Fertility & birth rates in Saint Vincent and Seychelles

Fertility rate in Saint Vincent vs Seychelles chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Saint Vincent was 1.78 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 Saint Vincent 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
	Saint Vincent	Seychelles
1960	7.25	5.31
1961	7.16	5.42
1962	7.03	5.51
1963	6.92	5.61
1964	6.83	5.69
1965	6.74	5.72
1966	6.64	6.13
1967	6.53	5.9
1968	6.42	5.61
1969	6.28	5.48
1970	6.12	5.31
1971	5.95	5.69
1972	5.77	5.16
1973	5.59	4.78
1974	5.38	5.1
1975	5.17	4.75
1976	4.95	4.09
1977	4.75	3.75
1978	4.55	3.92
1979	4.29	3.66
1980	3.92	3.79
1981	3.85	3.67
1982	3.74	3.13
1983	3.56	3.22
1984	3.28	3.24
1985	3.08	3.09
1986	2.92	3.07
1987	2.82	2.92
1988	2.75	2.79
1989	2.73	2.67
1990	2.73	2.61
1991	2.75	2.69
1992	2.76	2.53
1993	2.74	2.58
1994	2.68	2.6
1995	2.61	2.36
1996	2.53	2.31
1997	2.43	2.1
1998	2.35	2.04
1999	2.31	2.04
2000	2.31	2.08
2001	2.3	1.98
2002	2.22	2.04
2003	2.14	2.06
2004	2.09	2.01
2005	2.07	2.2
2006	2.03	2.11
2007	2.06	2.24
2008	2.15	2.33
2009	2.17	2.38
2010	2.14	2.16
2011	2.08	2.33
2012	2.11	2.37
2013	2.11	2.26
2014	2.14	2.25
2015	2.13	2.31
2016	2.06	2.39
2017	1.94	2.41
2018	1.9	2.41
2019	1.86	2.36
2020	1.83	2.29
2021	1.81	2.46
2022	1.79	2.01
2023	1.78	2.02
2024	1.76	2
2025	1.75	1.97
2026	1.73	1.95
2027	1.72	1.93
2028	1.71	1.91
2029	1.71	1.89
2030	1.7	1.88
2031	1.7	1.86
2032	1.69	1.85
2033	1.69	1.84
2034	1.68	1.83
2035	1.68	1.82
2036	1.68	1.81
2037	1.68	1.8
2038	1.67	1.79
2039	1.67	1.79
2040	1.67	1.78
2041	1.67	1.78
2042	1.67	1.77
2043	1.67	1.77
2044	1.66	1.76
2045	1.66	1.75
2046	1.66	1.75
2047	1.66	1.75
2048	1.66	1.74
2049	1.66	1.74
2050	1.66	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Saint Vincent	Seychelles
1960	49%	38.6%
1961	48.8%	39.1%
1962	48.6%	39.7%
1963	48.2%	40.3%
1964	47.7%	40.9%
1965	47.4%	41.5%
1966	47.1%	42.1%
1967	46.8%	42.7%
1968	46.6%	43.1%
1969	46.4%	43.4%
1970	46.2%	43.6%
1971	46%	43.4%
1972	45.8%	43%
1973	45.7%	42.5%
1974	45.5%	41.9%
1975	45.3%	41.2%
1976	45%	40.5%
1977	44.7%	39.7%
1978	44.4%	38.8%
1979	44.1%	37.9%
1980	43.5%	37.1%
1981	42.6%	36.4%
1982	41.7%	35.7%
1983	41%	35.2%
1984	40.4%	34.8%
1985	39.9%	34.4%
1986	39.4%	34.1%
1987	38.9%	33.8%
1988	38.4%	33.4%
1989	38%	32.9%
1990	37.5%	32.4%
1991	36.8%	31.9%
1992	36%	31.5%
1993	35.1%	31%
1994	34.4%	30.6%
1995	33.7%	30.3%
1996	33.1%	29.8%
1997	32.5%	29.3%
1998	32%	28.8%
1999	31.6%	28.2%
2000	31.4%	27.6%
2001	31%	27%
2002	30.3%	26.5%
2003	29.7%	26%
2004	29%	25.5%
2005	28.4%	25%
2006	27.8%	24.5%
2007	27.2%	24%
2008	26.7%	23.5%
2009	26.1%	22.9%
2010	25.7%	22.5%
2011	25.2%	22.2%
2012	24.8%	22%
2013	24.4%	21.8%
2014	24%	21.6%
2015	23.7%	21.4%
2016	23.4%	21.2%
2017	23%	21%
2018	22.7%	20.9%
2019	22.5%	20.7%
2020	22.2%	20.6%
2021	22.1%	20.4%
2022	21.9%	20.3%
2023	21.6%	20.1%
2024	21.3%	20%
2025	20.9%	19.8%
2026	20.4%	19.6%
2027	20%	19.4%
2028	19.5%	19.3%
2029	19%	19.2%
2030	18.6%	19.2%
2031	18.1%	19.1%
2032	17.8%	19%
2033	17.5%	18.8%
2034	17.3%	18.7%
2035	17.1%	18.5%
2036	17%	18.3%
2037	16.9%	18.1%
2038	16.9%	18%
2039	16.9%	17.8%
2040	16.9%	17.6%
2041	16.9%	17.4%
2042	16.9%	17.3%
2043	16.9%	17.1%
2044	17%	16.9%
2045	17%	16.8%
2046	17%	16.7%
2047	17%	16.6%
2048	16.9%	16.5%
2049	16.9%	16.4%
2050	16.9%	16.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.3% of the population in Saint Vincent and 20% in the Seychelles in 2024, compared to 37.5% and 32.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Saint Vincent and the Seychelles compared.

