Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs New Zealand 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 1.56 in New Zealand 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	New Zealand
1960	6.75	4.24
1961	6.77	4.31
1962	6.79	4.19
1963	6.8	4.05
1964	6.79	3.8
1965	6.79	3.54
1966	6.8	3.41
1967	6.77	3.35
1968	6.76	3.34
1969	6.76	3.28
1970	6.75	3.17
1971	6.74	3.18
1972	6.72	3
1973	6.72	2.76
1974	6.71	2.58
1975	6.71	2.37
1976	6.7	2.27
1977	6.68	2.21
1978	6.65	2.07
1979	6.61	2.12
1980	6.57	2.03
1981	6.54	2.01
1982	6.49	1.95
1983	6.43	1.92
1984	6.36	1.93
1985	6.28	1.93
1986	6.11	1.96
1987	5.9	2.03
1988	5.69	2.1
1989	5.48	2.12
1990	5.3	2.18
1991	5.13	2.09
1992	4.98	2.06
1993	4.82	2.04
1994	4.66	1.98
1995	4.52	1.98
1996	4.38	1.96
1997	4.24	1.96
1998	4.13	1.89
1999	4.09	1.97
2000	4.03	1.98
2001	3.94	1.97
2002	3.85	1.89
2003	3.8	1.93
2004	3.76	1.98
2005	3.7	1.97
2006	3.63	2.01
2007	3.58	2.18
2008	3.57	2.19
2009	3.5	2.13
2010	3.38	2.17
2011	3.32	2.09
2012	3.27	2.1
2013	3.24	2.01
2014	3.18	1.92
2015	3.12	1.99
2016	3.07	1.87
2017	3.02	1.81
2018	2.97	1.71
2019	2.93	1.72
2020	2.89	1.61
2021	2.84	1.64
2022	2.8	1.66
2023	2.75	1.56
2024	2.72	1.55
2025	2.68	1.54
2026	2.64	1.53
2027	2.61	1.53
2028	2.57	1.52
2029	2.54	1.52
2030	2.51	1.52
2031	2.49	1.52
2032	2.45	1.52
2033	2.42	1.51
2034	2.4	1.51
2035	2.37	1.51
2036	2.35	1.51
2037	2.32	1.51
2038	2.3	1.51
2039	2.28	1.51
2040	2.26	1.51
2041	2.24	1.51
2042	2.22	1.51
2043	2.2	1.51
2044	2.18	1.51
2045	2.16	1.51
2046	2.14	1.51
2047	2.13	1.51
2048	2.11	1.51
2049	2.1	1.51
2050	2.08	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	New Zealand
1960	46.9%	32.8%
1961	47.2%	33%
1962	47.4%	33%
1963	47.7%	32.9%
1964	47.8%	32.9%
1965	47.7%	32.7%
1966	47.7%	32.6%
1967	47.5%	32.5%
1968	47.3%	32.3%
1969	47.2%	32.2%
1970	47.2%	31.9%
1971	47.2%	31.7%
1972	47.3%	31.4%
1973	47.4%	31%
1974	47.5%	30.5%
1975	47.7%	30.1%
1976	47.9%	29.6%
1977	48.1%	29%
1978	48.3%	28.4%
1979	48.5%	27.8%
1980	48.7%	27.2%
1981	48.9%	26.7%
1982	49.2%	26.2%
1983	49.3%	25.6%
1984	49.4%	25.1%
1985	49.5%	24.6%
1986	49.4%	24.2%
1987	49.3%	23.8%
1988	48.7%	23.5%
1989	48.1%	23.3%
1990	47.6%	23.3%
1991	47.1%	23.2%
1992	46.6%	23.1%
1993	46.4%	23.1%
1994	47%	23.1%
1995	47.4%	23.1%
1996	46.9%	23%
1997	46.2%	23%
1998	45.3%	23%
1999	44.4%	22.9%
2000	43.6%	22.8%
2001	42.9%	22.6%
2002	42.3%	22.4%
2003	41.8%	22.1%
2004	41.4%	21.8%
2005	41.1%	21.5%
2006	40.8%	21.3%
2007	40.4%	21.1%
2008	39.9%	21%
2009	39.3%	20.9%
2010	38.8%	20.9%
2011	38.4%	20.8%
2012	38%	20.6%
2013	37.6%	20.4%
2014	37.2%	20.2%
2015	36.8%	19.9%
2016	36.4%	19.6%
2017	36%	19.5%
2018	35.6%	19.3%
2019	35.1%	19.2%
2020	34.7%	19%
2021	34.3%	18.9%
2022	34%	18.6%
2023	33.7%	18.4%
2024	33.4%	18.1%
2025	33%	17.9%
2026	32.6%	17.6%
2027	32.2%	17.4%
2028	31.8%	17.2%
2029	31.4%	17%
2030	31%	16.8%
2031	30.7%	16.6%
2032	30.3%	16.4%
2033	29.9%	16.3%
2034	29.5%	16.1%
2035	29.1%	16%
2036	28.7%	15.9%
2037	28.4%	15.8%
2038	28%	15.7%
2039	27.7%	15.6%
2040	27.4%	15.5%
2041	27.1%	15.4%
2042	26.8%	15.4%
2043	26.5%	15.4%
2044	26.2%	15.3%
2045	26%	15.3%
2046	25.7%	15.3%
2047	25.4%	15.3%
2048	25.1%	15.3%
2049	24.9%	15.2%
