Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Mexico

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Mexico 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 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Mexico 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	Mexico
1960	6.75	6.76
1961	6.77	6.78
1962	6.79	6.8
1963	6.8	6.82
1964	6.79	6.83
1965	6.79	6.82
1966	6.8	6.79
1967	6.77	6.75
1968	6.76	6.71
1969	6.76	6.63
1970	6.75	6.53
1971	6.74	6.42
1972	6.72	6.28
1973	6.72	6.12
1974	6.71	5.95
1975	6.71	5.74
1976	6.7	5.54
1977	6.68	5.36
1978	6.65	5.2
1979	6.61	4.96
1980	6.57	4.74
1981	6.54	4.57
1982	6.49	4.43
1983	6.43	4.3
1984	6.36	4.18
1985	6.28	4.09
1986	6.11	3.97
1987	5.9	3.8
1988	5.69	3.64
1989	5.48	3.53
1990	5.3	3.44
1991	5.13	3.36
1992	4.98	3.29
1993	4.82	3.21
1994	4.66	3.13
1995	4.52	3.04
1996	4.38	2.96
1997	4.24	2.89
1998	4.13	2.82
1999	4.09	2.76
2000	4.03	2.71
2001	3.94	2.67
2002	3.85	2.63
2003	3.8	2.58
2004	3.76	2.54
2005	3.7	2.5
2006	3.63	2.46
2007	3.58	2.42
2008	3.57	2.39
2009	3.5	2.36
2010	3.38	2.34
2011	3.32	2.32
2012	3.27	2.29
2013	3.24	2.27
2014	3.18	2.21
2015	3.12	2.14
2016	3.07	2.09
2017	3.02	2.04
2018	2.97	2.03
2019	2.93	2.02
2020	2.89	1.99
2021	2.84	1.97
2022	2.8	1.94
2023	2.75	1.91
2024	2.72	1.89
2025	2.68	1.87
2026	2.64	1.85
2027	2.61	1.83
2028	2.57	1.82
2029	2.54	1.81
2030	2.51	1.79
2031	2.49	1.78
2032	2.45	1.77
2033	2.42	1.77
2034	2.4	1.76
2035	2.37	1.76
2036	2.35	1.75
2037	2.32	1.75
2038	2.3	1.74
2039	2.28	1.74
2040	2.26	1.73
2041	2.24	1.73
2042	2.22	1.72
2043	2.2	1.72
2044	2.18	1.72
2045	2.16	1.71
2046	2.14	1.71
2047	2.13	1.71
2048	2.11	1.7
2049	2.1	1.7
2050	2.08	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Mexico
1960	46.9%	46.8%
1961	47.2%	47%
1962	47.4%	47.1%
1963	47.7%	47.2%
1964	47.8%	47.3%
1965	47.7%	47.4%
1966	47.7%	47.5%
1967	47.5%	47.6%
1968	47.3%	47.6%
1969	47.2%	47.7%
1970	47.2%	47.7%
1971	47.2%	47.8%
1972	47.3%	47.7%
1973	47.4%	47.7%
1974	47.5%	47.6%
1975	47.7%	47.5%
1976	47.9%	47.2%
1977	48.1%	47%
1978	48.3%	46.7%
1979	48.5%	46.3%
1980	48.7%	45.8%
1981	48.9%	45.2%
1982	49.2%	44.4%
1983	49.3%	43.7%
1984	49.4%	43%
1985	49.5%	42.3%
1986	49.4%	41.6%
1987	49.3%	41%
1988	48.7%	40.3%
1989	48.1%	39.7%
1990	47.6%	39%
1991	47.1%	38.4%
1992	46.6%	37.8%
1993	46.4%	37.3%
1994	47%	36.9%
1995	47.4%	36.5%
1996	46.9%	36%
1997	46.2%	35.6%
1998	45.3%	35.2%
1999	44.4%	34.8%
2000	43.6%	34.3%
2001	42.9%	33.9%
2002	42.3%	33.4%
2003	41.8%	33%
2004	41.4%	32.5%
2005	41.1%	32.1%
2006	40.8%	31.6%
2007	40.4%	31.1%
2008	39.9%	30.6%
2009	39.3%	30.2%
2010	38.8%	29.8%
2011	38.4%	29.4%
2012	38%	29%
2013	37.6%	28.7%
2014	37.2%	28.3%
2015	36.8%	28%
2016	36.4%	27.6%
2017	36%	27.2%
2018	35.6%	26.7%
2019	35.1%	26.3%
2020	34.7%	26%
2021	34.3%	25.7%
2022	34%	25.3%
2023	33.7%	24.9%
2024	33.4%	24.5%
2025	33%	24.1%
2026	32.6%	23.7%
2027	32.2%	23.2%
2028	31.8%	22.8%
2029	31.4%	22.4%
2030	31%	22.1%
2031	30.7%	21.7%
2032	30.3%	21.4%
2033	29.9%	21.2%
2034	29.5%	20.9%
2035	29.1%	20.6%
2036	28.7%	20.3%
2037	28.4%	20.1%
2038	28%	19.9%
2039	27.7%	19.6%
2040	27.4%	19.4%
2041	27.1%	19.2%
2042	26.8%	19%
2043	26.5%	18.8%
2044	26.2%	18.6%
2045	26%	18.4%
2046	25.7%	18.2%
2047	25.4%	18%
2048	25.1%	17.8%
2049	24.9%	17.7%
2050	24.6%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.05% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	9,947	1,206,955
