Fertility & birth rates in China and Seychelles

Fertility rate in China vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 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 China 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
	China	Seychelles
1960	4.45	5.31
1961	3.86	5.42
1962	6.09	5.51
1963	7.51	5.61
1964	6.67	5.69
1965	6.61	5.72
1966	6.31	6.13
1967	5.81	5.9
1968	6.51	5.61
1969	6.18	5.48
1970	6.09	5.31
1971	5.52	5.69
1972	5.11	5.16
1973	4.73	4.78
1974	4.17	5.1
1975	3.57	4.75
1976	3.24	4.09
1977	2.84	3.75
1978	2.72	3.92
1979	2.75	3.66
1980	2.74	3.79
1981	2.79	3.67
1982	2.97	3.13
1983	2.56	3.22
1984	2.61	3.24
1985	2.63	3.09
1986	2.72	3.07
1987	2.76	2.92
1988	2.54	2.79
1989	2.52	2.67
1990	2.51	2.61
1991	1.93	2.69
1992	1.78	2.53
1993	1.69	2.58
1994	1.63	2.6
1995	1.59	2.36
1996	1.55	2.31
1997	1.53	2.1
1998	1.52	2.04
1999	1.53	2.04
2000	1.63	2.08
2001	1.56	1.98
2002	1.57	2.04
2003	1.57	2.06
2004	1.61	2.01
2005	1.62	2.2
2006	1.64	2.11
2007	1.67	2.24
2008	1.7	2.33
2009	1.71	2.38
2010	1.69	2.16
2011	1.67	2.33
2012	1.8	2.37
2013	1.71	2.26
2014	1.77	2.25
2015	1.67	2.31
2016	1.77	2.39
2017	1.8	2.41
2018	1.54	2.41
2019	1.5	2.36
2020	1.24	2.29
2021	1.12	2.46
2022	1.03	2.01
2023	1	2.02
2024	1.01	2
2025	1.02	1.97
2026	1.03	1.95
2027	1.04	1.93
2028	1.05	1.91
2029	1.05	1.89
2030	1.06	1.88
2031	1.07	1.86
2032	1.08	1.85
2033	1.08	1.84
2034	1.09	1.83
2035	1.1	1.82
2036	1.1	1.81
2037	1.11	1.8
2038	1.12	1.79
2039	1.12	1.79
2040	1.13	1.78
2041	1.13	1.78
2042	1.14	1.77
2043	1.15	1.77
2044	1.15	1.76
2045	1.16	1.75
2046	1.16	1.75
2047	1.17	1.75
2048	1.17	1.74
2049	1.18	1.74
2050	1.18	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Seychelles
1960	40.3%	38.6%
1961	40%	39.1%
1962	40%	39.7%
1963	40.6%	40.3%
1964	41.2%	40.9%
1965	41.5%	41.5%
1966	41.5%	42.1%
1967	41.3%	42.7%
1968	41%	43.1%
1969	41%	43.4%
1970	40.8%	43.6%
1971	40.7%	43.4%
1972	40.4%	43%
1973	40.1%	42.5%
1974	40.2%	41.9%
1975	40.2%	41.2%
1976	40.3%	40.5%
1977	39.8%	39.7%
1978	38.6%	38.8%
1979	37.2%	37.9%
1980	36.1%	37.1%
1981	35.1%	36.4%
1982	34.3%	35.7%
1983	33.3%	35.2%
1984	32.2%	34.8%
1985	31.2%	34.4%
1986	30.4%	34.1%
1987	29.8%	33.8%
1988	29.3%	33.4%
1989	28.9%	32.9%
1990	28.8%	32.4%
1991	28.6%	31.9%
1992	28.4%	31.5%
1993	28.2%	31%
1994	27.8%	30.6%
1995	27.4%	30.3%
1996	27%	29.8%
1997	26.3%	29.3%
1998	25.7%	28.8%
1999	25.2%	28.2%
2000	24.5%	27.6%
2001	23.8%	27%
2002	22.9%	26.5%
2003	22%	26%
2004	21.2%	25.5%
2005	20.3%	25%
2006	19.6%	24.5%
2007	19.2%	24%
2008	18.9%	23.5%
2009	18.6%	22.9%
2010	18.5%	22.5%
2011	18.3%	22.2%
2012	18.3%	22%
2013	18.3%	21.8%
2014	18.3%	21.6%
2015	18.3%	21.4%
2016	18.3%	21.2%
2017	18.4%	21%
2018	18.3%	20.9%
2019	18.2%	20.7%
2020	18%	20.6%
2021	17.6%	20.4%
2022	17.1%	20.3%
2023	16.6%	20.1%
2024	16%	20%
2025	15.4%	19.8%
2026	14.8%	19.6%
2027	14.1%	19.4%
2028	13.5%	19.3%
2029	12.8%	19.2%
2030	12.1%	19.2%
2031	11.5%	19.1%
2032	10.8%	19%
2033	10.3%	18.8%
2034	9.83%	18.7%
2035	9.53%	18.5%
2036	9.37%	18.3%
2037	9.31%	18.1%
2038	9.31%	18%
2039	9.34%	17.8%
2040	9.38%	17.6%
2041	9.43%	17.4%
2042	9.49%	17.3%
2043	9.56%	17.1%
2044	9.63%	16.9%
2045	9.71%	16.8%
2046	9.78%	16.7%
2047	9.85%	16.6%
2048	9.9%	16.5%
2049	9.93%	16.4%
