Fertility & birth rates in Mexico and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Mexico vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mexico was 1.91 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 Mexico 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
	Mexico	Seychelles
1960	6.76	5.31
1961	6.78	5.42
1962	6.8	5.51
1963	6.82	5.61
1964	6.83	5.69
1965	6.82	5.72
1966	6.79	6.13
1967	6.75	5.9
1968	6.71	5.61
1969	6.63	5.48
1970	6.53	5.31
1971	6.42	5.69
1972	6.28	5.16
1973	6.12	4.78
1974	5.95	5.1
1975	5.74	4.75
1976	5.54	4.09
1977	5.36	3.75
1978	5.2	3.92
1979	4.96	3.66
1980	4.74	3.79
1981	4.57	3.67
1982	4.43	3.13
1983	4.3	3.22
1984	4.18	3.24
1985	4.09	3.09
1986	3.97	3.07
1987	3.8	2.92
1988	3.64	2.79
1989	3.53	2.67
1990	3.44	2.61
1991	3.36	2.69
1992	3.29	2.53
1993	3.21	2.58
1994	3.13	2.6
1995	3.04	2.36
1996	2.96	2.31
1997	2.89	2.1
1998	2.82	2.04
1999	2.76	2.04
2000	2.71	2.08
2001	2.67	1.98
2002	2.63	2.04
2003	2.58	2.06
2004	2.54	2.01
2005	2.5	2.2
2006	2.46	2.11
2007	2.42	2.24
2008	2.39	2.33
2009	2.36	2.38
2010	2.34	2.16
2011	2.32	2.33
2012	2.29	2.37
2013	2.27	2.26
2014	2.21	2.25
2015	2.14	2.31
2016	2.09	2.39
2017	2.04	2.41
2018	2.03	2.41
2019	2.02	2.36
2020	1.99	2.29
2021	1.97	2.46
2022	1.94	2.01
2023	1.91	2.02
2024	1.89	2
2025	1.87	1.97
2026	1.85	1.95
2027	1.83	1.93
2028	1.82	1.91
2029	1.81	1.89
2030	1.79	1.88
2031	1.78	1.86
2032	1.77	1.85
2033	1.77	1.84
2034	1.76	1.83
2035	1.76	1.82
2036	1.75	1.81
2037	1.75	1.8
2038	1.74	1.79
2039	1.74	1.79
2040	1.73	1.78
2041	1.73	1.78
2042	1.72	1.77
2043	1.72	1.77
2044	1.72	1.76
2045	1.71	1.75
2046	1.71	1.75
2047	1.71	1.75
2048	1.7	1.74
2049	1.7	1.74
2050	1.7	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	Seychelles
1960	46.8%	38.6%
1961	47%	39.1%
1962	47.1%	39.7%
1963	47.2%	40.3%
1964	47.3%	40.9%
1965	47.4%	41.5%
1966	47.5%	42.1%
1967	47.6%	42.7%
1968	47.6%	43.1%
1969	47.7%	43.4%
1970	47.7%	43.6%
1971	47.8%	43.4%
1972	47.7%	43%
1973	47.7%	42.5%
1974	47.6%	41.9%
1975	47.5%	41.2%
1976	47.2%	40.5%
1977	47%	39.7%
1978	46.7%	38.8%
1979	46.3%	37.9%
1980	45.8%	37.1%
1981	45.2%	36.4%
1982	44.4%	35.7%
1983	43.7%	35.2%
1984	43%	34.8%
1985	42.3%	34.4%
1986	41.6%	34.1%
1987	41%	33.8%
1988	40.3%	33.4%
1989	39.7%	32.9%
1990	39%	32.4%
1991	38.4%	31.9%
1992	37.8%	31.5%
1993	37.3%	31%
1994	36.9%	30.6%
1995	36.5%	30.3%
1996	36%	29.8%
1997	35.6%	29.3%
1998	35.2%	28.8%
1999	34.8%	28.2%
2000	34.3%	27.6%
2001	33.9%	27%
2002	33.4%	26.5%
2003	33%	26%
2004	32.5%	25.5%
2005	32.1%	25%
2006	31.6%	24.5%
2007	31.1%	24%
2008	30.6%	23.5%
2009	30.2%	22.9%
2010	29.8%	22.5%
2011	29.4%	22.2%
2012	29%	22%
2013	28.7%	21.8%
2014	28.3%	21.6%
2015	28%	21.4%
2016	27.6%	21.2%
2017	27.2%	21%
2018	26.7%	20.9%
2019	26.3%	20.7%
2020	26%	20.6%
2021	25.7%	20.4%
2022	25.3%	20.3%
2023	24.9%	20.1%
2024	24.5%	20%
2025	24.1%	19.8%
2026	23.7%	19.6%
2027	23.2%	19.4%
2028	22.8%	19.3%
2029	22.4%	19.2%
2030	22.1%	19.2%
2031	21.7%	19.1%
2032	21.4%	19%
2033	21.2%	18.8%
2034	20.9%	18.7%
2035	20.6%	18.5%
2036	20.3%	18.3%
2037	20.1%	18.1%
2038	19.9%	18%
2039	19.6%	17.8%
2040	19.4%	17.6%
2041	19.2%	17.4%
2042	19%	17.3%
2043	18.8%	17.1%
2044	18.6%	16.9%
2045	18.4%	16.8%
2046	18.2%	16.7%
2047	18%	16.6%
2048	17.8%	16.5%
2049	17.7%	16.4%
