Botswana vs Eswatini: Fertility rate, total

Botswana
2.7 births per woman
in 2024
Eswatini
2.72 births per woman
in 2024
Botswana rank
65th
Eswatini rank
64th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 2.72 births per woman against 2.7 births per woman in Botswana, a difference of 0.02 births per woman.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 65th and Eswatini ranks 64th of 217 countries.

Eswatini has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Eswatini Difference Ahead
1960s 6.58 births per woman 6.78 births per woman 0.1962 births per woman Eswatini
1970s 6.55 births per woman 6.7 births per woman 0.1486 births per woman Eswatini
1980s 5.53 births per woman 6.19 births per woman 0.6561 births per woman Eswatini
1990s 3.88 births per woman 4.62 births per woman 0.7462 births per woman Eswatini
2000s 3.15 births per woman 3.74 births per woman 0.5898 births per woman Eswatini
2010s 3.02 births per woman 3.15 births per woman 0.1286 births per woman Eswatini
2020s 2.78 births per woman 2.8 births per woman 0.0186 births per woman Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Botswana or Eswatini?
Eswatini, at 2.72 births per woman against 2.7 births per woman in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Botswana and Eswatini?
0.02 births per woman, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Eswatini?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Eswatini rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Botswana ranks 65th and Eswatini ranks 64th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,193 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.