Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Brunei vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brunei was 1.75 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 Brunei 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
	Brunei	Seychelles
1960	7.32	5.31
1961	7.19	5.42
1962	7.03	5.51
1963	6.89	5.61
1964	6.77	5.69
1965	6.65	5.72
1966	6.51	6.13
1967	6.37	5.9
1968	6.2	5.61
1969	6.01	5.48
1970	5.8	5.31
1971	5.62	5.69
1972	5.5	5.16
1973	5.36	4.78
1974	5.18	5.1
1975	4.99	4.75
1976	4.78	4.09
1977	4.58	3.75
1978	4.39	3.92
1979	4.22	3.66
1980	4.07	3.79
1981	3.94	3.67
1982	3.84	3.13
1983	3.75	3.22
1984	3.68	3.24
1985	3.61	3.09
1986	3.55	3.07
1987	3.49	2.92
1988	3.44	2.79
1989	3.36	2.67
1990	3.29	2.61
1991	3.21	2.69
1992	3.11	2.53
1993	3.01	2.58
1994	2.9	2.6
1995	2.79	2.36
1996	2.68	2.31
1997	2.6	2.1
1998	2.53	2.04
1999	2.46	2.04
2000	2.4	2.08
2001	2.34	1.98
2002	2.26	2.04
2003	2.19	2.06
2004	2.1	2.01
2005	2.02	2.2
2006	1.97	2.11
2007	1.93	2.24
2008	1.92	2.33
2009	1.92	2.38
2010	1.94	2.16
2011	1.96	2.33
2012	1.97	2.37
2013	1.98	2.26
2014	1.97	2.25
2015	1.95	2.31
2016	1.92	2.39
2017	1.88	2.41
2018	1.85	2.41
2019	1.82	2.36
2020	1.8	2.29
2021	1.78	2.46
2022	1.76	2.01
2023	1.75	2.02
2024	1.73	2
2025	1.71	1.97
2026	1.7	1.95
2027	1.68	1.93
2028	1.68	1.91
2029	1.67	1.89
2030	1.66	1.88
2031	1.65	1.86
2032	1.65	1.85
2033	1.65	1.84
2034	1.64	1.83
2035	1.64	1.82
2036	1.64	1.81
2037	1.64	1.8
2038	1.64	1.79
2039	1.63	1.79
2040	1.63	1.78
2041	1.63	1.78
2042	1.63	1.77
2043	1.62	1.77
2044	1.62	1.76
2045	1.62	1.75
2046	1.62	1.75
2047	1.62	1.75
2048	1.62	1.74
2049	1.62	1.74
2050	1.61	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Seychelles
1960	44.1%	38.6%
1961	45.2%	39.1%
1962	46.1%	39.7%
1963	46.6%	40.3%
1964	46.6%	40.9%
1965	46.5%	41.5%
1966	46%	42.1%
1967	45.4%	42.7%
1968	44.8%	43.1%
1969	44.2%	43.4%
1970	43.6%	43.6%
1971	43.3%	43.4%
1972	43%	43%
1973	42.6%	42.5%
1974	42%	41.9%
1975	41.3%	41.2%
1976	40.6%	40.5%
1977	39.9%	39.7%
1978	39.3%	38.8%
1979	38.9%	37.9%
1980	38.5%	37.1%
1981	38.1%	36.4%
1982	37.6%	35.7%
1983	36.9%	35.2%
1984	36.3%	34.8%
1985	35.7%	34.4%
1986	35.2%	34.1%
1987	34.9%	33.8%
1988	34.7%	33.4%
1989	34.6%	32.9%
1990	34.4%	32.4%
1991	34.4%	31.9%
1992	34.3%	31.5%
1993	34.1%	31%
1994	33.7%	30.6%
1995	33.3%	30.3%
1996	32.7%	29.8%
1997	32.2%	29.3%
1998	31.6%	28.8%
1999	31%	28.2%
2000	30.3%	27.6%
2001	29.6%	27%
2002	28.9%	26.5%
2003	28.1%	26%
2004	27.4%	25.5%
2005	26.7%	25%
2006	25.9%	24.5%
2007	25.5%	24%
2008	25.5%	23.5%
2009	25.4%	22.9%
2010	25.3%	22.5%
2011	25.2%	22.2%
2012	24.9%	22%
2013	24.5%	21.8%
2014	24%	21.6%
2015	23.6%	21.4%
2016	23.1%	21.2%
2017	22.7%	21%
2018	22.3%	20.9%
2019	21.9%	20.7%
2020	21.6%	20.6%
2021	21.3%	20.4%
2022	21.2%	20.3%
2023	21%	20.1%
2024	20.8%	20%
2025	20.6%	19.8%
2026	20.4%	19.6%
2027	20.1%	19.4%
2028	19.8%	19.3%
2029	19.5%	19.2%
2030	19.1%	19.2%
2031	18.8%	19.1%
2032	18.5%	19%
2033	18.2%	18.8%
2034	18%	18.7%
2035	17.7%	18.5%
2036	17.5%	18.3%
2037	17.2%	18.1%
2038	17%	18%
