Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Norway

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Norway 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 1.4 in Norway in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Norway 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	Norway
1960	6.75	2.85
1961	6.77	2.94
1962	6.79	2.91
1963	6.8	2.93
1964	6.79	2.98
1965	6.79	2.94
1966	6.8	2.9
1967	6.77	2.81
1968	6.76	2.75
1969	6.76	2.7
1970	6.75	2.5
1971	6.74	2.49
1972	6.72	2.38
1973	6.72	2.23
1974	6.71	2.13
1975	6.71	1.98
1976	6.7	1.86
1977	6.68	1.75
1978	6.65	1.77
1979	6.61	1.75
1980	6.57	1.72
1981	6.54	1.7
1982	6.49	1.71
1983	6.43	1.66
1984	6.36	1.66
1985	6.28	1.68
1986	6.11	1.71
1987	5.9	1.74
1988	5.69	1.84
1989	5.48	1.89
1990	5.3	1.93
1991	5.13	1.92
1992	4.98	1.88
1993	4.82	1.86
1994	4.66	1.87
1995	4.52	1.87
1996	4.38	1.89
1997	4.24	1.86
1998	4.13	1.81
1999	4.09	1.85
2000	4.03	1.85
2001	3.94	1.78
2002	3.85	1.75
2003	3.8	1.8
2004	3.76	1.83
2005	3.7	1.84
2006	3.63	1.9
2007	3.58	1.9
2008	3.57	1.96
2009	3.5	1.98
2010	3.38	1.95
2011	3.32	1.88
2012	3.27	1.85
2013	3.24	1.78
2014	3.18	1.75
2015	3.12	1.72
2016	3.07	1.71
2017	3.02	1.62
2018	2.97	1.56
2019	2.93	1.53
2020	2.89	1.48
2021	2.84	1.55
2022	2.8	1.41
2023	2.75	1.4
2024	2.72	1.41
2025	2.68	1.41
2026	2.64	1.41
2027	2.61	1.42
2028	2.57	1.42
2029	2.54	1.43
2030	2.51	1.43
2031	2.49	1.43
2032	2.45	1.44
2033	2.42	1.44
2034	2.4	1.45
2035	2.37	1.45
2036	2.35	1.45
2037	2.32	1.46
2038	2.3	1.46
2039	2.28	1.46
2040	2.26	1.47
2041	2.24	1.47
2042	2.22	1.47
2043	2.2	1.48
2044	2.18	1.48
2045	2.16	1.48
2046	2.14	1.48
2047	2.13	1.48
2048	2.11	1.49
2049	2.1	1.49
2050	2.08	1.49

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Norway
1960	46.9%	25.9%
1961	47.2%	25.6%
1962	47.4%	25.2%
1963	47.7%	25%
1964	47.8%	24.8%
1965	47.7%	24.8%
1966	47.7%	24.7%
1967	47.5%	24.7%
1968	47.3%	24.6%
1969	47.2%	24.5%
1970	47.2%	24.5%
1971	47.2%	24.4%
1972	47.3%	24.3%
1973	47.4%	24.2%
1974	47.5%	24%
1975	47.7%	23.8%
1976	47.9%	23.5%
1977	48.1%	23.3%
1978	48.3%	22.9%
1979	48.5%	22.6%
1980	48.7%	22.2%
1981	48.9%	21.8%
1982	49.2%	21.3%
1983	49.3%	20.9%
1984	49.4%	20.4%
1985	49.5%	20%
1986	49.4%	19.6%
1987	49.3%	19.3%
1988	48.7%	19.1%
1989	48.1%	19%
1990	47.6%	18.9%
1991	47.1%	19%
1992	46.6%	19.1%
1993	46.4%	19.3%
1994	47%	19.4%
1995	47.4%	19.5%
1996	46.9%	19.6%
1997	46.2%	19.7%
1998	45.3%	19.8%
1999	44.4%	19.9%
2000	43.6%	20%
2001	42.9%	20%
2002	42.3%	20%
2003	41.8%	19.9%
2004	41.4%	19.8%
2005	41.1%	19.6%
2006	40.8%	19.4%
2007	40.4%	19.3%
2008	39.9%	19.1%
2009	39.3%	18.9%
2010	38.8%	18.8%
2011	38.4%	18.6%
2012	38%	18.4%
2013	37.6%	18.3%
2014	37.2%	18.1%
2015	36.8%	18%
2016	36.4%	17.9%
2017	36%	17.8%
2018	35.6%	17.6%
2019	35.1%	17.4%
2020	34.7%	17.2%
2021	34.3%	17%
2022	34%	16.8%
2023	33.7%	16.5%
2024	33.4%	16.2%
2025	33%	15.9%
2026	32.6%	15.7%
2027	32.2%	15.4%
2028	31.8%	15.2%
2029	31.4%	15%
2030	31%	14.8%
2031	30.7%	14.7%
2032	30.3%	14.5%
2033	29.9%	14.4%
2034	29.5%	14.3%
2035	29.1%	14.2%
2036	28.7%	14.1%
2037	28.4%	14%
2038	28%	14%
2039	27.7%	14%
2040	27.4%	13.9%
2041	27.1%	13.9%
2042	26.8%	13.9%
2043	26.5%	13.9%
2044	26.2%	13.9%
2045	26%	13.9%
2046	25.7%	13.9%
2047	25.4%	13.9%
2048	25.1%	13.9%
2049	24.9%	13.9%
2050	24.6%	13.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 16.2% in Norway in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 18.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Norway compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Norway by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.26% in Norway. 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	Norway
1960	9,947	29,366
1961	10,262	29,239
1962	10,601	28,020
1963	10,929	26,766
1964	11,266	30,293
1965	11,719	31,275
1966	12,282	31,150
1967	12,773	30,276
1968	13,449	29,387
1969	14,164	28,858
1970	14,873	25,968
1971	15,615	26,541
1972	16,353	24,777
1973	17,145	21,387
1974	17,971	20,324
1975	18,849	16,430
1976	19,734	13,286
1977	20,609	11,321
1978	21,466	11,364
1979	22,299	10,181
1980	23,153	9,806
1981	23,973	9,020
1982	24,742	9,875
1983	24,883	7,844
1984	26,149	7,452
1985	26,835	6,644
1986	27,096	8,751
1987	27,285	9,212
1988	27,396	12,207
1989	28,257	13,949
1990	28,349	14,845
1991	28,497	16,194
1992	28,446	15,431
1993	28,046	12,936
1994	26,703	16,045
1995	23,029	14,821
1996	21,858	17,087
1997	20,686	15,418
1998	19,762	14,181
1999	19,420	14,278
2000	18,830	15,269
2001	17,824	13,090
2002	16,924	10,892
2003	16,396	14,151
2004	15,979	15,612
2005	15,945	15,719
2006	16,133	17,244
2007	16,595	16,482
2008	17,275	19,073
2009	17,656	20,280
2010	17,652	20,046
2011	17,645	18,822
2012	18,308	18,066
2013	18,903	17,779
2014	19,107	18,494
2015	19,223	18,160
2016	19,233	17,797
2017	19,278	15,831
2018	19,392	14,342
2019	19,488	13,904
2020	18,899	12,372
2021	17,314	14,062
2022	20,125	5,457
2023	20,147	8,280

