Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Russia

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	6.75	2.52
1961	6.77	2.45
1962	6.79	2.36
1963	6.8	2.27
1964	6.79	2.18
1965	6.79	2.13
1966	6.8	2.1
1967	6.77	2.04
1968	6.76	1.99
1969	6.76	1.97
1970	6.75	1.99
1971	6.74	2.03
1972	6.72	2.04
1973	6.72	2.01
1974	6.71	2
1975	6.71	1.98
1976	6.7	1.97
1977	6.68	1.95
1978	6.65	1.92
1979	6.61	1.9
1980	6.57	1.89
1981	6.54	1.91
1982	6.49	2.04
1983	6.43	2.11
1984	6.36	2.06
1985	6.28	2.05
1986	6.11	2.15
1987	5.9	2.22
1988	5.69	2.12
1989	5.48	2.01
1990	5.3	1.89
1991	5.13	1.73
1992	4.98	1.55
1993	4.82	1.39
1994	4.66	1.4
1995	4.52	1.34
1996	4.38	1.27
1997	4.24	1.22
1998	4.13	1.23
1999	4.09	1.16
2000	4.03	1.2
2001	3.94	1.22
2002	3.85	1.29
2003	3.8	1.32
2004	3.76	1.34
2005	3.7	1.29
2006	3.63	1.31
2007	3.58	1.42
2008	3.57	1.5
2009	3.5	1.54
2010	3.38	1.57
2011	3.32	1.58
2012	3.27	1.69
2013	3.24	1.71
2014	3.18	1.75
2015	3.12	1.78
2016	3.07	1.76
2017	3.02	1.62
2018	2.97	1.58
2019	2.93	1.5
2020	2.89	1.51
2021	2.84	1.51
2022	2.8	1.42
2023	2.75	1.41
2024	2.72	1.42
2025	2.68	1.43
2026	2.64	1.43
2027	2.61	1.43
2028	2.57	1.44
2029	2.54	1.44
2030	2.51	1.45
2031	2.49	1.45
2032	2.45	1.45
2033	2.42	1.46
2034	2.4	1.46
2035	2.37	1.46
2036	2.35	1.47
2037	2.32	1.47
2038	2.3	1.47
2039	2.28	1.47
2040	2.26	1.48
2041	2.24	1.48
2042	2.22	1.48
2043	2.2	1.48
2044	2.18	1.49
2045	2.16	1.49
2046	2.14	1.49
2047	2.13	1.49
2048	2.11	1.5
2049	2.1	1.5
2050	2.08	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Russia
1960	46.9%	30.5%
1961	47.2%	30.9%
1962	47.4%	30.8%
1963	47.7%	30.6%
1964	47.8%	30.2%
1965	47.7%	29.5%
1966	47.7%	28.9%
1967	47.5%	28.3%
1968	47.3%	27.6%
1969	47.2%	26.9%
1970	47.2%	26.1%
1971	47.2%	25.4%
1972	47.3%	24.8%
1973	47.4%	24.2%
1974	47.5%	23.6%
1975	47.7%	23%
1976	47.9%	22.5%
1977	48.1%	22.1%
1978	48.3%	21.8%
1979	48.5%	21.7%
1980	48.7%	21.7%
1981	48.9%	21.7%
1982	49.2%	21.9%
1983	49.3%	22.1%
1984	49.4%	22.4%
1985	49.5%	22.6%
1986	49.4%	22.8%
1987	49.3%	22.9%
1988	48.7%	23%
1989	48.1%	23%
1990	47.6%	22.9%
1991	47.1%	22.7%
1992	46.6%	22.4%
1993	46.4%	22%
1994	47%	21.6%
1995	47.4%	21.2%
1996	46.9%	20.7%
1997	46.2%	20.2%
1998	45.3%	19.5%
1999	44.4%	18.8%
2000	43.6%	18%
2001	42.9%	17.3%
2002	42.3%	16.6%
2003	41.8%	16%
2004	41.4%	15.6%
2005	41.1%	15.2%
2006	40.8%	14.9%
2007	40.4%	14.8%
2008	39.9%	14.9%
2009	39.3%	15%
2010	38.8%	15.2%
2011	38.4%	15.4%
2012	38%	15.7%
2013	37.6%	16.1%
2014	37.2%	16.5%
2015	36.8%	16.9%
2016	36.4%	17.2%
2017	36%	17.5%
2018	35.6%	17.6%
2019	35.1%	17.6%
2020	34.7%	17.7%
2021	34.3%	17.7%
2022	34%	17.7%
2023	33.7%	17.5%
2024	33.4%	17.3%
2025	33%	17%
2026	32.6%	16.7%
2027	32.2%	16.3%
2028	31.8%	15.9%
2029	31.4%	15.5%
2030	31%	15%
2031	30.7%	14.6%
2032	30.3%	14.2%
2033	29.9%	14%
2034	29.5%	13.8%
2035	29.1%	13.7%
2036	28.7%	13.6%
2037	28.4%	13.6%
2038	28%	13.6%
2039	27.7%	13.7%
2040	27.4%	13.9%
2041	27.1%	14%
2042	26.8%	14.2%
2043	26.5%	14.4%
2044	26.2%	14.6%
2045	26%	14.8%
2046	25.7%	15%
2047	25.4%	15.2%
2048	25.1%	15.4%
2049	24.9%	15.5%