2039	16.8%	17.8%
2040	16.6%	17.6%
2041	16.4%	17.4%
2042	16.3%	17.3%
2043	16.1%	17.1%
2044	16%	16.9%
2045	15.9%	16.8%
2046	15.8%	16.7%
2047	15.7%	16.6%
2048	15.7%	16.5%
2049	15.6%	16.4%
2050	15.6%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Seychelles
1960	3,168	977
1961	3,175	1,040
1962	3,128	1,083
1963	3,195	1,123
1964	3,264	1,155
1965	3,326	1,165
1966	3,403	1,280
1967	3,477	1,217
1968	3,551	1,145
1969	3,618	1,119
1970	3,694	1,087
1971	3,880	1,373
1972	4,085	1,199
1973	4,216	1,166
1974	4,334	1,361
1975	4,431	1,376
1976	4,518	1,174
1977	4,594	1,125
1978	4,668	1,330
1979	4,717	1,292
1980	4,775	1,386
1981	4,839	1,358
1982	4,931	1,069
1983	5,138	1,209
1984	5,373	1,255
1985	5,620	1,259
1986	5,826	1,222
1987	6,017	1,172
1988	6,135	1,135
1989	6,202	1,030
1990	6,265	1,070
1991	6,259	1,162
1992	6,169	1,076
1993	6,045	1,091
1994	5,907	1,136
1995	5,750	1,054
1996	5,606	1,047
1997	5,518	873
1998	5,466	844
1999	5,388	901
2000	5,331	958
2001	5,275	885
2002	5,169	837
2003	5,034	828
2004	4,874	842
2005	4,703	861
2006	4,590	804
2007	4,521	867
2008	4,624	887
2009	4,789	900
2010	5,003	844
2011	5,242	936
2012	5,349	989
2013	5,302	846
2014	5,206	832
2015	5,060	888
2016	4,876	900
2017	4,685	901
2018	4,502	842
2019	4,335	811
2020	4,188	886
2021	3,985	744
2022	3,319	635
2023	3,837	683

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brunei, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Seychelles
1985	79	69
1986	78	65
1987	75	62
1988	73	60
1989	71	61
1990	68	53
1991	65	54
1992	62	50
1993	59	49
1994	58	45
1995	55	40
1996	54	39
1997	52	37
1998	51	41
1999	50	41
2000	48	45
2001	46	43
2002	46	45
2003	45	47
2004	44	52
2005	43	50
2006	42	51
2007	41	52
2008	40	51
2009	40	51
2010	40	50
2011	40	50
2012	40	49
2013	40	48
2014	40	46
2015	39	46
2016	39	47
2017	39	47
2018	39	49
2019	38	48
2020	39	51
2021	44	74
2022	88	89
2023	36	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Seychelles
1960	8.9%	10.5%
1961	8.24%	10.3%
1962	7.66%	10.2%
1963	7.15%	10%
1964	6.7%	9.8%
1965	6.32%	9.55%
1966	5.98%	9.26%
1967	5.69%	8.92%
1968	5.42%	8.52%
1969	5.16%	8.07%
1970	4.91%	7.58%
1971	4.64%	7.09%
1972	4.35%	6.59%
1973	4.06%	6.09%
1974	3.77%	5.59%
1975	3.49%	5.09%
1976	3.21%	4.6%
1977	2.95%	4.14%
1978	2.71%	3.72%
1979	2.48%	3.34%
1980	2.28%	3.01%
1981	2.09%	2.74%
1982	1.93%	2.51%
1983	1.79%	2.32%
1984	1.67%	2.16%
1985	1.57%	2.04%
1986	1.48%	1.93%
1987	1.42%	1.84%
1988	1.38%	1.76%
1989	1.35%	1.69%
1990	1.33%	1.63%
1991	1.32%	1.58%
1992	1.31%	1.53%
1993	1.3%	1.49%
1994	1.27%	1.46%
1995	1.23%	1.43%
1996	1.19%	1.41%
1997	1.15%	1.4%
1998	1.1%	1.39%
1999	1.07%	1.38%
2000	1.03%	1.38%
2001	1%	1.37%
2002	0.98%	1.37%
2003	0.96%	1.37%
2004	0.95%	1.38%
2005	0.95%	1.38%
2006	0.95%	1.38%
2007	0.95%	1.39%
2008	0.96%	1.39%
2009	0.96%	1.4%
2010	0.97%	1.41%
2011	0.98%	1.42%
2012	0.99%	1.43%
2013	0.99%	1.44%
2014	1%	1.45%
2015	1%	1.45%
2016	1%	1.46%
2017	1%	1.47%
2018	0.99%	1.48%
2019	0.98%	1.48%
2020	0.97%	1.48%
2021	0.96%	1.47%
2022	0.95%	1.45%
2023	0.94%	1.43%