Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 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 Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Seychelles
1960	7.16	5.31
1961	7.11	5.42
1962	7.1	5.51
1963	7.08	5.61
1964	7.06	5.69
1965	7.03	5.72
1966	6.99	6.13
1967	6.94	5.9
1968	6.89	5.61
1969	6.83	5.48
1970	6.77	5.31
1971	6.71	5.69
1972	6.65	5.16
1973	6.59	4.78
1974	6.52	5.1
1975	6.45	4.75
1976	6.37	4.09
1977	6.28	3.75
1978	6.16	3.92
1979	6.07	3.66
1980	5.96	3.79
1981	5.84	3.67
1982	5.74	3.13
1983	5.61	3.22
1984	5.49	3.24
1985	5.36	3.09
1986	5.22	3.07
1987	5.07	2.92
1988	4.93	2.79
1989	4.76	2.67
1990	4.6	2.61
1991	4.43	2.69
1992	4.27	2.53
1993	4.1	2.58
1994	3.94	2.6
1995	3.78	2.36
1996	3.62	2.31
1997	3.47	2.1
1998	3.34	2.04
1999	3.22	2.04
2000	3.12	2.08
2001	3	1.98
2002	2.89	2.04
2003	2.83	2.06
2004	2.78	2.01
2005	2.77	2.2
2006	2.73	2.11
2007	2.7	2.24
2008	2.66	2.33
2009	2.63	2.38
2010	2.6	2.16
2011	2.56	2.33
2012	2.53	2.37
2013	2.49	2.26
2014	2.46	2.25
2015	2.43	2.31
2016	2.41	2.39
2017	2.38	2.41
2018	2.35	2.41
2019	2.32	2.36
2020	2.3	2.29
2021	2.27	2.46
2022	2.24	2.01
2023	2.22	2.02
2024	2.21	2
2025	2.18	1.97
2026	2.16	1.95
2027	2.14	1.93
2028	2.11	1.91
2029	2.09	1.89
2030	2.07	1.88
2031	2.05	1.86
2032	2.04	1.85
2033	2.02	1.84
2034	2.01	1.83
2035	2	1.82
2036	1.98	1.81
2037	1.97	1.8
2038	1.96	1.79
2039	1.95	1.79
2040	1.94	1.78
2041	1.93	1.78
2042	1.92	1.77
2043	1.91	1.77
2044	1.9	1.76
2045	1.89	1.75
2046	1.89	1.75
2047	1.88	1.75
2048	1.87	1.74
2049	1.87	1.74
2050	1.86	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Seychelles
1960	47.6%	38.6%
1961	47.8%	39.1%
1962	48%	39.7%
1963	48.2%	40.3%
1964	48.2%	40.9%
1965	48.1%	41.5%
1966	47.9%	42.1%
1967	47.8%	42.7%
1968	47.7%	43.1%
1969	47.6%	43.4%
1970	47.5%	43.6%
1971	47.5%	43.4%
1972	47.4%	43%
1973	47.4%	42.5%
1974	47.3%	41.9%
1975	47.3%	41.2%
1976	47.3%	40.5%
1977	47.2%	39.7%
1978	47.3%	38.8%
1979	47.3%	37.9%
1980	47.3%	37.1%
1981	47.3%	36.4%
1982	47.3%	35.7%
1983	47.2%	35.2%
1984	47.2%	34.8%
1985	47.1%	34.4%
1986	47%	34.1%
1987	46.9%	33.8%
1988	46.7%	33.4%
1989	46.4%	32.9%
1990	46.1%	32.4%
1991	45.7%	31.9%
1992	45.2%	31.5%
1993	44.8%	31%
1994	44.3%	30.6%
1995	43.7%	30.3%
1996	43.1%	29.8%
1997	42.4%	29.3%
1998	41.7%	28.8%
1999	41%	28.2%
2000	40.3%	27.6%
2001	39.6%	27%
2002	38.9%	26.5%
2003	38.2%	26%
2004	37.5%	25.5%
2005	36.8%	25%
2006	36.2%	24.5%
2007	35.7%	24%
2008	35.2%	23.5%
2009	34.7%	22.9%
2010	34.2%	22.5%
2011	33.8%	22.2%
2012	33.3%	22%
2013	32.9%	21.8%
2014	32.6%	21.6%
2015	32.2%	21.4%
2016	31.8%	21.2%
2017	31.5%	21%
2018	31.1%	20.9%
2019	30.8%	20.7%
2020	30.4%	20.6%
2021	30.1%	20.4%
2022	29.6%	20.3%
2023	29.2%	20.1%
2024	28.8%	20%
2025	28.3%	19.8%
2026	27.9%	19.6%
2027	27.4%	19.4%
2028	27%	19.3%
2029	26.6%	19.2%
2030	26.2%	19.2%
2031	25.8%	19.1%
2032	25.4%	19%
2033	25%	18.8%
2034	24.7%	18.7%
2035	24.4%	18.5%
2036	24%	18.3%
2037	23.7%	18.1%
2038	23.4%	18%
2039	23.1%	17.8%
2040	22.8%	17.6%
2041	22.5%	17.4%
2042	22.2%	17.3%
2043	22%	17.1%
