Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	Seychelles
1960	3.32	5.31
1961	3.23	5.42
1962	3.04	5.51
1963	2.89	5.61
1964	2.71	5.69
1965	2.69	5.72
1966	2.65	6.13
1967	2.62	5.9
1968	2.59	5.61
1969	2.57	5.48
1970	2.57	5.31
1971	2.56	5.69
1972	2.56	5.16
1973	2.57	4.78
1974	2.56	5.1
1975	2.52	4.75
1976	2.47	4.09
1977	2.42	3.75
1978	2.39	3.92
1979	2.38	3.66
1980	2.38	3.79
1981	2.4	3.67
1982	2.45	3.13
1983	2.58	3.22
1984	2.67	3.24
1985	2.67	3.09
1986	2.74	3.07
1987	2.78	2.92
1988	2.63	2.79
1989	2.46	2.67
1990	2.39	2.61
1991	2.28	2.69
1992	2.22	2.53
1993	2.11	2.58
1994	1.99	2.6
1995	1.83	2.36
1996	1.71	2.31
1997	1.79	2.1
1998	1.65	2.04
1999	1.56	2.04
2000	1.5	2.08
2001	1.47	1.98
2002	1.45	2.04
2003	1.48	2.06
2004	1.54	2.01
2005	1.53	2.2
2006	1.54	2.11
2007	1.58	2.24
2008	1.64	2.33
2009	1.72	2.38
2010	1.7	2.16
2011	1.65	2.33
2012	1.66	2.37
2013	1.62	2.26
2014	1.82	2.25
2015	1.87	2.31
2016	1.89	2.39
2017	1.81	2.41
2018	1.81	2.41
2019	1.78	2.36
2020	1.77	2.29
2021	1.75	2.46
2022	1.69	2.01
2023	1.73	2.02
2024	1.73	2
2025	1.72	1.97
2026	1.72	1.95
2027	1.72	1.93
2028	1.72	1.91
2029	1.72	1.89
2030	1.72	1.88
2031	1.72	1.86
2032	1.72	1.85
2033	1.71	1.84
2034	1.71	1.83
2035	1.71	1.82
2036	1.71	1.81
2037	1.71	1.8
2038	1.71	1.79
2039	1.71	1.79
2040	1.71	1.78
2041	1.71	1.78
2042	1.71	1.77
2043	1.7	1.77
2044	1.7	1.76
2045	1.7	1.75
2046	1.7	1.75
2047	1.7	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
	Moldova	Seychelles
1960	34.5%	38.6%
1961	34.9%	39.1%
1962	35.1%	39.7%
1963	35.1%	40.3%
1964	34.7%	40.9%
1965	34.2%	41.5%
1966	33.5%	42.1%
1967	32.8%	42.7%
1968	32.1%	43.1%
1969	31.3%	43.4%
1970	30.7%	43.6%
1971	30.1%	43.4%
1972	29.5%	43%
1973	28.9%	42.5%
1974	28.3%	41.9%
1975	27.7%	41.2%
1976	27.2%	40.5%
1977	26.8%	39.7%
1978	26.5%	38.8%
1979	26.7%	37.9%
1980	26.9%	37.1%
1981	26.9%	36.4%
1982	27%	35.7%
1983	27.1%	35.2%
1984	27.3%	34.8%
1985	27.5%	34.4%
1986	27.7%	34.1%
1987	27.8%	33.8%
1988	27.9%	33.4%
1989	27.8%	32.9%
1990	27.7%	32.4%
1991	27.6%	31.9%
1992	27.4%	31.5%
1993	27.2%	31%
1994	27%	30.6%
1995	26.7%	30.3%
1996	26.3%	29.8%
1997	25.8%	29.3%
1998	25.1%	28.8%
1999	24.4%	28.2%
2000	23.5%	27.6%
2001	22.5%	27%
2002	21.6%	26.5%
2003	20.7%	26%
2004	19.9%	25.5%
2005	19.3%	25%
2006	18.8%	24.5%
2007	18.4%	24%
2008	18%	23.5%
2009	17.7%	22.9%
2010	17.5%	22.5%
2011	17.4%	22.2%
2012	17.3%	22%
2013	17.4%	21.8%
2014	17.8%	21.6%
2015	18.2%	21.4%
2016	18.7%	21.2%
2017	19.1%	21%
2018	19.5%	20.9%
2019	19.8%	20.7%
2020	20%	20.6%
2021	20.1%	20.4%
2022	20.1%	20.3%
2023	20%	20.1%
2024	19.8%	20%
2025	19.5%	19.8%
2026	19.2%	19.6%
2027	18.9%	19.4%
2028	18.4%	19.3%
2029	17.9%	19.2%
2030	17.3%	19.2%
2031	16.8%	19.1%
2032	16.3%	19%
2033	15.9%	18.8%
2034	15.6%	18.7%
2035	15.4%	18.5%
2036	15.2%	18.3%
2037	15.1%	18.1%
2038	15.1%	18%
2039	15.1%	17.8%
2040	15.2%	17.6%
2041	15.3%	17.4%
