Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	6.75	5.9
1961	6.77	5.9
1962	6.79	5.9
1963	6.8	5.91
1964	6.79	5.91
1965	6.79	5.91
1966	6.8	5.88
1967	6.77	5.84
1968	6.76	5.8
1969	6.76	5.75
1970	6.75	5.68
1971	6.74	5.62
1972	6.72	5.53
1973	6.72	5.44
1974	6.71	5.34
1975	6.71	5.25
1976	6.7	5.16
1977	6.68	5.07
1978	6.65	4.99
1979	6.61	4.9
1980	6.57	4.79
1981	6.54	4.69
1982	6.49	4.66
1983	6.43	4.63
1984	6.36	4.52
1985	6.28	4.32
1986	6.11	4.08
1987	5.9	3.86
1988	5.69	3.67
1989	5.48	3.59
1990	5.3	3.5
1991	5.13	3.43
1992	4.98	3.35
1993	4.82	3.28
1994	4.66	3.2
1995	4.52	3.13
1996	4.38	3.06
1997	4.24	2.99
1998	4.13	2.91
1999	4.09	2.85
2000	4.03	2.81
2001	3.94	2.79
2002	3.85	2.77
2003	3.8	2.68
2004	3.76	2.59
2005	3.7	2.52
2006	3.63	2.47
2007	3.58	2.45
2008	3.57	2.4
2009	3.5	2.37
2010	3.38	2.34
2011	3.32	2.31
2012	3.27	2.28
2013	3.24	2.26
2014	3.18	2.25
2015	3.12	2.27
2016	3.07	2.27
2017	3.02	2.25
2018	2.97	2.23
2019	2.93	2.21
2020	2.89	2.18
2021	2.84	2.16
2022	2.8	2.13
2023	2.75	2.12
2024	2.72	2.1
2025	2.68	2.08
2026	2.64	2.06
2027	2.61	2.04
2028	2.57	2.02
2029	2.54	2.01
2030	2.51	2
2031	2.49	1.98
2032	2.45	1.97
2033	2.42	1.96
2034	2.4	1.94
2035	2.37	1.93
2036	2.35	1.92
2037	2.32	1.92
2038	2.3	1.91
2039	2.28	1.9
2040	2.26	1.89
2041	2.24	1.89
2042	2.22	1.88
2043	2.2	1.87
2044	2.18	1.86
2045	2.16	1.86
2046	2.14	1.85
2047	2.13	1.85
2048	2.11	1.84
2049	2.1	1.83
2050	2.08	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Myanmar
1960	46.9%	39.9%
1961	47.2%	40.2%
1962	47.4%	40.6%
1963	47.7%	40.9%
1964	47.8%	41%
1965	47.7%	41.1%
1966	47.7%	41.1%
1967	47.5%	41%
1968	47.3%	40.9%
1969	47.2%	40.8%
1970	47.2%	40.7%
1971	47.2%	40.6%
1972	47.3%	40.5%
1973	47.4%	40.3%
1974	47.5%	40.2%
1975	47.7%	40.1%
1976	47.9%	40%
1977	48.1%	39.8%
1978	48.3%	39.6%
1979	48.5%	39.4%
1980	48.7%	39.2%
1981	48.9%	39%
1982	49.2%	38.8%
1983	49.3%	38.6%
1984	49.4%	38.3%
1985	49.5%	38.1%
1986	49.4%	37.8%
1987	49.3%	37.4%
1988	48.7%	37%
1989	48.1%	36.6%
1990	47.6%	36.2%
1991	47.1%	35.8%
1992	46.6%	35.4%
1993	46.4%	35.1%
1994	47%	34.7%
1995	47.4%	34.2%
1996	46.9%	33.8%
1997	46.2%	33.3%
1998	45.3%	32.8%
1999	44.4%	32.3%
2000	43.6%	31.8%
2001	42.9%	31.4%
2002	42.3%	31%
2003	41.8%	30.7%
2004	41.4%	30.4%
2005	41.1%	30.1%
2006	40.8%	29.7%
2007	40.4%	29.4%
2008	39.9%	29%
2009	39.3%	28.6%
2010	38.8%	28.2%
2011	38.4%	27.9%
2012	38%	27.5%
2013	37.6%	27.1%
2014	37.2%	26.8%
2015	36.8%	26.5%
2016	36.4%	26.2%
2017	36%	25.9%
2018	35.6%	25.6%
2019	35.1%	25.4%
2020	34.7%	25.1%
2021	34.3%	24.9%
2022	34%	24.7%
2023	33.7%	24.5%
2024	33.4%	24.3%
2025	33%	24.1%
2026	32.6%	23.9%
2027	32.2%	23.6%
2028	31.8%	23.4%
2029	31.4%	23.2%
2030	31%	23%
2031	30.7%	22.7%
2032	30.3%	22.4%
2033	29.9%	22.2%
2034	29.5%	21.9%
2035	29.1%	21.7%
2036	28.7%	21.4%
2037	28.4%	21.2%
2038	28%	21%
2039	27.7%	20.8%
2040	27.4%	20.6%
2041	27.1%	20.4%
2042	26.8%	20.2%
2043	26.5%	20.1%
2044	26.2%	19.9%
2045	26%	19.8%
2046	25.7%	19.6%
2047	25.4%	19.5%
2048	25.1%	19.4%
2049	24.9%	19.2%
