Eswatini
Fertility rate in Eswatini
Fertility rate in Eswatini: 6.73 births per woman in 1950 and 2.75 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 2.75 births per woman
- Since 1950
- −3.98 births per woman
- Rank, 2023
- 63 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 2.25 births per woman
- Projected, 2100
- 1.78 births per woman
- UN projection (medium variant)
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.78 births per woman in 2100, between 1.08 births per woman and 2.61 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 6.8 births per woman in 1963, the lowest 2.75 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.75 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 2.8 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 2.84 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 2.89 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 2.93 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 2.97 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 3.02 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 3.07 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 3.12 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 3.18 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 3.24 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 3.27 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 3.32 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 3.38 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 3.5 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 3.57 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 3.58 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 3.63 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 3.7 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 3.76 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 3.8 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 3.85 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 3.94 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 4.03 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 4.09 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 4.13 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 4.24 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 4.38 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 4.52 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 4.66 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 4.82 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 4.98 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 5.13 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 5.3 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 5.48 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 5.69 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 5.9 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 6.11 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 6.28 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 6.36 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 6.43 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 6.49 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 6.54 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 6.57 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 6.61 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 6.65 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 6.68 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 6.7 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 6.71 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 6.71 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 6.72 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 6.72 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 6.74 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 6.75 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 6.76 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 6.76 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 6.77 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 6.8 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 6.79 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 6.79 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 6.8 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 6.79 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 6.77 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 6.75 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 6.73 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 6.71 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 6.7 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 6.69 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 6.68 | 5 |
| 1954 | 6.68 | 5 |
| 1953 | 6.69 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 1951 | 6.72 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 6.73 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Eswatini | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.722.05–3.39 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 2.681.98–3.4 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 2.641.92–3.41 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 2.611.88–3.4 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 2.581.82–3.4 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 2.551.78–3.38 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 2.511.75–3.37 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 2.491.7–3.35 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 2.451.67–3.31 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 2.421.65–3.32 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 2.41.62–3.28 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 2.371.58–3.28 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 2.351.55–3.26 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 2.321.53–3.24 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 2.31.52–3.22 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 2.281.49–3.23 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 2.261.46–3.24 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 2.241.42–3.25 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 2.221.4–3.21 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 2.21.38–3.19 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 2.181.38–3.18 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 2.161.37–3.13 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 2.141.34–3.1 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 2.131.31–3.1 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 2.111.27–3.05 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 2.11.28–3.05 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 2.081.25–3.06 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 2.071.28–3.08 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 2.051.29–3.03 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 2.041.25–3.06 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 2.031.25–3.04 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 2.021.23–3.04 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 2.011.23–3.03 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 21.24–3.01 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 1.991.24–3.01 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 1.981.23–3.05 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 1.971.23–3.02 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 1.961.22–2.99 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 1.961.21–2.98 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 1.951.22–2.97 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 1.941.2–2.95 | 2 |
| 2065 | 1.931.2–2.9 | 2 |
| 2066 | 1.921.21–2.9 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 1.921.2–2.88 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 1.911.19–2.9 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 1.91.19–2.88 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 1.91.18–2.89 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 1.891.17–2.85 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 1.891.14–2.84 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 1.881.14–2.82 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 1.881.12–2.8 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 1.871.13–2.82 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 1.871.13–2.78 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 1.861.13–2.77 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 1.861.13–2.72 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 1.851.12–2.74 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 1.851.13–2.73 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 1.841.12–2.73 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 1.841.09–2.73 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 1.841.12–2.73 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 1.831.11–2.75 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 1.831.1–2.73 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 1.821.1–2.71 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 1.821.1–2.68 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 1.821.1–2.72 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 1.811.1–2.68 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 1.811.09–2.66 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 1.81.09–2.66 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 1.81.09–2.65 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 1.81.09–2.65 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 1.791.1–2.66 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 1.791.09–2.65 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 1.791.08–2.65 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 1.791.08–2.65 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 1.791.08–2.61 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 1.781.07–2.61 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 1.781.08–2.61 | 1.84 |
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.6% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$88.1M in 2025
- Military spending per person$75 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3,000 people in 1999
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.98% of the labour force in 1999
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2020