Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and South Korea

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	6.75	5.99
1961	6.77	5.8
1962	6.79	5.56
1963	6.8	5.33
1964	6.79	5.07
1965	6.79	4.89
1966	6.8	4.78
1967	6.77	4.62
1968	6.76	4.51
1969	6.76	4.45
1970	6.75	4.53
1971	6.74	4.54
1972	6.72	4.12
1973	6.72	4.07
1974	6.71	3.77
1975	6.71	3.43
1976	6.7	3
1977	6.68	2.99
1978	6.65	2.64
1979	6.61	2.9
1980	6.57	2.82
1981	6.54	2.57
1982	6.49	2.39
1983	6.43	2.06
1984	6.36	1.74
1985	6.28	1.66
1986	6.11	1.58
1987	5.9	1.53
1988	5.69	1.55
1989	5.48	1.56
1990	5.3	1.57
1991	5.13	1.71
1992	4.98	1.76
1993	4.82	1.65
1994	4.66	1.66
1995	4.52	1.63
1996	4.38	1.57
1997	4.24	1.54
1998	4.13	1.46
1999	4.09	1.43
2000	4.03	1.48
2001	3.94	1.31
2002	3.85	1.18
2003	3.8	1.19
2004	3.76	1.16
2005	3.7	1.09
2006	3.63	1.13
2007	3.58	1.26
2008	3.57	1.19
2009	3.5	1.15
2010	3.38	1.23
2011	3.32	1.24
2012	3.27	1.3
2013	3.24	1.19
2014	3.18	1.21
2015	3.12	1.24
2016	3.07	1.17
2017	3.02	1.05
2018	2.97	0.98
2019	2.93	0.92
2020	2.89	0.84
2021	2.84	0.81
2022	2.8	0.78
2023	2.75	0.72
2024	2.72	0.73
2025	2.68	0.75
2026	2.64	0.76
2027	2.61	0.78
2028	2.57	0.79
2029	2.54	0.8
2030	2.51	0.82
2031	2.49	0.83
2032	2.45	0.84
2033	2.42	0.85
2034	2.4	0.86
2035	2.37	0.88
2036	2.35	0.89
2037	2.32	0.9
2038	2.3	0.91
2039	2.28	0.92
2040	2.26	0.93
2041	2.24	0.95
2042	2.22	0.96
2043	2.2	0.96
2044	2.18	0.97
2045	2.16	0.98
2046	2.14	0.99
2047	2.13	1
2048	2.11	1.01
2049	2.1	1.02
2050	2.08	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	South Korea
1960	46.9%	41.3%
1961	47.2%	41.8%
1962	47.4%	42.3%
1963	47.7%	42.7%
1964	47.8%	43.1%
1965	47.7%	43.3%
1966	47.7%	43.5%
1967	47.5%	43.3%
1968	47.3%	43.1%
1969	47.2%	42.7%
1970	47.2%	42.1%
1971	47.2%	41.5%
1972	47.3%	41%
1973	47.4%	40.3%
1974	47.5%	39.5%
1975	47.7%	38.5%
1976	47.9%	37.5%
1977	48.1%	36.5%
1978	48.3%	35.6%
1979	48.5%	34.8%
1980	48.7%	34%
1981	48.9%	33.3%
1982	49.2%	32.7%
1983	49.3%	32%
1984	49.4%	31.2%
1985	49.5%	30.2%
1986	49.4%	29.2%
1987	49.3%	28.2%
1988	48.7%	27.3%
1989	48.1%	26.5%
1990	47.6%	25.8%
1991	47.1%	25.2%
1992	46.6%	24.7%
1993	46.4%	24.2%
1994	47%	23.7%
1995	47.4%	23.1%
1996	46.9%	22.5%
1997	46.2%	22%
1998	45.3%	21.6%
1999	44.4%	21.2%
2000	43.6%	21%
2001	42.9%	20.8%
2002	42.3%	20.5%
2003	41.8%	20.1%
2004	41.4%	19.7%
2005	41.1%	19.2%
2006	40.8%	18.7%
2007	40.4%	18.1%
2008	39.9%	17.5%
2009	39.3%	16.9%
2010	38.8%	16.4%
2011	38.4%	15.8%
2012	38%	15.2%
2013	37.6%	14.7%
2014	37.2%	14.2%
2015	36.8%	13.8%
2016	36.4%	13.4%
2017	36%	13%
2018	35.6%	12.7%
2019	35.1%	12.4%
2020	34.7%	12.1%
2021	34.3%	11.8%
2022	34%	11.4%
2023	33.7%	11%
2024	33.4%	10.6%
2025	33%	10.2%
2026	32.6%	9.82%
2027	32.2%	9.42%
2028	31.8%	9.06%
2029	31.4%	8.75%
2030	31%	8.43%
2031	30.7%	8.15%
2032	30.3%	7.94%
2033	29.9%	7.79%
2034	29.5%	7.7%
2035	29.1%	7.66%
2036	28.7%	7.65%
2037	28.4%	7.66%
2038	28%	7.68%
2039	27.7%	7.71%
2040	27.4%	7.73%
2041	27.1%	7.75%
2042	26.8%	7.76%
2043	26.5%	7.77%
2044	26.2%	7.78%
2045	26%	7.79%
2046	25.7%	7.8%
2047	25.4%	7.81%
2048	25.1%	7.82%
2049	24.9%	7.82%
