Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Suriname

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	6.75	6.59
1961	6.77	6.58
1962	6.79	6.57
1963	6.8	6.51
1964	6.79	6.43
1965	6.79	6.32
1966	6.8	6.2
1967	6.77	6.04
1968	6.76	5.86
1969	6.76	5.7
1970	6.75	5.53
1971	6.74	5.36
1972	6.72	5.18
1973	6.72	5.01
1974	6.71	4.81
1975	6.71	4.63
1976	6.7	4.45
1977	6.68	4.26
1978	6.65	4.08
1979	6.61	3.93
1980	6.57	3.79
1981	6.54	3.75
1982	6.49	3.82
1983	6.43	3.87
1984	6.36	3.8
1985	6.28	3.71
1986	6.11	3.61
1987	5.9	3.53
1988	5.69	3.46
1989	5.48	3.39
1990	5.3	3.23
1991	5.13	3.09
1992	4.98	3.01
1993	4.82	2.94
1994	4.66	2.9
1995	4.52	2.9
1996	4.38	2.92
1997	4.24	2.95
1998	4.13	2.99
1999	4.09	3.02
2000	4.03	3.05
2001	3.94	3.06
2002	3.85	2.96
2003	3.8	2.84
2004	3.76	2.74
2005	3.7	2.71
2006	3.63	2.73
2007	3.58	2.74
2008	3.57	2.73
2009	3.5	2.71
2010	3.38	2.69
2011	3.32	2.67
2012	3.27	2.67
2013	3.24	2.65
2014	3.18	2.62
2015	3.12	2.57
2016	3.07	2.5
2017	3.02	2.43
2018	2.97	2.38
2019	2.93	2.35
2020	2.89	2.31
2021	2.84	2.3
2022	2.8	2.27
2023	2.75	2.25
2024	2.72	2.23
2025	2.68	2.21
2026	2.64	2.19
2027	2.61	2.16
2028	2.57	2.14
2029	2.54	2.13
2030	2.51	2.11
2031	2.49	2.09
2032	2.45	2.08
2033	2.42	2.06
2034	2.4	2.05
2035	2.37	2.04
2036	2.35	2.02
2037	2.32	2.01
2038	2.3	2
2039	2.28	1.99
2040	2.26	1.98
2041	2.24	1.97
2042	2.22	1.96
2043	2.2	1.95
2044	2.18	1.94
2045	2.16	1.93
2046	2.14	1.92
2047	2.13	1.91
2048	2.11	1.9
2049	2.1	1.9
2050	2.08	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Suriname
1960	46.9%	44.5%
1961	47.2%	44.6%
1962	47.4%	45.1%
1963	47.7%	46.1%
1964	47.8%	46.8%
1965	47.7%	47.4%
1966	47.7%	48%
1967	47.5%	48.5%
1968	47.3%	48.8%
1969	47.2%	48.9%
1970	47.2%	48.8%
1971	47.2%	48.5%
1972	47.3%	47.8%
1973	47.4%	46.8%
1974	47.5%	46%
1975	47.7%	45.1%
1976	47.9%	44.3%
1977	48.1%	43.4%
1978	48.3%	42.6%
1979	48.5%	41.8%
1980	48.7%	41%
1981	48.9%	40.1%
1982	49.2%	39.5%
1983	49.3%	39%
1984	49.4%	38.6%
1985	49.5%	38.3%
1986	49.4%	38%
1987	49.3%	37.8%
1988	48.7%	37.7%
1989	48.1%	37.5%
1990	47.6%	37.4%
1991	47.1%	37.3%
1992	46.6%	37.2%
1993	46.4%	37.1%
1994	47%	37%
1995	47.4%	36.7%
1996	46.9%	36.1%
1997	46.2%	35.3%
1998	45.3%	34.5%
1999	44.4%	33.7%
2000	43.6%	33%
2001	42.9%	32.3%
2002	42.3%	31.8%
2003	41.8%	31.3%
2004	41.4%	31%
2005	41.1%	30.9%
2006	40.8%	30.8%
2007	40.4%	30.7%
2008	39.9%	30.6%
2009	39.3%	30.5%
2010	38.8%	30.3%
2011	38.4%	30%
2012	38%	29.8%
2013	37.6%	29.4%
2014	37.2%	29.1%
2015	36.8%	28.7%
2016	36.4%	28.3%
2017	36%	27.9%
2018	35.6%	27.5%
2019	35.1%	27.2%
2020	34.7%	26.8%
2021	34.3%	26.5%
2022	34%	26.3%
2023	33.7%	25.9%
2024	33.4%	25.6%
2025	33%	25.3%
2026	32.6%	25%
2027	32.2%	24.8%
2028	31.8%	24.5%
2029	31.4%	24.2%
2030	31%	23.9%
2031	30.7%	23.6%
2032	30.3%	23.4%
2033	29.9%	23.2%
2034	29.5%	23%
2035	29.1%	22.8%
2036	28.7%	22.6%
2037	28.4%	22.4%
2038	28%	22.2%
