Fertility & birth rates in Eswatini and Turkey

Fertility rate in Eswatini vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eswatini	Turkey
1960	6.75	6.38
1961	6.77	6.42
1962	6.79	6.38
1963	6.8	6.34
1964	6.79	6.29
1965	6.79	6.22
1966	6.8	6.15
1967	6.77	6.06
1968	6.76	5.96
1969	6.76	5.87
1970	6.75	5.78
1971	6.74	5.67
1972	6.72	5.55
1973	6.72	5.41
1974	6.71	5.24
1975	6.71	5.09
1976	6.7	4.93
1977	6.68	4.78
1978	6.65	4.69
1979	6.61	4.58
1980	6.57	4.45
1981	6.54	4.35
1982	6.49	4.21
1983	6.43	4.06
1984	6.36	3.91
1985	6.28	3.78
1986	6.11	3.66
1987	5.9	3.54
1988	5.69	3.45
1989	5.48	3.34
1990	5.3	3.11
1991	5.13	3
1992	4.98	2.94
1993	4.82	2.92
1994	4.66	2.87
1995	4.52	2.84
1996	4.38	2.78
1997	4.24	2.74
1998	4.13	2.71
1999	4.09	2.63
2000	4.03	2.49
2001	3.94	2.39
2002	3.85	2.27
2003	3.8	2.2
2004	3.76	2.2
2005	3.7	2.2
2006	3.63	2.19
2007	3.58	2.16
2008	3.57	2.15
2009	3.5	2.1
2010	3.38	2.08
2011	3.32	2.05
2012	3.27	2.11
2013	3.24	2.11
2014	3.18	2.19
2015	3.12	2.16
2016	3.07	2.11
2017	3.02	2.08
2018	2.97	2
2019	2.93	1.89
2020	2.89	1.77
2021	2.84	1.71
2022	2.8	1.63
2023	2.75	1.51
2024	2.72	1.51
2025	2.68	1.5
2026	2.64	1.5
2027	2.61	1.5
2028	2.57	1.5
2029	2.54	1.5
2030	2.51	1.5
2031	2.49	1.5
2032	2.45	1.5
2033	2.42	1.5
2034	2.4	1.5
2035	2.37	1.5
2036	2.35	1.5
2037	2.32	1.5
2038	2.3	1.5
2039	2.28	1.5
2040	2.26	1.5
2041	2.24	1.5
2042	2.22	1.5
2043	2.2	1.5
2044	2.18	1.5
2045	2.16	1.5
2046	2.14	1.5
2047	2.13	1.5
2048	2.11	1.5
2049	2.1	1.5
2050	2.08	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eswatini	Turkey
1960	46.9%	42%
1961	47.2%	42.2%
1962	47.4%	42.4%
1963	47.7%	42.5%
1964	47.8%	42.7%
1965	47.7%	42.8%
1966	47.7%	42.8%
1967	47.5%	42.9%
1968	47.3%	42.9%
1969	47.2%	42.8%
1970	47.2%	42.7%
1971	47.2%	42.5%
1972	47.3%	42.3%
1973	47.4%	42.1%
1974	47.5%	41.8%
1975	47.7%	41.5%
1976	47.9%	41.1%
1977	48.1%	40.7%
1978	48.3%	40.4%
1979	48.5%	40.1%
1980	48.7%	39.8%
1981	48.9%	39.6%
1982	49.2%	39.3%
1983	49.3%	38.9%
1984	49.4%	38.5%
1985	49.5%	38.1%
1986	49.4%	37.6%
1987	49.3%	37.2%
1988	48.7%	36.7%
1989	48.1%	36.3%
1990	47.6%	35.8%
1991	47.1%	35.3%
1992	46.6%	34.8%
1993	46.4%	34.3%
1994	47%	33.8%
1995	47.4%	33.2%
1996	46.9%	32.6%
1997	46.2%	32%
1998	45.3%	31.4%
1999	44.4%	30.8%
2000	43.6%	30.2%
2001	42.9%	29.7%
2002	42.3%	29.2%
2003	41.8%	28.7%
2004	41.4%	28.3%
2005	41.1%	27.9%
2006	40.8%	27.5%
2007	40.4%	27.1%
2008	39.9%	26.7%
2009	39.3%	26.3%
2010	38.8%	25.9%
2011	38.4%	25.5%
2012	38%	25.1%
2013	37.6%	24.7%
2014	37.2%	24.3%
2015	36.8%	23.9%
2016	36.4%	23.6%
2017	36%	23.3%
2018	35.6%	23.1%
2019	35.1%	23%
2020	34.7%	22.8%
2021	34.3%	22.5%
2022	34%	22.2%
2023	33.7%	21.8%
2024	33.4%	21.4%
2025	33%	21%
2026	32.6%	20.6%
2027	32.2%	20.1%
2028	31.8%	19.6%
2029	31.4%	19.2%
2030	31%	18.7%
2031	30.7%	18.2%
2032	30.3%	17.8%
2033	29.9%	17.4%
2034	29.5%	17.1%
2035	29.1%	16.8%
2036	28.7%	16.5%
2037	28.4%	16.3%
2038	28%	16.2%
2039	27.7%	16.1%
2040	27.4%	16%
2041	27.1%	15.8%
2042	26.8%	15.7%
2043	26.5%	15.6%
2044	26.2%	15.5%
2045	26%	15.4%
2046	25.7%	15.3%
2047	25.4%	15.2%
2048	25.1%	15.1%
2049	24.9%	15%
2050	24.6%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.4% of the population in Eswatini and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 47.6% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eswatini and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Eswatini vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.63% in Eswatini and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	9,947	773,009