2050	17.5%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Mexico and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 39% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mexico and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Mexico vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Mexico 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
	Mexico	Seychelles
1960	1,206,955	977
1961	1,265,833	1,040
1962	1,328,319	1,083
1963	1,387,678	1,123
1964	1,447,360	1,155
1965	1,508,344	1,165
1966	1,566,170	1,280
1967	1,620,534	1,217
1968	1,671,918	1,145
1969	1,711,297	1,119
1970	1,753,370	1,087
1971	1,790,990	1,373
1972	1,823,302	1,199
1973	1,845,593	1,166
1974	1,868,809	1,361
1975	1,880,241	1,376
1976	1,891,958	1,174
1977	1,902,964	1,125
1978	1,921,419	1,330
1979	1,908,018	1,292
1980	1,893,158	1,386
1981	1,904,384	1,358
1982	1,921,772	1,069
1983	1,939,193	1,209
1984	1,960,428	1,255
1985	1,983,622	1,259
1986	1,998,043	1,222
1987	1,971,231	1,172
1988	1,936,601	1,135
1989	1,927,752	1,030
1990	1,926,480	1,070
1991	1,942,832	1,162
1992	1,956,659	1,076
1993	1,963,708	1,091
1994	1,959,775	1,136
1995	1,941,458	1,054
1996	1,922,554	1,047
1997	1,898,383	873
1998	1,871,650	844
1999	1,859,475	901
2000	1,845,383	958
2001	1,836,418	885
2002	1,820,665	837
2003	1,788,016	828
2004	1,759,250	842
2005	1,732,663	861
2006	1,706,084	804
2007	1,684,915	867
2008	1,670,846	887
2009	1,661,180	900
2010	1,658,682	844
2011	1,659,161	936
2012	1,656,599	989
2013	1,642,609	846
2014	1,587,620	832
2015	1,508,439	888
2016	1,445,256	900
2017	1,384,178	901
2018	1,366,076	842
2019	1,357,485	811
2020	1,031,637	886
2021	936,682	744
2022	1,224,397	635
2023	1,238,366	683

Maternal mortality chart: Mexico vs Seychelles

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mexico	Seychelles
1985	107	69
1986	100	65
1987	93	62
1988	88	60
1989	85	61
1990	81	53
1991	77	54
1992	73	50
1993	71	49
1994	69	45
1995	66	40
1996	64	39
1997	62	37
1998	60	41
1999	58	41
2000	56	45
2001	55	43
2002	55	45
2003	54	47
2004	53	52
2005	52	50
2006	51	51
2007	50	52
2008	51	51
2009	51	51
2010	50	50
2011	47	50
2012	46	49
2013	45	48
2014	44	46
2015	43	46
2016	43	47
2017	44	47
2018	44	49
2019	43	48
2020	61	51
2021	104	74
2022	45	89
2023	42	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.25% in Mexico 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
	Mexico	Seychelles
1960	15.5%	10.5%
1961	14.8%	10.3%
1962	14.3%	10.2%
1963	13.7%	10%
1964	13.2%	9.8%
1965	12.7%	9.55%
1966	12.3%	9.26%
1967	11.9%	8.92%
1968	11.5%	8.52%
1969	11.1%	8.07%
1970	10.7%	7.58%
1971	10.3%	7.09%
1972	9.93%	6.59%
1973	9.56%	6.09%
1974	9.21%	5.59%
1975	8.86%	5.09%
1976	8.52%	4.6%
1977	8.18%	4.14%
1978	7.85%	3.72%
1979	7.51%	3.34%
1980	7.18%	3.01%
1981	6.86%	2.74%
1982	6.55%	2.51%
1983	6.26%	2.32%
1984	5.98%	2.16%
1985	5.71%	2.04%
1986	5.46%	1.93%
1987	5.21%	1.84%
1988	4.98%	1.76%
1989	4.75%	1.69%
1990	4.53%	1.63%
1991	4.32%	1.58%
1992	4.12%	1.53%
1993	3.92%	1.49%
1994	3.74%	1.46%
1995	3.57%	1.43%
1996	3.4%	1.41%
1997	3.24%	1.4%
1998	3.09%	1.39%
1999	2.94%	1.38%
2000	2.81%	1.38%
2001	2.68%	1.37%
2002	2.57%	1.37%
2003	2.46%	1.37%
2004	2.36%	1.38%
2005	2.27%	1.38%
2006	2.19%	1.38%
2007	2.11%	1.39%
2008	2.04%	1.39%
2009	1.98%	1.4%
2010	1.91%	1.41%
2011	1.85%	1.42%
2012	1.79%	1.43%
2013	1.73%	1.44%
2014	1.68%	1.45%
2015	1.62%	1.45%
2016	1.57%	1.46%
2017	1.52%	1.47%
2018	1.47%	1.48%
2019	1.42%	1.48%
2020	1.38%	1.48%
2021	1.33%	1.47%
2022	1.29%	1.45%
2023	1.25%	1.43%