1975	47.7%	43.7%
1976	47.9%	43.2%
1977	48.1%	42.8%
1978	48.3%	42.3%
1979	48.5%	41.8%
1980	48.7%	41.1%
1981	48.9%	40.5%
1982	49.2%	39.9%
1983	49.3%	39.5%
1984	49.4%	39.2%
1985	49.5%	39.2%
1986	49.4%	39.2%
1987	49.3%	39.4%
1988	48.7%	39.7%
1989	48.1%	39.9%
1990	47.6%	40.2%
1991	47.1%	40.5%
1992	46.6%	40.8%
1993	46.4%	41%
1994	47%	41.2%
1995	47.4%	41.2%
1996	46.9%	41.1%
1997	46.2%	41%
1998	45.3%	40.8%
1999	44.4%	40.5%
2000	43.6%	40.1%
2001	42.9%	39.8%
2002	42.3%	39.3%
2003	41.8%	38.9%
2004	41.4%	38.4%
2005	41.1%	38%
2006	40.8%	37.6%
2007	40.4%	37.3%
2008	39.9%	37%
2009	39.3%	36.8%
2010	38.8%	36.6%
2011	38.4%	36.4%
2012	38%	36.1%
2013	37.6%	35.7%
2014	37.2%	35.4%
2015	36.8%	35.2%
2016	36.4%	35%
2017	36%	35%
2018	35.6%	35.1%
2019	35.1%	35.1%
2020	34.7%	35.2%
2021	34.3%	35.2%
2022	34%	35.1%
2023	33.7%	34.9%
2024	33.4%	34.7%
2025	33%	34.4%
2026	32.6%	34%
2027	32.2%	33.5%
2028	31.8%	33.1%
2029	31.4%	32.7%
2030	31%	32.4%
2031	30.7%	32%
2032	30.3%	31.7%
2033	29.9%	31.3%
2034	29.5%	31%
2035	29.1%	30.6%
2036	28.7%	30.3%
2037	28.4%	30%
2038	28%	29.7%
2039	27.7%	29.4%
2040	27.4%	29.2%
2041	27.1%	29%
2042	26.8%	28.8%
2043	26.5%	28.6%
2044	26.2%	28.4%
2045	26%	28.3%
2046	25.7%	28.1%
2047	25.4%	27.9%
2048	25.1%	27.8%
2049	24.9%	27.6%
2050	24.6%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +2.05% in Kiribati. 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	Kiribati
1960	9,947	1,141
1961	10,262	1,199
1962	10,601	1,233
1963	10,929	1,273
1964	11,266	1,318
1965	11,719	1,376
1966	12,282	1,437
1967	12,773	1,417
1968	13,449	1,393
1969	14,164	1,367
1970	14,873	1,388
1971	15,615	1,406
1972	16,353	1,406
1973	17,145	1,409
1974	17,971	1,430
1975	18,849	1,423
1976	19,734	1,425
1977	20,609	1,426
1978	21,466	1,480
1979	22,299	1,509
1980	23,153	1,571
1981	23,973	1,635
1982	24,742	1,697
1983	24,883	1,748
1984	26,149	1,813
1985	26,835	1,881
1986	27,096	1,933
1987	27,285	1,982
1988	27,396	2,022
1989	28,257	2,073
1990	28,349	2,127
1991	28,497	2,176
1992	28,446	2,173
1993	28,046	2,161
1994	26,703	2,168
1995	23,029	2,183
1996	21,858	2,217
1997	20,686	2,220
1998	19,762	2,210
1999	19,420	2,186
2000	18,830	2,153
2001	17,824	2,121
2002	16,924	2,074
2003	16,396	2,045
2004	15,979	2,118
2005	15,945	2,188
2006	16,133	2,285
2007	16,595	2,393
2008	17,275	2,493
2009	17,656	2,573
2010	17,652	2,644
2011	17,645	2,709
2012	18,308	2,678
2013	18,903	2,629
2014	19,107	2,577
2015	19,223	2,555
2016	19,233	2,546
2017	19,278	2,549
2018	19,392	2,561
2019	19,488	2,560
2020	18,899	2,497
2021	17,314	2,408
2022	20,125	2,522
2023	20,147	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Kiribati

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 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Kiribati
1985	580	246
1986	548	232
1987	521	231
1988	494	220
1989	505	212
1990	520	199
1991	545	188
1992	580	175
1993	609	162
1994	645	150
1995	612	148
1996	604	141
1997	550	132
1998	475	126
1999	409	121
2000	361	119
2001	307	113
2002	331	109
2003	392	105
2004	451	106
2005	529	104
2006	511	102
2007	647	101
2008	766	100
2009	855	99
2010	752	102
2011	765	98
2012	613	98
2013	491	93
2014	369	91
2015	283	90
2016	213	88
2017	151	90
2018	133	87
2019	96	89
2020	102	89
2021	219	122
2022	112	86
2023	118	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 5.51% in Kiribati. 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	Kiribati
1960	20.7%	19.9%
1961	20.4%	19.5%
1962	20%	18.9%
1963	19.6%	18.3%
1964	19.2%	17.7%
1965	18.8%	17.1%
1966	18.3%	16.4%
1967	17.9%	15.8%
1968	17.4%	15.2%
1969	17%	14.6%
1970	16.5%	14.1%
1971	16%	13.7%
1972	15.4%	13.3%
1973	14.9%	13%
1974	14.3%	12.7%
1975	13.7%	12.5%
1976	13.2%	12.4%
1977	12.6%	12.3%
1978	12%	12.2%
1979	11.5%	12%
1980	10.9%	11.9%
1981	10.4%	11.7%
1982	9.89%	11.6%
1983	10.4%	11.4%
1984	8.85%	11.1%
1985	8.37%	10.9%
1986	7.93%	10.6%
1987	7.54%	10.2%
1988	7.2%	9.87%
1989	6.93%	9.5%
1990	6.75%	9.13%
1991	6.72%	8.77%
1992	6.85%	8.44%
1993	7.17%	8.13%
1994	7.62%	7.87%
1995	8.12%	7.64%
1996	8.71%	7.42%
1997	9.3%	7.22%
1998	9.87%	7.02%
1999	10.4%	6.83%
2000	10.9%	6.64%
2001	11.3%	6.46%
2002	11.4%	6.31%
2003	11.6%	6.2%
2004	11.6%	6.13%
2005	11.6%	6.07%
2006	10.5%	6.03%
2007	10%	5.99%
2008	9.82%	5.93%
2009	9.25%	5.87%
2010	8.18%	5.82%
2011	6.81%	5.79%
2012	6.38%	5.78%
2013	6.16%	5.8%
2014	6.17%	5.84%
2015	5.86%	5.89%
2016	5.53%	5.95%
2017	5.43%	5.99%
2018	5.1%	5.98%
2019	5.16%	5.93%
2020	4.98%	5.86%
2021	4.76%	5.76%
2022	4.62%	5.65%
2023	4.5%	5.51%