Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	Seychelles
1960	2.54	5.31
1961	2.63	5.42
1962	2.59	5.51
1963	2.68	5.61
1964	2.71	5.69
1965	2.61	5.72
1966	2.52	6.13
1967	2.41	5.9
1968	2.31	5.61
1969	2.27	5.48
1970	2.25	5.31
1971	2.21	5.69
1972	2.09	5.16
1973	1.95	4.78
1974	1.83	5.1
1975	1.74	4.75
1976	1.73	4.09
1977	1.71	3.75
1978	1.69	3.92
1979	1.69	3.66
1980	1.68	3.79
1981	1.66	3.67
1982	1.61	3.13
1983	1.57	3.22
1984	1.54	3.24
1985	1.51	3.09
1986	1.54	3.07
1987	1.54	2.92
1988	1.57	2.79
1989	1.58	2.67
1990	1.62	2.61
1991	1.66	2.69
1992	1.65	2.53
1993	1.61	2.58
1994	1.56	2.6
1995	1.56	2.36
1996	1.59	2.31
1997	1.6	2.1
1998	1.6	2.04
1999	1.62	2.04
2000	1.67	2.08
2001	1.67	1.98
2002	1.65	2.04
2003	1.67	2.06
2004	1.72	2.01
2005	1.76	2.2
2006	1.8	2.11
2007	1.82	2.24
2008	1.85	2.33
2009	1.84	2.38
2010	1.86	2.16
2011	1.81	2.33
2012	1.8	2.37
2013	1.76	2.26
2014	1.74	2.25
2015	1.7	2.31
2016	1.68	2.39
2017	1.65	2.41
2018	1.62	2.41
2019	1.6	2.36
2020	1.55	2.29
2021	1.6	2.46
2022	1.53	2.01
2023	1.47	2.02
2024	1.47	2
2025	1.48	1.97
2026	1.49	1.95
2027	1.49	1.93
2028	1.5	1.91
2029	1.51	1.89
2030	1.51	1.88
2031	1.52	1.86
2032	1.52	1.85
2033	1.53	1.84
2034	1.53	1.83
2035	1.54	1.82
2036	1.54	1.81
2037	1.54	1.8
2038	1.55	1.79
2039	1.55	1.79
2040	1.56	1.78
2041	1.56	1.78
2042	1.56	1.77
2043	1.57	1.77
2044	1.57	1.76
2045	1.57	1.75
2046	1.57	1.75
2047	1.58	1.75
2048	1.58	1.74
2049	1.59	1.74
2050	1.59	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Seychelles
1960	23.7%	38.6%
1961	23.8%	39.1%
1962	23.8%	39.7%
1963	23.9%	40.3%
1964	23.9%	40.9%
1965	24%	41.5%
1966	24%	42.1%
1967	23.9%	42.7%
1968	23.9%	43.1%
1969	23.8%	43.4%
1970	23.6%	43.6%
1971	23.5%	43.4%
1972	23.3%	43%
1973	23%	42.5%
1974	22.6%	41.9%
1975	22.2%	41.2%
1976	21.8%	40.5%
1977	21.4%	39.7%
1978	21%	38.8%
1979	20.6%	37.9%
1980	20.3%	37.1%
1981	19.9%	36.4%
1982	19.6%	35.7%
1983	19.4%	35.2%
1984	19.1%	34.8%
1985	18.8%	34.4%
1986	18.6%	34.1%
1987	18.3%	33.8%
1988	18.2%	33.4%
1989	18.1%	32.9%
1990	18.1%	32.4%
1991	18.2%	31.9%
1992	18.2%	31.5%
1993	18.1%	31%
1994	18.1%	30.6%
1995	18%	30.3%
1996	17.9%	29.8%
1997	17.8%	29.3%
1998	17.7%	28.8%
1999	17.7%	28.2%
2000	17.6%	27.6%
2001	17.5%	27%
2002	17.5%	26.5%
2003	17.3%	26%
2004	17.2%	25.5%
2005	17.1%	25%
2006	17%	24.5%
2007	16.9%	24%
2008	16.9%	23.5%
2009	16.9%	22.9%
2010	16.9%	22.5%
2011	17%	22.2%
2012	17%	22%
2013	17%	21.8%
2014	17%	21.6%
2015	17%	21.4%
2016	17%	21.2%
2017	17%	21%
2018	16.9%	20.9%
2019	16.9%	20.7%
2020	16.8%	20.6%
2021	16.7%	20.4%
2022	16.5%	20.3%
2023	16.3%	20.1%
2024	16%	20%
2025	15.7%	19.8%
2026	15.4%	19.6%
2027	15.1%	19.4%
2028	14.9%	19.3%
2029	14.6%	19.2%
2030	14.4%	19.2%
2031	14.2%	19.1%
2032	14%	19%
2033	13.8%	18.8%
2034	13.6%	18.7%
2035	13.5%	18.5%
2036	13.4%	18.3%
2037	13.3%	18.1%
2038	13.3%	18%
2039	13.3%	17.8%
2040	13.4%	17.6%
2041	13.4%	17.4%
2042	13.5%	17.3%
2043	13.5%	17.1%
