Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Kuwait

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Kuwait 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 1.52 in Kuwait 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	Kuwait
1960	6.75	7.22
1961	6.77	7.25
1962	6.79	7.25
1963	6.8	7.28
1964	6.79	7.29
1965	6.79	7.31
1966	6.8	7.34
1967	6.77	7.33
1968	6.76	7.28
1969	6.76	7.18
1970	6.75	7.03
1971	6.74	6.84
1972	6.72	6.64
1973	6.72	6.43
1974	6.71	6.23
1975	6.71	6.06
1976	6.7	5.9
1977	6.68	5.71
1978	6.65	5.52
1979	6.61	5.33
1980	6.57	5.18
1981	6.54	5.02
1982	6.49	4.85
1983	6.43	4.66
1984	6.36	4.45
1985	6.28	4.22
1986	6.11	4
1987	5.9	3.83
1988	5.69	3.7
1989	5.48	3.59
1990	5.3	3.49
1991	5.13	3.4
1992	4.98	3.35
1993	4.82	3.31
1994	4.66	3.27
1995	4.52	3.25
1996	4.38	3.22
1997	4.24	3.14
1998	4.13	3.04
1999	4.09	2.95
2000	4.03	2.89
2001	3.94	2.84
2002	3.85	2.8
2003	3.8	2.77
2004	3.76	2.76
2005	3.7	2.73
2006	3.63	2.59
2007	3.58	2.41
2008	3.57	2.27
2009	3.5	2.15
2010	3.38	2.04
2011	3.32	1.96
2012	3.27	1.99
2013	3.24	1.97
2014	3.18	2.06
2015	3.12	2.03
2016	3.07	2.06
2017	3.02	2.16
2018	2.97	2.12
2019	2.93	2.08
2020	2.89	2.03
2021	2.84	2.15
2022	2.8	1.55
2023	2.75	1.52
2024	2.72	1.51
2025	2.68	1.5
2026	2.64	1.49
2027	2.61	1.48
2028	2.57	1.48
2029	2.54	1.48
2030	2.51	1.48
2031	2.49	1.48
2032	2.45	1.48
2033	2.42	1.48
2034	2.4	1.48
2035	2.37	1.48
2036	2.35	1.48
2037	2.32	1.48
2038	2.3	1.48
2039	2.28	1.48
2040	2.26	1.48
2041	2.24	1.49
2042	2.22	1.49
2043	2.2	1.49
2044	2.18	1.5
2045	2.16	1.5
2046	2.14	1.5
2047	2.13	1.5
2048	2.11	1.5
2049	2.1	1.5
2050	2.08	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Kuwait
1960	46.9%	37.4%
1961	47.2%	37.8%
1962	47.4%	38.3%
1963	47.7%	39%
1964	47.8%	39.5%
1965	47.7%	40%
1966	47.7%	40.7%
1967	47.5%	41.5%
1968	47.3%	42.3%
1969	47.2%	43%
1970	47.2%	43.6%
1971	47.2%	43.9%
1972	47.3%	43.8%
1973	47.4%	43.6%
1974	47.5%	43.3%
1975	47.7%	43%
1976	47.9%	42.3%
1977	48.1%	41.4%
1978	48.3%	40.6%
1979	48.5%	39.9%
1980	48.7%	39.3%
1981	48.9%	38.8%
1982	49.2%	38.1%
1983	49.3%	37.5%
1984	49.4%	37.1%
1985	49.5%	36.8%
1986	49.4%	36.6%
1987	49.3%	36.7%
1988	48.7%	36.6%
1989	48.1%	36.5%
1990	47.6%	36%
1991	47.1%	35.1%
1992	46.6%	34.6%
1993	46.4%	33.8%
1994	47%	33.4%
1995	47.4%	33.4%
1996	46.9%	33%
1997	46.2%	32.3%
1998	45.3%	31.4%
1999	44.4%	30.4%
2000	43.6%	29.4%
2001	42.9%	28.3%
2002	42.3%	27.4%
2003	41.8%	26.4%
2004	41.4%	25.6%
2005	41.1%	24.9%
2006	40.8%	24.5%
2007	40.4%	24.1%
2008	39.9%	23.7%
2009	39.3%	23.3%
2010	38.8%	23%
2011	38.4%	22.5%
2012	38%	22.1%
2013	37.6%	22%
2014	37.2%	21.9%
2015	36.8%	21.8%
2016	36.4%	21.6%
2017	36%	21.4%
2018	35.6%	21.1%
2019	35.1%	20.8%
2020	34.7%	20.6%
2021	34.3%	20.1%
2022	34%	19.2%
2023	33.7%	18.6%
2024	33.4%	18.2%
2025	33%	18%
2026	32.6%	17.8%
2027	32.2%	17.6%
2028	31.8%	17.4%
2029	31.4%	17.3%
2030	31%	17.2%
2031	30.7%	17.1%
2032	30.3%	17.1%
2033	29.9%	17.1%
2034	29.5%	17.1%
2035	29.1%	17.2%
2036	28.7%	17.3%
2037	28.4%	17.3%
2038	28%	17.4%
2039	27.7%	17.4%
2040	27.4%	17.5%
2041	27.1%	17.5%
2042	26.8%	17.6%
2043	26.5%	17.6%
2044	26.2%	17.7%
2045	26%	17.7%
2046	25.7%	17.7%
2047	25.4%	17.7%
2048	25.1%	17.7%
2049	24.9%	17.7%
2050	24.6%	17.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 18.2% in Kuwait in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 36% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Kuwait compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Kuwait by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.12% in Kuwait. 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	Kuwait
1960	9,947	11,054
1961	10,262	12,327
1962	10,601	13,730
1963	10,929	15,357
1964	11,266	17,064
1965	11,719	18,952
1966	12,282	20,914
1967	12,773	23,520
1968	13,449	26,161
1969	14,164	28,774
1970	14,873	30,789
1971	15,615	32,339
1972	16,353	34,045
1973	17,145	35,741
1974	17,971	37,425
1975	18,849	39,295
1976	19,734	41,439
1977	20,609	42,922
1978	21,466	44,277
1979	22,299	45,569
1980	23,153	47,096
1981	23,973	48,098
1982	24,742	49,981
1983	24,883	51,460
1984	26,149	52,539
1985	26,835	51,772
1986	27,096	51,824
1987	27,285	50,690
1988	27,396	50,037
1989	28,257	49,390
1990	28,349	46,720
1991	28,497	21,867
1992	28,446	32,016
1993	28,046	33,239
1994	26,703	36,533
1995	23,029	39,198
1996	21,858	39,920
1997	20,686	39,581
1998	19,762	39,324
1999	19,420	39,342
2000	18,830	39,811
2001	17,824	40,662
2002	16,924	41,651
2003	16,396	42,934
2004	15,979	44,341
2005	15,945	45,243
2006	16,133	45,911
2007	16,595	46,539
2008	17,275	47,505
2009	17,656	48,879
2010	17,652	49,838
2011	17,645	50,733
2012	18,308	53,181
2013	18,903	52,666
2014	19,107	54,673
2015	19,223	52,127
2016	19,233	51,397
2017	19,278	51,498
2018	19,392	47,222
2019	19,488	46,268
2020	18,899	41,083
2021	17,314	42,057
2022	20,125	41,752
2023	20,147	42,568