2044	21.7%	16.9%
2045	21.4%	16.8%
2046	21.2%	16.7%
2047	20.9%	16.6%
2048	20.7%	16.5%
2049	20.5%	16.4%
2050	20.2%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Seychelles
1960	55,664	977
1961	57,499	1,040
1962	59,547	1,083
1963	61,738	1,123
1964	64,227	1,155
1965	67,056	1,165
1966	69,883	1,280
1967	72,722	1,217
1968	75,458	1,145
1969	78,237	1,119
1970	81,127	1,087
1971	84,139	1,373
1972	76,906	1,199
1973	89,662	1,166
1974	92,505	1,361
1975	95,230	1,376
1976	98,100	1,174
1977	100,498	1,125
1978	98,419	1,330
1979	96,429	1,292
1980	108,604	1,386
1981	110,421	1,358
1982	112,468	1,069
1983	110,618	1,209
1984	110,133	1,255
1985	110,949	1,259
1986	113,054	1,222
1987	112,885	1,172
1988	117,299	1,135
1989	120,128	1,030
1990	120,677	1,070
1991	121,787	1,162
1992	121,204	1,076
1993	120,469	1,091
1994	119,565	1,136
1995	118,325	1,054
1996	116,849	1,047
1997	114,415	873
1998	108,862	844
1999	110,217	901
2000	109,192	958
2001	107,109	885
2002	105,805	837
2003	106,142	828
2004	106,904	842
2005	108,984	861
2006	110,073	804
2007	110,341	867
2008	110,395	887
2009	110,213	900
2010	110,475	844
2011	110,026	936
2012	110,065	989
2013	109,032	846
2014	108,420	832
2015	107,344	888
2016	106,585	900
2017	105,468	901
2018	104,814	842
2019	102,817	811
2020	90,515	886
2021	89,213	744
2022	100,987	635
2023	100,921	683

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Seychelles
1985	319	69
1986	313	65
1987	316	62
1988	301	60
1989	286	61
1990	281	53
1991	273	54
1992	272	50
1993	265	49
1994	256	45
1995	251	40
1996	244	39
1997	236	37
1998	239	41
1999	228	41
2000	213	45
2001	194	43
2002	170	45
2003	154	47
2004	140	52
2005	124	50
2006	113	51
2007	106	52
2008	101	51
2009	99	51
2010	96	50
2011	93	50
2012	88	49
2013	86	48
2014	83	46
2015	81	46
2016	77	47
2017	72	47
2018	67	49
2019	69	48
2020	87	51
2021	124	74
2022	61	89
2023	60	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Seychelles
1960	19.8%	10.5%
1961	19.6%	10.3%
1962	19.4%	10.2%
1963	19.2%	10%
1964	19%	9.8%
1965	18.7%	9.55%
1966	18.4%	9.26%
1967	18.1%	8.92%
1968	17.8%	8.52%
1969	17.4%	8.07%
1970	17.1%	7.58%
1971	16.6%	7.09%
1972	18.7%	6.59%
1973	15.6%	6.09%
1974	15%	5.59%
1975	14.4%	5.09%
1976	13.7%	4.6%
1977	12.9%	4.14%
1978	12.2%	3.72%
1979	11.5%	3.34%
1980	10.8%	3.01%
1981	10.2%	2.74%
1982	9.58%	2.51%
1983	9.07%	2.32%
1984	8.62%	2.16%
1985	8.21%	2.04%
1986	7.85%	1.93%
1987	7.53%	1.84%
1988	7.22%	1.76%
1989	6.92%	1.69%
1990	6.62%	1.63%
1991	6.31%	1.58%
1992	6%	1.53%
1993	5.69%	1.49%
1994	5.39%	1.46%
1995	5.09%	1.43%
1996	4.81%	1.41%
1997	4.54%	1.4%
1998	5.01%	1.39%
1999	4.04%	1.38%
2000	3.82%	1.38%
2001	3.62%	1.37%
2002	3.43%	1.37%
2003	3.26%	1.37%
2004	3.1%	1.38%
2005	2.95%	1.38%
2006	2.81%	1.38%
2007	2.68%	1.39%
2008	2.55%	1.39%
2009	2.44%	1.4%
2010	2.33%	1.41%
2011	2.22%	1.42%
2012	2.13%	1.43%
2013	2.03%	1.44%
2014	1.94%	1.45%
2015	1.86%	1.45%
2016	1.78%	1.46%
2017	1.71%	1.47%
2018	1.64%	1.48%
2019	1.57%	1.48%
2020	1.51%	1.48%
2021	1.45%	1.47%
2022	1.39%	1.45%
2023	1.34%	1.43%