1961	10,262	816,911
1962	10,601	837,473
1963	10,929	862,626
1964	11,266	884,152
1965	11,719	904,016
1966	12,282	925,790
1967	12,773	936,727
1968	13,449	950,778
1969	14,164	970,958
1970	14,873	991,950
1971	15,615	1,014,165
1972	16,353	1,023,781
1973	17,145	1,025,675
1974	17,971	1,020,053
1975	18,849	1,012,904
1976	19,734	1,009,999
1977	20,609	1,023,779
1978	21,466	1,054,863
1979	22,299	1,076,707
1980	23,153	1,090,538
1981	23,973	1,100,082
1982	24,742	1,091,863
1983	24,883	1,095,106
1984	26,149	1,096,529
1985	26,835	1,098,846
1986	27,096	1,102,660
1987	27,285	1,099,042
1988	27,396	1,101,266
1989	28,257	1,094,036
1990	28,349	1,044,467
1991	28,497	1,041,229
1992	28,446	1,039,125
1993	28,046	1,064,168
1994	26,703	1,078,208
1995	23,029	1,090,630
1996	21,858	1,091,827
1997	20,686	1,099,738
1998	19,762	1,103,242
1999	19,420	1,063,312
2000	18,830	1,020,515
2001	17,824	980,560
2002	16,924	922,927
2003	16,396	893,683
2004	15,979	896,025
2005	15,945	898,650
2006	16,133	897,351
2007	16,595	876,626
2008	17,275	868,749
2009	17,656	900,491
2010	17,652	892,334
2011	17,645	875,839
2012	18,308	917,145
2013	18,903	921,386
2014	19,107	957,055
2015	19,223	930,799
2016	19,233	895,841
2017	19,278	875,408
2018	19,392	830,353
2019	19,488	751,472
2020	18,899	608,708
2021	17,314	521,713
2022	20,125	535,373
2023	20,147	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Eswatini vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eswatini	Turkey
1985	580	56
1986	548	53
1987	521	50
1988	494	47
1989	505	44
1990	520	42
1991	545	41
1992	580	40
1993	609	39
1994	645	38
1995	612	37
1996	604	36
1997	550	35
1998	475	34
1999	409	34
2000	361	32
2001	307	31
2002	331	30
2003	392	29
2004	451	28
2005	529	27
2006	511	26
2007	647	25
2008	766	24
2009	855	23
2010	752	23
2011	765	23
2012	613	21
2013	491	20
2014	369	20
2015	283	19
2016	213	19
2017	151	18
2018	133	17
2019	96	17
2020	102	19
2021	219	20
2022	112	21
2023	118	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.5% in Eswatini and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	20.7%	25.8%
1961	20.4%	25%
1962	20%	24.1%
1963	19.6%	23.3%
1964	19.2%	22.5%
1965	18.8%	21.7%
1966	18.3%	21%
1967	17.9%	20.4%
1968	17.4%	19.7%
1969	17%	19.2%
1970	16.5%	18.6%
1971	16%	18%
1972	15.4%	17.5%
1973	14.9%	16.9%
1974	14.3%	16.3%
1975	13.7%	15.7%
1976	13.2%	15.1%
1977	12.6%	14.5%
1978	12%	13.9%
1979	11.5%	13.3%
1980	10.9%	12.7%
1981	10.4%	12.1%
1982	9.89%	11.5%
1983	10.4%	10.9%
1984	8.85%	10.3%
1985	8.37%	9.79%
1986	7.93%	9.27%
1987	7.54%	8.77%
1988	7.2%	8.29%
1989	6.93%	7.83%
1990	6.75%	7.38%
1991	6.72%	6.95%
1992	6.85%	6.52%
1993	7.17%	6.11%
1994	7.62%	5.73%
1995	8.12%	5.35%
1996	8.71%	5%
1997	9.3%	4.66%
1998	9.87%	4.33%
1999	10.4%	4.03%
2000	10.9%	3.74%
2001	11.3%	3.47%
2002	11.4%	3.22%
2003	11.6%	2.99%
2004	11.6%	2.77%
2005	11.6%	2.57%
2006	10.5%	2.38%
2007	10%	2.21%
2008	9.82%	2.06%
2009	9.25%	1.92%
2010	8.18%	1.79%
2011	6.81%	1.68%
2012	6.38%	1.58%
2013	6.16%	1.49%
2014	6.17%	1.4%
2015	5.86%	1.33%
2016	5.53%	1.26%
2017	5.43%	1.2%
2018	5.1%	1.15%
2019	5.16%	1.1%
2020	4.98%	1.05%
2021	4.76%	1.01%
2022	4.62%	0.96%
2023	4.5%	1.28%