Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.75	7.63
1961	6.77	7.63
1962	6.79	7.64
1963	6.8	7.65
1964	6.79	7.67
1965	6.79	7.66
1966	6.8	7.66
1967	6.77	7.66
1968	6.76	7.63
1969	6.76	7.6
1970	6.75	7.58
1971	6.74	7.56
1972	6.72	7.54
1973	6.72	7.48
1974	6.71	7.43
1975	6.71	7.37
1976	6.7	7.33
1977	6.68	7.3
1978	6.65	7.26
1979	6.61	7.23
1980	6.57	7.15
1981	6.54	7.07
1982	6.49	6.98
1983	6.43	6.88
1984	6.36	6.78
1985	6.28	6.65
1986	6.11	6.52
1987	5.9	6.34
1988	5.69	6.15
1989	5.48	5.98
1990	5.3	5.8
1991	5.13	5.64
1992	4.98	5.49
1993	4.82	5.33
1994	4.66	5.16
1995	4.52	4.99
1996	4.38	4.81
1997	4.24	4.66
1998	4.13	4.52
1999	4.09	4.35
2000	4.03	4.21
2001	3.94	3.96
2002	3.85	3.71
2003	3.8	3.47
2004	3.76	3.26
2005	3.7	3.16
2006	3.63	3.18
2007	3.58	3.19
2008	3.57	3.07
2009	3.5	2.95
2010	3.38	2.81
2011	3.32	2.8
2012	3.27	2.78
2013	3.24	2.67
2014	3.18	2.68
2015	3.12	2.63
2016	3.07	2.65
2017	3.02	2.67
2018	2.97	2.67
2019	2.93	2.49
2020	2.89	2.27
2021	2.84	2.17
2022	2.8	2.14
2023	2.75	2.28
2024	2.72	2.31
2025	2.68	2.29
2026	2.64	2.27
2027	2.61	2.25
2028	2.57	2.22
2029	2.54	2.2
2030	2.51	2.17
2031	2.49	2.15
2032	2.45	2.13
2033	2.42	2.11
2034	2.4	2.09
2035	2.37	2.07
2036	2.35	2.05
2037	2.32	2.03
2038	2.3	2.01
2039	2.28	1.99
2040	2.26	1.98
2041	2.24	1.97
2042	2.22	1.95
2043	2.2	1.94
2044	2.18	1.93
2045	2.16	1.92
2046	2.14	1.91
2047	2.13	1.9
2048	2.11	1.89
2049	2.1	1.88
2050	2.08	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Saudi Arabia
1960	46.9%	43.4%
1961	47.2%	43.6%
1962	47.4%	43.9%
1963	47.7%	44.3%
1964	47.8%	44.6%
1965	47.7%	44.8%
1966	47.7%	45.1%
1967	47.5%	45.3%
1968	47.3%	45.4%
1969	47.2%	45.5%
1970	47.2%	45.5%
1971	47.2%	45.5%
1972	47.3%	45.3%
1973	47.4%	45.2%
1974	47.5%	45%
1975	47.7%	44.8%
1976	47.9%	44.6%
1977	48.1%	44.5%
1978	48.3%	44.3%
1979	48.5%	44.2%
1980	48.7%	44.1%
1981	48.9%	43.9%
1982	49.2%	43.8%
1983	49.3%	43.7%
1984	49.4%	43.6%
1985	49.5%	43.6%
1986	49.4%	43.5%
1987	49.3%	43.4%
1988	48.7%	43.3%
1989	48.1%	43.2%
1990	47.6%	43%
1991	47.1%	42.7%
1992	46.6%	42.4%
1993	46.4%	42.1%
1994	47%	41.7%
1995	47.4%	41.2%
1996	46.9%	40.7%
1997	46.2%	40.1%
1998	45.3%	39.5%
1999	44.4%	38.9%
2000	43.6%	38.3%
2001	42.9%	37.7%
2002	42.3%	36.8%
2003	41.8%	35.7%
2004	41.4%	34.5%
2005	41.1%	33.2%
2006	40.8%	31.9%
2007	40.4%	30.6%
2008	39.9%	29.5%
2009	39.3%	28.5%
2010	38.8%	27.6%
2011	38.4%	26.9%
2012	38%	26.3%
2013	37.6%	25.8%
2014	37.2%	25.4%
2015	36.8%	25.1%
2016	36.4%	24.9%
2017	36%	25.2%
2018	35.6%	25.7%
2019	35.1%	25.8%
2020	34.7%	25.5%
2021	34.3%	25.2%
2022	34%	24.6%
2023	33.7%	24.1%
2024	33.4%	23.8%
2025	33%	23.6%
2026	32.6%	23.4%
2027	32.2%	23.3%
2028	31.8%	23.1%
2029	31.4%	22.9%
2030	31%	22.8%
2031	30.7%	22.6%
2032	30.3%	22.5%
2033	29.9%	22.4%
2034	29.5%	22.3%
2035	29.1%	22.2%
2036	28.7%	22.2%
2037	28.4%	22.1%
2038	28%	22%
2039	27.7%	21.9%
2040	27.4%	21.7%
2041	27.1%	21.5%
2042	26.8%	21.3%
2043	26.5%	21.2%
2044	26.2%	21%
2045	26%	20.8%
2046	25.7%	20.7%
2047	25.4%	20.5%
2048	25.1%	20.4%
2049	24.9%	20.2%
2050	24.6%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	9,947	74,143