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Norway

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 1 deaths in Norway.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Norway
1985	580	9
1986	548	9
1987	521	9
1988	494	9
1989	505	9
1990	520	9
1991	545	8
1992	580	8
1993	609	7
1994	645	7
1995	612	6
1996	604	6
1997	550	5
1998	475	5
1999	409	5
2000	361	5
2001	307	5
2002	331	5
2003	392	5
2004	451	6
2005	529	6
2006	511	5
2007	647	5
2008	766	5
2009	855	4
2010	752	4
2011	765	4
2012	613	3
2013	491	3
2014	369	2
2015	283	2
2016	213	2
2017	151	2
2018	133	2
2019	96	2
2020	102	2
2021	219	2
2022	112	3
2023	118	1

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.24% in Norway. 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	Norway
1960	20.7%	2.26%
1961	20.4%	2.21%
1962	20%	2.15%
1963	19.6%	2.1%
1964	19.2%	2.04%
1965	18.8%	1.97%
1966	18.3%	1.9%
1967	17.9%	1.82%
1968	17.4%	1.75%
1969	17%	1.69%
1970	16.5%	1.62%
1971	16%	1.56%
1972	15.4%	1.5%
1973	14.9%	1.43%
1974	14.3%	1.36%
1975	13.7%	1.29%
1976	13.2%	1.22%
1977	12.6%	1.15%
1978	12%	1.09%
1979	11.5%	1.04%
1980	10.9%	1.01%
1981	10.4%	0.99%
1982	9.89%	0.99%
1983	10.4%	1%
1984	8.85%	1.01%
1985	8.37%	1.02%
1986	7.93%	1.02%
1987	7.54%	1.01%
1988	7.2%	0.98%
1989	6.93%	0.93%
1990	6.75%	0.87%
1991	6.72%	0.79%
1992	6.85%	0.72%
1993	7.17%	0.66%
1994	7.62%	0.61%
1995	8.12%	0.57%
1996	8.71%	0.54%
1997	9.3%	0.52%
1998	9.87%	0.51%
1999	10.4%	0.5%
2000	10.9%	0.49%
2001	11.3%	0.47%
2002	11.4%	0.46%
2003	11.6%	0.44%
2004	11.6%	0.42%
2005	11.6%	0.41%
2006	10.5%	0.39%
2007	10%	0.37%
2008	9.82%	0.36%
2009	9.25%	0.34%
2010	8.18%	0.33%
2011	6.81%	0.31%
2012	6.38%	0.3%
2013	6.16%	0.29%
2014	6.17%	0.28%
2015	5.86%	0.27%
2016	5.53%	0.26%
2017	5.43%	0.25%
2018	5.1%	0.25%
2019	5.16%	0.24%
2020	4.98%	0.24%
2021	4.76%	0.23%
2022	4.62%	0.23%
2023	4.5%	0.24%