Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 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 Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Seychelles
1960	6.8	5.31
1961	6.8	5.42
1962	6.8	5.51
1963	6.8	5.61
1964	6.8	5.69
1965	6.8	5.72
1966	6.8	6.13
1967	6.8	5.9
1968	6.8	5.61
1969	6.8	5.48
1970	6.8	5.31
1971	6.8	5.69
1972	6.81	5.16
1973	6.81	4.78
1974	6.81	5.1
1975	6.81	4.75
1976	6.81	4.09
1977	6.8	3.75
1978	6.78	3.92
1979	6.76	3.66
1980	6.73	3.79
1981	6.7	3.67
1982	6.67	3.13
1983	6.64	3.22
1984	6.62	3.24
1985	6.59	3.09
1986	6.55	3.07
1987	6.52	2.92
1988	6.48	2.79
1989	6.43	2.67
1990	6.36	2.61
1991	6.29	2.69
1992	6.21	2.53
1993	6.11	2.58
1994	6.01	2.6
1995	5.89	2.36
1996	5.77	2.31
1997	5.64	2.1
1998	5.51	2.04
1999	5.46	2.04
2000	5.35	2.08
2001	5.18	1.98
2002	5.01	2.04
2003	4.89	2.06
2004	4.68	2.01
2005	4.6	2.2
2006	4.59	2.11
2007	4.55	2.24
2008	4.51	2.33
2009	4.47	2.38
2010	4.4	2.16
2011	4.31	2.33
2012	4.2	2.37
2013	4.13	2.26
2014	4.06	2.25
2015	3.99	2.31
2016	3.9	2.39
2017	3.9	2.41
2018	3.86	2.41
2019	3.81	2.36
2020	3.77	2.29
2021	3.72	2.46
2022	3.66	2.01
2023	3.61	2.02
2024	3.55	2
2025	3.5	1.97
2026	3.44	1.95
2027	3.39	1.93
2028	3.34	1.91
2029	3.3	1.89
2030	3.25	1.88
2031	3.21	1.86
2032	3.16	1.85
2033	3.12	1.84
2034	3.08	1.83
2035	3.04	1.82
2036	3.01	1.81
2037	2.97	1.8
2038	2.94	1.79
2039	2.9	1.79
2040	2.87	1.78
2041	2.83	1.78
2042	2.8	1.77
2043	2.77	1.77
2044	2.74	1.76
2045	2.71	1.75
2046	2.69	1.75
2047	2.66	1.75
2048	2.63	1.74
2049	2.61	1.74
2050	2.58	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Seychelles
1960	41.3%	38.6%
1961	41.4%	39.1%
1962	41.6%	39.7%
1963	41.8%	40.3%
1964	42.2%	40.9%
1965	42.7%	41.5%
1966	43%	42.1%
1967	43.3%	42.7%
1968	43.5%	43.1%
1969	43.7%	43.4%
1970	43.9%	43.6%
1971	44%	43.4%
1972	44.1%	43%
1973	44.1%	42.5%
1974	44.1%	41.9%
1975	44.1%	41.2%
1976	44%	40.5%
1977	43.9%	39.7%
1978	43.8%	38.8%
1979	43.7%	37.9%
1980	43.3%	37.1%
1981	43.1%	36.4%
1982	43%	35.7%
1983	43.1%	35.2%
1984	43.3%	34.8%
1985	43.5%	34.4%
1986	43.6%	34.1%
1987	43.7%	33.8%
1988	43.8%	33.4%
1989	44%	32.9%
1990	44.1%	32.4%
1991	44.1%	31.9%
1992	44.3%	31.5%
1993	44.5%	31%
1994	44.5%	30.6%
1995	44.5%	30.3%
1996	44.3%	29.8%
1997	44.1%	29.3%
1998	43.9%	28.8%
1999	43.6%	28.2%
2000	43.3%	27.6%
2001	42.9%	27%
2002	42.6%	26.5%
2003	42.3%	26%
2004	41.8%	25.5%
2005	41.3%	25%
2006	40.9%	24.5%
2007	40.4%	24%
2008	40%	23.5%
2009	39.6%	22.9%
2010	39.3%	22.5%
2011	39.1%	22.2%
2012	39%	22%
2013	38.9%	21.8%
2014	38.9%	21.6%
2015	38.8%	21.4%
2016	38.6%	21.2%
2017	38.5%	21%
2018	38.3%	20.9%
2019	38.1%	20.7%
2020	37.9%	20.6%
2021	37.6%	20.4%
2022	37.3%	20.3%
2023	37%	20.1%
2024	36.7%	20%
2025	36.2%	19.8%
2026	35.8%	19.6%
2027	35.3%	19.4%
2028	34.9%	19.3%
2029	34.5%	19.2%
2030	34.2%	19.2%
2031	33.8%	19.1%
2032	33.5%	19%
2033	33.3%	18.8%
2034	33%	18.7%
2035	32.7%	18.5%
2036	32.5%	18.3%
2037	32.2%	18.1%
2038	32%	18%
2039	31.7%	17.8%
2040	31.5%	17.6%
2041	31.3%	17.4%
2042	31%	17.3%
2043	30.8%	17.1%
2044	30.5%	16.9%
2045	30.3%	16.8%
2046	30%	16.7%
2047	29.7%	16.6%
2048	29.5%	16.5%
2049	29.2%	16.4%
2050	28.9%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Seychelles
