Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Paraguay was 2.42 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 Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Seychelles
1960	6.5	5.31
1961	6.49	5.42
1962	6.47	5.51
1963	6.45	5.61
1964	6.42	5.69
1965	6.35	5.72
1966	6.23	6.13
1967	6.1	5.9
1968	5.97	5.61
1969	5.84	5.48
1970	5.72	5.31
1971	5.59	5.69
1972	5.46	5.16
1973	5.35	4.78
1974	5.27	5.1
1975	5.18	4.75
1976	5.12	4.09
1977	5.08	3.75
1978	5.04	3.92
1979	5.06	3.66
1980	5.1	3.79
1981	5.15	3.67
1982	5.13	3.13
1983	5.09	3.22
1984	5.04	3.24
1985	4.97	3.09
1986	4.93	3.07
1987	4.85	2.92
1988	4.77	2.79
1989	4.68	2.67
1990	4.57	2.61
1991	4.48	2.69
1992	4.4	2.53
1993	4.28	2.58
1994	4.2	2.6
1995	4.11	2.36
1996	4.01	2.31
1997	3.91	2.1
1998	3.8	2.04
1999	3.67	2.04
2000	3.51	2.08
2001	3.36	1.98
2002	3.23	2.04
2003	3.12	2.06
2004	3.05	2.01
2005	2.97	2.2
2006	2.89	2.11
2007	2.82	2.24
2008	2.79	2.33
2009	2.76	2.38
2010	2.7	2.16
2011	2.67	2.33
2012	2.66	2.37
2013	2.64	2.26
2014	2.65	2.25
2015	2.65	2.31
2016	2.62	2.39
2017	2.59	2.41
2018	2.56	2.41
2019	2.53	2.36
2020	2.5	2.29
2021	2.47	2.46
2022	2.44	2.01
2023	2.42	2.02
2024	2.42	2
2025	2.39	1.97
2026	2.37	1.95
2027	2.35	1.93
2028	2.33	1.91
2029	2.31	1.89
2030	2.29	1.88
2031	2.27	1.86
2032	2.26	1.85
2033	2.24	1.84
2034	2.22	1.83
2035	2.21	1.82
2036	2.19	1.81
2037	2.17	1.8
2038	2.16	1.79
2039	2.14	1.79
2040	2.13	1.78
2041	2.12	1.78
2042	2.11	1.77
2043	2.09	1.77
2044	2.08	1.76
2045	2.07	1.75
2046	2.06	1.75
2047	2.05	1.75
2048	2.04	1.74
2049	2.03	1.74
2050	2.02	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Seychelles
1960	46.3%	38.6%
1961	46.2%	39.1%
1962	46.1%	39.7%
1963	46%	40.3%
1964	46%	40.9%
1965	46%	41.5%
1966	46%	42.1%
1967	45.9%	42.7%
1968	45.8%	43.1%
1969	45.7%	43.4%
1970	45.5%	43.6%
1971	45.2%	43.4%
1972	45%	43%
1973	44.6%	42.5%
1974	44.2%	41.9%
1975	43.7%	41.2%
1976	43.3%	40.5%
1977	42.8%	39.7%
1978	42.4%	38.8%
1979	42%	37.9%
1980	41.6%	37.1%
1981	41.4%	36.4%
1982	41.2%	35.7%
1983	41.2%	35.2%
1984	41.2%	34.8%
1985	41.2%	34.4%
1986	41.3%	34.1%
1987	41.3%	33.8%
1988	41.4%	33.4%
1989	41.5%	32.9%
1990	41.5%	32.4%
1991	41.5%	31.9%
1992	41.5%	31.5%
1993	41.4%	31%
1994	41.3%	30.6%
1995	41.1%	30.3%
1996	40.8%	29.8%
1997	40.4%	29.3%
1998	40%	28.8%
1999	39.5%	28.2%
2000	39%	27.6%
2001	38.4%	27%
2002	37.9%	26.5%
2003	37.3%	26%
2004	36.6%	25.5%
2005	35.8%	25%
2006	35.1%	24.5%
2007	34.4%	24%
2008	33.8%	23.5%
2009	33.2%	22.9%
2010	32.5%	22.5%
2011	32%	22.2%
2012	31.4%	22%
2013	30.9%	21.8%
2014	30.5%	21.6%
2015	30.2%	21.4%
2016	29.9%	21.2%
2017	29.7%	21%
2018	29.5%	20.9%
2019	29.3%	20.7%
2020	29.1%	20.6%
2021	29%	20.4%
2022	28.9%	20.3%
2023	28.8%	20.1%
2024	28.6%	20%
2025	28.4%	19.8%
2026	28.1%	19.6%
2027	27.9%	19.4%
2028	27.6%	19.3%
2029	27.3%	19.2%
2030	26.9%	19.2%
2031	26.5%	19.1%
2032	26.1%	19%
2033	25.8%	18.8%
2034	25.4%	18.7%
2035	25%	18.5%
2036	24.7%	18.3%
2037	24.4%	18.1%
2038	24.1%	18%
2039	23.8%	17.8%
2040	23.5%	17.6%
2041	23.2%	17.4%
2042	23%	17.3%
2043	22.7%	17.1%
2044	22.5%	16.9%
2045	22.3%	16.8%
2046	22.1%	16.7%
