Fertility & birth rates in Niger and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Niger vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Niger was 6.06 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 Niger 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
	Niger	Seychelles
1960	7.53	5.31
1961	7.51	5.42
1962	7.5	5.51
1963	7.49	5.61
1964	7.48	5.69
1965	7.47	5.72
1966	7.48	6.13
1967	7.49	5.9
1968	7.5	5.61
1969	7.51	5.48
1970	7.51	5.31
1971	7.52	5.69
1972	7.52	5.16
1973	7.53	4.78
1974	7.54	5.1
1975	7.54	4.75
1976	7.56	4.09
1977	7.6	3.75
1978	7.66	3.92
1979	7.72	3.66
1980	7.78	3.79
1981	7.82	3.67
1982	7.86	3.13
1983	7.9	3.22
1984	7.92	3.24
1985	7.93	3.09
1986	7.9	3.07
1987	7.87	2.92
1988	7.84	2.79
1989	7.82	2.67
1990	7.81	2.61
1991	7.8	2.69
1992	7.8	2.53
1993	7.79	2.58
1994	7.79	2.6
1995	7.78	2.36
1996	7.78	2.31
1997	7.8	2.1
1998	7.84	2.04
1999	7.84	2.04
2000	7.83	2.08
2001	7.81	1.98
2002	7.8	2.04
2003	7.79	2.06
2004	7.78	2.01
2005	7.77	2.2
2006	7.74	2.11
2007	7.73	2.24
2008	7.7	2.33
2009	7.68	2.38
2010	7.64	2.16
2011	7.59	2.33
2012	7.53	2.37
2013	7.45	2.26
2014	7.34	2.25
2015	7.22	2.31
2016	7.04	2.39
2017	6.87	2.41
2018	6.71	2.41
2019	6.54	2.36
2020	6.37	2.29
2021	6.2	2.46
2022	6.14	2.01
2023	6.06	2.02
2024	5.93	2
2025	5.79	1.97
2026	5.64	1.95
2027	5.49	1.93
2028	5.35	1.91
2029	5.22	1.89
2030	5.08	1.88
2031	4.93	1.86
2032	4.8	1.85
2033	4.69	1.84
2034	4.55	1.83
2035	4.44	1.82
2036	4.32	1.81
2037	4.21	1.8
2038	4.1	1.79
2039	4	1.79
2040	3.91	1.78
2041	3.82	1.78
2042	3.74	1.77
2043	3.66	1.77
2044	3.59	1.76
2045	3.53	1.75
2046	3.46	1.75
2047	3.39	1.75
2048	3.34	1.74
2049	3.28	1.74
2050	3.22	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Niger	Seychelles
1960	49%	38.6%
1961	48.9%	39.1%
1962	48.8%	39.7%
1963	48.8%	40.3%
1964	48.8%	40.9%
1965	48.7%	41.5%
1966	48.6%	42.1%
1967	48.5%	42.7%
1968	48.4%	43.1%
1969	48.3%	43.4%
1970	48.1%	43.6%
1971	48%	43.4%
1972	47.9%	43%
1973	47.7%	42.5%
1974	47.6%	41.9%
1975	47.4%	41.2%
1976	47.3%	40.5%
1977	47.1%	39.7%
1978	47%	38.8%
1979	47%	37.9%
1980	47%	37.1%
1981	47%	36.4%
1982	47%	35.7%
1983	47%	35.2%
1984	47%	34.8%
1985	47%	34.4%
1986	47%	34.1%
1987	47%	33.8%
1988	47%	33.4%
1989	46.9%	32.9%
1990	46.8%	32.4%
1991	46.8%	31.9%
1992	46.7%	31.5%
1993	46.7%	31%
1994	46.7%	30.6%
1995	46.7%	30.3%
1996	46.7%	29.8%
1997	46.8%	29.3%
1998	46.9%	28.8%
1999	47.1%	28.2%
2000	47.3%	27.6%
2001	47.5%	27%
2002	47.8%	26.5%
2003	48%	26%
2004	48.2%	25.5%
2005	48.5%	25%
2006	48.7%	24.5%
2007	48.9%	24%
2008	49.1%	23.5%
2009	49.3%	22.9%
2010	49.4%	22.5%
2011	49.5%	22.2%
2012	49.5%	22%
2013	49.4%	21.8%
2014	49.3%	21.6%
2015	49.2%	21.4%
2016	49%	21.2%
2017	48.8%	21%
2018	48.6%	20.9%
2019	48.3%	20.7%
2020	48%	20.6%
2021	47.7%	20.4%
2022	47.3%	20.3%
2023	47%	20.1%
2024	46.6%	20%
2025	46.2%	19.8%
2026	45.8%	19.6%
2027	45.5%	19.4%
2028	45%	19.3%
2029	44.6%	19.2%
2030	44.2%	19.2%
2031	43.8%	19.1%
2032	43.4%	19%
2033	43%	18.8%
2034	42.6%	18.7%
2035	42.2%	18.5%
2036	41.8%	18.3%
2037	41.3%	18.1%
2038	40.9%	18%
2039	40.4%	17.8%
2040	39.9%	17.6%
2041	39.4%	17.4%
2042	38.9%	17.3%
2043	38.4%	17.1%
2044	37.9%	16.9%
2045	37.4%	16.8%
2046	36.9%	16.7%
2047	36.4%	16.6%
2048	35.9%	16.5%
2049	35.5%	16.4%
