Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	6.75	8.08
1961	6.77	8.12
1962	6.79	8.12
1963	6.8	8.12
1964	6.79	8.14
1965	6.79	8.16
1966	6.8	8.2
1967	6.77	8.17
1968	6.76	8.14
1969	6.76	8.11
1970	6.75	8.07
1971	6.74	8.04
1972	6.72	8
1973	6.72	7.95
1974	6.71	7.9
1975	6.71	7.83
1976	6.7	7.76
1977	6.68	7.67
1978	6.65	7.58
1979	6.61	7.47
1980	6.57	7.37
1981	6.54	7.27
1982	6.49	7.18
1983	6.43	7.08
1984	6.36	6.99
1985	6.28	6.87
1986	6.11	6.73
1987	5.9	6.57
1988	5.69	6.38
1989	5.48	6.18
1990	5.3	5.97
1991	5.13	5.76
1992	4.98	5.55
1993	4.82	5.38
1994	4.66	5.23
1995	4.52	5.09
1996	4.38	5.02
1997	4.24	4.96
1998	4.13	4.87
1999	4.09	4.78
2000	4.03	4.7
2001	3.94	4.58
2002	3.85	4.49
2003	3.8	4.42
2004	3.76	4.34
2005	3.7	4.28
2006	3.63	4.2
2007	3.58	4.09
2008	3.57	3.97
2009	3.5	3.83
2010	3.38	3.67
2011	3.32	3.53
2012	3.27	3.38
2013	3.24	3.25
2014	3.18	3.18
2015	3.12	3.13
2016	3.07	3.09
2017	3.02	3.06
2018	2.97	3.04
2019	2.93	3.01
2020	2.89	2.99
2021	2.84	2.96
2022	2.8	2.94
2023	2.75	2.92
2024	2.72	2.86
2025	2.68	2.82
2026	2.64	2.77
2027	2.61	2.73
2028	2.57	2.69
2029	2.54	2.65
2030	2.51	2.6
2031	2.49	2.57
2032	2.45	2.53
2033	2.42	2.5
2034	2.4	2.47
2035	2.37	2.44
2036	2.35	2.41
2037	2.32	2.38
2038	2.3	2.36
2039	2.28	2.34
2040	2.26	2.31
2041	2.24	2.29
2042	2.22	2.26
2043	2.2	2.24
2044	2.18	2.23
2045	2.16	2.21
2046	2.14	2.19
2047	2.13	2.17
2048	2.11	2.15
2049	2.1	2.13
2050	2.08	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Marshall Islands
1960	46.9%	46.1%
1961	47.2%	46.7%
1962	47.4%	47.1%
1963	47.7%	47.4%
1964	47.8%	47.5%
1965	47.7%	47.5%
1966	47.7%	47.2%
1967	47.5%	46.7%
1968	47.3%	46.1%
1969	47.2%	45.3%
1970	47.2%	45%
1971	47.2%	45.6%
1972	47.3%	46.6%
1973	47.4%	47.3%
1974	47.5%	47.8%
1975	47.7%	48.2%
1976	47.9%	48.5%
1977	48.1%	49%
1978	48.3%	49.4%
1979	48.5%	49.8%
1980	48.7%	50.1%
1981	48.9%	50.3%
1982	49.2%	50.3%
1983	49.3%	50.4%
1984	49.4%	50.4%
1985	49.5%	50.6%
1986	49.4%	50.7%
1987	49.3%	50.8%
1988	48.7%	50.8%
1989	48.1%	50.6%
1990	47.6%	50.2%
1991	47.1%	49.7%
1992	46.6%	49.1%
1993	46.4%	48.4%
1994	47%	47.5%
1995	47.4%	46.6%
1996	46.9%	45.6%
1997	46.2%	44.7%
1998	45.3%	43.7%
1999	44.4%	42.8%
2000	43.6%	42%
2001	42.9%	41.3%
2002	42.3%	40.6%
2003	41.8%	39.9%
2004	41.4%	39.4%
2005	41.1%	39.1%
2006	40.8%	38.9%
2007	40.4%	39%
2008	39.9%	39.2%
2009	39.3%	39.4%
2010	38.8%	39.7%
2011	38.4%	39.7%
2012	38%	39.4%
2013	37.6%	38.8%
2014	37.2%	38.2%
2015	36.8%	37.5%
2016	36.4%	36.8%
2017	36%	36.2%
2018	35.6%	35.7%
2019	35.1%	35.1%
2020	34.7%	34.5%
2021	34.3%	34.4%
2022	34%	34.6%
2023	33.7%	34.7%
2024	33.4%	34.5%
2025	33%	33.9%
2026	32.6%	33.2%
2027	32.2%	32.6%
2028	31.8%	32%
2029	31.4%	31.4%
2030	31%	30.9%
2031	30.7%	30.3%
2032	30.3%	29.7%
2033	29.9%	29.2%
2034	29.5%	28.6%
2035	29.1%	28.1%
2036	28.7%	27.6%
2037	28.4%	27.3%
2038	28%	27.3%
2039	27.7%	27.4%
2040	27.4%	27.7%
2041	27.1%	28%
2042	26.8%	28.3%
2043	26.5%	28.6%
2044	26.2%	28.8%
2045	26%	29%
2046	25.7%	29.1%