1961	10,262	1,265,833
1962	10,601	1,328,319
1963	10,929	1,387,678
1964	11,266	1,447,360
1965	11,719	1,508,344
1966	12,282	1,566,170
1967	12,773	1,620,534
1968	13,449	1,671,918
1969	14,164	1,711,297
1970	14,873	1,753,370
1971	15,615	1,790,990
1972	16,353	1,823,302
1973	17,145	1,845,593
1974	17,971	1,868,809
1975	18,849	1,880,241
1976	19,734	1,891,958
1977	20,609	1,902,964
1978	21,466	1,921,419
1979	22,299	1,908,018
1980	23,153	1,893,158
1981	23,973	1,904,384
1982	24,742	1,921,772
1983	24,883	1,939,193
1984	26,149	1,960,428
1985	26,835	1,983,622
1986	27,096	1,998,043
1987	27,285	1,971,231
1988	27,396	1,936,601
1989	28,257	1,927,752
1990	28,349	1,926,480
1991	28,497	1,942,832
1992	28,446	1,956,659
1993	28,046	1,963,708
1994	26,703	1,959,775
1995	23,029	1,941,458
1996	21,858	1,922,554
1997	20,686	1,898,383
1998	19,762	1,871,650
1999	19,420	1,859,475
2000	18,830	1,845,383
2001	17,824	1,836,418
2002	16,924	1,820,665
2003	16,396	1,788,016
2004	15,979	1,759,250
2005	15,945	1,732,663
2006	16,133	1,706,084
2007	16,595	1,684,915
2008	17,275	1,670,846
2009	17,656	1,661,180
2010	17,652	1,658,682
2011	17,645	1,659,161
2012	18,308	1,656,599
2013	18,903	1,642,609
2014	19,107	1,587,620
2015	19,223	1,508,439
2016	19,233	1,445,256
2017	19,278	1,384,178
2018	19,392	1,366,076
2019	19,488	1,357,485
2020	18,899	1,031,637
2021	17,314	936,682
2022	20,125	1,224,397
2023	20,147	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Mexico

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 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Mexico
1985	580	107
1986	548	100
1987	521	93
1988	494	88
1989	505	85
1990	520	81
1991	545	77
1992	580	73
1993	609	71
1994	645	69
1995	612	66
1996	604	64
1997	550	62
1998	475	60
1999	409	58
2000	361	56
2001	307	55
2002	331	55
2003	392	54
2004	451	53
2005	529	52
2006	511	51
2007	647	50
2008	766	51
2009	855	51
2010	752	50
2011	765	47
2012	613	46
2013	491	45
2014	369	44
2015	283	43
2016	213	43
2017	151	44
2018	133	44
2019	96	43
2020	102	61
2021	219	104
2022	112	45
2023	118	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 1.25% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	20.7%	15.5%
1961	20.4%	14.8%
1962	20%	14.3%
1963	19.6%	13.7%
1964	19.2%	13.2%
1965	18.8%	12.7%
1966	18.3%	12.3%
1967	17.9%	11.9%
1968	17.4%	11.5%
1969	17%	11.1%
1970	16.5%	10.7%
1971	16%	10.3%
1972	15.4%	9.93%
1973	14.9%	9.56%
1974	14.3%	9.21%
1975	13.7%	8.86%
1976	13.2%	8.52%
1977	12.6%	8.18%
1978	12%	7.85%
1979	11.5%	7.51%
1980	10.9%	7.18%
1981	10.4%	6.86%
1982	9.89%	6.55%
1983	10.4%	6.26%
1984	8.85%	5.98%
1985	8.37%	5.71%
1986	7.93%	5.46%
1987	7.54%	5.21%
1988	7.2%	4.98%
1989	6.93%	4.75%
1990	6.75%	4.53%
1991	6.72%	4.32%
1992	6.85%	4.12%
1993	7.17%	3.92%
1994	7.62%	3.74%
1995	8.12%	3.57%
1996	8.71%	3.4%
1997	9.3%	3.24%
1998	9.87%	3.09%
1999	10.4%	2.94%
2000	10.9%	2.81%
2001	11.3%	2.68%
2002	11.4%	2.57%
2003	11.6%	2.46%
2004	11.6%	2.36%
2005	11.6%	2.27%
2006	10.5%	2.19%
2007	10%	2.11%
2008	9.82%	2.04%
2009	9.25%	1.98%
2010	8.18%	1.91%
2011	6.81%	1.85%
2012	6.38%	1.79%
2013	6.16%	1.73%
2014	6.17%	1.68%
2015	5.86%	1.62%
2016	5.53%	1.57%
2017	5.43%	1.52%
2018	5.1%	1.47%
2019	5.16%	1.42%
2020	4.98%	1.38%
2021	4.76%	1.33%
2022	4.62%	1.29%
2023	4.5%	1.25%