Eswatini vs Papua New Guinea: Birth rate, crude

Eswatini
23.65 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
24.29 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Eswatini rank
57th
Papua New Guinea rank
55th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Eswatini
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 24.29 per 1,000 people against 23.65 per 1,000 people in Eswatini, a difference of 0.64 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 57th and Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 47.53 per 1,000 people 44.65 per 1,000 people 2.88 per 1,000 people Eswatini
1970s 50.11 per 1,000 people 41.49 per 1,000 people 8.63 per 1,000 people Eswatini
1980s 46.43 per 1,000 people 37.62 per 1,000 people 8.81 per 1,000 people Eswatini
1990s 35.8 per 1,000 people 35.37 per 1,000 people 0.4337 per 1,000 people Eswatini
2000s 32.33 per 1,000 people 32.92 per 1,000 people 0.5954 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea
2010s 28.5 per 1,000 people 28.61 per 1,000 people 0.1071 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea
2020s 24.54 per 1,000 people 25.14 per 1,000 people 0.6044 per 1,000 people Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Eswatini or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 24.29 per 1,000 people against 23.65 per 1,000 people in Eswatini as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Eswatini and Papua New Guinea?
0.64 per 1,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Papua New Guinea?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Papua New Guinea rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Eswatini ranks 57th and Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.