Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Seychelles 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 2.02 in the Seychelles in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs the Seychelles 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	Seychelles
1960	6.75	5.31
1961	6.77	5.42
1962	6.79	5.51
1963	6.8	5.61
1964	6.79	5.69
1965	6.79	5.72
1966	6.8	6.13
1967	6.77	5.9
1968	6.76	5.61
1969	6.76	5.48
1970	6.75	5.31
1971	6.74	5.69
1972	6.72	5.16
1973	6.72	4.78
1974	6.71	5.1
1975	6.71	4.75
1976	6.7	4.09
1977	6.68	3.75
1978	6.65	3.92
1979	6.61	3.66
1980	6.57	3.79
1981	6.54	3.67
1982	6.49	3.13
1983	6.43	3.22
1984	6.36	3.24
1985	6.28	3.09
1986	6.11	3.07
1987	5.9	2.92
1988	5.69	2.79
1989	5.48	2.67
1990	5.3	2.61
1991	5.13	2.69
1992	4.98	2.53
1993	4.82	2.58
1994	4.66	2.6
1995	4.52	2.36
1996	4.38	2.31
1997	4.24	2.1
1998	4.13	2.04
1999	4.09	2.04
2000	4.03	2.08
2001	3.94	1.98
2002	3.85	2.04
2003	3.8	2.06
2004	3.76	2.01
2005	3.7	2.2
2006	3.63	2.11
2007	3.58	2.24
2008	3.57	2.33
2009	3.5	2.38
2010	3.38	2.16
2011	3.32	2.33
2012	3.27	2.37
2013	3.24	2.26
2014	3.18	2.25
2015	3.12	2.31
2016	3.07	2.39
2017	3.02	2.41
2018	2.97	2.41
2019	2.93	2.36
2020	2.89	2.29
2021	2.84	2.46
2022	2.8	2.01
2023	2.75	2.02
2024	2.72	2
2025	2.68	1.97
2026	2.64	1.95
2027	2.61	1.93
2028	2.57	1.91
2029	2.54	1.89
2030	2.51	1.88
2031	2.49	1.86
2032	2.45	1.85
2033	2.42	1.84
2034	2.4	1.83
2035	2.37	1.82
2036	2.35	1.81
2037	2.32	1.8
2038	2.3	1.79
2039	2.28	1.79
2040	2.26	1.78
2041	2.24	1.78
2042	2.22	1.77
2043	2.2	1.77
2044	2.18	1.76
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	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Seychelles
1960	46.9%	38.6%
1961	47.2%	39.1%
1962	47.4%	39.7%
1963	47.7%	40.3%
1964	47.8%	40.9%
1965	47.7%	41.5%
1966	47.7%	42.1%
1967	47.5%	42.7%
1968	47.3%	43.1%
1969	47.2%	43.4%
1970	47.2%	43.6%
1971	47.2%	43.4%
1972	47.3%	43%
1973	47.4%	42.5%
1974	47.5%	41.9%
1975	47.7%	41.2%
1976	47.9%	40.5%
1977	48.1%	39.7%
1978	48.3%	38.8%
1979	48.5%	37.9%
1980	48.7%	37.1%
1981	48.9%	36.4%
1982	49.2%	35.7%
1983	49.3%	35.2%
1984	49.4%	34.8%
1985	49.5%	34.4%
1986	49.4%	34.1%
1987	49.3%	33.8%
1988	48.7%	33.4%
1989	48.1%	32.9%
1990	47.6%	32.4%
1991	47.1%	31.9%
1992	46.6%	31.5%
1993	46.4%	31%
1994	47%	30.6%
1995	47.4%	30.3%
1996	46.9%	29.8%
1997	46.2%	29.3%
1998	45.3%	28.8%
1999	44.4%	28.2%
2000	43.6%	27.6%
2001	42.9%	27%
2002	42.3%	26.5%
2003	41.8%	26%
2004	41.4%	25.5%
2005	41.1%	25%
2006	40.8%	24.5%
2007	40.4%	24%
2008	39.9%	23.5%
2009	39.3%	22.9%
2010	38.8%	22.5%
2011	38.4%	22.2%
2012	38%	22%
2013	37.6%	21.8%
2014	37.2%	21.6%
2015	36.8%	21.4%
2016	36.4%	21.2%
2017	36%	21%
2018	35.6%	20.9%
2019	35.1%	20.7%
2020	34.7%	20.6%
2021	34.3%	20.4%
2022	34%	20.3%
2023	33.7%	20.1%
2024	33.4%	20%
2025	33%	19.8%
2026	32.6%	19.6%
2027	32.2%	19.4%
2028	31.8%	19.3%
2029	31.4%	19.2%
2030	31%	19.2%
2031	30.7%	19.1%
2032	30.3%	19%
2033	29.9%	18.8%
2034	29.5%	18.7%
2035	29.1%	18.5%
2036	28.7%	18.3%
2037	28.4%	18.1%
2038	28%	18%
2039	27.7%	17.8%
2040	27.4%	17.6%
2041	27.1%	17.4%
2042	26.8%	17.3%
2043	26.5%	17.1%
2044	26.2%	16.9%
2045	26%	16.8%
2046	25.7%	16.7%
2047	25.4%	16.6%
2048	25.1%	16.5%
