Fertility & birth rates in Russia and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Russia vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Russia was 1.41 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 Russia 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
	Russia	Seychelles
1960	2.52	5.31
1961	2.45	5.42
1962	2.36	5.51
1963	2.27	5.61
1964	2.18	5.69
1965	2.13	5.72
1966	2.1	6.13
1967	2.04	5.9
1968	1.99	5.61
1969	1.97	5.48
1970	1.99	5.31
1971	2.03	5.69
1972	2.04	5.16
1973	2.01	4.78
1974	2	5.1
1975	1.98	4.75
1976	1.97	4.09
1977	1.95	3.75
1978	1.92	3.92
1979	1.9	3.66
1980	1.89	3.79
1981	1.91	3.67
1982	2.04	3.13
1983	2.11	3.22
1984	2.06	3.24
1985	2.05	3.09
1986	2.15	3.07
1987	2.22	2.92
1988	2.12	2.79
1989	2.01	2.67
1990	1.89	2.61
1991	1.73	2.69
1992	1.55	2.53
1993	1.39	2.58
1994	1.4	2.6
1995	1.34	2.36
1996	1.27	2.31
1997	1.22	2.1
1998	1.23	2.04
1999	1.16	2.04
2000	1.2	2.08
2001	1.22	1.98
2002	1.29	2.04
2003	1.32	2.06
2004	1.34	2.01
2005	1.29	2.2
2006	1.31	2.11
2007	1.42	2.24
2008	1.5	2.33
2009	1.54	2.38
2010	1.57	2.16
2011	1.58	2.33
2012	1.69	2.37
2013	1.71	2.26
2014	1.75	2.25
2015	1.78	2.31
2016	1.76	2.39
2017	1.62	2.41
2018	1.58	2.41
2019	1.5	2.36
2020	1.51	2.29
2021	1.51	2.46
2022	1.42	2.01
2023	1.41	2.02
2024	1.42	2
2025	1.43	1.97
2026	1.43	1.95
2027	1.43	1.93
2028	1.44	1.91
2029	1.44	1.89
2030	1.45	1.88
2031	1.45	1.86
2032	1.45	1.85
2033	1.46	1.84
2034	1.46	1.83
2035	1.46	1.82
2036	1.47	1.81
2037	1.47	1.8
2038	1.47	1.79
2039	1.47	1.79
2040	1.48	1.78
2041	1.48	1.78
2042	1.48	1.77
2043	1.48	1.77
2044	1.49	1.76
2045	1.49	1.75
2046	1.49	1.75
2047	1.49	1.75
2048	1.5	1.74
2049	1.5	1.74
2050	1.5	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Russia	Seychelles
1960	30.5%	38.6%
1961	30.9%	39.1%
1962	30.8%	39.7%
1963	30.6%	40.3%
1964	30.2%	40.9%
1965	29.5%	41.5%
1966	28.9%	42.1%
1967	28.3%	42.7%
1968	27.6%	43.1%
1969	26.9%	43.4%
1970	26.1%	43.6%
1971	25.4%	43.4%
1972	24.8%	43%
1973	24.2%	42.5%
1974	23.6%	41.9%
1975	23%	41.2%
1976	22.5%	40.5%
1977	22.1%	39.7%
1978	21.8%	38.8%
1979	21.7%	37.9%
1980	21.7%	37.1%
1981	21.7%	36.4%
1982	21.9%	35.7%
1983	22.1%	35.2%
1984	22.4%	34.8%
1985	22.6%	34.4%
1986	22.8%	34.1%
1987	22.9%	33.8%
1988	23%	33.4%
1989	23%	32.9%
1990	22.9%	32.4%
1991	22.7%	31.9%
1992	22.4%	31.5%
1993	22%	31%
1994	21.6%	30.6%
1995	21.2%	30.3%
1996	20.7%	29.8%
1997	20.2%	29.3%
1998	19.5%	28.8%
1999	18.8%	28.2%
2000	18%	27.6%
2001	17.3%	27%
2002	16.6%	26.5%
2003	16%	26%
2004	15.6%	25.5%
2005	15.2%	25%
2006	14.9%	24.5%
2007	14.8%	24%
2008	14.9%	23.5%
2009	15%	22.9%
2010	15.2%	22.5%
2011	15.4%	22.2%
2012	15.7%	22%
2013	16.1%	21.8%
2014	16.5%	21.6%
2015	16.9%	21.4%
2016	17.2%	21.2%
2017	17.5%	21%
2018	17.6%	20.9%
2019	17.6%	20.7%
2020	17.7%	20.6%
2021	17.7%	20.4%
2022	17.7%	20.3%
2023	17.5%	20.1%
2024	17.3%	20%
2025	17%	19.8%
2026	16.7%	19.6%
2027	16.3%	19.4%
2028	15.9%	19.3%
2029	15.5%	19.2%
2030	15%	19.2%
2031	14.6%	19.1%
2032	14.2%	19%
2033	14%	18.8%
2034	13.8%	18.7%
2035	13.7%	18.5%
2036	13.6%	18.3%
2037	13.6%	18.1%
2038	13.6%	18%
2039	13.7%	17.8%
2040	13.9%	17.6%
2041	14%	17.4%
2042	14.2%	17.3%
2043	14.4%	17.1%
2044	14.6%	16.9%
2045	14.8%	16.8%
2046	15%	16.7%
2047	15.2%	16.6%
2048	15.4%	16.5%
2049	15.5%	16.4%
