Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Eswatini

Total fertility rate in Eswatini in 2024 — 2.72 births. Ranked 64 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 59.7%.

2024 2.72 births −1.27% vs 2023
World rank 64of 217
Period maximum 6.8 births1963
Period minimum 2.72 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Eswatini, 1960–2024246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.75 births1962: 6.79 births1964: 6.79 births1966: 6.8 births1968: 6.76 births1970: 6.75 births1972: 6.72 births1974: 6.71 births1976: 6.7 births1978: 6.65 births1980: 6.57 births1982: 6.49 births1984: 6.36 births1986: 6.11 births1988: 5.69 births1990: 5.3 births1992: 4.98 births1994: 4.66 births1996: 4.38 births1998: 4.13 births2000: 4.03 births2002: 3.85 births2004: 3.76 births2006: 3.63 births2008: 3.57 births2010: 3.38 births2012: 3.27 births2014: 3.18 births2016: 3.07 births2018: 2.97 births2020: 2.89 births2022: 2.8 births2024: 2.72 births
Change over the period: −4.03 (−59.75%) Average annual rate: -1.41 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eswatini

Eswatini 2.72 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Southern Africa computed 2.29 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.72 −0.04 −1.27%
2023 2.75 −0.05 −1.71%
2022 2.8 −0.04 −1.41%
2021 2.84 −0.05 −1.63%
2020 2.89 −0.04 −1.26%
2019 2.93 −0.05 −1.55%
2018 2.97 −0.05 −1.56%
2017 3.02 −0.05 −1.63%
2016 3.07 −0.05 −1.73%
2015 3.12 −0.06 −1.85%
2014 3.18 −0.06 −1.73%
2013 3.24 −0.03 −0.89%
2012 3.27 −0.05 −1.54%
2011 3.32 −0.06 −1.72%
2010 3.38 −0.13 −3.68%
2009 3.5 −0.06 −1.77%
2008 3.57 −0.01 −0.36%
2007 3.58 −0.05 −1.43%
2006 3.63 −0.07 −1.94%
2005 3.7 −0.06 −1.49%
2004 3.76 −0.04 −0.95%
2003 3.8 −0.06 −1.5%
2002 3.85 −0.09 −2.28%
2001 3.94 −0.09 −2.13%
2000 4.03 −0.06 −1.44%
1999 4.09 −0.04 −0.87%
1998 4.13 −0.11 −2.6%
1997 4.24 −0.14 −3.27%
1996 4.38 −0.15 −3.21%
1995 4.52 −0.14 −2.98%
1994 4.66 −0.15 −3.18%
1993 4.82 −0.17 −3.33%
1992 4.98 −0.15 −2.94%
1991 5.13 −0.16 −3.08%
1990 5.3 −0.18 −3.36%
1989 5.48 −0.21 −3.76%
1988 5.69 −0.21 −3.54%
1987 5.9 −0.2 −3.34%
1986 6.11 −0.18 −2.8%
1985 6.28 −0.08 −1.23%
1984 6.36 −0.07 −1.12%
1983 6.43 −0.06 −0.91%
1982 6.49 −0.05 −0.73%
1981 6.54 −0.04 −0.53%
1980 6.57 −0.03 −0.5%
1979 6.61 −0.04 −0.6%
1978 6.65 −0.03 −0.43%
1977 6.68 −0.02 −0.37%
1976 6.7 −0.01 −0.09%
1975 6.71 −0 −0.04%
1974 6.71 −0 −0.07%
1973 6.72 −0.01 −0.1%
1972 6.72 −0.02 −0.25%
1971 6.74 −0.01 −0.15%
1970 6.75 −0.01 −0.18%
1969 6.76 +0 +0%
1968 6.76 −0 −0.07%
1967 6.77 −0.04 −0.53%
1966 6.8 +0.01 +0.12%
1965 6.79 +0 +0.07%
1964 6.79 −0.02 −0.22%
1963 6.8 +0.01 +0.15%
1962 6.79 +0.02 +0.3%
1961 6.77 +0.02 +0.33%
1960 6.75

Southern Africa, 2024

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About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.