2050	9.94%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in China vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China 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
	China	Seychelles
1960	-3,048,510	977
1961	2,496,047	1,040
1962	17,969,132	1,083
1963	22,742,225	1,123
1964	19,302,532	1,155
1965	20,296,950	1,165
1966	19,282,187	1,280
1967	19,263,662	1,217
1968	21,206,083	1,145
1969	20,760,332	1,119
1970	21,137,076	1,087
1971	19,622,980	1,373
1972	19,102,585	1,199
1973	18,423,727	1,166
1974	15,738,118	1,361
1975	14,378,237	1,376
1976	11,782,472	1,174
1977	11,378,068	1,125
1978	11,473,980	1,330
1979	11,250,148	1,292
1980	11,647,260	1,386
1981	14,461,027	1,358
1982	15,815,318	1,069
1983	13,599,789	1,209
1984	13,561,671	1,255
1985	14,987,830	1,259
1986	16,609,920	1,222
1987	18,005,821	1,172
1988	17,328,640	1,135
1989	16,824,495	1,030
1990	16,335,313	1,070
1991	14,937,124	1,162
1992	13,548,601	1,076
1993	13,493,138	1,091
1994	13,360,470	1,136
1995	12,711,220	1,054
1996	12,686,872	1,047
1997	12,374,554	873
1998	11,351,286	844
1999	10,247,372	901
2000	9,570,849	958
2001	8,839,358	885
2002	8,258,580	837
2003	7,743,284	828
2004	7,607,960	842
2005	7,678,911	861
2006	6,922,185	804
2007	6,813,465	867
2008	6,729,247	887
2009	6,483,236	900
2010	6,407,607	844
2011	8,245,065	936
2012	10,075,174	989
2013	8,043,116	846
2014	9,205,180	832
2015	6,788,911	888
2016	9,062,269	900
2017	7,790,880	901
2018	5,302,433	842
2019	4,673,713	811
2020	2,046,095	886
2021	480,203	744
2022	-847,305	635
2023	-2,087,851	683

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in China, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Seychelles
1985	125	69
1986	120	65
1987	114	62
1988	108	60
1989	104	61
1990	102	53
1991	92	54
1992	86	50
1993	80	49
1994	76	45
1995	71	40
1996	67	39
1997	63	37
1998	60	41
1999	58	41
2000	56	45
2001	52	43
2002	50	45
2003	47	47
2004	45	52
2005	42	50
2006	40	51
2007	38	52
2008	38	51
2009	35	51
2010	34	50
2011	33	50
2012	32	49
2013	30	48
2014	28	46
2015	26	46
2016	25	47
2017	24	47
2018	22	49
2019	21	48
2020	20	51
2021	21	74
2022	18	89
2023	16	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China 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
	China	Seychelles
1960	-	10.5%
1961	-	10.3%
1962	-	10.2%
1963	-	10%
1964	-	9.8%
1965	-	9.55%
1966	-	9.26%
1967	-	8.92%
1968	-	8.52%
1969	11.9%	8.07%
1970	11.3%	7.58%
1971	10.7%	7.09%
1972	10.2%	6.59%
1973	9.61%	6.09%
1974	9.05%	5.59%
1975	8.5%	5.09%
1976	7.97%	4.6%
1977	7.47%	4.14%
1978	7.01%	3.72%
1979	6.62%	3.34%
1980	6.28%	3.01%
1981	6%	2.74%
1982	5.78%	2.51%
1983	5.61%	2.32%
1984	5.5%	2.16%
1985	5.43%	2.04%
1986	5.4%	1.93%
1987	5.4%	1.84%
1988	5.4%	1.76%
1989	5.39%	1.69%
1990	5.37%	1.63%
1991	5.31%	1.58%
1992	5.22%	1.53%
1993	5.08%	1.49%
1994	4.93%	1.46%
1995	4.75%	1.43%
1996	4.56%	1.41%
1997	4.36%	1.4%
1998	4.14%	1.39%
1999	3.91%	1.38%
2000	3.67%	1.38%
2001	3.42%	1.37%
2002	3.15%	1.37%
2003	2.89%	1.37%
2004	2.64%	1.38%
2005	2.4%	1.38%
2006	2.19%	1.38%
2007	2.01%	1.39%
2008	1.85%	1.39%
2009	1.71%	1.4%
2010	1.58%	1.41%
2011	1.46%	1.42%
2012	1.35%	1.43%
2013	1.25%	1.44%
2014	1.15%	1.45%
2015	1.07%	1.45%
2016	0.99%	1.46%
2017	0.92%	1.47%
2018	0.86%	1.48%
2019	0.8%	1.48%
2020	0.75%	1.48%
2021	0.7%	1.47%
2022	0.66%	1.45%
2023	0.62%	1.43%