Fertility & birth rates in Barbados and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Barbados vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Barbados was 1.71 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.02 in the Seychelles in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Barbados vs the Seychelles population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	Seychelles
1960	4.71	5.31
1961	4.15	5.42
1962	4.3	5.51
1963	4.3	5.61
1964	4.21	5.69
1965	4.18	5.72
1966	4.14	6.13
1967	3.6	5.9
1968	3.57	5.61
1969	3.34	5.48
1970	3.08	5.31
1971	3.2	5.69
1972	3.15	5.16
1973	2.87	4.78
1974	2.65	5.1
1975	2.45	4.75
1976	2.24	4.09
1977	2.2	3.75
1978	1.84	3.92
1979	1.86	3.66
1980	1.78	3.79
1981	1.85	3.67
1982	1.86	3.13
1983	1.86	3.22
1984	1.75	3.24
1985	1.77	3.09
1986	1.69	3.07
1987	1.61	2.92
1988	1.58	2.79
1989	1.64	2.67
1990	1.84	2.61
1991	1.84	2.69
1992	1.8	2.53
1993	1.77	2.58
1994	1.73	2.6
1995	1.7	2.36
1996	1.67	2.31
1997	1.65	2.1
1998	1.62	2.04
1999	1.78	2.04
2000	1.93	2.08
2001	1.96	1.98
2002	1.86	2.04
2003	1.86	2.06
2004	1.8	2.01
2005	1.74	2.2
2006	1.7	2.11
2007	1.76	2.24
2008	1.76	2.33
2009	1.77	2.38
2010	1.79	2.16
2011	1.76	2.33
2012	1.73	2.37
2013	1.73	2.26
2014	1.73	2.25
2015	1.73	2.31
2016	1.72	2.39
2017	1.72	2.41
2018	1.72	2.41
2019	1.72	2.36
2020	1.71	2.29
2021	1.71	2.46
2022	1.71	2.01
2023	1.71	2.02
2024	1.71	2
2025	1.7	1.97
2026	1.7	1.95
2027	1.7	1.93
2028	1.7	1.91
2029	1.7	1.89
2030	1.7	1.88
2031	1.69	1.86
2032	1.69	1.85
2033	1.69	1.84
2034	1.69	1.83
2035	1.69	1.82
2036	1.69	1.81
2037	1.69	1.8
2038	1.69	1.79
2039	1.69	1.79
2040	1.68	1.78
2041	1.68	1.78
2042	1.68	1.77
2043	1.68	1.77
2044	1.68	1.76
2045	1.68	1.75
2046	1.68	1.75
2047	1.68	1.75
2048	1.68	1.74
2049	1.68	1.74
2050	1.68	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Barbados	Seychelles
1960	37.2%	38.6%
1961	37.2%	39.1%
1962	37.1%	39.7%
1963	37.1%	40.3%
1964	37.1%	40.9%
1965	37.1%	41.5%
1966	37.1%	42.1%
1967	36.9%	42.7%
1968	36.7%	43.1%
1969	36.4%	43.4%
1970	36%	43.6%
1971	35.7%	43.4%
1972	35.3%	43%
1973	34.9%	42.5%
1974	34.4%	41.9%
1975	33.6%	41.2%
1976	32.8%	40.5%
1977	32.1%	39.7%
1978	31.1%	38.8%
1979	30%	37.9%
1980	29%	37.1%
1981	28%	36.4%
1982	27.2%	35.7%
1983	26.7%	35.2%
1984	26.2%	34.8%
1985	25.8%	34.4%
1986	25.5%	34.1%
1987	25.1%	33.8%
1988	24.8%	33.4%
1989	24.5%	32.9%
1990	24.2%	32.4%
1991	23.9%	31.9%
1992	23.6%	31.5%
1993	23.4%	31%
1994	23.2%	30.6%
1995	23%	30.3%
1996	22.8%	29.8%
1997	22.6%	29.3%
1998	22.3%	28.8%
1999	22.1%	28.2%
2000	21.9%	27.6%
2001	21.7%	27%
2002	21.6%	26.5%
2003	21.5%	26%
2004	21.3%	25.5%
2005	21%	25%
2006	20.7%	24.5%
2007	20.5%	24%
2008	20.3%	23.5%
2009	20.2%	22.9%
2010	20.2%	22.5%
2011	20%	22.2%
2012	19.9%	22%
2013	19.7%	21.8%
2014	19.4%	21.6%
2015	19.2%	21.4%
2016	18.9%	21.2%
2017	18.7%	21%
2018	18.4%	20.9%
2019	18.2%	20.7%
2020	18.1%	20.6%
2021	17.9%	20.4%
2022	17.7%	20.3%
2023	17.5%	20.1%
2024	17.2%	20%
2025	17.1%	19.8%
2026	16.9%	19.6%
2027	16.8%	19.4%
2028	16.7%	19.3%
2029	16.6%	19.2%
2030	16.5%	19.2%
2031	16.4%	19.1%
2032	16.4%	19%
2033	16.3%	18.8%
2034	16.2%	18.7%
2035	16.1%	18.5%
2036	16%	18.3%
2037	15.9%	18.1%
2038	15.8%	18%
2039	15.8%	17.8%
2040	15.7%	17.6%
2041	15.6%	17.4%
2042	15.5%	17.3%
2043	15.4%	17.1%
2044	15.3%	16.9%
2045	15.2%	16.8%
2046	15.2%	16.7%
2047	15.1%	16.6%
2048	15%	16.5%
2049	14.9%	16.4%