2049	24.9%	16.4%
2050	24.6%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.82% in the Seychelles. 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	Seychelles
1960	9,947	977
1961	10,262	1,040
1962	10,601	1,083
1963	10,929	1,123
1964	11,266	1,155
1965	11,719	1,165
1966	12,282	1,280
1967	12,773	1,217
1968	13,449	1,145
1969	14,164	1,119
1970	14,873	1,087
1971	15,615	1,373
1972	16,353	1,199
1973	17,145	1,166
1974	17,971	1,361
1975	18,849	1,376
1976	19,734	1,174
1977	20,609	1,125
1978	21,466	1,330
1979	22,299	1,292
1980	23,153	1,386
1981	23,973	1,358
1982	24,742	1,069
1983	24,883	1,209
1984	26,149	1,255
1985	26,835	1,259
1986	27,096	1,222
1987	27,285	1,172
1988	27,396	1,135
1989	28,257	1,030
1990	28,349	1,070
1991	28,497	1,162
1992	28,446	1,076
1993	28,046	1,091
1994	26,703	1,136
1995	23,029	1,054
1996	21,858	1,047
1997	20,686	873
1998	19,762	844
1999	19,420	901
2000	18,830	958
2001	17,824	885
2002	16,924	837
2003	16,396	828
2004	15,979	842
2005	15,945	861
2006	16,133	804
2007	16,595	867
2008	17,275	887
2009	17,656	900
2010	17,652	844
2011	17,645	936
2012	18,308	989
2013	18,903	846
2014	19,107	832
2015	19,223	888
2016	19,233	900
2017	19,278	901
2018	19,392	842
2019	19,488	811
2020	18,899	886
2021	17,314	744
2022	20,125	635
2023	20,147	683

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Seychelles

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 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Seychelles
1985	580	69
1986	548	65
1987	521	62
1988	494	60
1989	505	61
1990	520	53
1991	545	54
1992	580	50
1993	609	49
1994	645	45
1995	612	40
1996	604	39
1997	550	37
1998	475	41
1999	409	41
2000	361	45
2001	307	43
2002	331	45
2003	392	47
2004	451	52
2005	529	50
2006	511	51
2007	647	52
2008	766	51
2009	855	51
2010	752	50
2011	765	50
2012	613	49
2013	491	48
2014	369	46
2015	283	46
2016	213	47
2017	151	47
2018	133	49
2019	96	48
2020	102	51
2021	219	74
2022	112	89
2023	118	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 1.43% in the Seychelles. 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	Seychelles
1960	20.7%	10.5%
1961	20.4%	10.3%
1962	20%	10.2%
1963	19.6%	10%
1964	19.2%	9.8%
1965	18.8%	9.55%
1966	18.3%	9.26%
1967	17.9%	8.92%
1968	17.4%	8.52%
1969	17%	8.07%
1970	16.5%	7.58%
1971	16%	7.09%
1972	15.4%	6.59%
1973	14.9%	6.09%
1974	14.3%	5.59%
1975	13.7%	5.09%
1976	13.2%	4.6%
1977	12.6%	4.14%
1978	12%	3.72%
1979	11.5%	3.34%
1980	10.9%	3.01%
1981	10.4%	2.74%
1982	9.89%	2.51%
1983	10.4%	2.32%
1984	8.85%	2.16%
1985	8.37%	2.04%
1986	7.93%	1.93%
1987	7.54%	1.84%
1988	7.2%	1.76%
1989	6.93%	1.69%
1990	6.75%	1.63%
1991	6.72%	1.58%
1992	6.85%	1.53%
1993	7.17%	1.49%
1994	7.62%	1.46%
1995	8.12%	1.43%
1996	8.71%	1.41%
1997	9.3%	1.4%
1998	9.87%	1.39%
1999	10.4%	1.38%
2000	10.9%	1.38%
2001	11.3%	1.37%
2002	11.4%	1.37%
2003	11.6%	1.37%
2004	11.6%	1.38%
2005	11.6%	1.38%
2006	10.5%	1.38%
2007	10%	1.39%
2008	9.82%	1.39%
2009	9.25%	1.4%
2010	8.18%	1.41%
2011	6.81%	1.42%
2012	6.38%	1.43%
2013	6.16%	1.44%
2014	6.17%	1.45%
2015	5.86%	1.45%
2016	5.53%	1.46%
2017	5.43%	1.47%
2018	5.1%	1.48%
2019	5.16%	1.48%
2020	4.98%	1.48%
2021	4.76%	1.47%
2022	4.62%	1.45%
2023	4.5%	1.43%