1961	10,262	77,743
1962	10,601	81,393
1963	10,929	85,480
1964	11,266	89,776
1965	11,719	93,820
1966	12,282	98,361
1967	12,773	103,343
1968	13,449	108,281
1969	14,164	113,859
1970	14,873	120,440
1971	15,615	127,600
1972	16,353	136,360
1973	17,145	145,450
1974	17,971	155,478
1975	18,849	166,223
1976	19,734	178,024
1977	20,609	191,103
1978	21,466	205,331
1979	22,299	220,186
1980	23,153	234,372
1981	23,973	249,156
1982	24,742	264,831
1983	24,883	280,616
1984	26,149	296,615
1985	26,835	310,558
1986	27,096	322,340
1987	27,285	333,088
1988	27,396	342,865
1989	28,257	349,399
1990	28,349	355,495
1991	28,497	361,329
1992	28,446	366,763
1993	28,046	372,621
1994	26,703	377,351
1995	23,029	380,231
1996	21,858	382,248
1997	20,686	385,033
1998	19,762	389,499
1999	19,420	390,112
2000	18,830	392,407
2001	17,824	382,153
2002	16,924	372,099
2003	16,396	364,520
2004	15,979	362,843
2005	15,945	375,938
2006	16,133	399,333
2007	16,595	425,199
2008	17,275	433,457
2009	17,656	438,557
2010	17,652	418,641
2011	17,645	443,675
2012	18,308	465,649
2013	18,903	475,299
2014	19,107	493,431
2015	19,223	511,023
2016	19,233	537,829
2017	19,278	546,751
2018	19,392	528,767
2019	19,488	474,407
2020	18,899	447,036
2021	17,314	409,032
2022	20,125	406,920
2023	20,147	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Saudi Arabia

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 Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Saudi Arabia
1985	580	40
1986	548	38
1987	521	36
1988	494	34
1989	505	32
1990	520	30
1991	545	29
1992	580	27
1993	609	26
1994	645	25
1995	612	24
1996	604	23
1997	550	23
1998	475	22
1999	409	21
2000	361	20
2001	307	19
2002	331	18
2003	392	16
2004	451	16
2005	529	15
2006	511	14
2007	647	13
2008	766	12
2009	855	11
2010	752	11
2011	765	10
2012	613	9
2013	491	9
2014	369	8
2015	283	8
2016	213	8
2017	151	8
2018	133	8
2019	96	8
2020	102	11
2021	219	12
2022	112	9
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 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	20.7%	-
1961	20.4%	-
1962	20%	-
1963	19.6%	-
1964	19.2%	-
1965	18.8%	-
1966	18.3%	-
1967	17.9%	-
1968	17.4%	-
1969	17%	-
1970	16.5%	-
1971	16%	-
1972	15.4%	16%
1973	14.9%	14.9%
1974	14.3%	14%
1975	13.7%	13.1%
1976	13.2%	12.2%
1977	12.6%	11.4%
1978	12%	10.7%
1979	11.5%	9.99%
1980	10.9%	9.34%
1981	10.4%	8.71%
1982	9.89%	8.12%
1983	10.4%	7.56%
1984	8.85%	7.04%
1985	8.37%	6.55%
1986	7.93%	6.07%
1987	7.54%	5.62%
1988	7.2%	5.19%
1989	6.93%	4.8%
1990	6.75%	4.44%
1991	6.72%	4.11%
1992	6.85%	3.81%
1993	7.17%	3.54%
1994	7.62%	3.29%
1995	8.12%	3.06%
1996	8.71%	2.86%
1997	9.3%	2.67%
1998	9.87%	2.5%
1999	10.4%	2.35%
2000	10.9%	2.21%
2001	11.3%	2.08%
2002	11.4%	1.96%
2003	11.6%	1.85%
2004	11.6%	1.75%
2005	11.6%	1.65%
2006	10.5%	1.56%
2007	10%	1.47%
2008	9.82%	1.38%
2009	9.25%	1.3%
2010	8.18%	1.22%
2011	6.81%	1.15%
2012	6.38%	1.08%
2013	6.16%	1.02%
2014	6.17%	0.96%
2015	5.86%	0.9%
2016	5.53%	0.85%
2017	5.43%	0.8%
2018	5.1%	0.76%
2019	5.16%	0.72%
2020	4.98%	0.69%
2021	4.76%	0.66%
2022	4.62%	0.64%
2023	4.5%	0.62%