1960	1,217,147	977
1961	1,273,772	1,040
1962	1,328,675	1,083
1963	1,384,934	1,123
1964	1,447,394	1,155
1965	1,496,050	1,165
1966	1,566,343	1,280
1967	1,626,737	1,217
1968	1,683,296	1,145
1969	1,733,601	1,119
1970	1,793,570	1,087
1971	1,695,374	1,373
1972	1,912,774	1,199
1973	1,971,909	1,166
1974	2,028,061	1,361
1975	2,099,811	1,376
1976	2,171,812	1,174
1977	2,257,849	1,125
1978	2,356,601	1,330
1979	2,461,311	1,292
1980	2,598,421	1,386
1981	2,790,454	1,358
1982	2,934,689	1,069
1983	3,052,738	1,209
1984	3,145,772	1,255
1985	3,233,315	1,259
1986	3,341,643	1,222
1987	3,448,813	1,172
1988	3,554,755	1,135
1989	3,648,132	1,030
1990	3,731,730	1,070
1991	3,822,363	1,162
1992	3,888,637	1,076
1993	3,915,776	1,091
1994	3,956,699	1,136
1995	3,977,175	1,054
1996	4,021,758	1,047
1997	4,043,912	873
1998	4,104,824	844
1999	4,228,026	901
2000	4,281,169	958
2001	4,304,297	885
2002	4,307,607	837
2003	4,340,688	828
2004	4,294,654	842
2005	4,294,393	861
2006	4,538,426	804
2007	4,690,187	867
2008	4,885,855	887
2009	5,028,132	900
2010	5,147,142	844
2011	5,189,412	936
2012	5,191,263	989
2013	5,176,590	846
2014	5,148,994	832
2015	5,113,507	888
2016	5,044,922	900
2017	5,090,200	901
2018	5,103,858	842
2019	5,127,011	811
2020	5,011,177	886
2021	5,065,913	744
2022	5,268,077	635
2023	5,281,745	683

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Pakistan, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Seychelles
1985	432	69
1986	436	65
1987	442	62
1988	441	60
1989	439	61
1990	434	53
1991	443	54
1992	459	50
1993	473	49
1994	479	45
1995	485	40
1996	482	39
1997	476	37
1998	456	41
1999	438	41
2000	419	45
2001	400	43
2002	380	45
2003	358	47
2004	333	52
2005	316	50
2006	284	51
2007	265	52
2008	254	51
2009	246	51
2010	240	50
2011	234	50
2012	227	49
2013	220	48
2014	211	46
2015	202	46
2016	193	47
2017	184	47
2018	178	49
2019	173	48
2020	178	51
2021	193	74
2022	160	89
2023	155	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan 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
	Pakistan	Seychelles
1960	25%	10.5%
1961	24.1%	10.3%
1962	23.3%	10.2%
1963	22.5%	10%
1964	21.8%	9.8%
1965	21.2%	9.55%
1966	20.6%	9.26%
1967	20.2%	8.92%
1968	19.7%	8.52%
1969	19.4%	8.07%
1970	19%	7.58%
1971	18.7%	7.09%
1972	18.4%	6.59%
1973	18.1%	6.09%
1974	17.8%	5.59%
1975	17.6%	5.09%
1976	17.4%	4.6%
1977	17.1%	4.14%
1978	16.9%	3.72%
1979	16.7%	3.34%
1980	16.5%	3.01%
1981	16.3%	2.74%
1982	16.1%	2.51%
1983	15.8%	2.32%
1984	15.6%	2.16%
1985	15.3%	2.04%
1986	15%	1.93%
1987	14.8%	1.84%
1988	14.5%	1.76%
1989	14.2%	1.69%
1990	14%	1.63%
1991	13.7%	1.58%
1992	13.4%	1.53%
1993	13.1%	1.49%
1994	12.8%	1.46%
1995	12.5%	1.43%
1996	12.1%	1.41%
1997	11.8%	1.4%
1998	11.5%	1.39%
1999	11.1%	1.38%
2000	10.8%	1.38%
2001	10.5%	1.37%
2002	10.3%	1.37%
2003	10.1%	1.37%
2004	9.85%	1.38%
2005	9.65%	1.38%
2006	9.47%	1.38%
2007	9.29%	1.39%
2008	9.1%	1.39%
2009	8.91%	1.4%
2010	8.71%	1.41%
2011	8.49%	1.42%
2012	8.27%	1.43%
2013	8.04%	1.44%
2014	7.8%	1.45%
2015	7.56%	1.45%
2016	7.33%	1.46%
2017	7.1%	1.47%
2018	6.88%	1.48%
2019	6.67%	1.48%
2020	6.46%	1.48%
2021	6.25%	1.47%
2022	6.05%	1.45%
2023	5.85%	1.43%