Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.75	5.35
1961	6.77	5.24
1962	6.79	5.18
1963	6.8	5.12
1964	6.79	5.06
1965	6.79	4.93
1966	6.8	4.83
1967	6.77	4.79
1968	6.76	4.66
1969	6.76	4.5
1970	6.75	4.39
1971	6.74	4.27
1972	6.72	4.16
1973	6.72	4
1974	6.71	3.86
1975	6.71	3.82
1976	6.7	3.78
1977	6.68	3.74
1978	6.65	3.81
1979	6.61	3.82
1980	6.57	3.73
1981	6.54	3.65
1982	6.49	3.32
1983	6.43	3.11
1984	6.36	3.01
1985	6.28	2.9
1986	6.11	2.74
1987	5.9	2.64
1988	5.69	2.57
1989	5.48	2.58
1990	5.3	2.54
1991	5.13	2.51
1992	4.98	2.49
1993	4.82	2.44
1994	4.66	2.4
1995	4.52	2.35
1996	4.38	2.29
1997	4.24	2.22
1998	4.13	2.14
1999	4.09	2.14
2000	4.03	2.21
2001	3.94	2.28
2002	3.85	2.31
2003	3.8	2.3
2004	3.76	2.27
2005	3.7	2.26
2006	3.63	2.29
2007	3.58	2.3
2008	3.57	2.23
2009	3.5	2.18
2010	3.38	2.13
2011	3.32	2.14
2012	3.27	2.17
2013	3.24	2.18
2014	3.18	2.13
2015	3.12	2.09
2016	3.07	2.06
2017	3.02	2.04
2018	2.97	2.03
2019	2.93	2.02
2020	2.89	2.01
2021	2.84	2
2022	2.8	1.98
2023	2.75	1.97
2024	2.72	1.95
2025	2.68	1.94
2026	2.64	1.93
2027	2.61	1.91
2028	2.57	1.9
2029	2.54	1.89
2030	2.51	1.88
2031	2.49	1.87
2032	2.45	1.86
2033	2.42	1.85
2034	2.4	1.85
2035	2.37	1.84
2036	2.35	1.83
2037	2.32	1.83
2038	2.3	1.82
2039	2.28	1.81
2040	2.26	1.81
2041	2.24	1.8
2042	2.22	1.8
2043	2.2	1.8
2044	2.18	1.79
2045	2.16	1.79
2046	2.14	1.79
2047	2.13	1.78
2048	2.11	1.78
2049	2.1	1.77
2050	2.08	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Sri Lanka
1960	46.9%	41%
1961	47.2%	40.9%
1962	47.4%	40.8%
1963	47.7%	40.7%
1964	47.8%	40.6%
1965	47.7%	40.5%
1966	47.7%	40.4%
1967	47.5%	40.3%
1968	47.3%	40.1%
1969	47.2%	39.9%
1970	47.2%	39.7%
1971	47.2%	39.5%
1972	47.3%	39.2%
1973	47.4%	38.8%
1974	47.5%	38.4%
1975	47.7%	38%
1976	47.9%	37.6%
1977	48.1%	37.2%
1978	48.3%	36.9%
1979	48.5%	36.7%
1980	48.7%	36.4%
1981	48.9%	36.2%
1982	49.2%	36%
1983	49.3%	35.8%
1984	49.4%	35.5%
1985	49.5%	35.2%
1986	49.4%	34.6%
1987	49.3%	34%
1988	48.7%	33.5%
1989	48.1%	33%
1990	47.6%	32.5%
1991	47.1%	32.1%
1992	46.6%	31.4%
1993	46.4%	30.6%
1994	47%	29.9%
1995	47.4%	29.2%
1996	46.9%	28.6%
1997	46.2%	28.2%
1998	45.3%	27.8%
1999	44.4%	27.4%
2000	43.6%	27%
2001	42.9%	26.6%
2002	42.3%	26.3%
2003	41.8%	26.1%
2004	41.4%	26%
2005	41.1%	25.8%
2006	40.8%	25.7%
2007	40.4%	25.7%
2008	39.9%	25.6%
2009	39.3%	25.5%
2010	38.8%	25.4%
2011	38.4%	25.3%
2012	38%	25.2%
2013	37.6%	25%
2014	37.2%	24.9%
2015	36.8%	24.7%
2016	36.4%	24.5%
2017	36%	24.2%
2018	35.6%	24%
2019	35.1%	23.7%
2020	34.7%	23.3%
2021	34.3%	23%
2022	34%	22.7%
2023	33.7%	22.4%
2024	33.4%	22%
2025	33%	21.7%
2026	32.6%	21.4%
2027	32.2%	21.1%
2028	31.8%	20.8%
2029	31.4%	20.5%
2030	31%	20.2%
2031	30.7%	20%
2032	30.3%	19.8%
2033	29.9%	19.6%
2034	29.5%	19.4%
2035	29.1%	19.2%
2036	28.7%	19.1%
2037	28.4%	18.9%
2038	28%	18.8%
2039	27.7%	18.7%
2040	27.4%	18.6%
2041	27.1%	18.4%
2042	26.8%	18.3%
2043	26.5%	18.2%
2044	26.2%	18.1%
2045	26%	18%
2046	25.7%	17.9%
2047	25.4%	17.7%
2048	25.1%	17.6%
2049	24.9%	17.5%