2044	13.6%	16.9%
2045	13.7%	16.8%
2046	13.8%	16.7%
2047	13.8%	16.6%
2048	13.9%	16.5%
2049	13.9%	16.4%
2050	13.9%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Seychelles
1960	40,275	977
1961	52,349	1,040
1962	42,414	1,083
1963	41,804	1,123
1964	51,580	1,155
1965	39,748	1,165
1966	36,206	1,280
1967	31,618	1,217
1968	20,199	1,145
1969	21,221	1,119
1970	23,173	1,087
1971	21,281	1,373
1972	18,451	1,199
1973	11,690	1,166
1974	7,818	1,361
1975	0	1,376
1976	1,964	1,174
1977	8,847	1,125
1978	7,872	1,330
1979	11,818	1,292
1980	10,845	1,386
1981	11,831	1,358
1982	7,885	1,069
1983	2,956	1,209
1984	4,927	1,255
1985	2,958	1,259
1986	5,917	1,222
1987	11,844	1,172
1988	14,853	1,135
1989	13,912	1,030
1990	19,935	1,070
1991	22,010	1,162
1992	20,090	1,076
1993	14,118	1,091
1994	12,139	1,136
1995	11,150	1,054
1996	12,188	1,047
1997	12,218	873
1998	9,183	844
1999	9,203	901
2000	12,302	958
2001	11,315	885
2002	7,233	837
2003	7,263	828
2004	16,673	842
2005	15,718	861
2006	21,096	804
2007	23,376	867
2008	22,491	887
2009	23,752	900
2010	23,970	844
2011	25,388	936
2012	18,882	989
2013	16,739	846
2014	21,297	832
2015	11,274	888
2016	14,731	900
2017	10,238	901
2018	7,999	842
2019	8,042	811
2020	-12,692	886
2021	5,793	744
2022	-2,336	635
2023	0	683

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Seychelles
1985	9	69
1986	9	65
1987	9	62
1988	9	60
1989	9	61
1990	9	53
1991	9	54
1992	9	50
1993	9	49
1994	9	45
1995	9	40
1996	9	39
1997	8	37
1998	8	41
1999	8	41
2000	8	45
2001	8	43
2002	7	45
2003	7	47
2004	7	52
2005	7	50
2006	6	51
2007	7	52
2008	6	51
2009	6	51
2010	6	50
2011	6	50
2012	5	49
2013	6	48
2014	5	46
2015	5	46
2016	5	47
2017	5	47
2018	5	49
2019	4	48
2020	4	51
2021	7	74
2022	11	89
2023	4	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Seychelles
1960	3.39%	10.5%
1961	3.25%	10.3%
1962	3.12%	10.2%
1963	3%	10%
1964	2.89%	9.8%
1965	2.79%	9.55%
1966	2.7%	9.26%
1967	2.62%	8.92%
1968	2.55%	8.52%
1969	2.48%	8.07%
1970	2.39%	7.58%
1971	2.3%	7.09%
1972	2.19%	6.59%
1973	2.08%	6.09%
1974	1.97%	5.59%
1975	1.86%	5.09%
1976	1.76%	4.6%
1977	1.67%	4.14%
1978	1.59%	3.72%
1979	1.52%	3.34%
1980	1.45%	3.01%
1981	1.39%	2.74%
1982	1.33%	2.51%
1983	1.27%	2.32%
1984	1.22%	2.16%
1985	1.18%	2.04%
1986	1.14%	1.93%
1987	1.1%	1.84%
1988	1.07%	1.76%
1989	1.03%	1.69%
1990	1%	1.63%
1991	0.96%	1.58%
1992	0.92%	1.53%
1993	0.87%	1.49%
1994	0.82%	1.46%
1995	0.77%	1.43%
1996	0.72%	1.41%
1997	0.67%	1.4%
1998	0.64%	1.39%
1999	0.61%	1.38%
2000	0.59%	1.38%
2001	0.57%	1.37%
2002	0.55%	1.37%
2003	0.53%	1.37%
2004	0.52%	1.38%
2005	0.5%	1.38%
2006	0.49%	1.38%
2007	0.48%	1.39%
2008	0.47%	1.39%
2009	0.46%	1.4%
2010	0.45%	1.41%
2011	0.44%	1.42%
2012	0.43%	1.43%
2013	0.42%	1.44%
2014	0.42%	1.45%
2015	0.41%	1.45%
2016	0.41%	1.46%
2017	0.4%	1.47%
2018	0.4%	1.48%
2019	0.39%	1.48%
2020	0.39%	1.48%
2021	0.38%	1.47%
2022	0.37%	1.45%
2023	0.36%	1.43%