Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Canada vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Seychelles
1960	3.81	5.31
1961	3.75	5.42
1962	3.68	5.51
1963	3.61	5.61
1964	3.46	5.69
1965	3.12	5.72
1966	2.75	6.13
1967	2.53	5.9
1968	2.39	5.61
1969	2.33	5.48
1970	2.26	5.31
1971	2.14	5.69
1972	1.98	5.16
1973	1.89	4.78
1974	1.84	5.1
1975	1.82	4.75
1976	1.8	4.09
1977	1.78	3.75
1978	1.77	3.92
1979	1.75	3.66
1980	1.74	3.79
1981	1.7	3.67
1982	1.69	3.13
1983	1.68	3.22
1984	1.65	3.24
1985	1.67	3.09
1986	1.68	3.07
1987	1.68	2.92
1988	1.68	2.79
1989	1.77	2.67
1990	1.83	2.61
1991	1.72	2.69
1992	1.71	2.53
1993	1.69	2.58
1994	1.69	2.6
1995	1.67	2.36
1996	1.63	2.31
1997	1.57	2.1
1998	1.56	2.04
1999	1.55	2.04
2000	1.51	2.08
2001	1.54	1.98
2002	1.52	2.04
2003	1.55	2.06
2004	1.56	2.01
2005	1.58	2.2
2006	1.63	2.11
2007	1.67	2.24
2008	1.7	2.33
2009	1.69	2.38
2010	1.65	2.16
2011	1.63	2.33
2012	1.63	2.37
2013	1.61	2.26
2014	1.61	2.25
2015	1.6	2.31
2016	1.59	2.39
2017	1.55	2.41
2018	1.51	2.41
2019	1.47	2.36
2020	1.41	2.29
2021	1.44	2.46
2022	1.33	2.01
2023	1.26	2.02
2024	1.25	2
2025	1.24	1.97
2026	1.24	1.95
2027	1.23	1.93
2028	1.24	1.91
2029	1.23	1.89
2030	1.24	1.88
2031	1.24	1.86
2032	1.24	1.85
2033	1.25	1.84
2034	1.25	1.83
2035	1.25	1.82
2036	1.26	1.81
2037	1.26	1.8
2038	1.26	1.79
2039	1.27	1.79
2040	1.27	1.78
2041	1.27	1.78
2042	1.28	1.77
2043	1.28	1.77
2044	1.28	1.76
2045	1.28	1.75
2046	1.29	1.75
2047	1.29	1.75
2048	1.29	1.74
2049	1.3	1.74
2050	1.3	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Seychelles
1960	33.8%	38.6%
1961	33.9%	39.1%
1962	33.9%	39.7%
1963	33.9%	40.3%
1964	33.7%	40.9%
1965	33.3%	41.5%
1966	32.9%	42.1%
1967	32.3%	42.7%
1968	31.6%	43.1%
1969	31%	43.4%
1970	30.2%	43.6%
1971	29.3%	43.4%
1972	28.6%	43%
1973	27.8%	42.5%
1974	27%	41.9%
1975	26.2%	41.2%
1976	25.5%	40.5%
1977	24.7%	39.7%
1978	24%	38.8%
1979	23.4%	37.9%
1980	22.8%	37.1%
1981	22.3%	36.4%
1982	22%	35.7%
1983	21.8%	35.2%
1984	21.6%	34.8%
1985	21.3%	34.4%
1986	21.1%	34.1%
1987	20.9%	33.8%
1988	20.8%	33.4%
1989	20.8%	32.9%
1990	20.7%	32.4%
1991	20.7%	31.9%
1992	20.7%	31.5%
1993	20.7%	31%
1994	20.6%	30.6%
1995	20.4%	30.3%
1996	20.2%	29.8%
1997	20%	29.3%
1998	19.8%	28.8%
1999	19.5%	28.2%
2000	19.2%	27.6%
2001	18.9%	27%
2002	18.6%	26.5%
2003	18.3%	26%
2004	18%	25.5%
2005	17.7%	25%
2006	17.4%	24.5%
2007	17.1%	24%
2008	16.9%	23.5%
2009	16.7%	22.9%
2010	16.6%	22.5%
2011	16.4%	22.2%
2012	16.3%	22%
2013	16.3%	21.8%
2014	16.2%	21.6%
2015	16.2%	21.4%
2016	16.2%	21.2%
2017	16.2%	21%
2018	16.1%	20.9%
2019	16%	20.7%
2020	15.9%	20.6%
2021	15.7%	20.4%
2022	15.5%	20.3%
2023	15.3%	20.1%
2024	15.1%	20%
2025	15%	19.8%
2026	14.9%	19.6%
2027	14.7%	19.4%
2028	14.6%	19.3%
2029	14.5%	19.2%
2030	14.4%	19.2%
2031	14.3%	19.1%
2032	14.2%	19%
2033	14.1%	18.8%
2034	14%	18.7%
2035	13.9%	18.5%
2036	13.9%	18.3%
2037	13.8%	18.1%
2038	13.8%	18%
2039	13.7%	17.8%
2040	13.7%	17.6%
2041	13.6%	17.4%
2042	13.6%	17.3%
2043	13.6%	17.1%
2044	13.5%	16.9%