2050	15.7%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.3% of the population in Russia and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 22.9% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Russia and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Russia vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.24% in Russia 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
	Russia	Seychelles
1960	1,962,834	977
1961	1,810,538	1,040
1962	1,573,701	1,083
1963	1,436,077	1,123
1964	1,233,520	1,155
1965	1,059,335	1,165
1966	989,279	1,280
1967	854,554	1,217
1968	787,621	1,145
1969	753,088	1,119
1970	785,554	1,087
1971	854,999	1,373
1972	872,050	1,199
1973	846,561	1,166
1974	883,186	1,361
1975	843,850	1,376
1976	852,237	1,174
1977	832,932	1,125
1978	812,766	1,330
1979	690,135	1,292
1980	681,149	1,386
1981	713,700	1,358
1982	830,855	1,069
1983	906,676	1,209
1984	756,548	1,255
1985	762,447	1,259
1986	985,279	1,222
1987	977,583	1,172
1988	778,343	1,135
1989	576,112	1,030
1990	325,533	1,070
1991	103,876	1,162
1992	-222,808	1,076
1993	-757,140	1,091
1994	-920,129	1,136
1995	-845,742	1,054
1996	-785,248	1,047
1997	-769,159	873
1998	-694,053	844
1999	-927,453	901
2000	-967,540	958
2001	-963,445	885
2002	-944,492	837
2003	-896,822	828
2004	-792,370	842
2005	-846,761	861
2006	-686,638	804
2007	-471,257	867
2008	-356,856	887
2009	-257,014	900
2010	-242,844	844
2011	-128,716	936
2012	0	989
2013	28,761	846
2014	28,848	832
2015	43,392	888
2016	0	900
2017	-130,764	901
2018	-232,637	842
2019	-319,997	811
2020	-697,177	886
2021	-1,027,702	744
2022	-576,948	635
2023	-503,392	683

Maternal mortality chart: Russia vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 9 deaths per 100,000 live births in Russia, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Russia	Seychelles
1985	81	69
1986	69	65
1987	65	62
1988	63	60
1989	61	61
1990	58	53
1991	57	54
1992	62	50
1993	76	49
1994	85	45
1995	82	40
1996	69	39
1997	59	37
1998	53	41
1999	53	41
2000	51	45
2001	48	43
2002	47	45
2003	45	47
2004	41	52
2005	38	50
2006	32	51
2007	29	52
2008	27	51
2009	24	51
2010	23	50
2011	19	50
2012	18	49
2013	16	48
2014	16	46
2015	15	46
2016	14	47
2017	12	47
2018	12	49
2019	12	48
2020	19	51
2021	21	74
2022	13	89
2023	9	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.45% in Russia 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
	Russia	Seychelles
1960	4.55%	10.5%
1961	4.26%	10.3%
1962	3.99%	10.2%
1963	3.76%	10%
1964	3.55%	9.8%
1965	3.38%	9.55%
1966	3.23%	9.26%
1967	3.11%	8.92%
1968	3.02%	8.52%
1969	2.94%	8.07%
1970	2.88%	7.58%
1971	2.84%	7.09%
1972	2.81%	6.59%
1973	2.78%	6.09%
1974	2.77%	5.59%
1975	2.76%	5.09%
1976	2.76%	4.6%
1977	2.76%	4.14%
1978	2.76%	3.72%
1979	2.75%	3.34%
1980	2.73%	3.01%
1981	2.7%	2.74%
1982	2.66%	2.51%
1983	2.62%	2.32%
1984	2.56%	2.16%
1985	2.5%	2.04%
1986	2.42%	1.93%
1987	2.34%	1.84%
1988	2.26%	1.76%
1989	2.2%	1.69%
1990	2.17%	1.63%
1991	2.16%	1.58%
1992	2.17%	1.53%
1993	2.19%	1.49%
1994	2.2%	1.46%
1995	2.2%	1.43%
1996	2.17%	1.41%
1997	2.13%	1.4%
1998	2.08%	1.39%
1999	2.02%	1.38%
2000	1.94%	1.38%
2001	1.84%	1.37%
2002	1.73%	1.37%
2003	1.61%	1.37%
2004	1.5%	1.38%
2005	1.39%	1.38%
2006	1.29%	1.38%
2007	1.2%	1.39%
2008	1.13%	1.39%
2009	1.07%	1.4%
2010	1.04%	1.41%
2011	1.02%	1.42%
2012	0.99%	1.43%
2013	0.95%	1.44%
2014	0.89%	1.45%
2015	0.82%	1.45%
2016	0.75%	1.46%
2017	0.69%	1.47%
2018	0.63%	1.48%
2019	0.58%	1.48%
2020	0.54%	1.48%
2021	0.51%	1.47%
2022	0.47%	1.45%
2023	0.45%	1.43%