Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Lithuania 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 1.18 in Lithuania 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	Lithuania
1960	6.75	2.56
1961	6.77	2.53
1962	6.79	2.45
1963	6.8	2.35
1964	6.79	2.28
1965	6.79	2.23
1966	6.8	2.22
1967	6.77	2.23
1968	6.76	2.24
1969	6.76	2.3
1970	6.75	2.4
1971	6.74	2.41
1972	6.72	2.34
1973	6.72	2.22
1974	6.71	2.21
1975	6.71	2.18
1976	6.7	2.18
1977	6.68	2.14
1978	6.65	2.08
1979	6.61	2.05
1980	6.57	1.99
1981	6.54	1.98
1982	6.49	1.97
1983	6.43	2.1
1984	6.36	2.07
1985	6.28	2.08
1986	6.11	2.12
1987	5.9	2.11
1988	5.69	2.02
1989	5.48	1.98
1990	5.3	2.03
1991	5.13	2.01
1992	4.98	1.97
1993	4.82	1.74
1994	4.66	1.57
1995	4.52	1.55
1996	4.38	1.49
1997	4.24	1.47
1998	4.13	1.46
1999	4.09	1.46
2000	4.03	1.39
2001	3.94	1.29
2002	3.85	1.23
2003	3.8	1.26
2004	3.76	1.27
2005	3.7	1.29
2006	3.63	1.33
2007	3.58	1.36
2008	3.57	1.45
2009	3.5	1.5
2010	3.38	1.5
2011	3.32	1.55
2012	3.27	1.6
2013	3.24	1.59
2014	3.18	1.57
2015	3.12	1.63
2016	3.07	1.63
2017	3.02	1.57
2018	2.97	1.53
2019	2.93	1.43
2020	2.89	1.36
2021	2.84	1.36
2022	2.8	1.27
2023	2.75	1.18
2024	2.72	1.19
2025	2.68	1.2
2026	2.64	1.2
2027	2.61	1.21
2028	2.57	1.22
2029	2.54	1.22
2030	2.51	1.23
2031	2.49	1.23
2032	2.45	1.24
2033	2.42	1.25
2034	2.4	1.25
2035	2.37	1.26
2036	2.35	1.27
2037	2.32	1.27
2038	2.3	1.28
2039	2.28	1.28
2040	2.26	1.29
2041	2.24	1.29
2042	2.22	1.3
2043	2.2	1.3
2044	2.18	1.31
2045	2.16	1.31
2046	2.14	1.31
2047	2.13	1.32
2048	2.11	1.32
2049	2.1	1.33
2050	2.08	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Lithuania
1960	46.9%	27.1%
1961	47.2%	27.3%
1962	47.4%	27.4%
1963	47.7%	27.5%
1964	47.8%	27.4%
1965	47.7%	27.3%
1966	47.7%	27.3%
1967	47.5%	27.2%
1968	47.3%	27.2%
1969	47.2%	27.2%
1970	47.2%	27.1%
1971	47.2%	26.8%
1972	47.3%	26.6%
1973	47.4%	26.1%
1974	47.5%	25.6%
1975	47.7%	25.1%
1976	47.9%	24.6%
1977	48.1%	24.2%
1978	48.3%	23.8%
1979	48.5%	23.5%
1980	48.7%	23.3%
1981	48.9%	23.1%
1982	49.2%	22.9%
1983	49.3%	22.8%
1984	49.4%	22.8%
1985	49.5%	22.7%
1986	49.4%	22.7%
1987	49.3%	22.7%
1988	48.7%	22.6%
1989	48.1%	22.5%
1990	47.6%	22.6%
1991	47.1%	22.5%
1992	46.6%	22.4%
1993	46.4%	22.3%
1994	47%	22.1%
1995	47.4%	21.8%
1996	46.9%	21.5%
1997	46.2%	21.2%
1998	45.3%	20.9%
1999	44.4%	20.4%
2000	43.6%	20%
2001	42.9%	19.3%
2002	42.3%	18.6%
2003	41.8%	17.9%
2004	41.4%	17.4%
2005	41.1%	16.8%
2006	40.8%	16.3%
2007	40.4%	15.8%
2008	39.9%	15.3%
2009	39.3%	15%
2010	38.8%	14.9%
2011	38.4%	14.8%
2012	38%	14.7%
2013	37.6%	14.6%
2014	37.2%	14.6%
2015	36.8%	14.6%
2016	36.4%	14.7%
2017	36%	14.9%
2018	35.6%	15%
2019	35.1%	15.1%
2020	34.7%	15.1%
2021	34.3%	15.1%
2022	34%	15%
2023	33.7%	14.9%
2024	33.4%	14.7%
2025	33%	14.5%
2026	32.6%	14.3%
2027	32.2%	14.1%
2028	31.8%	13.9%
2029	31.4%	13.6%
2030	31%	13.3%
2031	30.7%	13%
2032	30.3%	12.7%
2033	29.9%	12.4%
2034	29.5%	12.1%
2035	29.1%	11.9%
2036	28.7%	11.7%
2037	28.4%	11.6%
2038	28%	11.5%
2039	27.7%	11.4%
2040	27.4%	11.4%
2041	27.1%	11.3%
2042	26.8%	11.3%
2043	26.5%	11.3%
2044	26.2%	11.2%
2045	26%	11.2%
2046	25.7%	11.3%
2047	25.4%	11.3%
2048	25.1%	11.3%
2049	24.9%	11.3%
