Fertility in Swaziland, 2021

Swaziland
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Swaziland was 2.84 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 30,113 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.84
Births
30,113
Births per 1,000 people
25.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.9
Population
1,206,593
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.00.2%66
15-1970.712.4%4,489
20-24151.726.6%8,855
25-29130.522.9%7,068
30-34114.520.1%5,686
35-3970.212.3%2,983
40-4427.24.8%877
45-493.60.6%89
50-540.10.0%1