2050	24.6%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.51% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	9,947	41,791
1961	10,262	43,482
1962	10,601	42,865
1963	10,929	42,027
1964	11,266	39,375
1965	11,719	36,982
1966	12,282	36,151
1967	12,773	37,974
1968	13,449	37,594
1969	14,164	38,098
1970	14,873	37,101
1971	15,615	40,000
1972	16,353	38,244
1973	17,145	35,239
1974	17,971	33,896
1975	18,849	31,355
1976	19,734	29,456
1977	20,609	28,020
1978	21,466	26,156
1979	22,299	26,675
1980	23,153	23,658
1981	23,973	25,374
1982	24,742	24,207
1983	24,883	24,315
1984	26,149	26,043
1985	26,835	24,126
1986	27,096	25,549
1987	27,285	27,603
1988	27,396	29,846
1989	28,257	30,749
1990	28,349	33,298
1991	28,497	33,518
1992	28,446	32,067
1993	28,046	31,685
1994	26,703	30,372
1995	23,029	29,828
1996	21,858	28,997
1997	20,686	30,137
1998	19,762	29,146
1999	19,420	28,916
2000	18,830	29,897
2001	17,824	27,939
2002	16,924	25,941
2003	16,396	28,150
2004	15,979	29,634
2005	15,945	30,674
2006	16,133	30,924
2007	16,595	35,480
2008	17,275	35,143
2009	17,656	33,560
2010	17,652	35,458
2011	17,645	31,302
2012	18,308	31,077
2013	18,903	29,096
2014	19,107	26,196
2015	19,223	29,408
2016	19,233	28,237
2017	19,278	26,282
2018	19,392	24,797
2019	19,488	25,344
2020	18,899	24,993
2021	17,314	23,767
2022	20,125	20,264
2023	20,147	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs New Zealand

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 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	New Zealand
1985	580	19
1986	548	18
1987	521	19
1988	494	19
1989	505	18
1990	520	18
1991	545	16
1992	580	15
1993	609	14
1994	645	13
1995	612	14
1996	604	14
1997	550	13
1998	475	12
1999	409	12
2000	361	11
2001	307	10
2002	331	11
2003	392	11
2004	451	11
2005	529	11
2006	511	10
2007	647	10
2008	766	10
2009	855	10
2010	752	10
2011	765	10
2012	613	9
2013	491	8
2014	369	7
2015	283	8
2016	213	8
2017	151	8
2018	133	7
2019	96	8
2020	102	8
2021	219	8
2022	112	23
2023	118	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.47% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	20.7%	2.78%
1961	20.4%	2.68%
1962	20%	2.58%
1963	19.6%	2.48%
1964	19.2%	2.39%
1965	18.8%	2.31%
1966	18.3%	2.25%
1967	17.9%	2.2%
1968	17.4%	2.16%
1969	17%	2.12%
1970	16.5%	2.08%
1971	16%	2.03%
1972	15.4%	1.98%
1973	14.9%	1.94%
1974	14.3%	1.88%
1975	13.7%	1.83%
1976	13.2%	1.77%
1977	12.6%	1.71%
1978	12%	1.66%
1979	11.5%	1.61%
1980	10.9%	1.56%
1981	10.4%	1.52%
1982	9.89%	1.48%
1983	10.4%	1.45%
1984	8.85%	1.41%
1985	8.37%	1.38%
1986	7.93%	1.34%
1987	7.54%	1.29%
1988	7.2%	1.24%
1989	6.93%	1.18%
1990	6.75%	1.12%
1991	6.72%	1.06%
1992	6.85%	1%
1993	7.17%	0.95%
1994	7.62%	0.91%
1995	8.12%	0.87%
1996	8.71%	0.84%
1997	9.3%	0.81%
1998	9.87%	0.78%
1999	10.4%	0.76%
2000	10.9%	0.74%
2001	11.3%	0.72%
2002	11.4%	0.7%
2003	11.6%	0.69%
2004	11.6%	0.67%
2005	11.6%	0.66%
2006	10.5%	0.65%
2007	10%	0.65%
2008	9.82%	0.64%
2009	9.25%	0.63%
2010	8.18%	0.62%
2011	6.81%	0.61%
2012	6.38%	0.6%
2013	6.16%	0.59%
2014	6.17%	0.57%
2015	5.86%	0.56%
2016	5.53%	0.55%
2017	5.43%	0.53%
2018	5.1%	0.52%
2019	5.16%	0.51%
2020	4.98%	0.5%
2021	4.76%	0.49%
2022	4.62%	0.48%
2023	4.5%	0.47%