Fertility & birth rates in New Zealand and Seychelles

Fertility rate in New Zealand vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in New Zealand was 1.56 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 New Zealand 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
	New Zealand	Seychelles
1960	4.24	5.31
1961	4.31	5.42
1962	4.19	5.51
1963	4.05	5.61
1964	3.8	5.69
1965	3.54	5.72
1966	3.41	6.13
1967	3.35	5.9
1968	3.34	5.61
1969	3.28	5.48
1970	3.17	5.31
1971	3.18	5.69
1972	3	5.16
1973	2.76	4.78
1974	2.58	5.1
1975	2.37	4.75
1976	2.27	4.09
1977	2.21	3.75
1978	2.07	3.92
1979	2.12	3.66
1980	2.03	3.79
1981	2.01	3.67
1982	1.95	3.13
1983	1.92	3.22
1984	1.93	3.24
1985	1.93	3.09
1986	1.96	3.07
1987	2.03	2.92
1988	2.1	2.79
1989	2.12	2.67
1990	2.18	2.61
1991	2.09	2.69
1992	2.06	2.53
1993	2.04	2.58
1994	1.98	2.6
1995	1.98	2.36
1996	1.96	2.31
1997	1.96	2.1
1998	1.89	2.04
1999	1.97	2.04
2000	1.98	2.08
2001	1.97	1.98
2002	1.89	2.04
2003	1.93	2.06
2004	1.98	2.01
2005	1.97	2.2
2006	2.01	2.11
2007	2.18	2.24
2008	2.19	2.33
2009	2.13	2.38
2010	2.17	2.16
2011	2.09	2.33
2012	2.1	2.37
2013	2.01	2.26
2014	1.92	2.25
2015	1.99	2.31
2016	1.87	2.39
2017	1.81	2.41
2018	1.71	2.41
2019	1.72	2.36
2020	1.61	2.29
2021	1.64	2.46
2022	1.66	2.01
2023	1.56	2.02
2024	1.55	2
2025	1.54	1.97
2026	1.53	1.95
2027	1.53	1.93
2028	1.52	1.91
2029	1.52	1.89
2030	1.52	1.88
2031	1.52	1.86
2032	1.52	1.85
2033	1.51	1.84
2034	1.51	1.83
2035	1.51	1.82
2036	1.51	1.81
2037	1.51	1.8
2038	1.51	1.79
2039	1.51	1.79
2040	1.51	1.78
2041	1.51	1.78
2042	1.51	1.77
2043	1.51	1.77
2044	1.51	1.76
2045	1.51	1.75
2046	1.51	1.75
2047	1.51	1.75
2048	1.51	1.74
2049	1.51	1.74
2050	1.51	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	New Zealand	Seychelles
1960	32.8%	38.6%
1961	33%	39.1%
1962	33%	39.7%
1963	32.9%	40.3%
1964	32.9%	40.9%
1965	32.7%	41.5%
1966	32.6%	42.1%
1967	32.5%	42.7%
1968	32.3%	43.1%
1969	32.2%	43.4%
1970	31.9%	43.6%
1971	31.7%	43.4%
1972	31.4%	43%
1973	31%	42.5%
1974	30.5%	41.9%
1975	30.1%	41.2%
1976	29.6%	40.5%
1977	29%	39.7%
1978	28.4%	38.8%
1979	27.8%	37.9%
1980	27.2%	37.1%
1981	26.7%	36.4%
1982	26.2%	35.7%
1983	25.6%	35.2%
1984	25.1%	34.8%
1985	24.6%	34.4%
1986	24.2%	34.1%
1987	23.8%	33.8%
1988	23.5%	33.4%
1989	23.3%	32.9%
1990	23.3%	32.4%
1991	23.2%	31.9%
1992	23.1%	31.5%
1993	23.1%	31%
1994	23.1%	30.6%
1995	23.1%	30.3%
1996	23%	29.8%
1997	23%	29.3%
1998	23%	28.8%
1999	22.9%	28.2%
2000	22.8%	27.6%
2001	22.6%	27%
2002	22.4%	26.5%
2003	22.1%	26%
2004	21.8%	25.5%
2005	21.5%	25%
2006	21.3%	24.5%
2007	21.1%	24%
2008	21%	23.5%
2009	20.9%	22.9%
2010	20.9%	22.5%
2011	20.8%	22.2%
2012	20.6%	22%
2013	20.4%	21.8%
2014	20.2%	21.6%
2015	19.9%	21.4%
2016	19.6%	21.2%
2017	19.5%	21%
2018	19.3%	20.9%
2019	19.2%	20.7%
2020	19%	20.6%
2021	18.9%	20.4%
2022	18.6%	20.3%
2023	18.4%	20.1%
2024	18.1%	20%
2025	17.9%	19.8%
2026	17.6%	19.6%
2027	17.4%	19.4%
2028	17.2%	19.3%
2029	17%	19.2%
2030	16.8%	19.2%
2031	16.6%	19.1%
2032	16.4%	19%
2033	16.3%	18.8%
2034	16.1%	18.7%
2035	16%	18.5%
2036	15.9%	18.3%
2037	15.8%	18.1%
2038	15.7%	18%
2039	15.6%	17.8%
2040	15.5%	17.6%
2041	15.4%	17.4%
2042	15.4%	17.3%
2043	15.4%	17.1%
2044	15.3%	16.9%
2045	15.3%	16.8%
2046	15.3%	16.7%
2047	15.3%	16.6%
2048	15.3%	16.5%
2049	15.2%	16.4%
