Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Dominica was 1.48 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 Dominica 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
	Dominica	Seychelles
1960	6.18	5.31
1961	6.16	5.42
1962	6.12	5.51
1963	6.08	5.61
1964	6.03	5.69
1965	5.95	5.72
1966	5.86	6.13
1967	5.74	5.9
1968	5.59	5.61
1969	5.41	5.48
1970	5.22	5.31
1971	4.99	5.69
1972	4.67	5.16
1973	4.28	4.78
1974	3.84	5.1
1975	3.46	4.75
1976	3.19	4.09
1977	3.02	3.75
1978	2.96	3.92
1979	2.96	3.66
1980	3.04	3.79
1981	3.11	3.67
1982	3.17	3.13
1983	3.18	3.22
1984	3.15	3.24
1985	3.12	3.09
1986	3.08	3.07
1987	3.06	2.92
1988	3.06	2.79
1989	3.06	2.67
1990	3.09	2.61
1991	3.15	2.69
1992	3.18	2.53
1993	3.2	2.58
1994	2.96	2.6
1995	2.71	2.36
1996	2.55	2.31
1997	2.41	2.1
1998	2.32	2.04
1999	2.46	2.04
2000	2.35	2.08
2001	2.4	1.98
2002	2.16	2.04
2003	2.08	2.06
2004	2.02	2.01
2005	2	2.2
2006	2.07	2.11
2007	2.02	2.24
2008	1.97	2.33
2009	1.92	2.38
2010	1.89	2.16
2011	1.86	2.33
2012	1.83	2.37
2013	1.78	2.26
2014	1.71	2.25
2015	1.65	2.31
2016	1.58	2.39
2017	1.54	2.41
2018	1.52	2.41
2019	1.5	2.36
2020	1.5	2.29
2021	1.48	2.46
2022	1.48	2.01
2023	1.48	2.02
2024	1.48	2
2025	1.47	1.97
2026	1.46	1.95
2027	1.46	1.93
2028	1.46	1.91
2029	1.46	1.89
2030	1.46	1.88
2031	1.46	1.86
2032	1.46	1.85
2033	1.46	1.84
2034	1.46	1.83
2035	1.46	1.82
2036	1.46	1.81
2037	1.47	1.8
2038	1.47	1.79
2039	1.47	1.79
2040	1.47	1.78
2041	1.48	1.78
2042	1.48	1.77
2043	1.48	1.77
2044	1.48	1.76
2045	1.49	1.75
2046	1.49	1.75
2047	1.49	1.75
2048	1.49	1.74
2049	1.5	1.74
2050	1.5	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Seychelles
1960	44.7%	38.6%
1961	45%	39.1%
1962	45.3%	39.7%
1963	45.6%	40.3%
1964	46%	40.9%
1965	46.4%	41.5%
1966	46.9%	42.1%
1967	47.5%	42.7%
1968	48.1%	43.1%
1969	48.7%	43.4%
1970	48.7%	43.6%
1971	48.1%	43.4%
1972	47.3%	43%
1973	46.5%	42.5%
1974	45.7%	41.9%
1975	44.9%	41.2%
1976	44.1%	40.5%
1977	43.3%	39.7%
1978	42.5%	38.8%
1979	41.7%	37.9%
1980	40.7%	37.1%
1981	39.6%	36.4%
1982	38.2%	35.7%
1983	36.9%	35.2%
1984	35.8%	34.8%
1985	34.9%	34.4%
1986	34.2%	34.1%
1987	33.6%	33.8%
1988	33.2%	33.4%
1989	33.1%	32.9%
1990	33.1%	32.4%
1991	33.2%	31.9%
1992	33%	31.5%
1993	32.8%	31%
1994	32.6%	30.6%
1995	32.3%	30.3%
1996	31.9%	29.8%
1997	31.5%	29.3%
1998	31.1%	28.8%
1999	30.6%	28.2%
2000	30%	27.6%
2001	29.3%	27%
2002	28.7%	26.5%
2003	28%	26%
2004	27.4%	25.5%
2005	26.8%	25%
2006	26.2%	24.5%
2007	25.5%	24%
2008	24.7%	23.5%
2009	24.1%	22.9%
2010	23.5%	22.5%
2011	23.1%	22.2%
2012	22.6%	22%
2013	22.5%	21.8%
2014	22.3%	21.6%
2015	21.7%	21.4%
2016	20.8%	21.2%
2017	19.9%	21%
2018	19.5%	20.9%
2019	19.2%	20.7%
2020	18.8%	20.6%
2021	18.5%	20.4%
2022	18.3%	20.3%
2023	18.1%	20.1%
2024	17.9%	20%
2025	17.6%	19.8%
2026	17.4%	19.6%
2027	17.1%	19.4%
2028	16.8%	19.3%
2029	16.5%	19.2%
2030	16.3%	19.2%
2031	16%	19.1%
2032	15.9%	19%
2033	15.7%	18.8%
2034	15.6%	18.7%
2035	15.5%	18.5%
2036	15.4%	18.3%
2037	15.3%	18.1%
2038	15.3%	18%
2039	15.2%	17.8%
2040	15.2%	17.6%
2041	15.2%	17.4%
2042	15.1%	17.3%
2043	15.1%	17.1%
2044	15.1%	16.9%
