Data / Live births / Eswatini

Live births in Eswatini

Live births in Eswatini was 29,622 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.3% from 2022. That is the 146th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count29,622 Estimated
Change on 2022-1.3%
Rank146th of 236Countries ranked
Series high36,8181993
Series low13,6671950
Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Live births in Eswatini, 1950 to 2023

10K15K20K25K30K35K40K19501961197219831994200520231950: 13,667 count1951: 13,885 count1952: 14,091 count1953: 14,314 count1954: 14,553 count1955: 14,810 count1956: 15,083 count1957: 15,375 count1958: 15,687 count1959: 16,020 count1960: 16,367 count1961: 16,728 count1962: 17,108 count1963: 17,489 count1964: 17,850 count1965: 18,324 count1966: 18,916 count1967: 19,440 count1968: 20,141 count1969: 20,895 count1970: 21,644 count1971: 22,422 count1972: 23,193 count1973: 23,995 count1974: 24,821 count1975: 25,674 count1976: 26,523 count1977: 27,347 count1978: 28,143 count1979: 28,914 count1980: 29,715 count1981: 30,510 count1982: 31,204 count1983: 31,895 count1984: 32,541 count1985: 33,097 count1986: 33,336 count1987: 33,526 count1988: 33,718 count1989: 34,859 count1990: 35,272 count1991: 35,887 count1992: 36,488 count1993: 36,818 count1994: 36,255 count1995: 32,973 count1996: 32,794 count1997: 32,598 count1998: 32,789 count1999: 33,488 count2000: 33,940 count2001: 34,097 count2002: 34,164 count2003: 34,489 count2004: 34,939 count2005: 35,106 count2006: 34,954 count2007: 35,081 count2008: 35,446 count2009: 35,242 count2010: 34,313 count2011: 33,985 count2012: 33,662 count2013: 33,500 count2014: 32,975 count2015: 32,350 count2016: 31,753 count2017: 31,186 count2018: 30,873 count2019: 30,546 count2020: 30,283 count2021: 30,113 count2022: 29,999 count2023: 29,622 count10K20K30K40K19501975200020231950: 13,667 count1951: 13,885 count1952: 14,091 count1953: 14,314 count1954: 14,553 count1955: 14,810 count1956: 15,083 count1957: 15,375 count1958: 15,687 count1959: 16,020 count1960: 16,367 count1961: 16,728 count1962: 17,108 count1963: 17,489 count1964: 17,850 count1965: 18,324 count1966: 18,916 count1967: 19,440 count1968: 20,141 count1969: 20,895 count1970: 21,644 count1971: 22,422 count1972: 23,193 count1973: 23,995 count1974: 24,821 count1975: 25,674 count1976: 26,523 count1977: 27,347 count1978: 28,143 count1979: 28,914 count1980: 29,715 count1981: 30,510 count1982: 31,204 count1983: 31,895 count1984: 32,541 count1985: 33,097 count1986: 33,336 count1987: 33,526 count1988: 33,718 count1989: 34,859 count1990: 35,272 count1991: 35,887 count1992: 36,488 count1993: 36,818 count1994: 36,255 count1995: 32,973 count1996: 32,794 count1997: 32,598 count1998: 32,789 count1999: 33,488 count2000: 33,940 count2001: 34,097 count2002: 34,164 count2003: 34,489 count2004: 34,939 count2005: 35,106 count2006: 34,954 count2007: 35,081 count2008: 35,446 count2009: 35,242 count2010: 34,313 count2011: 33,985 count2012: 33,662 count2013: 33,500 count2014: 32,975 count2015: 32,350 count2016: 31,753 count2017: 31,186 count2018: 30,873 count2019: 30,546 count2020: 30,283 count2021: 30,113 count2022: 29,999 count2023: 29,622 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
202329,622 Estimated
202229,999 Estimated
202130,113 Estimated
202030,283 Estimated
201930,546 Estimated
201830,873 Estimated
201731,186 Estimated
201631,753 Estimated
201532,350 Estimated
201432,975 Estimated
201333,500 Estimated
201233,662 Estimated
201133,985 Estimated
201034,313 Estimated
200935,242 Estimated
200835,446 Estimated
200735,081 Estimated
200634,954 Estimated
200535,106 Estimated
200434,939 Estimated
200334,489 Estimated
200234,164 Estimated
200134,097 Estimated
200033,940 Estimated
199933,488 Estimated
199832,789 Estimated
199732,598 Estimated
199632,794 Estimated
199532,973 Estimated
199436,255 Estimated
199336,818 Estimated
199236,488 Estimated
199135,887 Estimated
199035,272 Estimated
198934,859 Estimated
198833,718 Estimated
198733,526 Estimated
198633,336 Estimated
198533,097 Estimated
198432,541 Estimated
198331,895 Estimated
198231,204 Estimated
198130,510 Estimated
198029,715 Estimated
197928,914 Estimated
197828,143 Estimated
197727,347 Estimated
197626,523 Estimated
197525,674 Estimated
197424,821 Estimated
197323,995 Estimated
197223,193 Estimated
197122,422 Estimated
197021,644 Estimated
196920,895 Estimated
196820,141 Estimated
196719,440 Estimated
196618,916 Estimated
196518,324 Estimated
196417,850 Estimated
196317,489 Estimated
196217,108 Estimated
196116,728 Estimated
196016,367 Estimated
195916,020 Estimated
195815,687 Estimated
195715,375 Estimated
195615,083 Estimated
195514,810 Estimated
195414,553 Estimated
195314,314 Estimated
195214,091 Estimated
195113,885 Estimated
195013,667 Estimated

Eswatini compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
  • Under 100K
  • 100K to 200K
  • 200K to 400K
  • 400K to 1M
  • 1M and over
  • No data
Live births, 2023, count. Eswatini is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Definition

Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Eswatini, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

MLA 9

World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Eswatini, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/eswatini. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Eswatini, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/eswatini.

Harvard

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Eswatini, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/eswatini (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{united_live_births_eswatini_2023,
  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Eswatini, 1950 to 2023}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/eswatini. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
TI  - World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Eswatini, 1950 to 2023
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/13
PB  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/births/eswatini
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/eswatini.
N1  - Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest live births in Eswatini? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"births","place":"sz"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=births&place=sz

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the live births in Eswatini?

Live births in Eswatini was 29,622 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 1.3% from 2022. That is the 146th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Eswatini?

36,818 in 1993, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Live births in other countries

Related statistics for Eswatini

All statistics for Eswatini | Eswatini in figures