2050	24.6%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	9,947	247,631
1961	10,262	251,087
1962	10,601	256,719
1963	10,929	262,880
1964	11,266	269,584
1965	11,719	272,422
1966	12,282	275,549
1967	12,773	284,738
1968	13,449	286,642
1969	14,164	286,218
1970	14,873	286,719
1971	15,615	281,200
1972	16,353	282,494
1973	17,145	278,577
1974	17,971	275,521
1975	18,849	282,496
1976	19,734	291,816
1977	20,609	300,038
1978	21,466	317,055
1979	22,299	329,791
1980	23,153	328,155
1981	23,973	328,096
1982	24,742	300,030
1983	24,883	277,768
1984	26,149	263,175
1985	26,835	247,836
1986	27,096	233,782
1987	27,285	226,414
1988	27,396	219,184
1989	28,257	212,401
1990	28,349	224,454
1991	28,497	218,117
1992	28,446	222,230
1993	28,046	226,257
1994	26,703	228,904
1995	23,029	221,957
1996	21,858	215,290
1997	20,686	208,193
1998	19,762	201,059
1999	19,420	206,876
2000	18,830	227,060
2001	17,824	244,377
2002	16,924	252,840
2003	16,396	252,008
2004	15,979	212,527
2005	15,945	248,683
2006	16,133	248,706
2007	16,595	248,287
2008	17,275	232,225
2009	17,656	200,175
2010	17,652	224,325
2011	17,645	224,461
2012	18,308	229,138
2013	18,903	221,021
2014	19,107	211,541
2015	19,223	201,815
2016	19,233	194,232
2017	19,278	187,993
2018	19,392	183,610
2019	19,488	172,243
2020	18,899	170,968
2021	17,314	121,858
2022	20,125	95,378
2023	20,147	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Sri Lanka
1985	580	68
1986	548	66
1987	521	64
1988	494	62
1989	505	61
1990	520	59
1991	545	57
1992	580	54
1993	609	51
1994	645	49
1995	612	48
1996	604	47
1997	550	45
1998	475	43
1999	409	41
2000	361	39
2001	307	37
2002	331	36
2003	392	35
2004	451	37
2005	529	32
2006	511	32
2007	647	31
2008	766	30
2009	855	28
2010	752	26
2011	765	25
2012	613	24
2013	491	23
2014	369	23
2015	283	22
2016	213	22
2017	151	21
2018	133	21
2019	96	20
2020	102	23
2021	219	34
2022	112	22
2023	118	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	20.7%	9.41%
1961	20.4%	8.95%
1962	20%	8.66%
1963	19.6%	8.48%
1964	19.2%	8.3%
1965	18.8%	8.07%
1966	18.3%	7.81%
1967	17.9%	7.55%
1968	17.4%	7.32%
1969	17%	7.14%
1970	16.5%	7.02%
1971	16%	6.94%
1972	15.4%	6.86%
1973	14.9%	6.77%
1974	14.3%	6.62%
1975	13.7%	6.41%
1976	13.2%	6.12%
1977	12.6%	5.77%
1978	12%	5.38%
1979	11.5%	4.99%
1980	10.9%	4.63%
1981	10.4%	4.29%
1982	9.89%	3.98%
1983	10.4%	3.67%
1984	8.85%	3.35%
1985	8.37%	3.02%
1986	7.93%	2.74%
1987	7.54%	2.54%
1988	7.2%	2.41%
1989	6.93%	2.74%
1990	6.75%	2.33%
1991	6.72%	2.32%
1992	6.85%	2.29%
1993	7.17%	2.22%
1994	7.62%	2.14%
1995	8.12%	2.05%
1996	8.71%	1.95%
1997	9.3%	1.86%
1998	9.87%	1.76%
1999	10.4%	1.69%
2000	10.9%	1.63%
2001	11.3%	1.58%
2002	11.4%	1.55%
2003	11.6%	1.52%
2004	11.6%	2.88%
2005	11.6%	1.4%
2006	10.5%	1.33%
2007	10%	1.26%
2008	9.82%	1.2%
2009	9.25%	2.08%
2010	8.18%	1.12%
2011	6.81%	1.08%
2012	6.38%	1.03%
2013	6.16%	0.98%
2014	6.17%	0.92%
2015	5.86%	0.87%
2016	5.53%	0.83%
2017	5.43%	0.79%
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%	0.61%