Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Mauritania 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 4.7 in Mauritania 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	Mauritania
1960	6.75	6.15
1961	6.77	6.2
1962	6.79	6.24
1963	6.8	6.31
1964	6.79	6.37
1965	6.79	6.44
1966	6.8	6.52
1967	6.77	6.57
1968	6.76	6.6
1969	6.76	6.64
1970	6.75	6.68
1971	6.74	6.7
1972	6.72	6.71
1973	6.72	6.72
1974	6.71	6.73
1975	6.71	6.71
1976	6.7	6.73
1977	6.68	6.74
1978	6.65	6.73
1979	6.61	6.7
1980	6.57	6.67
1981	6.54	6.64
1982	6.49	6.59
1983	6.43	6.54
1984	6.36	6.48
1985	6.28	6.42
1986	6.11	6.34
1987	5.9	6.27
1988	5.69	6.21
1989	5.48	6.2
1990	5.3	6.18
1991	5.13	6.16
1992	4.98	6.13
1993	4.82	6.09
1994	4.66	6.06
1995	4.52	5.96
1996	4.38	5.86
1997	4.24	5.74
1998	4.13	5.62
1999	4.09	5.52
2000	4.03	5.46
2001	3.94	5.41
2002	3.85	5.37
2003	3.8	5.36
2004	3.76	5.37
2005	3.7	5.38
2006	3.63	5.4
2007	3.58	5.43
2008	3.57	5.44
2009	3.5	5.41
2010	3.38	5.38
2011	3.32	5.38
2012	3.27	5.35
2013	3.24	5.32
2014	3.18	5.26
2015	3.12	5.21
2016	3.07	5.16
2017	3.02	5.11
2018	2.97	5.04
2019	2.93	4.98
2020	2.89	4.91
2021	2.84	4.85
2022	2.8	4.77
2023	2.75	4.7
2024	2.72	4.63
2025	2.68	4.56
2026	2.64	4.48
2027	2.61	4.42
2028	2.57	4.36
2029	2.54	4.29
2030	2.51	4.24
2031	2.49	4.18
2032	2.45	4.11
2033	2.42	4.02
2034	2.4	3.97
2035	2.37	3.9
2036	2.35	3.83
2037	2.32	3.78
2038	2.3	3.71
2039	2.28	3.66
2040	2.26	3.6
2041	2.24	3.55
2042	2.22	3.5
2043	2.2	3.45
2044	2.18	3.39
2045	2.16	3.35
2046	2.14	3.3
2047	2.13	3.26
2048	2.11	3.21
2049	2.1	3.17
2050	2.08	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Mauritania
1960	46.9%	41.8%
1961	47.2%	41.8%
1962	47.4%	41.8%
1963	47.7%	41.8%
1964	47.8%	42%
1965	47.7%	42.4%
1966	47.7%	42.8%
1967	47.5%	43.2%
1968	47.3%	43.6%
1969	47.2%	44%
1970	47.2%	44.4%
1971	47.2%	44.7%
1972	47.3%	44.9%
1973	47.4%	45.2%
1974	47.5%	45.4%
1975	47.7%	45.5%
1976	47.9%	45.6%
1977	48.1%	45.7%
1978	48.3%	45.8%
1979	48.5%	45.9%
1980	48.7%	45.9%
1981	48.9%	45.9%
1982	49.2%	45.8%
1983	49.3%	45.8%
1984	49.4%	45.7%
1985	49.5%	45.6%
1986	49.4%	45.5%
1987	49.3%	45.4%
1988	48.7%	45.3%
1989	48.1%	45.4%
1990	47.6%	45.4%
1991	47.1%	45.3%
1992	46.6%	44.9%
1993	46.4%	44.4%
1994	47%	44.3%
1995	47.4%	44.4%
1996	46.9%	44.6%
1997	46.2%	44.7%
1998	45.3%	44.6%
1999	44.4%	44.4%
2000	43.6%	44.2%
2001	42.9%	44.1%
2002	42.3%	44.2%
2003	41.8%	44.2%
2004	41.4%	44.2%
2005	41.1%	44.2%
2006	40.8%	44.2%
2007	40.4%	44.3%
2008	39.9%	44.1%
2009	39.3%	43.9%
2010	38.8%	43.9%
2011	38.4%	43.9%
2012	38%	44.1%
2013	37.6%	44.2%
2014	37.2%	44.2%
2015	36.8%	44.3%
2016	36.4%	44.2%
2017	36%	44.2%
2018	35.6%	44.1%
2019	35.1%	44%
2020	34.7%	43.8%
2021	34.3%	43.6%
2022	34%	43.4%
2023	33.7%	43%
2024	33.4%	42.7%
2025	33%	42.4%
2026	32.6%	42%
2027	32.2%	41.7%
2028	31.8%	41.3%
2029	31.4%	41%
2030	31%	40.7%
2031	30.7%	40.4%
2032	30.3%	40%
2033	29.9%	39.7%
2034	29.5%	39.3%
2035	29.1%	39%
2036	28.7%	38.6%
2037	28.4%	38.3%
2038	28%	37.9%
2039	27.7%	37.6%
2040	27.4%	37.3%
2041	27.1%	36.9%
2042	26.8%	36.6%
2043	26.5%	36.2%
2044	26.2%	35.9%
2045	26%	35.5%
2046	25.7%	35.2%
