Fertility in Swaziland, 2026

Swaziland
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Swaziland is projected at 2.64 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.8 years old. In total, 29,062 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
29,062
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
1,269,859
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
10-140.90.2%58
15-1966.912.6%4,372
20-24142.226.8%8,539
25-29122.523.1%6,651
30-34107.520.3%5,439
35-3963.712.0%2,983
40-4423.04.3%922
45-493.10.6%96
50-540.10.0%1