2045	15.1%	16.8%
2046	15.1%	16.7%
2047	15%	16.6%
2048	15%	16.5%
2049	15%	16.4%
2050	14.9%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica 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
	Dominica	Seychelles
1960	1,720	977
1961	1,762	1,040
1962	1,786	1,083
1963	1,796	1,123
1964	1,792	1,155
1965	1,778	1,165
1966	1,752	1,280
1967	1,716	1,217
1968	1,673	1,145
1969	1,628	1,119
1970	1,574	1,087
1971	1,549	1,373
1972	1,497	1,199
1973	1,400	1,166
1974	1,267	1,361
1975	1,142	1,376
1976	1,050	1,174
1977	996	1,125
1978	991	1,330
1979	981	1,292
1980	1,090	1,386
1981	1,169	1,358
1982	1,250	1,069
1983	1,301	1,209
1984	1,308	1,255
1985	1,302	1,259
1986	1,285	1,222
1987	1,256	1,172
1988	1,222	1,135
1989	1,178	1,030
1990	1,138	1,070
1991	1,103	1,162
1992	1,111	1,076
1993	1,130	1,091
1994	1,002	1,136
1995	853	1,054
1996	753	1,047
1997	662	873
1998	595	844
1999	647	901
2000	561	958
2001	556	885
2002	429	837
2003	387	828
2004	360	842
2005	339	861
2006	364	804
2007	319	867
2008	272	887
2009	220	900
2010	171	844
2011	121	936
2012	167	989
2013	110	846
2014	257	832
2015	157	888
2016	177	900
2017	-124	901
2018	-60	842
2019	-75	811
2020	-88	886
2021	-205	744
2022	-118	635
2023	-111	683

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica 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 Dominica, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Seychelles
1985	61	69
1986	63	65
1987	63	62
1988	68	60
1989	69	61
1990	77	53
1991	81	54
1992	80	50
1993	79	49
1994	77	45
1995	73	40
1996	71	39
1997	67	37
1998	64	41
1999	64	41
2000	61	45
2001	58	43
2002	56	45
2003	55	47
2004	54	52
2005	54	50
2006	54	51
2007	53	52
2008	53	51
2009	50	51
2010	50	50
2011	49	50
2012	51	49
2013	50	48
2014	53	46
2015	63	46
2016	48	47
2017	44	47
2018	43	49
2019	41	48
2020	47	51
2021	110	74
2022	44	89
2023	36	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica 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
	Dominica	Seychelles
1960	13.6%	10.5%
1961	12.4%	10.3%
1962	11.3%	10.2%
1963	10.3%	10%
1964	9.41%	9.8%
1965	8.59%	9.55%
1966	7.84%	9.26%
1967	7.16%	8.92%
1968	6.54%	8.52%
1969	5.98%	8.07%
1970	5.48%	7.58%
1971	5.02%	7.09%
1972	4.61%	6.59%
1973	4.24%	6.09%
1974	3.91%	5.59%
1975	3.61%	5.09%
1976	3.35%	4.6%
1977	3.12%	4.14%
1978	2.92%	3.72%
1979	2.74%	3.34%
1980	2.58%	3.01%
1981	2.45%	2.74%
1982	2.33%	2.51%
1983	2.22%	2.32%
1984	2.14%	2.16%
1985	2.06%	2.04%
1986	2%	1.93%
1987	1.95%	1.84%
1988	1.91%	1.76%
1989	1.88%	1.69%
1990	1.85%	1.63%
1991	1.84%	1.58%
1992	1.82%	1.53%
1993	1.82%	1.49%
1994	1.82%	1.46%
1995	1.83%	1.43%
1996	1.84%	1.41%
1997	1.86%	1.4%
1998	1.88%	1.39%
1999	1.91%	1.38%
2000	1.94%	1.38%
2001	1.97%	1.37%
2002	2.01%	1.37%
2003	2.06%	1.37%
2004	2.11%	1.38%
2005	2.16%	1.38%
2006	2.22%	1.38%
2007	2.28%	1.39%
2008	2.35%	1.39%
2009	2.42%	1.4%
2010	2.5%	1.41%
2011	2.57%	1.42%
2012	2.66%	1.43%
2013	2.74%	1.44%
2014	2.83%	1.45%
2015	2.93%	1.45%
2016	3.02%	1.46%
2017	3.12%	1.47%
2018	3.21%	1.48%
2019	3.3%	1.48%
2020	3.38%	1.48%
2021	3.45%	1.47%
2022	3.51%	1.45%
2023	3.55%	1.43%