2047	25.4%	29.1%
2048	25.1%	29%
2049	24.9%	28.8%
2050	24.6%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	9,947	452
1961	10,262	469
1962	10,601	488
1963	10,929	509
1964	11,266	536
1965	11,719	566
1966	12,282	603
1967	12,773	636
1968	13,449	685
1969	14,164	747
1970	14,873	819
1971	15,615	877
1972	16,353	913
1973	17,145	954
1974	17,971	1,000
1975	18,849	1,055
1976	19,734	1,109
1977	20,609	1,160
1978	21,466	1,207
1979	22,299	1,250
1980	23,153	1,287
1981	23,973	1,328
1982	24,742	1,375
1983	24,883	1,422
1984	26,149	1,470
1985	26,835	1,511
1986	27,096	1,544
1987	27,285	1,566
1988	27,396	1,575
1989	28,257	1,574
1990	28,349	1,556
1991	28,497	1,540
1992	28,446	1,525
1993	28,046	1,524
1994	26,703	1,524
1995	23,029	1,522
1996	21,858	1,542
1997	20,686	1,564
1998	19,762	1,576
1999	19,420	1,590
2000	18,830	1,592
2001	17,824	1,596
2002	16,924	1,594
2003	16,396	1,600
2004	15,979	1,595
2005	15,945	1,586
2006	16,133	1,556
2007	16,595	1,507
2008	17,275	1,443
2009	17,656	1,365
2010	17,652	1,273
2011	17,645	1,185
2012	18,308	1,097
2013	18,903	1,014
2014	19,107	959
2015	19,223	912
2016	19,233	866
2017	19,278	826
2018	19,392	785
2019	19,488	746
2020	18,899	689
2021	17,314	653
2022	20,125	606
2023	20,147	550

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Marshall Islands
1985	580	254
1986	548	274
1987	521	282
1988	494	276
1989	505	299
1990	520	311
1991	545	297
1992	580	322
1993	609	320
1994	645	303
1995	612	303
1996	604	292
1997	550	274
1998	475	259
1999	409	250
2000	361	251
2001	307	231
2002	331	223
2003	392	221
2004	451	238
2005	529	234
2006	511	233
2007	647	229
2008	766	226
2009	855	224
2010	752	212
2011	765	209
2012	613	207
2013	491	201
2014	369	199
2015	283	184
2016	213	183
2017	151	179
2018	133	167
2019	96	168
2020	102	178
2021	219	206
2022	112	174
2023	118	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	20.7%	12.2%
1961	20.4%	11.6%
1962	20%	11%
1963	19.6%	10.5%
1964	19.2%	10.1%
1965	18.8%	9.64%
1966	18.3%	9.25%
1967	17.9%	8.88%
1968	17.4%	8.53%
1969	17%	8.19%
1970	16.5%	7.87%
1971	16%	7.58%
1972	15.4%	7.33%
1973	14.9%	7.13%
1974	14.3%	6.97%
1975	13.7%	6.86%
1976	13.2%	6.77%
1977	12.6%	6.69%
1978	12%	6.61%
1979	11.5%	6.52%
1980	10.9%	6.42%
1981	10.4%	6.29%
1982	9.89%	6.15%
1983	10.4%	6%
1984	8.85%	5.83%
1985	8.37%	5.66%
1986	7.93%	5.49%
1987	7.54%	5.31%
1988	7.2%	5.13%
1989	6.93%	4.95%
1990	6.75%	4.76%
1991	6.72%	4.59%
1992	6.85%	4.43%
1993	7.17%	4.29%
1994	7.62%	4.2%
1995	8.12%	4.15%
1996	8.71%	4.14%
1997	9.3%	4.15%
1998	9.87%	4.19%
1999	10.4%	4.23%
2000	10.9%	4.25%
2001	11.3%	4.25%
2002	11.4%	4.24%
2003	11.6%	4.21%
2004	11.6%	4.18%
2005	11.6%	4.14%
2006	10.5%	4.1%
2007	10%	4.06%
2008	9.82%	4.02%
2009	9.25%	3.97%
2010	8.18%	3.94%
2011	6.81%	3.89%
2012	6.38%	3.82%
2013	6.16%	3.75%
2014	6.17%	3.66%
2015	5.86%	3.57%
2016	5.53%	3.48%
2017	5.43%	3.38%
2018	5.1%	3.29%
2019	5.16%	3.19%
2020	4.98%	3.1%
2021	4.76%	3%
2022	4.62%	2.91%
2023	4.5%	2.82%