Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Philippines

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Philippines 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 1.92 in the Philippines 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	Philippines
1960	6.75	7
1961	6.77	6.99
1962	6.79	6.98
1963	6.8	6.95
1964	6.79	6.89
1965	6.79	6.8
1966	6.8	6.69
1967	6.77	6.57
1968	6.76	6.45
1969	6.76	6.33
1970	6.75	6.22
1971	6.74	6.08
1972	6.72	5.94
1973	6.72	5.79
1974	6.71	5.69
1975	6.71	5.6
1976	6.7	5.51
1977	6.68	5.44
1978	6.65	5.39
1979	6.61	5.26
1980	6.57	5.11
1981	6.54	4.97
1982	6.49	4.92
1983	6.43	4.87
1984	6.36	4.77
1985	6.28	4.66
1986	6.11	4.56
1987	5.9	4.51
1988	5.69	4.45
1989	5.48	4.37
1990	5.3	4.32
1991	5.13	4.27
1992	4.98	4.16
1993	4.82	4.1
1994	4.66	4.08
1995	4.52	4.07
1996	4.38	4
1997	4.24	3.94
1998	4.13	3.88
1999	4.09	3.83
2000	4.03	3.75
2001	3.94	3.72
2002	3.85	3.65
2003	3.8	3.59
2004	3.76	3.52
2005	3.7	3.45
2006	3.63	3.47
2007	3.58	3.4
2008	3.57	3.4
2009	3.5	3.38
2010	3.38	3.32
2011	3.32	3.24
2012	3.27	3.14
2013	3.24	3.04
2014	3.18	2.89
2015	3.12	2.83
2016	3.07	2.68
2017	3.02	2.53
2018	2.97	2.38
2019	2.93	2.22
2020	2.89	2.08
2021	2.84	1.95
2022	2.8	1.93
2023	2.75	1.92
2024	2.72	1.89
2025	2.68	1.88
2026	2.64	1.86
2027	2.61	1.85
2028	2.57	1.84
2029	2.54	1.83
2030	2.51	1.82
2031	2.49	1.81
2032	2.45	1.81
2033	2.42	1.8
2034	2.4	1.8
2035	2.37	1.79
2036	2.35	1.79
2037	2.32	1.78
2038	2.3	1.78
2039	2.28	1.77
2040	2.26	1.77
2041	2.24	1.76
2042	2.22	1.76
2043	2.2	1.76
2044	2.18	1.75
2045	2.16	1.75
2046	2.14	1.75
2047	2.13	1.75
2048	2.11	1.74
2049	2.1	1.74
2050	2.08	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Philippines
1960	46.9%	48.4%
1961	47.2%	48.8%
1962	47.4%	49.1%
1963	47.7%	49.2%
1964	47.8%	49.2%
1965	47.7%	49.2%
1966	47.7%	49.1%
1967	47.5%	49%
1968	47.3%	48.8%
1969	47.2%	48.6%
1970	47.2%	48.4%
1971	47.2%	48.2%
1972	47.3%	48%
1973	47.4%	47.7%
1974	47.5%	47.4%
1975	47.7%	46.9%
1976	47.9%	46.4%
1977	48.1%	45.8%
1978	48.3%	45.2%
1979	48.5%	44.8%
1980	48.7%	44.3%
1981	48.9%	43.9%
1982	49.2%	43.5%
1983	49.3%	43.1%
1984	49.4%	42.8%
1985	49.5%	42.5%
1986	49.4%	42.3%
1987	49.3%	42.2%
1988	48.7%	42%
1989	48.1%	41.9%
1990	47.6%	41.8%
1991	47.1%	41.8%
1992	46.6%	41.6%
1993	46.4%	41.4%
1994	47%	41.2%
1995	47.4%	41.1%
1996	46.9%	40.8%
1997	46.2%	40.5%
1998	45.3%	40.1%
1999	44.4%	39.6%
2000	43.6%	39.2%
2001	42.9%	38.8%
2002	42.3%	38.4%
2003	41.8%	38%
2004	41.4%	37.6%
2005	41.1%	37.2%
2006	40.8%	36.9%
2007	40.4%	36.6%
2008	39.9%	36.3%
2009	39.3%	36%
2010	38.8%	35.6%
2011	38.4%	35.2%
2012	38%	34.8%
2013	37.6%	34.4%
2014	37.2%	34.1%
2015	36.8%	33.5%
2016	36.4%	32.9%
2017	36%	32.3%
2018	35.6%	31.8%
2019	35.1%	31.3%
2020	34.7%	30.7%
2021	34.3%	30%
2022	34%	29.3%
2023	33.7%	28.6%
2024	33.4%	27.9%
2025	33%	27.1%
2026	32.6%	26.4%
2027	32.2%	25.7%
2028	31.8%	25%
2029	31.4%	24.4%
2030	31%	23.8%
2031	30.7%	23.3%
2032	30.3%	22.7%
2033	29.9%	22.2%
2034	29.5%	21.8%
2035	29.1%	21.5%
2036	28.7%	21.4%
2037	28.4%	21.4%
2038	28%	21.3%
2039	27.7%	21.2%
2040	27.4%	21.2%
2041	27.1%	21.1%
2042	26.8%	21%
2043	26.5%	20.9%
2044	26.2%	20.7%
2045	26%	20.6%
2046	25.7%	20.4%
2047	25.4%	20.3%
2048	25.1%	20.1%
2049	24.9%	19.9%
2050	24.6%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.31% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	9,947	1,036,017