2047	25.4%	34.8%
2048	25.1%	34.5%
2049	24.9%	34.1%
2050	24.6%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +3% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	9,947	21,604
1961	10,262	22,781
1962	10,601	23,927
1963	10,929	25,250
1964	11,266	26,565
1965	11,719	28,028
1966	12,282	29,502
1967	12,773	30,853
1968	13,449	32,029
1969	14,164	33,252
1970	14,873	34,382
1971	15,615	35,279
1972	16,353	36,184
1973	17,145	37,122
1974	17,971	38,106
1975	18,849	38,975
1976	19,734	40,149
1977	20,609	41,352
1978	21,466	42,539
1979	22,299	43,537
1980	23,153	45,026
1981	23,973	46,641
1982	24,742	47,947
1983	24,883	49,187
1984	26,149	50,705
1985	26,835	52,125
1986	27,096	53,313
1987	27,285	55,037
1988	27,396	56,654
1989	28,257	58,666
1990	28,349	59,934
1991	28,497	61,782
1992	28,446	63,501
1993	28,046	68,167
1994	26,703	70,570
1995	23,029	72,244
1996	21,858	71,939
1997	20,686	71,327
1998	19,762	72,045
1999	19,420	73,554
2000	18,830	75,929
2001	17,824	78,769
2002	16,924	80,993
2003	16,396	83,804
2004	15,979	87,578
2005	15,945	90,940
2006	16,133	94,991
2007	16,595	98,895
2008	17,275	102,432
2009	17,656	105,273
2010	17,652	108,121
2011	17,645	111,165
2012	18,308	113,489
2013	18,903	115,558
2014	19,107	118,792
2015	19,223	122,092
2016	19,233	125,342
2017	19,278	128,562
2018	19,392	131,584
2019	19,488	134,460
2020	18,899	134,899
2021	17,314	137,557
2022	20,125	142,451
2023	20,147	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Mauritania
1985	580	998
1986	548	961
1987	521	914
1988	494	887
1989	505	883
1990	520	858
1991	545	845
1992	580	811
1993	609	813
1994	645	809
1995	612	815
1996	604	813
1997	550	752
1998	475	698
1999	409	669
2000	361	644
2001	307	616
2002	331	590
2003	392	571
2004	451	557
2005	529	536
2006	511	521
2007	647	516
2008	766	506
2009	855	500
2010	752	499
2011	765	494
2012	613	496
2013	491	496
2014	369	484
2015	283	469
2016	213	456
2017	151	450
2018	133	437
2019	96	424
2020	102	413
2021	219	425
2022	112	385
2023	118	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	20.7%	25.3%
1961	20.4%	24.7%
1962	20%	24%
1963	19.6%	23.4%
1964	19.2%	22.7%
1965	18.8%	22%
1966	18.3%	21.3%
1967	17.9%	20.6%
1968	17.4%	19.9%
1969	17%	19.4%
1970	16.5%	19%
1971	16%	18.9%
1972	15.4%	18.9%
1973	14.9%	19%
1974	14.3%	19%
1975	13.7%	18.9%
1976	13.2%	18.6%
1977	12.6%	18.2%
1978	12%	17.6%
1979	11.5%	17.1%
1980	10.9%	16.6%
1981	10.4%	16.1%
1982	9.89%	15.6%
1983	10.4%	15.1%
1984	8.85%	14.5%
1985	8.37%	13.8%
1986	7.93%	13.2%
1987	7.54%	12.6%
1988	7.2%	12.1%
1989	6.93%	11.8%
1990	6.75%	11.5%
1991	6.72%	11.4%
1992	6.85%	11.3%
1993	7.17%	11.2%
1994	7.62%	11.2%
1995	8.12%	11.1%
1996	8.71%	11%
1997	9.3%	10.8%
1998	9.87%	10.6%
1999	10.4%	10.2%
2000	10.9%	9.82%
2001	11.3%	9.35%
2002	11.4%	8.81%
2003	11.6%	8.25%
2004	11.6%	7.7%
2005	11.6%	7.18%
2006	10.5%	6.73%
2007	10%	6.35%
2008	9.82%	6.04%
2009	9.25%	5.79%
2010	8.18%	5.61%
2011	6.81%	5.45%
2012	6.38%	5.31%
2013	6.16%	5.17%
2014	6.17%	5.04%
2015	5.86%	4.89%
2016	5.53%	4.74%
2017	5.43%	4.59%
2018	5.1%	4.45%
2019	5.16%	4.3%
2020	4.98%	4.17%
2021	4.76%	4.03%
2022	4.62%	3.91%
2023	4.5%	3.78%