2042	15.4%	17.3%
2043	15.6%	17.1%
2044	15.7%	16.9%
2045	15.9%	16.8%
2046	16.1%	16.7%
2047	16.3%	16.6%
2048	16.5%	16.5%
2049	16.6%	16.4%
2050	16.7%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Seychelles
1960	36,352	977
1961	35,180	1,040
1962	32,082	1,083
1963	29,382	1,123
1964	25,860	1,155
1965	24,916	1,165
1966	23,720	1,280
1967	22,654	1,217
1968	22,005	1,145
1969	21,768	1,119
1970	22,314	1,087
1971	23,359	1,373
1972	24,626	1,199
1973	25,967	1,166
1974	27,219	1,361
1975	27,677	1,376
1976	27,801	1,174
1977	27,707	1,125
1978	27,622	1,330
1979	28,322	1,292
1980	30,053	1,386
1981	31,360	1,358
1982	32,814	1,069
1983	36,076	1,209
1984	38,108	1,255
1985	38,060	1,259
1986	39,463	1,222
1987	40,122	1,172
1988	35,608	1,135
1989	29,638	1,030
1990	25,824	1,070
1991	21,127	1,162
1992	17,373	1,076
1993	13,886	1,091
1994	9,921	1,136
1995	5,534	1,054
1996	2,655	1,047
1997	4,669	873
1998	2,140	844
1999	642	901
2000	-324	958
2001	-718	885
2002	-1,249	837
2003	-322	828
2004	1,714	842
2005	2,005	861
2006	2,406	804
2007	3,490	867
2008	5,210	887
2009	7,492	900
2010	7,456	844
2011	5,948	936
2012	5,581	989
2013	3,537	846
2014	7,248	832
2015	6,049	888
2016	4,580	900
2017	1,402	901
2018	-961	842
2019	-3,416	811
2020	-7,067	886
2021	-13,444	744
2022	-6,385	635
2023	-7,007	683

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Seychelles
1985	62	69
1986	60	65
1987	56	62
1988	53	60
1989	52	61
1990	53	53
1991	53	54
1992	55	50
1993	55	49
1994	56	45
1995	54	40
1996	53	39
1997	52	37
1998	48	41
1999	43	41
2000	38	45
2001	35	43
2002	31	45
2003	29	47
2004	28	52
2005	26	50
2006	25	51
2007	24	52
2008	23	51
2009	22	51
2010	20	50
2011	19	50
2012	19	49
2013	19	48
2014	20	46
2015	20	46
2016	21	47
2017	20	47
2018	20	49
2019	21	48
2020	29	51
2021	24	74
2022	19	89
2023	19	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	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	-	8.07%
1970	-	7.58%
1971	6.39%	7.09%
1972	6.2%	6.59%
1973	6.03%	6.09%
1974	5.86%	5.59%
1975	5.68%	5.09%
1976	5.53%	4.6%
1977	5.38%	4.14%
1978	5.23%	3.72%
1979	5.08%	3.34%
1980	4.93%	3.01%
1981	4.78%	2.74%
1982	4.61%	2.51%
1983	4.41%	2.32%
1984	4.2%	2.16%
1985	4%	2.04%
1986	3.8%	1.93%
1987	3.62%	1.84%
1988	3.48%	1.76%
1989	3.38%	1.69%
1990	3.35%	1.63%
1991	3.39%	1.58%
1992	3.48%	1.53%
1993	3.62%	1.49%
1994	3.75%	1.46%
1995	3.84%	1.43%
1996	3.85%	1.41%
1997	3.78%	1.4%
1998	3.62%	1.39%
1999	3.4%	1.38%
2000	3.13%	1.38%
2001	2.85%	1.37%
2002	2.58%	1.37%
2003	2.34%	1.37%
2004	2.16%	1.38%
2005	2.01%	1.38%
2006	1.91%	1.38%
2007	1.83%	1.39%
2008	1.77%	1.39%
2009	1.73%	1.4%
2010	1.69%	1.41%
2011	1.66%	1.42%
2012	1.63%	1.43%
2013	1.6%	1.44%
2014	1.58%	1.45%
2015	1.55%	1.45%
2016	1.53%	1.46%
2017	1.52%	1.47%
2018	1.51%	1.48%
2019	1.5%	1.48%
2020	1.49%	1.48%
2021	1.48%	1.47%
2022	1.48%	1.45%
2023	1.47%	1.43%