Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	6.75	6.5
1961	6.77	6.49
1962	6.79	6.47
1963	6.8	6.45
1964	6.79	6.42
1965	6.79	6.35
1966	6.8	6.23
1967	6.77	6.1
1968	6.76	5.97
1969	6.76	5.84
1970	6.75	5.72
1971	6.74	5.59
1972	6.72	5.46
1973	6.72	5.35
1974	6.71	5.27
1975	6.71	5.18
1976	6.7	5.12
1977	6.68	5.08
1978	6.65	5.04
1979	6.61	5.06
1980	6.57	5.1
1981	6.54	5.15
1982	6.49	5.13
1983	6.43	5.09
1984	6.36	5.04
1985	6.28	4.97
1986	6.11	4.93
1987	5.9	4.85
1988	5.69	4.77
1989	5.48	4.68
1990	5.3	4.57
1991	5.13	4.48
1992	4.98	4.4
1993	4.82	4.28
1994	4.66	4.2
1995	4.52	4.11
1996	4.38	4.01
1997	4.24	3.91
1998	4.13	3.8
1999	4.09	3.67
2000	4.03	3.51
2001	3.94	3.36
2002	3.85	3.23
2003	3.8	3.12
2004	3.76	3.05
2005	3.7	2.97
2006	3.63	2.89
2007	3.58	2.82
2008	3.57	2.79
2009	3.5	2.76
2010	3.38	2.7
2011	3.32	2.67
2012	3.27	2.66
2013	3.24	2.64
2014	3.18	2.65
2015	3.12	2.65
2016	3.07	2.62
2017	3.02	2.59
2018	2.97	2.56
2019	2.93	2.53
2020	2.89	2.5
2021	2.84	2.47
2022	2.8	2.44
2023	2.75	2.42
2024	2.72	2.42
2025	2.68	2.39
2026	2.64	2.37
2027	2.61	2.35
2028	2.57	2.33
2029	2.54	2.31
2030	2.51	2.29
2031	2.49	2.27
2032	2.45	2.26
2033	2.42	2.24
2034	2.4	2.22
2035	2.37	2.21
2036	2.35	2.19
2037	2.32	2.17
2038	2.3	2.16
2039	2.28	2.14
2040	2.26	2.13
2041	2.24	2.12
2042	2.22	2.11
2043	2.2	2.09
2044	2.18	2.08
2045	2.16	2.07
2046	2.14	2.06
2047	2.13	2.05
2048	2.11	2.04
2049	2.1	2.03
2050	2.08	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Paraguay
1960	46.9%	46.3%
1961	47.2%	46.2%
1962	47.4%	46.1%
1963	47.7%	46%
1964	47.8%	46%
1965	47.7%	46%
1966	47.7%	46%
1967	47.5%	45.9%
1968	47.3%	45.8%
1969	47.2%	45.7%
1970	47.2%	45.5%
1971	47.2%	45.2%
1972	47.3%	45%
1973	47.4%	44.6%
1974	47.5%	44.2%
1975	47.7%	43.7%
1976	47.9%	43.3%
1977	48.1%	42.8%
1978	48.3%	42.4%
1979	48.5%	42%
1980	48.7%	41.6%
1981	48.9%	41.4%
1982	49.2%	41.2%
1983	49.3%	41.2%
1984	49.4%	41.2%
1985	49.5%	41.2%
1986	49.4%	41.3%
1987	49.3%	41.3%
1988	48.7%	41.4%
1989	48.1%	41.5%
1990	47.6%	41.5%
1991	47.1%	41.5%
1992	46.6%	41.5%
1993	46.4%	41.4%
1994	47%	41.3%
1995	47.4%	41.1%
1996	46.9%	40.8%
1997	46.2%	40.4%
1998	45.3%	40%
1999	44.4%	39.5%
2000	43.6%	39%
2001	42.9%	38.4%
2002	42.3%	37.9%
2003	41.8%	37.3%
2004	41.4%	36.6%
2005	41.1%	35.8%
2006	40.8%	35.1%
2007	40.4%	34.4%
2008	39.9%	33.8%
2009	39.3%	33.2%
2010	38.8%	32.5%
2011	38.4%	32%
2012	38%	31.4%
2013	37.6%	30.9%
2014	37.2%	30.5%
2015	36.8%	30.2%
2016	36.4%	29.9%
2017	36%	29.7%
2018	35.6%	29.5%
2019	35.1%	29.3%
2020	34.7%	29.1%
2021	34.3%	29%
2022	34%	28.9%
2023	33.7%	28.8%
2024	33.4%	28.6%
2025	33%	28.4%
2026	32.6%	28.1%
2027	32.2%	27.9%
2028	31.8%	27.6%
2029	31.4%	27.3%
2030	31%	26.9%
2031	30.7%	26.5%
2032	30.3%	26.1%
2033	29.9%	25.8%
2034	29.5%	25.4%
2035	29.1%	25%
2036	28.7%	24.7%
2037	28.4%	24.4%
2038	28%	24.1%
2039	27.7%	23.8%
2040	27.4%	23.5%
2041	27.1%	23.2%
2042	26.8%	23%
2043	26.5%	22.7%
2044	26.2%	22.5%
2045	26%	22.3%
2046	25.7%	22.1%
2047	25.4%	22%
2048	25.1%	21.8%
2049	24.9%	21.6%