2050	35%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Niger and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 46.8% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Niger and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Niger vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.43% in Niger 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
	Niger	Seychelles
1960	105,081	977
1961	107,693	1,040
1962	110,280	1,083
1963	113,072	1,123
1964	115,386	1,155
1965	116,963	1,165
1966	119,314	1,280
1967	121,358	1,217
1968	123,301	1,145
1969	125,389	1,119
1970	128,184	1,087
1971	128,223	1,373
1972	133,813	1,199
1973	137,695	1,166
1974	142,606	1,361
1975	147,962	1,376
1976	154,489	1,174
1977	161,792	1,125
1978	171,614	1,330
1979	180,632	1,292
1980	189,251	1,386
1981	195,938	1,358
1982	202,012	1,069
1983	207,962	1,209
1984	213,111	1,255
1985	219,206	1,259
1986	224,365	1,222
1987	231,371	1,172
1988	237,296	1,135
1989	245,278	1,030
1990	256,594	1,070
1991	266,527	1,162
1992	278,690	1,076
1993	292,135	1,091
1994	306,026	1,136
1995	323,630	1,054
1996	341,223	1,047
1997	358,745	873
1998	377,120	844
1999	394,212	901
2000	410,779	958
2001	428,417	885
2002	446,767	837
2003	467,295	828
2004	488,328	842
2005	511,167	861
2006	533,374	804
2007	556,808	867
2008	579,727	887
2009	602,671	900
2010	624,685	844
2011	645,175	936
2012	664,009	989
2013	686,070	846
2014	704,609	832
2015	721,630	888
2016	738,999	900
2017	752,384	901
2018	763,536	842
2019	775,474	811
2020	784,437	886
2021	793,428	744
2022	829,651	635
2023	864,139	683

Maternal mortality chart: Niger vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 350 deaths per 100,000 live births in Niger, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Niger	Seychelles
1985	1,137	69
1986	1,107	65
1987	1,074	62
1988	1,040	60
1989	1,010	61
1990	983	53
1991	957	54
1992	926	50
1993	903	49
1994	883	45
1995	865	40
1996	854	39
1997	841	37
1998	839	41
1999	841	41
2000	845	45
2001	843	43
2002	835	45
2003	813	47
2004	790	52
2005	764	50
2006	737	51
2007	704	52
2008	669	51
2009	647	51
2010	621	50
2011	585	50
2012	554	49
2013	526	48
2014	497	46
2015	473	46
2016	450	47
2017	433	47
2018	420	49
2019	406	48
2020	388	51
2021	396	74
2022	361	89
2023	350	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 11.5% in Niger 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
	Niger	Seychelles
1960	-	10.5%
1961	-	10.3%
1962	-	10.2%
1963	-	10%
1964	-	9.8%
1965	-	9.55%
1966	-	9.26%
1967	31.9%	8.92%
1968	32.3%	8.52%
1969	32.7%	8.07%
1970	33.2%	7.58%
1971	33.6%	7.09%
1972	34%	6.59%
1973	34.2%	6.09%
1974	34.3%	5.59%
1975	34.2%	5.09%
1976	33.9%	4.6%
1977	33.5%	4.14%
1978	33%	3.72%
1979	32.6%	3.34%
1980	32.3%	3.01%
1981	32.3%	2.74%
1982	32.5%	2.51%
1983	32.9%	2.32%
1984	33.3%	2.16%
1985	33.7%	2.04%
1986	34%	1.93%
1987	34.1%	1.84%
1988	34%	1.76%
1989	33.7%	1.69%
1990	33.2%	1.63%
1991	32.5%	1.58%
1992	31.7%	1.53%
1993	30.6%	1.49%
1994	29.4%	1.46%
1995	28.1%	1.43%
1996	26.9%	1.41%
1997	25.7%	1.4%
1998	24.7%	1.39%
1999	23.7%	1.38%
2000	22.8%	1.38%
2001	21.8%	1.37%
2002	20.6%	1.37%
2003	19.4%	1.37%
2004	18.3%	1.38%
2005	17.2%	1.38%
2006	16.2%	1.38%
2007	15.4%	1.39%
2008	14.7%	1.39%
2009	14.1%	1.4%
2010	13.7%	1.41%
2011	13.3%	1.42%
2012	13.1%	1.43%
2013	12.9%	1.44%
2014	12.7%	1.45%
2015	12.6%	1.45%
2016	12.5%	1.46%
2017	12.4%	1.47%
2018	12.3%	1.48%
2019	12.2%	1.48%
2020	12.1%	1.48%
2021	11.9%	1.47%
2022	11.7%	1.45%
2023	11.5%	1.43%