Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Togo

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Togo 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 4.19 in Togo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eswatini vs Togo 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	Togo
1960	6.75	6.8
1961	6.77	6.82
1962	6.79	6.86
1963	6.8	6.89
1964	6.79	6.92
1965	6.79	6.94
1966	6.8	6.96
1967	6.77	6.96
1968	6.76	6.97
1969	6.76	7.02
1970	6.75	7.04
1971	6.74	7.06
1972	6.72	7.07
1973	6.72	7.08
1974	6.71	7.09
1975	6.71	7.09
1976	6.7	7.06
1977	6.68	7.03
1978	6.65	6.98
1979	6.61	6.94
1980	6.57	6.88
1981	6.54	6.81
1982	6.49	6.73
1983	6.43	6.63
1984	6.36	6.54
1985	6.28	6.46
1986	6.11	6.38
1987	5.9	6.3
1988	5.69	6.23
1989	5.48	6.15
1990	5.3	6.07
1991	5.13	5.99
1992	4.98	5.89
1993	4.82	5.78
1994	4.66	5.67
1995	4.52	5.57
1996	4.38	5.46
1997	4.24	5.36
1998	4.13	5.29
1999	4.09	5.23
2000	4.03	5.17
2001	3.94	5.13
2002	3.85	5.09
2003	3.8	5.05
2004	3.76	5
2005	3.7	5.04
2006	3.63	5.08
2007	3.58	5.1
2008	3.57	5.1
2009	3.5	5.1
2010	3.38	5.09
2011	3.32	4.98
2012	3.27	4.85
2013	3.24	4.75
2014	3.18	4.7
2015	3.12	4.66
2016	3.07	4.63
2017	3.02	4.58
2018	2.97	4.51
2019	2.93	4.45
2020	2.89	4.39
2021	2.84	4.32
2022	2.8	4.25
2023	2.75	4.19
2024	2.72	4.12
2025	2.68	4.07
2026	2.64	4.01
2027	2.61	3.95
2028	2.57	3.89
2029	2.54	3.84
2030	2.51	3.79
2031	2.49	3.75
2032	2.45	3.7
2033	2.42	3.65
2034	2.4	3.61
2035	2.37	3.56
2036	2.35	3.52
2037	2.32	3.48
2038	2.3	3.44
2039	2.28	3.4
2040	2.26	3.37
2041	2.24	3.33
2042	2.22	3.3
2043	2.2	3.27
2044	2.18	3.23
2045	2.16	3.2
2046	2.14	3.16
2047	2.13	3.13
2048	2.11	3.1
2049	2.1	3.07
2050	2.08	3.04

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Togo
1960	46.9%	44%
1961	47.2%	44.1%
1962	47.4%	44.2%
1963	47.7%	44.4%
1964	47.8%	44.5%
1965	47.7%	44.6%
1966	47.7%	44.7%
1967	47.5%	44.8%
1968	47.3%	44.9%
1969	47.2%	45%
1970	47.2%	45.1%
1971	47.2%	45.2%
1972	47.3%	45.4%
1973	47.4%	45.5%
1974	47.5%	45.6%
1975	47.7%	45.8%
1976	47.9%	45.9%
1977	48.1%	46%
1978	48.3%	46.1%
1979	48.5%	46.2%
1980	48.7%	46.2%
1981	48.9%	46.2%
1982	49.2%	46.2%
1983	49.3%	46.1%
1984	49.4%	46%
1985	49.5%	45.9%
1986	49.4%	45.8%
1987	49.3%	45.7%
1988	48.7%	45.5%
1989	48.1%	45.3%
1990	47.6%	45.2%
1991	47.1%	44.9%
1992	46.6%	44.7%
1993	46.4%	44.5%
1994	47%	44.2%
1995	47.4%	44%
1996	46.9%	43.8%
1997	46.2%	43.5%
1998	45.3%	43.2%
1999	44.4%	42.9%
2000	43.6%	42.6%
2001	42.9%	42.4%
2002	42.3%	42.3%
2003	41.8%	42.2%
2004	41.4%	42%
2005	41.1%	41.9%
2006	40.8%	41.8%
2007	40.4%	41.6%
2008	39.9%	41.6%
2009	39.3%	41.5%
2010	38.8%	41.6%
2011	38.4%	41.6%
2012	38%	41.6%
2013	37.6%	41.6%
2014	37.2%	41.5%
2015	36.8%	41.5%
2016	36.4%	41.4%
2017	36%	41.2%
2018	35.6%	41.1%
2019	35.1%	40.9%
2020	34.7%	40.7%
2021	34.3%	40.5%
2022	34%	40.2%
2023	33.7%	39.9%
2024	33.4%	39.5%
2025	33%	39.2%
2026	32.6%	38.8%
2027	32.2%	38.4%
2028	31.8%	38.1%
2029	31.4%	37.8%
2030	31%	37.5%
2031	30.7%	37.2%
2032	30.3%	36.9%
2033	29.9%	36.6%
2034	29.5%	36.4%
2035	29.1%	36.1%
2036	28.7%	35.9%
2037	28.4%	35.6%
2038	28%	35.4%
2039	27.7%	35.2%
2040	27.4%	35%
2041	27.1%	34.8%
2042	26.8%	34.6%
2043	26.5%	34.4%
2044	26.2%	34.2%
2045	26%	33.9%
2046	25.7%	33.7%
2047	25.4%	33.5%
2048	25.1%	33.2%
2049	24.9%	33%
2050	24.6%	32.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 39.5% in Togo in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Togo compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Togo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +2.46% in Togo. 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	Togo
1960	9,947	43,307
1961	10,262	44,623
1962	10,601	46,201
1963	10,929	47,869
1964	11,266	49,449
1965	11,719	51,323
1966	12,282	53,640
1967	12,773	56,128
1968	13,449	59,110
1969	14,164	62,589
1970	14,873	65,851
1971	15,615	69,206
1972	16,353	72,008
1973	17,145	74,713
1974	17,971	77,347
1975	18,849	79,831
1976	19,734	82,321
1977	20,609	84,572
1978	21,466	86,950
1979	22,299	89,148
1980	23,153	91,445
1981	23,973	94,318
1982	24,742	97,003
1983	24,883	99,817
1984	26,149	102,425
1985	26,835	104,949
1986	27,096	107,957
1987	27,285	110,739
1988	27,396	112,915
1989	28,257	114,432
1990	28,349	116,200
1991	28,497	117,409
1992	28,446	118,876
1993	28,046	119,938
1994	26,703	113,074
1995	23,029	116,314
1996	21,858	119,418
1997	20,686	122,109
1998	19,762	125,392
1999	19,420	129,832
2000	18,830	133,873
2001	17,824	137,808
2002	16,924	141,643
2003	16,396	144,900
2004	15,979	147,574
2005	15,945	154,117
2006	16,133	160,671
2007	16,595	168,144
2008	17,275	173,677
2009	17,656	180,111
2010	17,652	185,294
2011	17,645	186,406
2012	18,308	186,061
2013	18,903	187,309
2014	19,107	190,667
2015	19,223	194,768
2016	19,233	199,364
2017	19,278	202,307
2018	19,392	204,942
2019	19,488	207,608
2020	18,899	208,663
2021	17,314	210,613
2022	20,125	215,090
2023	20,147	218,093