2050	15.2%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in New Zealand and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of New Zealand and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in New Zealand vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.51% in New Zealand 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
	New Zealand	Seychelles
1960	41,791	977
1961	43,482	1,040
1962	42,865	1,083
1963	42,027	1,123
1964	39,375	1,155
1965	36,982	1,165
1966	36,151	1,280
1967	37,974	1,217
1968	37,594	1,145
1969	38,098	1,119
1970	37,101	1,087
1971	40,000	1,373
1972	38,244	1,199
1973	35,239	1,166
1974	33,896	1,361
1975	31,355	1,376
1976	29,456	1,174
1977	28,020	1,125
1978	26,156	1,330
1979	26,675	1,292
1980	23,658	1,386
1981	25,374	1,358
1982	24,207	1,069
1983	24,315	1,209
1984	26,043	1,255
1985	24,126	1,259
1986	25,549	1,222
1987	27,603	1,172
1988	29,846	1,135
1989	30,749	1,030
1990	33,298	1,070
1991	33,518	1,162
1992	32,067	1,076
1993	31,685	1,091
1994	30,372	1,136
1995	29,828	1,054
1996	28,997	1,047
1997	30,137	873
1998	29,146	844
1999	28,916	901
2000	29,897	958
2001	27,939	885
2002	25,941	837
2003	28,150	828
2004	29,634	842
2005	30,674	861
2006	30,924	804
2007	35,480	867
2008	35,143	887
2009	33,560	900
2010	35,458	844
2011	31,302	936
2012	31,077	989
2013	29,096	846
2014	26,196	832
2015	29,408	888
2016	28,237	900
2017	26,282	901
2018	24,797	842
2019	25,344	811
2020	24,993	886
2021	23,767	744
2022	20,264	635
2023	19,039	683

Maternal mortality chart: New Zealand vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in New Zealand, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	New Zealand	Seychelles
1985	19	69
1986	18	65
1987	19	62
1988	19	60
1989	18	61
1990	18	53
1991	16	54
1992	15	50
1993	14	49
1994	13	45
1995	14	40
1996	14	39
1997	13	37
1998	12	41
1999	12	41
2000	11	45
2001	10	43
2002	11	45
2003	11	47
2004	11	52
2005	11	50
2006	10	51
2007	10	52
2008	10	51
2009	10	51
2010	10	50
2011	10	50
2012	9	49
2013	8	48
2014	7	46
2015	8	46
2016	8	47
2017	8	47
2018	7	49
2019	8	48
2020	8	51
2021	8	74
2022	23	89
2023	7	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.47% in New Zealand 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
	New Zealand	Seychelles
1960	2.78%	10.5%
1961	2.68%	10.3%
1962	2.58%	10.2%
1963	2.48%	10%
1964	2.39%	9.8%
1965	2.31%	9.55%
1966	2.25%	9.26%
1967	2.2%	8.92%
1968	2.16%	8.52%
1969	2.12%	8.07%
1970	2.08%	7.58%
1971	2.03%	7.09%
1972	1.98%	6.59%
1973	1.94%	6.09%
1974	1.88%	5.59%
1975	1.83%	5.09%
1976	1.77%	4.6%
1977	1.71%	4.14%
1978	1.66%	3.72%
1979	1.61%	3.34%
1980	1.56%	3.01%
1981	1.52%	2.74%
1982	1.48%	2.51%
1983	1.45%	2.32%
1984	1.41%	2.16%
1985	1.38%	2.04%
1986	1.34%	1.93%
1987	1.29%	1.84%
1988	1.24%	1.76%
1989	1.18%	1.69%
1990	1.12%	1.63%
1991	1.06%	1.58%
1992	1%	1.53%
1993	0.95%	1.49%
1994	0.91%	1.46%
1995	0.87%	1.43%
1996	0.84%	1.41%
1997	0.81%	1.4%
1998	0.78%	1.39%
1999	0.76%	1.38%
2000	0.74%	1.38%
2001	0.72%	1.37%
2002	0.7%	1.37%
2003	0.69%	1.37%
2004	0.67%	1.38%
2005	0.66%	1.38%
2006	0.65%	1.38%
2007	0.65%	1.39%
2008	0.64%	1.39%
2009	0.63%	1.4%
2010	0.62%	1.41%
2011	0.61%	1.42%
2012	0.6%	1.43%
2013	0.59%	1.44%
2014	0.57%	1.45%
2015	0.56%	1.45%
2016	0.55%	1.46%
2017	0.53%	1.47%
2018	0.52%	1.48%
2019	0.51%	1.48%
2020	0.5%	1.48%
2021	0.49%	1.47%
2022	0.48%	1.45%
2023	0.47%	1.43%