2047	22%	16.6%
2048	21.8%	16.5%
2049	21.6%	16.4%
2050	21.4%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Seychelles
1960	60,009	977
1961	61,536	1,040
1962	63,079	1,083
1963	64,741	1,123
1964	65,681	1,155
1965	66,063	1,165
1966	66,002	1,280
1967	65,695	1,217
1968	65,575	1,145
1969	65,616	1,119
1970	65,905	1,087
1971	66,142	1,373
1972	66,625	1,199
1973	67,803	1,166
1974	69,059	1,361
1975	70,285	1,376
1976	71,973	1,174
1977	74,359	1,125
1978	76,691	1,330
1979	80,345	1,292
1980	84,568	1,386
1981	89,456	1,358
1982	92,917	1,069
1983	96,406	1,209
1984	99,937	1,255
1985	102,859	1,259
1986	105,776	1,222
1987	107,962	1,172
1988	110,348	1,135
1989	111,727	1,030
1990	112,864	1,070
1991	114,472	1,162
1992	115,442	1,076
1993	115,211	1,091
1994	115,662	1,136
1995	115,777	1,054
1996	115,623	1,047
1997	115,095	873
1998	114,122	844
1999	112,726	901
2000	109,979	958
2001	107,225	885
2002	104,658	837
2003	102,427	828
2004	101,896	842
2005	101,035	861
2006	99,808	804
2007	99,141	867
2008	99,821	887
2009	100,296	900
2010	99,456	844
2011	100,442	936
2012	102,508	989
2013	103,383	846
2014	105,585	832
2015	106,817	888
2016	106,804	900
2017	105,634	901
2018	104,908	842
2019	103,179	811
2020	98,667	886
2021	78,667	744
2022	94,627	635
2023	97,748	683

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 58 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Seychelles
1985	237	69
1986	230	65
1987	225	62
1988	220	60
1989	209	61
1990	198	53
1991	192	54
1992	195	50
1993	197	49
1994	201	45
1995	202	40
1996	203	39
1997	205	37
1998	207	41
1999	207	41
2000	207	45
2001	207	43
2002	206	45
2003	203	47
2004	199	52
2005	194	50
2006	186	51
2007	177	52
2008	166	51
2009	152	51
2010	136	50
2011	120	50
2012	100	49
2013	84	48
2014	70	46
2015	64	46
2016	60	47
2017	58	47
2018	58	49
2019	58	48
2020	69	51
2021	140	74
2022	78	89
2023	58	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay 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
	Paraguay	Seychelles
1960	8.18%	10.5%
1961	8.11%	10.3%
1962	8.06%	10.2%
1963	8.02%	10%
1964	7.99%	9.8%
1965	7.96%	9.55%
1966	7.94%	9.26%
1967	7.91%	8.92%
1968	7.88%	8.52%
1969	7.84%	8.07%
1970	7.79%	7.58%
1971	7.73%	7.09%
1972	7.66%	6.59%
1973	7.57%	6.09%
1974	7.46%	5.59%
1975	7.34%	5.09%
1976	7.21%	4.6%
1977	7.06%	4.14%
1978	6.91%	3.72%
1979	6.74%	3.34%
1980	6.55%	3.01%
1981	6.35%	2.74%
1982	6.14%	2.51%
1983	5.92%	2.32%
1984	5.71%	2.16%
1985	5.5%	2.04%
1986	5.3%	1.93%
1987	5.1%	1.84%
1988	4.92%	1.76%
1989	4.73%	1.69%
1990	4.55%	1.63%
1991	4.38%	1.58%
1992	4.23%	1.53%
1993	4.08%	1.49%
1994	3.95%	1.46%
1995	3.83%	1.43%
1996	3.72%	1.41%
1997	3.62%	1.4%
1998	3.53%	1.39%
1999	3.45%	1.38%
2000	3.36%	1.38%
2001	3.29%	1.37%
2002	3.22%	1.37%
2003	3.14%	1.37%
2004	3.07%	1.38%
2005	2.99%	1.38%
2006	2.91%	1.38%
2007	2.83%	1.39%
2008	2.75%	1.39%
2009	2.67%	1.4%
2010	2.59%	1.41%
2011	2.51%	1.42%
2012	2.44%	1.43%
2013	2.37%	1.44%
2014	2.3%	1.45%
2015	2.22%	1.45%
2016	2.15%	1.46%
2017	2.08%	1.47%
2018	2.01%	1.48%
2019	1.94%	1.48%
2020	1.88%	1.48%
2021	1.82%	1.47%
2022	1.76%	1.45%
2023	1.7%	1.43%