Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Senegal

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	6.75	7
1961	6.77	7.04
1962	6.79	7.08
1963	6.8	7.12
1964	6.79	7.16
1965	6.79	7.19
1966	6.8	7.22
1967	6.77	7.24
1968	6.76	7.25
1969	6.76	7.26
1970	6.75	7.26
1971	6.74	7.26
1972	6.72	7.26
1973	6.72	7.26
1974	6.71	7.25
1975	6.71	7.25
1976	6.7	7.26
1977	6.68	7.27
1978	6.65	7.28
1979	6.61	7.29
1980	6.57	7.29
1981	6.54	7.28
1982	6.49	7.25
1983	6.43	7.19
1984	6.36	7.11
1985	6.28	7.01
1986	6.11	6.9
1987	5.9	6.79
1988	5.69	6.58
1989	5.48	6.48
1990	5.3	6.4
1991	5.13	6.27
1992	4.98	6.15
1993	4.82	6.05
1994	4.66	5.92
1995	4.52	5.82
1996	4.38	5.72
1997	4.24	5.64
1998	4.13	5.58
1999	4.09	5.57
2000	4.03	5.5
2001	3.94	5.4
2002	3.85	5.3
2003	3.8	5.25
2004	3.76	5.19
2005	3.7	5.13
2006	3.63	5.06
2007	3.58	5.02
2008	3.57	5.02
2009	3.5	5.03
2010	3.38	5.06
2011	3.32	5.1
2012	3.27	5.13
2013	3.24	5.05
2014	3.18	4.88
2015	3.12	4.75
2016	3.07	4.65
2017	3.02	4.49
2018	2.97	4.29
2019	2.93	4.1
2020	2.89	4
2021	2.84	3.94
2022	2.8	3.86
2023	2.75	3.82
2024	2.72	3.76
2025	2.68	3.71
2026	2.64	3.66
2027	2.61	3.61
2028	2.57	3.57
2029	2.54	3.53
2030	2.51	3.49
2031	2.49	3.44
2032	2.45	3.4
2033	2.42	3.35
2034	2.4	3.32
2035	2.37	3.28
2036	2.35	3.24
2037	2.32	3.22
2038	2.3	3.17
2039	2.28	3.15
2040	2.26	3.11
2041	2.24	3.08
2042	2.22	3.05
2043	2.2	3.02
2044	2.18	2.99
2045	2.16	2.96
2046	2.14	2.93
2047	2.13	2.9
2048	2.11	2.87
2049	2.1	2.85
2050	2.08	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Senegal
1960	46.9%	44.2%
1961	47.2%	44.3%
1962	47.4%	44.3%
1963	47.7%	44.3%
1964	47.8%	44.3%
1965	47.7%	44.3%
1966	47.7%	44.3%
1967	47.5%	44.3%
1968	47.3%	44.2%
1969	47.2%	44.2%
1970	47.2%	44.2%
1971	47.2%	44.2%
1972	47.3%	44.2%
1973	47.4%	44.3%
1974	47.5%	44.4%
1975	47.7%	44.6%
1976	47.9%	44.8%
1977	48.1%	45.2%
1978	48.3%	45.6%
1979	48.5%	46%
1980	48.7%	46.4%
1981	48.9%	46.7%
1982	49.2%	46.9%
1983	49.3%	47.1%
1984	49.4%	47.2%
1985	49.5%	47.3%
1986	49.4%	47.3%
1987	49.3%	47.2%
1988	48.7%	47%
1989	48.1%	46.9%
1990	47.6%	46.6%
1991	47.1%	46.4%
1992	46.6%	46.1%
1993	46.4%	45.8%
1994	47%	45.4%
1995	47.4%	45.1%
1996	46.9%	44.9%
1997	46.2%	44.6%
1998	45.3%	44.4%
1999	44.4%	44.2%
2000	43.6%	43.9%
2001	42.9%	43.7%
2002	42.3%	43.5%
2003	41.8%	43.2%
2004	41.4%	43.1%
2005	41.1%	42.9%
2006	40.8%	42.8%
2007	40.4%	42.7%
2008	39.9%	42.7%
2009	39.3%	42.7%
2010	38.8%	42.7%
2011	38.4%	42.7%
2012	38%	42.7%
2013	37.6%	42.7%
2014	37.2%	42.6%
2015	36.8%	42.4%
2016	36.4%	42.1%
2017	36%	41.8%
2018	35.6%	41.3%
2019	35.1%	40.9%
2020	34.7%	40.3%
2021	34.3%	39.8%
2022	34%	39.2%
2023	33.7%	38.6%
2024	33.4%	38.2%
2025	33%	37.7%
2026	32.6%	37.3%
2027	32.2%	36.9%
2028	31.8%	36.6%
2029	31.4%	36.2%
2030	31%	35.9%
2031	30.7%	35.6%
2032	30.3%	35.4%
2033	29.9%	35.1%
2034	29.5%	34.9%
2035	29.1%	34.6%
2036	28.7%	34.4%
2037	28.4%	34.1%
2038	28%	33.9%
2039	27.7%	33.5%
2040	27.4%	33.2%
2041	27.1%	32.9%
2042	26.8%	32.6%
2043	26.5%	32.2%
2044	26.2%	31.9%
2045	26%	31.5%
2046	25.7%	31.2%
2047	25.4%	30.8%
2048	25.1%	30.5%
2049	24.9%	30.2%