2050	14.9%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.2% of the population in Barbados and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 24.2% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Barbados and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Barbados vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.18% in Barbados and +0.82% in the Seychelles. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Barbados	Seychelles
1960	5,949	977
1961	5,208	1,040
1962	5,589	1,083
1963	5,706	1,123
1964	5,688	1,155
1965	5,762	1,165
1966	5,842	1,280
1967	4,984	1,217
1968	5,035	1,145
1969	4,710	1,119
1970	4,271	1,087
1971	4,530	1,373
1972	4,505	1,199
1973	3,996	1,166
1974	3,644	1,361
1975	3,321	1,376
1976	2,988	1,174
1977	2,988	1,125
1978	2,367	1,330
1979	2,485	1,292
1980	2,393	1,386
1981	2,605	1,358
1982	2,660	1,069
1983	2,656	1,209
1984	2,388	1,255
1985	2,356	1,259
1986	2,111	1,222
1987	1,841	1,172
1988	1,684	1,135
1989	1,719	1,030
1990	2,101	1,070
1991	2,055	1,162
1992	1,912	1,076
1993	1,765	1,091
1994	1,607	1,136
1995	1,467	1,054
1996	1,334	1,047
1997	1,172	873
1998	1,093	844
1999	1,351	901
2000	1,577	958
2001	1,578	885
2002	1,369	837
2003	1,321	828
2004	1,204	842
2005	1,018	861
2006	927	804
2007	1,028	867
2008	989	887
2009	1,000	900
2010	981	844
2011	897	936
2012	815	989
2013	772	846
2014	730	832
2015	690	888
2016	655	900
2017	616	901
2018	584	842
2019	542	811
2020	503	886
2021	415	744
2022	43	635
2023	158	683

Maternal mortality chart: Barbados vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 35 deaths per 100,000 live births in Barbados, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Barbados	Seychelles
1985	55	69
1986	56	65
1987	57	62
1988	55	60
1989	57	61
1990	59	53
1991	60	54
1992	61	50
1993	55	49
1994	53	45
1995	52	40
1996	51	39
1997	51	37
1998	45	41
1999	44	41
2000	46	45
2001	46	43
2002	43	45
2003	45	47
2004	43	52
2005	44	50
2006	45	51
2007	42	52
2008	42	51
2009	42	51
2010	42	50
2011	41	50
2012	40	49
2013	40	48
2014	39	46
2015	37	46
2016	36	47
2017	37	47
2018	37	49
2019	36	48
2020	39	51
2021	38	74
2022	38	89
2023	35	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1% in Barbados and 1.43% in the Seychelles. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Barbados	Seychelles
1960	8.47%	10.5%
1961	7.86%	10.3%
1962	7.33%	10.2%
1963	6.86%	10%
1964	6.45%	9.8%
1965	6.1%	9.55%
1966	5.79%	9.26%
1967	5.52%	8.92%
1968	5.28%	8.52%
1969	5.03%	8.07%
1970	4.79%	7.58%
1971	4.55%	7.09%
1972	4.32%	6.59%
1973	4.08%	6.09%
1974	3.86%	5.59%
1975	3.64%	5.09%
1976	3.43%	4.6%
1977	3.23%	4.14%
1978	3.04%	3.72%
1979	2.86%	3.34%
1980	2.69%	3.01%
1981	2.55%	2.74%
1982	2.44%	2.51%
1983	2.34%	2.32%
1984	2.26%	2.16%
1985	2.19%	2.04%
1986	2.12%	1.93%
1987	2.05%	1.84%
1988	1.97%	1.76%
1989	1.89%	1.69%
1990	1.81%	1.63%
1991	1.73%	1.58%
1992	1.66%	1.53%
1993	1.59%	1.49%
1994	1.53%	1.46%
1995	1.49%	1.43%
1996	1.45%	1.41%
1997	1.43%	1.4%
1998	1.42%	1.39%
1999	1.42%	1.38%
2000	1.44%	1.38%
2001	1.45%	1.37%
2002	1.47%	1.37%
2003	1.48%	1.37%
2004	1.49%	1.38%
2005	1.48%	1.38%
2006	1.47%	1.38%
2007	1.45%	1.39%
2008	1.43%	1.39%
2009	1.41%	1.4%
2010	1.39%	1.41%
2011	1.37%	1.42%
2012	1.35%	1.43%
2013	1.33%	1.44%
2014	1.31%	1.45%
2015	1.28%	1.45%
2016	1.25%	1.46%
2017	1.21%	1.47%
2018	1.18%	1.48%
2019	1.14%	1.48%
2020	1.11%	1.48%
2021	1.07%	1.47%
2022	1.04%	1.45%
2023	1%	1.43%