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Kuwait

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 8 deaths in Kuwait.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Kuwait
1985	580	11
1986	548	11
1987	521	10
1988	494	10
1989	505	10
1990	520	16
1991	545	8
1992	580	10
1993	609	10
1994	645	10
1995	612	10
1996	604	11
1997	550	11
1998	475	11
1999	409	11
2000	361	11
2001	307	11
2002	331	11
2003	392	11
2004	451	11
2005	529	10
2006	511	10
2007	647	10
2008	766	9
2009	855	9
2010	752	9
2011	765	8
2012	613	8
2013	491	8
2014	369	8
2015	283	8
2016	213	8
2017	151	8
2018	133	8
2019	96	7
2020	102	33
2021	219	75
2022	112	8
2023	118	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.88% in Kuwait. 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	Kuwait
1960	20.7%	14.2%
1961	20.4%	13.2%
1962	20%	12.3%
1963	19.6%	11.4%
1964	19.2%	10.6%
1965	18.8%	9.86%
1966	18.3%	9.17%
1967	17.9%	8.55%
1968	17.4%	7.98%
1969	17%	7.47%
1970	16.5%	7%
1971	16%	6.57%
1972	15.4%	6.17%
1973	14.9%	5.8%
1974	14.3%	5.45%
1975	13.7%	5.12%
1976	13.2%	4.8%
1977	12.6%	4.49%
1978	12%	4.19%
1979	11.5%	3.89%
1980	10.9%	3.59%
1981	10.4%	3.29%
1982	9.89%	3%
1983	10.4%	2.72%
1984	8.85%	2.48%
1985	8.37%	2.3%
1986	7.93%	2.16%
1987	7.54%	2.04%
1988	7.2%	1.93%
1989	6.93%	1.83%
1990	6.75%	1.73%
1991	6.72%	1.64%
1992	6.85%	1.57%
1993	7.17%	1.52%
1994	7.62%	1.49%
1995	8.12%	1.46%
1996	8.71%	1.42%
1997	9.3%	1.38%
1998	9.87%	1.34%
1999	10.4%	1.3%
2000	10.9%	1.27%
2001	11.3%	1.25%
2002	11.4%	1.23%
2003	11.6%	1.21%
2004	11.6%	1.19%
2005	11.6%	1.17%
2006	10.5%	1.16%
2007	10%	1.14%
2008	9.82%	1.12%
2009	9.25%	1.1%
2010	8.18%	1.07%
2011	6.81%	1.03%
2012	6.38%	0.99%
2013	6.16%	0.96%
2014	6.17%	0.93%
2015	5.86%	0.91%
2016	5.53%	0.9%
2017	5.43%	0.89%
2018	5.1%	0.89%
2019	5.16%	0.89%
2020	4.98%	0.89%
2021	4.76%	0.89%
2022	4.62%	0.88%
2023	4.5%	0.88%