2039	27.7%	22%
2040	27.4%	21.8%
2041	27.1%	21.6%
2042	26.8%	21.4%
2043	26.5%	21.3%
2044	26.2%	21.1%
2045	26%	20.9%
2046	25.7%	20.7%
2047	25.4%	20.5%
2048	25.1%	20.3%
2049	24.9%	20.1%
2050	24.6%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	9,947	8,170
1961	10,262	8,361
1962	10,601	8,529
1963	10,929	8,838
1964	11,266	9,174
1965	11,719	9,270
1966	12,282	9,243
1967	12,773	9,104
1968	13,449	8,980
1969	14,164	8,880
1970	14,873	8,823
1971	15,615	8,814
1972	16,353	8,893
1973	17,145	8,877
1974	17,971	8,751
1975	18,849	8,587
1976	19,734	8,327
1977	20,609	7,998
1978	21,466	7,650
1979	22,299	7,312
1980	23,153	7,002
1981	23,973	7,541
1982	24,742	8,197
1983	24,883	8,797
1984	26,149	9,031
1985	26,835	9,177
1986	27,096	9,222
1987	27,285	9,319
1988	27,396	9,347
1989	28,257	9,441
1990	28,349	9,047
1991	28,497	8,637
1992	28,446	8,355
1993	28,046	8,127
1994	26,703	7,929
1995	23,029	7,968
1996	21,858	8,031
1997	20,686	8,106
1998	19,762	8,173
1999	19,420	8,236
2000	18,830	8,323
2001	17,824	8,349
2002	16,924	7,916
2003	16,396	7,396
2004	15,979	6,948
2005	15,945	7,037
2006	16,133	7,278
2007	16,595	7,468
2008	17,275	7,552
2009	17,656	7,559
2010	17,652	7,489
2011	17,645	7,401
2012	18,308	7,405
2013	18,903	7,350
2014	19,107	7,284
2015	19,223	7,150
2016	19,233	6,979
2017	19,278	6,772
2018	19,392	6,613
2019	19,488	6,564
2020	18,899	6,640
2021	17,314	5,291
2022	20,125	6,719
2023	20,147	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Suriname
1985	580	386
1986	548	377
1987	521	372
1988	494	364
1989	505	360
1990	520	350
1991	545	347
1992	580	346
1993	609	343
1994	645	334
1995	612	331
1996	604	323
1997	550	312
1998	475	302
1999	409	291
2000	361	282
2001	307	270
2002	331	253
2003	392	238
2004	451	219
2005	529	202
2006	511	187
2007	647	173
2008	766	161
2009	855	147
2010	752	134
2011	765	126
2012	613	122
2013	491	121
2014	369	120
2015	283	115
2016	213	109
2017	151	105
2018	133	101
2019	96	97
2020	102	94
2021	219	144
2022	112	88
2023	118	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1973	14.9%	-
1974	14.3%	-
1975	13.7%	-
1976	13.2%	-
1977	12.6%	-
1978	12%	-
1979	11.5%	-
1980	10.9%	-
1981	10.4%	-
1982	9.89%	-
1983	10.4%	5.67%
1984	8.85%	5.49%
1985	8.37%	5.31%
1986	7.93%	5.13%
1987	7.54%	4.97%
1988	7.2%	4.81%
1989	6.93%	4.65%
1990	6.75%	4.49%
1991	6.72%	4.34%
1992	6.85%	4.19%
1993	7.17%	4.03%
1994	7.62%	3.88%
1995	8.12%	3.74%
1996	8.71%	3.6%
1997	9.3%	3.47%
1998	9.87%	3.34%
1999	10.4%	3.22%
2000	10.9%	3.11%
2001	11.3%	3%
2002	11.4%	2.9%
2003	11.6%	2.81%
2004	11.6%	2.72%
2005	11.6%	2.64%
2006	10.5%	2.57%
2007	10%	2.5%
2008	9.82%	2.44%
2009	9.25%	2.38%
2010	8.18%	2.32%
2011	6.81%	2.26%
2012	6.38%	2.21%
2013	6.16%	2.16%
2014	6.17%	2.11%
2015	5.86%	2.05%
2016	5.53%	2%
2017	5.43%	1.95%
2018	5.1%	1.9%
2019	5.16%	1.84%
2020	4.98%	1.78%
2021	4.76%	1.73%
2022	4.62%	1.68%
2023	4.5%	1.62%