2050	24.6%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	9,947	728,010
1961	10,262	730,173
1962	10,601	712,590
1963	10,929	685,824
1964	11,266	655,501
1965	11,719	641,090
1966	12,282	623,534
1967	12,773	692,169
1968	13,449	684,487
1969	14,164	694,227
1970	14,873	747,987
1971	15,615	789,185
1972	16,353	740,469
1973	17,145	699,115
1974	17,971	673,030
1975	18,849	603,300
1976	19,734	530,558
1977	20,609	578,947
1978	21,466	499,084
1979	22,299	623,068
1980	23,153	583,294
1981	23,973	631,189
1982	24,742	605,626
1983	24,883	514,844
1984	26,149	436,384
1985	26,835	416,219
1986	27,096	395,651
1987	27,285	378,758
1988	27,396	399,297
1989	28,257	403,266
1990	28,349	411,546
1991	28,497	467,594
1992	28,446	494,352
1993	28,046	477,302
1994	26,703	473,200
1995	23,029	468,967
1996	21,858	446,142
1997	20,686	422,773
1998	19,762	393,436
1999	19,420	368,272
2000	18,830	390,167
2001	17,824	312,643
2002	16,924	247,752
2003	16,396	244,251
2004	15,979	225,988
2005	15,945	187,920
2006	16,133	203,441
2007	16,595	248,286
2008	17,275	215,841
2009	17,656	197,231
2010	17,652	213,083
2011	17,645	214,728
2012	18,308	215,859
2013	18,903	166,415
2014	19,107	167,464
2015	19,223	163,248
2016	19,233	122,923
2017	19,278	71,907
2018	19,392	30,951
2019	19,488	10,353
2020	18,899	-31,101
2021	17,314	-56,947
2022	20,125	-124,014
2023	20,147	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs South Korea

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 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	South Korea
1985	580	38
1986	548	35
1987	521	34
1988	494	31
1989	505	29
1990	520	28
1991	545	28
1992	580	26
1993	609	24
1994	645	23
1995	612	22
1996	604	20
1997	550	19
1998	475	18
1999	409	17
2000	361	15
2001	307	14
2002	331	13
2003	392	13
2004	451	12
2005	529	11
2006	511	10
2007	647	10
2008	766	9
2009	855	9
2010	752	8
2011	765	8
2012	613	8
2013	491	7
2014	369	7
2015	283	6
2016	213	6
2017	151	6
2018	133	5
2019	96	5
2020	102	12
2021	219	5
2022	112	7
2023	118	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	20.7%	11.2%
1961	20.4%	10.6%
1962	20%	10.1%
1963	19.6%	9.67%
1964	19.2%	9.18%
1965	18.8%	8.68%
1966	18.3%	8.16%
1967	17.9%	7.62%
1968	17.4%	7.1%
1969	17%	6.59%
1970	16.5%	6.12%
1971	16%	5.71%
1972	15.4%	5.36%
1973	14.9%	5.07%
1974	14.3%	4.82%
1975	13.7%	4.61%
1976	13.2%	4.42%
1977	12.6%	4.23%
1978	12%	4.04%
1979	11.5%	3.84%
1980	10.9%	3.63%
1981	10.4%	3.4%
1982	9.89%	3.17%
1983	10.4%	2.93%
1984	8.85%	2.7%
1985	8.37%	2.46%
1986	7.93%	2.25%
1987	7.54%	2.05%
1988	7.2%	1.87%
1989	6.93%	1.71%
1990	6.75%	1.57%
1991	6.72%	1.44%
1992	6.85%	1.33%
1993	7.17%	1.23%
1994	7.62%	1.14%
1995	8.12%	1.05%
1996	8.71%	0.98%
1997	9.3%	0.91%
1998	9.87%	0.85%
1999	10.4%	0.8%
2000	10.9%	0.75%
2001	11.3%	0.71%
2002	11.4%	0.68%
2003	11.6%	0.64%
2004	11.6%	0.6%
2005	11.6%	0.56%
2006	10.5%	0.52%
2007	10%	0.48%
2008	9.82%	0.45%
2009	9.25%	0.43%
2010	8.18%	0.41%
2011	6.81%	0.4%
2012	6.38%	0.38%
2013	6.16%	0.37%
2014	6.17%	0.36%
2015	5.86%	0.35%
2016	5.53%	0.34%
2017	5.43%	0.33%
2018	5.1%	0.32%
2019	5.16%	0.31%
2020	4.98%	0.3%
2021	4.76%	0.29%
2022	4.62%	0.28%
2023	4.5%	0.28%