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Togo

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 349 deaths in Togo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Togo
1985	580	668
1986	548	649
1987	521	636
1988	494	628
1989	505	644
1990	520	657
1991	545	676
1992	580	692
1993	609	728
1994	645	688
1995	612	663
1996	604	627
1997	550	600
1998	475	570
1999	409	529
2000	361	496
2001	307	478
2002	331	447
2003	392	431
2004	451	431
2005	529	434
2006	511	453
2007	647	448
2008	766	457
2009	855	471
2010	752	497
2011	765	501
2012	613	506
2013	491	500
2014	369	490
2015	283	470
2016	213	460
2017	151	443
2018	133	435
2019	96	416
2020	102	398
2021	219	397
2022	112	362
2023	118	349

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 5.83% in Togo. 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	Togo
1960	20.7%	26%
1961	20.4%	25.8%
1962	20%	25.5%
1963	19.6%	25.2%
1964	19.2%	24.9%
1965	18.8%	24.6%
1966	18.3%	24.2%
1967	17.9%	23.8%
1968	17.4%	23.4%
1969	17%	23%
1970	16.5%	22.5%
1971	16%	22.1%
1972	15.4%	21.6%
1973	14.9%	21.1%
1974	14.3%	20.7%
1975	13.7%	20.2%
1976	13.2%	19.7%
1977	12.6%	19.2%
1978	12%	18.8%
1979	11.5%	18.3%
1980	10.9%	17.9%
1981	10.4%	17.5%
1982	9.89%	17.1%
1983	10.4%	16.7%
1984	8.85%	16.3%
1985	8.37%	16%
1986	7.93%	15.7%
1987	7.54%	15.4%
1988	7.2%	15.2%
1989	6.93%	14.9%
1990	6.75%	14.7%
1991	6.72%	14.5%
1992	6.85%	14.3%
1993	7.17%	14.1%
1994	7.62%	13.9%
1995	8.12%	13.6%
1996	8.71%	13.3%
1997	9.3%	13%
1998	9.87%	12.7%
1999	10.4%	12.3%
2000	10.9%	12%
2001	11.3%	11.6%
2002	11.4%	11.3%
2003	11.6%	10.9%
2004	11.6%	10.6%
2005	11.6%	10.3%
2006	10.5%	9.97%
2007	10%	9.69%
2008	9.82%	9.41%
2009	9.25%	9.14%
2010	8.18%	8.87%
2011	6.81%	8.59%
2012	6.38%	8.33%
2013	6.16%	8.07%
2014	6.17%	7.81%
2015	5.86%	7.56%
2016	5.53%	7.32%
2017	5.43%	7.09%
2018	5.1%	6.86%
2019	5.16%	6.63%
2020	4.98%	6.43%
2021	4.76%	6.22%
2022	4.62%	6.02%
2023	4.5%	5.83%