1961	10,262	1,064,377
1962	10,601	1,091,953
1963	10,929	1,116,591
1964	11,266	1,131,586
1965	11,719	1,146,094
1966	12,282	1,156,498
1967	12,773	1,166,704
1968	13,449	1,172,146
1969	14,164	1,186,306
1970	14,873	1,198,944
1971	15,615	1,210,256
1972	16,353	1,206,414
1973	17,145	1,206,285
1974	17,971	1,218,884
1975	18,849	1,239,069
1976	19,734	1,258,286
1977	20,609	1,314,002
1978	21,466	1,364,661
1979	22,299	1,394,056
1980	23,153	1,413,735
1981	23,973	1,436,599
1982	24,742	1,485,790
1983	24,883	1,542,194
1984	26,149	1,579,872
1985	26,835	1,614,042
1986	27,096	1,631,491
1987	27,285	1,671,330
1988	27,396	1,707,402
1989	28,257	1,728,354
1990	28,349	1,749,622
1991	28,497	1,782,165
1992	28,446	1,769,259
1993	28,046	1,788,414
1994	26,703	1,813,827
1995	23,029	1,846,900
1996	21,858	1,849,587
1997	20,686	1,861,098
1998	19,762	1,870,371
1999	19,420	1,894,147
2000	18,830	1,902,330
2001	17,824	1,931,169
2002	16,924	1,919,556
2003	16,396	1,922,904
2004	15,979	1,924,265
2005	15,945	1,918,484
2006	16,133	1,960,246
2007	16,595	1,964,673
2008	17,275	2,007,584
2009	17,656	2,025,580
2010	17,652	2,030,979
2011	17,645	2,018,419
2012	18,308	1,979,568
2013	18,903	1,944,758
2014	19,107	1,851,828
2015	19,223	1,827,180
2016	19,233	1,718,232
2017	19,278	1,622,444
2018	19,392	1,495,843
2019	19,488	1,352,703
2020	18,899	1,253,741
2021	17,314	917,928
2022	20,125	1,115,825
2023	20,147	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Philippines

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 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Philippines
1985	580	204
1986	548	199
1987	521	191
1988	494	184
1989	505	177
1990	520	173
1991	545	172
1992	580	160
1993	609	155
1994	645	151
1995	612	147
1996	604	141
1997	550	138
1998	475	135
1999	409	130
2000	361	127
2001	307	132
2002	331	126
2003	392	127
2004	451	122
2005	529	118
2006	511	129
2007	647	123
2008	766	123
2009	855	122
2010	752	117
2011	765	115
2012	613	110
2013	491	110
2014	369	106
2015	283	104
2016	213	98
2017	151	86
2018	133	92
2019	96	92
2020	102	88
2021	219	153
2022	112	92
2023	118	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 2.69% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	20.7%	10.1%
1961	20.4%	9.8%
1962	20%	9.54%
1963	19.6%	9.33%
1964	19.2%	9.13%
1965	18.8%	8.95%
1966	18.3%	8.78%
1967	17.9%	8.62%
1968	17.4%	8.48%
1969	17%	8.37%
1970	16.5%	8.28%
1971	16%	8.21%
1972	15.4%	8.18%
1973	14.9%	8.17%
1974	14.3%	8.17%
1975	13.7%	8.17%
1976	13.2%	8.15%
1977	12.6%	8.11%
1978	12%	8.06%
1979	11.5%	7.99%
1980	10.9%	7.9%
1981	10.4%	7.8%
1982	9.89%	7.69%
1983	10.4%	7.56%
1984	8.85%	7.4%
1985	8.37%	7.21%
1986	7.93%	6.96%
1987	7.54%	6.66%
1988	7.2%	6.32%
1989	6.93%	5.96%
1990	6.75%	5.6%
1991	6.72%	5.27%
1992	6.85%	4.98%
1993	7.17%	4.73%
1994	7.62%	4.51%
1995	8.12%	4.31%
1996	8.71%	4.14%
1997	9.3%	4%
1998	9.87%	3.88%
1999	10.4%	3.78%
2000	10.9%	3.69%
2001	11.3%	3.61%
2002	11.4%	3.52%
2003	11.6%	3.44%
2004	11.6%	3.36%
2005	11.6%	3.28%
2006	10.5%	3.21%
2007	10%	3.14%
2008	9.82%	3.07%
2009	9.25%	3.01%
2010	8.18%	2.96%
2011	6.81%	2.91%
2012	6.38%	2.87%
2013	6.16%	2.83%
2014	6.17%	2.8%
2015	5.86%	2.78%
2016	5.53%	2.78%
2017	5.43%	2.78%
2018	5.1%	2.79%
2019	5.16%	2.8%
2020	4.98%	2.79%
2021	4.76%	2.77%
2022	4.62%	2.73%
2023	4.5%	2.69%