2050	24.6%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and -0.54% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	9,947	40,845
1961	10,262	40,376
1962	10,601	34,933
1963	10,929	33,918
1964	11,266	34,048
1965	11,719	30,309
1966	12,282	30,381
1967	12,773	29,226
1968	13,449	28,325
1969	14,164	27,345
1970	14,873	27,629
1971	15,615	28,930
1972	16,353	25,388
1973	17,145	22,712
1974	17,971	22,589
1975	18,849	20,470
1976	19,734	20,305
1977	20,609	19,124
1978	21,466	17,573
1979	22,299	16,989
1980	23,153	16,042
1981	23,973	16,478
1982	24,742	18,323
1983	24,883	20,911
1984	26,149	18,976
1985	26,835	19,140
1986	27,096	23,978
1987	27,285	22,422
1988	27,396	19,006
1989	28,257	17,316
1990	28,349	17,010
1991	28,497	14,817
1992	28,446	12,950
1993	28,046	1,473
1994	26,703	-4,023
1995	23,029	-3,992
1996	21,858	-3,962
1997	20,686	-3,218
1998	19,762	-3,904
1999	19,420	-3,877
2000	18,830	-4,549
2001	17,824	-9,024
2002	16,924	-11,362
2003	16,396	-10,929
2004	15,979	-11,482
2005	15,945	-14,287
2006	16,133	-15,041
2007	16,595	-15,510
2008	17,275	-12,153
2009	17,656	-9,805
2010	17,652	-11,460
2011	17,645	-10,901
2012	18,308	-11,060
2013	18,903	-12,733
2014	19,107	-10,868
2015	19,223	-11,935
2016	19,233	-11,509
2017	19,278	-12,224
2018	19,392	-12,686
2019	19,488	-13,212
2020	18,899	-19,953
2021	17,314	-24,433
2022	20,125	-20,671
2023	20,147	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Lithuania

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 Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Lithuania
1985	580	35
1986	548	30
1987	521	28
1988	494	28
1989	505	31
1990	520	29
1991	545	29
1992	580	28
1993	609	29
1994	645	31
1995	612	28
1996	604	25
1997	550	21
1998	475	19
1999	409	18
2000	361	16
2001	307	16
2002	331	14
2003	392	14
2004	451	12
2005	529	13
2006	511	14
2007	647	14
2008	766	13
2009	855	11
2010	752	10
2011	765	10
2012	613	10
2013	491	10
2014	369	9
2015	283	10
2016	213	9
2017	151	10
2018	133	9
2019	96	9
2020	102	8
2021	219	9
2022	112	9
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 0.34% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	20.7%	-
1961	20.4%	-
1962	20%	-
1963	19.6%	-
1964	19.2%	-
1965	18.8%	-
1966	18.3%	-
1967	17.9%	2.63%
1968	17.4%	2.63%
1969	17%	2.51%
1970	16.5%	2.29%
1971	16%	2.11%
1972	15.4%	2.08%
1973	14.9%	2.16%
1974	14.3%	2.24%
1975	13.7%	2.26%
1976	13.2%	2.25%
1977	12.6%	2.22%
1978	12%	2.18%
1979	11.5%	2.12%
1980	10.9%	2.05%
1981	10.4%	1.98%
1982	9.89%	1.92%
1983	10.4%	1.87%
1984	8.85%	1.82%
1985	8.37%	1.74%
1986	7.93%	1.64%
1987	7.54%	1.52%
1988	7.2%	1.42%
1989	6.93%	1.42%
1990	6.75%	1.52%
1991	6.72%	1.67%
1992	6.85%	1.78%
1993	7.17%	1.79%
1994	7.62%	1.69%
1995	8.12%	1.51%
1996	8.71%	1.34%
1997	9.3%	1.23%
1998	9.87%	1.16%
1999	10.4%	1.12%
2000	10.9%	1.07%
2001	11.3%	1.03%
2002	11.4%	0.99%
2003	11.6%	0.96%
2004	11.6%	0.93%
2005	11.6%	0.9%
2006	10.5%	0.86%
2007	10%	0.8%
2008	9.82%	0.74%
2009	9.25%	0.67%
2010	8.18%	0.6%
2011	6.81%	0.56%
2012	6.38%	0.53%
2013	6.16%	0.51%
2014	6.17%	0.51%
2015	5.86%	0.5%
2016	5.53%	0.49%
2017	5.43%	0.46%
2018	5.1%	0.42%
2019	5.16%	0.39%
2020	4.98%	0.37%
2021	4.76%	0.36%
2022	4.62%	0.35%
2023	4.5%	0.34%