2050	24.6%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	9,947	84,735
1961	10,262	87,322
1962	10,601	89,937
1963	10,929	92,264
1964	11,266	94,797
1965	11,719	97,912
1966	12,282	101,359
1967	12,773	104,824
1968	13,449	108,240
1969	14,164	112,393
1970	14,873	117,264
1971	15,615	122,511
1972	16,353	128,024
1973	17,145	133,834
1974	17,971	139,974
1975	18,849	147,311
1976	19,734	154,776
1977	20,609	161,636
1978	21,466	167,744
1979	22,299	173,425
1980	23,153	179,707
1981	23,973	185,917
1982	24,742	191,309
1983	24,883	197,673
1984	26,149	203,125
1985	26,835	208,218
1986	27,096	212,887
1987	27,285	218,522
1988	27,396	221,772
1989	28,257	227,797
1990	28,349	234,155
1991	28,497	237,713
1992	28,446	241,482
1993	28,046	245,742
1994	26,703	249,115
1995	23,029	252,552
1996	21,858	255,418
1997	20,686	261,200
1998	19,762	267,404
1999	19,420	277,944
2000	18,830	283,946
2001	17,824	289,690
2002	16,924	298,842
2003	16,396	308,856
2004	15,979	317,286
2005	15,945	323,908
2006	16,133	331,364
2007	16,595	339,963
2008	17,275	351,661
2009	17,656	362,238
2010	17,652	372,934
2011	17,645	387,290
2012	18,308	402,243
2013	18,903	406,582
2014	19,107	405,019
2015	19,223	407,008
2016	19,233	411,480
2017	19,278	410,366
2018	19,392	405,454
2019	19,488	399,436
2020	18,899	400,910
2021	17,314	403,019
2022	20,125	415,507
2023	20,147	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Senegal
1985	580	899
1986	548	820
1987	521	760
1988	494	709
1989	505	662
1990	520	640
1991	545	616
1992	580	598
1993	609	589
1994	645	579
1995	612	586
1996	604	601
1997	550	599
1998	475	605
1999	409	602
2000	361	581
2001	307	560
2002	331	531
2003	392	520
2004	451	501
2005	529	488
2006	511	462
2007	647	457
2008	766	463
2009	855	441
2010	752	436
2011	765	415
2012	613	405
2013	491	385
2014	369	373
2015	283	357
2016	213	345
2017	151	325
2018	133	305
2019	96	286
2020	102	252
2021	219	263
2022	112	228
2023	118	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	20.7%	29.3%
1961	20.4%	29.4%
1962	20%	29.5%
1963	19.6%	29.6%
1964	19.2%	29.7%
1965	18.8%	29.7%
1966	18.3%	29.7%
1967	17.9%	29.6%
1968	17.4%	29.4%
1969	17%	29.2%
1970	16.5%	28.8%
1971	16%	28.4%
1972	15.4%	27.8%
1973	14.9%	27%
1974	14.3%	26.2%
1975	13.7%	25.3%
1976	13.2%	24.2%
1977	12.6%	23.1%
1978	12%	22.1%
1979	11.5%	21.2%
1980	10.9%	20.4%
1981	10.4%	19.7%
1982	9.89%	19.1%
1983	10.4%	18.5%
1984	8.85%	17.9%
1985	8.37%	17.1%
1986	7.93%	16.3%
1987	7.54%	15.4%
1988	7.2%	14.7%
1989	6.93%	14.1%
1990	6.75%	13.7%
1991	6.72%	13.6%
1992	6.85%	13.5%
1993	7.17%	13.6%
1994	7.62%	13.7%
1995	8.12%	13.8%
1996	8.71%	13.8%
1997	9.3%	13.9%
1998	9.87%	13.7%
1999	10.4%	13.4%
2000	10.9%	12.9%
2001	11.3%	12.2%
2002	11.4%	11.4%
2003	11.6%	10.5%
2004	11.6%	9.59%
2005	11.6%	8.8%
2006	10.5%	8.11%
2007	10%	7.52%
2008	9.82%	7.03%
2009	9.25%	6.63%
2010	8.18%	6.3%
2011	6.81%	6.01%
2012	6.38%	5.77%
2013	6.16%	5.57%
2014	6.17%	5.39%
2015	5.86%	5.24%
2016	5.53%	5.11%
2017	5.43%	4.97%
2018	5.1%	4.82%
2019	5.16%	4.65%
2020	4.98%	4.46%
2021	4.76%	4.25%
2022	4.62%	4.04%
2023	4.5%	3.85%