2050	24.6%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	9,947	60,009
1961	10,262	61,536
1962	10,601	63,079
1963	10,929	64,741
1964	11,266	65,681
1965	11,719	66,063
1966	12,282	66,002
1967	12,773	65,695
1968	13,449	65,575
1969	14,164	65,616
1970	14,873	65,905
1971	15,615	66,142
1972	16,353	66,625
1973	17,145	67,803
1974	17,971	69,059
1975	18,849	70,285
1976	19,734	71,973
1977	20,609	74,359
1978	21,466	76,691
1979	22,299	80,345
1980	23,153	84,568
1981	23,973	89,456
1982	24,742	92,917
1983	24,883	96,406
1984	26,149	99,937
1985	26,835	102,859
1986	27,096	105,776
1987	27,285	107,962
1988	27,396	110,348
1989	28,257	111,727
1990	28,349	112,864
1991	28,497	114,472
1992	28,446	115,442
1993	28,046	115,211
1994	26,703	115,662
1995	23,029	115,777
1996	21,858	115,623
1997	20,686	115,095
1998	19,762	114,122
1999	19,420	112,726
2000	18,830	109,979
2001	17,824	107,225
2002	16,924	104,658
2003	16,396	102,427
2004	15,979	101,896
2005	15,945	101,035
2006	16,133	99,808
2007	16,595	99,141
2008	17,275	99,821
2009	17,656	100,296
2010	17,652	99,456
2011	17,645	100,442
2012	18,308	102,508
2013	18,903	103,383
2014	19,107	105,585
2015	19,223	106,817
2016	19,233	106,804
2017	19,278	105,634
2018	19,392	104,908
2019	19,488	103,179
2020	18,899	98,667
2021	17,314	78,667
2022	20,125	94,627
2023	20,147	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Paraguay
1985	580	237
1986	548	230
1987	521	225
1988	494	220
1989	505	209
1990	520	198
1991	545	192
1992	580	195
1993	609	197
1994	645	201
1995	612	202
1996	604	203
1997	550	205
1998	475	207
1999	409	207
2000	361	207
2001	307	207
2002	331	206
2003	392	203
2004	451	199
2005	529	194
2006	511	186
2007	647	177
2008	766	166
2009	855	152
2010	752	136
2011	765	120
2012	613	100
2013	491	84
2014	369	70
2015	283	64
2016	213	60
2017	151	58
2018	133	58
2019	96	58
2020	102	69
2021	219	140
2022	112	78
2023	118	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	20.7%	8.18%
1961	20.4%	8.11%
1962	20%	8.06%
1963	19.6%	8.02%
1964	19.2%	7.99%
1965	18.8%	7.96%
1966	18.3%	7.94%
1967	17.9%	7.91%
1968	17.4%	7.88%
1969	17%	7.84%
1970	16.5%	7.79%
1971	16%	7.73%
1972	15.4%	7.66%
1973	14.9%	7.57%
1974	14.3%	7.46%
1975	13.7%	7.34%
1976	13.2%	7.21%
1977	12.6%	7.06%
1978	12%	6.91%
1979	11.5%	6.74%
1980	10.9%	6.55%
1981	10.4%	6.35%
1982	9.89%	6.14%
1983	10.4%	5.92%
1984	8.85%	5.71%
1985	8.37%	5.5%
1986	7.93%	5.3%
1987	7.54%	5.1%
1988	7.2%	4.92%
1989	6.93%	4.73%
1990	6.75%	4.55%
1991	6.72%	4.38%
1992	6.85%	4.23%
1993	7.17%	4.08%
1994	7.62%	3.95%
1995	8.12%	3.83%
1996	8.71%	3.72%
1997	9.3%	3.62%
1998	9.87%	3.53%
1999	10.4%	3.45%
2000	10.9%	3.36%
2001	11.3%	3.29%
2002	11.4%	3.22%
2003	11.6%	3.14%
2004	11.6%	3.07%
2005	11.6%	2.99%
2006	10.5%	2.91%
2007	10%	2.83%
2008	9.82%	2.75%
2009	9.25%	2.67%
2010	8.18%	2.59%
2011	6.81%	2.51%
2012	6.38%	2.44%
2013	6.16%	2.37%
2014	6.17%	2.3%
2015	5.86%	2.22%
2016	5.53%	2.15%
2017	5.43%	2.08%
2018	5.1%	2.01%
2019	5.16%	1.94%
2020	4.98%	1.88%
2021	4.76%	1.82%
2022	4.62%	1.76%
2023	4.5%	1.7%