2045	13.5%	16.8%
2046	13.5%	16.7%
2047	13.5%	16.6%
2048	13.5%	16.5%
2049	13.5%	16.4%
2050	13.5%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Seychelles
1960	338,487	977
1961	334,360	1,040
1962	325,745	1,083
1963	318,595	1,123
1964	307,268	1,155
1965	269,589	1,165
1966	236,566	1,280
1967	220,450	1,217
1968	211,589	1,145
1969	216,588	1,119
1970	215,372	1,087
1971	208,640	1,373
1972	188,857	1,199
1973	184,432	1,166
1974	182,464	1,361
1975	196,718	1,376
1976	196,979	1,174
1977	199,297	1,125
1978	194,102	1,330
1979	203,293	1,292
1980	203,480	1,386
1981	206,005	1,358
1982	200,935	1,069
1983	202,931	1,209
1984	204,856	1,255
1985	204,153	1,259
1986	190,532	1,222
1987	190,416	1,172
1988	192,901	1,135
1989	207,304	1,030
1990	213,222	1,070
1991	207,477	1,162
1992	204,273	1,076
1993	186,451	1,091
1994	179,804	1,136
1995	167,023	1,054
1996	153,973	1,047
1997	134,577	873
1998	126,651	844
1999	118,565	901
2000	110,469	958
2001	114,777	885
2002	106,621	837
2003	110,749	828
2004	111,786	842
2005	116,074	861
2006	130,285	804
2007	134,845	867
2008	142,963	887
2009	144,609	900
2010	139,425	844
2011	133,923	936
2012	135,382	989
2013	129,799	846
2014	127,563	832
2015	117,825	888
2016	115,555	900
2017	98,672	901
2018	88,974	842
2019	86,523	811
2020	53,241	886
2021	57,360	744
2022	15,574	635
2023	28,058	683

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Seychelles
1985	7	69
1986	7	65
1987	7	62
1988	7	60
1989	8	61
1990	7	53
1991	8	54
1992	8	50
1993	8	49
1994	8	45
1995	8	40
1996	9	39
1997	8	37
1998	9	41
1999	9	41
2000	9	45
2001	10	43
2002	10	45
2003	10	47
2004	10	52
2005	11	50
2006	11	51
2007	11	52
2008	12	51
2009	12	51
2010	11	50
2011	11	50
2012	11	49
2013	11	48
2014	12	46
2015	11	46
2016	12	47
2017	12	47
2018	13	49
2019	12	48
2020	17	51
2021	14	74
2022	15	89
2023	12	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Seychelles
1960	3.26%	10.5%
1961	3.15%	10.3%
1962	3.05%	10.2%
1963	2.94%	10%
1964	2.82%	9.8%
1965	2.71%	9.55%
1966	2.6%	9.26%
1967	2.5%	8.92%
1968	2.4%	8.52%
1969	2.3%	8.07%
1970	2.19%	7.58%
1971	2.09%	7.09%
1972	1.99%	6.59%
1973	1.89%	6.09%
1974	1.79%	5.59%
1975	1.7%	5.09%
1976	1.6%	4.6%
1977	1.51%	4.14%
1978	1.42%	3.72%
1979	1.33%	3.34%
1980	1.25%	3.01%
1981	1.18%	2.74%
1982	1.12%	2.51%
1983	1.06%	2.32%
1984	1.01%	2.16%
1985	0.98%	2.04%
1986	0.94%	1.93%
1987	0.91%	1.84%
1988	0.88%	1.76%
1989	0.85%	1.69%
1990	0.82%	1.63%
1991	0.8%	1.58%
1992	0.77%	1.53%
1993	0.74%	1.49%
1994	0.72%	1.46%
1995	0.69%	1.43%
1996	0.67%	1.41%
1997	0.65%	1.4%
1998	0.64%	1.39%
1999	0.63%	1.38%
2000	0.62%	1.38%
2001	0.62%	1.37%
2002	0.62%	1.37%
2003	0.62%	1.37%
2004	0.61%	1.38%
2005	0.61%	1.38%
2006	0.6%	1.38%
2007	0.6%	1.39%
2008	0.59%	1.39%
2009	0.58%	1.4%
2010	0.57%	1.41%
2011	0.56%	1.42%
2012	0.56%	1.43%
2013	0.55%	1.44%
2014	0.54%	1.45%
2015	0.54%	1.45%
2016	0.53%	1.46%
2017	0.52%	1.47%
2018	0.52%	1.48%
2019	0.51%	1.48%
2020	0.51%	1.48%
2021	0.51%	1.47%
2022	0.51%	1.45%
2023	0.51%	1.43%