2050	24.6%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	9,947	1,962,834
1961	10,262	1,810,538
1962	10,601	1,573,701
1963	10,929	1,436,077
1964	11,266	1,233,520
1965	11,719	1,059,335
1966	12,282	989,279
1967	12,773	854,554
1968	13,449	787,621
1969	14,164	753,088
1970	14,873	785,554
1971	15,615	854,999
1972	16,353	872,050
1973	17,145	846,561
1974	17,971	883,186
1975	18,849	843,850
1976	19,734	852,237
1977	20,609	832,932
1978	21,466	812,766
1979	22,299	690,135
1980	23,153	681,149
1981	23,973	713,700
1982	24,742	830,855
1983	24,883	906,676
1984	26,149	756,548
1985	26,835	762,447
1986	27,096	985,279
1987	27,285	977,583
1988	27,396	778,343
1989	28,257	576,112
1990	28,349	325,533
1991	28,497	103,876
1992	28,446	-222,808
1993	28,046	-757,140
1994	26,703	-920,129
1995	23,029	-845,742
1996	21,858	-785,248
1997	20,686	-769,159
1998	19,762	-694,053
1999	19,420	-927,453
2000	18,830	-967,540
2001	17,824	-963,445
2002	16,924	-944,492
2003	16,396	-896,822
2004	15,979	-792,370
2005	15,945	-846,761
2006	16,133	-686,638
2007	16,595	-471,257
2008	17,275	-356,856
2009	17,656	-257,014
2010	17,652	-242,844
2011	17,645	-128,716
2012	18,308	0
2013	18,903	28,761
2014	19,107	28,848
2015	19,223	43,392
2016	19,233	0
2017	19,278	-130,764
2018	19,392	-232,637
2019	19,488	-319,997
2020	18,899	-697,177
2021	17,314	-1,027,702
2022	20,125	-576,948
2023	20,147	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Russia
1985	580	81
1986	548	69
1987	521	65
1988	494	63
1989	505	61
1990	520	58
1991	545	57
1992	580	62
1993	609	76
1994	645	85
1995	612	82
1996	604	69
1997	550	59
1998	475	53
1999	409	53
2000	361	51
2001	307	48
2002	331	47
2003	392	45
2004	451	41
2005	529	38
2006	511	32
2007	647	29
2008	766	27
2009	855	24
2010	752	23
2011	765	19
2012	613	18
2013	491	16
2014	369	16
2015	283	15
2016	213	14
2017	151	12
2018	133	12
2019	96	12
2020	102	19
2021	219	21
2022	112	13
2023	118	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	20.7%	4.55%
1961	20.4%	4.26%
1962	20%	3.99%
1963	19.6%	3.76%
1964	19.2%	3.55%
1965	18.8%	3.38%
1966	18.3%	3.23%
1967	17.9%	3.11%
1968	17.4%	3.02%
1969	17%	2.94%
1970	16.5%	2.88%
1971	16%	2.84%
1972	15.4%	2.81%
1973	14.9%	2.78%
1974	14.3%	2.77%
1975	13.7%	2.76%
1976	13.2%	2.76%
1977	12.6%	2.76%
1978	12%	2.76%
1979	11.5%	2.75%
1980	10.9%	2.73%
1981	10.4%	2.7%
1982	9.89%	2.66%
1983	10.4%	2.62%
1984	8.85%	2.56%
1985	8.37%	2.5%
1986	7.93%	2.42%
1987	7.54%	2.34%
1988	7.2%	2.26%
1989	6.93%	2.2%
1990	6.75%	2.17%
1991	6.72%	2.16%
1992	6.85%	2.17%
1993	7.17%	2.19%
1994	7.62%	2.2%
1995	8.12%	2.2%
1996	8.71%	2.17%
1997	9.3%	2.13%
1998	9.87%	2.08%
1999	10.4%	2.02%
2000	10.9%	1.94%
2001	11.3%	1.84%
2002	11.4%	1.73%
2003	11.6%	1.61%
2004	11.6%	1.5%
2005	11.6%	1.39%
2006	10.5%	1.29%
2007	10%	1.2%
2008	9.82%	1.13%
2009	9.25%	1.07%
2010	8.18%	1.04%
2011	6.81%	1.02%
2012	6.38%	0.99%
2013	6.16%	0.95%
2014	6.17%	0.89%
2015	5.86%	0.82%
2016	5.53%	0.75%
2017	5.43%	0.69%
2018	5.1%	0.63%
2019	5.16%	0.58%
2020	4.98%	0.54%
2021	4.76%	0.51%
2022	4.62%	0.47%
2023	4.5%	0.45%