2050	24.6%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	9,947	465,049
1961	10,262	474,818
1962	10,601	487,925
1963	10,929	501,548
1964	11,266	516,334
1965	11,719	533,443
1966	12,282	546,378
1967	12,773	559,577
1968	13,449	571,123
1969	14,164	584,979
1970	14,873	595,337
1971	15,615	608,784
1972	16,353	616,411
1973	17,145	624,619
1974	17,971	628,458
1975	18,849	635,005
1976	19,734	642,829
1977	20,609	649,915
1978	21,466	658,068
1979	22,299	669,338
1980	23,153	673,815
1981	23,973	679,851
1982	24,742	701,212
1983	24,883	719,710
1984	26,149	723,623
1985	26,835	705,905
1986	27,096	679,467
1987	27,285	652,960
1988	27,396	630,392
1989	28,257	636,610
1990	28,349	636,081
1991	28,497	637,622
1992	28,446	634,484
1993	28,046	633,576
1994	26,703	626,411
1995	23,029	620,376
1996	21,858	619,488
1997	20,686	613,103
1998	19,762	606,110
1999	19,420	597,916
2000	18,830	596,979
2001	17,824	601,524
2002	16,924	602,873
2003	16,396	582,173
2004	15,979	556,494
2005	15,945	537,429
2006	16,133	527,165
2007	16,595	523,745
2008	17,275	373,287
2009	17,656	505,144
2010	17,652	497,745
2011	17,645	492,271
2012	18,308	487,210
2013	18,903	487,648
2014	19,107	488,114
2015	19,223	495,769
2016	19,233	499,508
2017	19,278	492,276
2018	19,392	482,316
2019	19,488	469,924
2020	18,899	448,626
2021	17,314	394,104
2022	20,125	415,647
2023	20,147	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Myanmar
1985	580	674
1986	548	652
1987	521	631
1988	494	616
1989	505	603
1990	520	586
1991	545	566
1992	580	542
1993	609	522
1994	645	498
1995	612	472
1996	604	442
1997	550	416
1998	475	398
1999	409	388
2000	361	375
2001	307	361
2002	331	347
2003	392	335
2004	451	324
2005	529	312
2006	511	301
2007	647	290
2008	766	286
2009	855	268
2010	752	259
2011	765	249
2012	613	243
2013	491	237
2014	369	228
2015	283	222
2016	213	215
2017	151	209
2018	133	201
2019	96	195
2020	102	198
2021	219	231
2022	112	193
2023	118	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	20.7%	-
1961	20.4%	-
1962	20%	-
1963	19.6%	-
1964	19.2%	-
1965	18.8%	-
1966	18.3%	-
1967	17.9%	-
1968	17.4%	18%
1969	17%	17.7%
1970	16.5%	17.4%
1971	16%	17%
1972	15.4%	16.7%
1973	14.9%	16.3%
1974	14.3%	16%
1975	13.7%	15.6%
1976	13.2%	15.3%
1977	12.6%	14.9%
1978	12%	14.6%
1979	11.5%	14.3%
1980	10.9%	14%
1981	10.4%	13.7%
1982	9.89%	13.4%
1983	10.4%	13.1%
1984	8.85%	12.9%
1985	8.37%	12.7%
1986	7.93%	12.5%
1987	7.54%	12.2%
1988	7.2%	12%
1989	6.93%	11.8%
1990	6.75%	11.5%
1991	6.72%	11.3%
1992	6.85%	11%
1993	7.17%	10.7%
1994	7.62%	10.5%
1995	8.12%	10.2%
1996	8.71%	9.94%
1997	9.3%	9.68%
1998	9.87%	9.43%
1999	10.4%	9.19%
2000	10.9%	8.95%
2001	11.3%	8.71%
2002	11.4%	8.47%
2003	11.6%	8.22%
2004	11.6%	7.97%
2005	11.6%	7.71%
2006	10.5%	7.44%
2007	10%	7.16%
2008	9.82%	10.1%
2009	9.25%	6.6%
2010	8.18%	6.32%
2011	6.81%	6.05%
2012	6.38%	5.8%
2013	6.16%	5.56%
2014	6.17%	5.34%
2015	5.86%	5.13%
2016	5.53%	4.95%
2017	5.43%	4.77%
2018	5.1%	4.6%
2019	5.16%	4.44%
2020	4.98%	4.29%
2021	4.76%	4.14%
2022	4.62%	4%
2023	4.5%	3.87%