Natural population change in Saint Vincent vs Seychelles by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.24% in Saint Vincent 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
	Saint Vincent	Seychelles
1960	3,029	977
1961	3,059	1,040
1962	3,073	1,083
1963	3,086	1,123
1964	3,130	1,155
1965	3,165	1,165
1966	3,194	1,280
1967	3,212	1,217
1968	3,218	1,145
1969	3,200	1,119
1970	3,161	1,087
1971	3,102	1,373
1972	3,033	1,199
1973	2,952	1,166
1974	2,863	1,361
1975	2,775	1,376
1976	2,694	1,174
1977	2,622	1,125
1978	2,581	1,330
1979	2,575	1,292
1980	2,362	1,386
1981	2,429	1,358
1982	2,477	1,069
1983	2,411	1,209
1984	2,248	1,255
1985	2,128	1,259
1986	2,020	1,222
1987	1,937	1,172
1988	1,876	1,135
1989	1,843	1,030
1990	1,825	1,070
1991	1,821	1,162
1992	1,849	1,076
1993	1,832	1,091
1994	1,786	1,136
1995	1,715	1,054
1996	1,610	1,047
1997	1,496	873
1998	1,379	844
1999	1,315	901
2000	1,279	958
2001	1,231	885
2002	1,166	837
2003	1,063	828
2004	992	842
2005	949	861
2006	881	804
2007	867	867
2008	904	887
2009	881	900
2010	796	844
2011	676	936
2012	637	989
2013	580	846
2014	580	832
2015	542	888
2016	443	900
2017	340	901
2018	271	842
2019	206	811
2020	-10	886
2021	-9	744
2022	96	635
2023	66	683

Maternal mortality chart: Saint Vincent vs Seychelles

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 56 deaths per 100,000 live births in Saint Vincent, compared to 42 deaths in the Seychelles.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Saint Vincent	Seychelles
1985	77	69
1986	71	65
1987	69	62
1988	67	60
1989	70	61
1990	72	53
1991	71	54
1992	89	50
1993	76	49
1994	78	45
1995	80	40
1996	79	39
1997	78	37
1998	77	41
1999	72	41
2000	68	45
2001	64	43
2002	62	45
2003	59	47
2004	56	52
2005	55	50
2006	54	51
2007	54	52
2008	56	51
2009	56	51
2010	59	50
2011	59	50
2012	61	49
2013	73	48
2014	64	46
2015	59	46
2016	52	47
2017	58	47
2018	56	49
2019	58	48
2020	57	51
2021	105	74
2022	56	89
2023	56	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.06% in Saint Vincent 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
	Saint Vincent	Seychelles
1960	-	10.5%
1961	-	10.3%
1962	-	10.2%
1963	-	10%
1964	-	9.8%
1965	-	9.55%
1966	-	9.26%
1967	-	8.92%
1968	-	8.52%
1969	6.03%	8.07%
1970	6.42%	7.58%
1971	6.82%	7.09%
1972	7.2%	6.59%
1973	7.52%	6.09%
1974	7.71%	5.59%
1975	7.7%	5.09%
1976	7.45%	4.6%
1977	7.03%	4.14%
1978	6.49%	3.72%
1979	5.91%	3.34%
1980	5.34%	3.01%
1981	4.82%	2.74%
1982	4.34%	2.51%
1983	3.91%	2.32%
1984	3.54%	2.16%
1985	3.22%	2.04%
1986	2.96%	1.93%
1987	2.75%	1.84%
1988	2.59%	1.76%
1989	2.47%	1.69%
1990	2.38%	1.63%
1991	2.31%	1.58%
1992	2.26%	1.53%
1993	2.24%	1.49%
1994	2.23%	1.46%
1995	2.23%	1.43%
1996	2.23%	1.41%
1997	2.24%	1.4%
1998	2.25%	1.39%
1999	2.25%	1.38%
2000	2.25%	1.38%
2001	2.25%	1.37%
2002	2.24%	1.37%
2003	2.25%	1.37%
2004	2.25%	1.38%
2005	2.26%	1.38%
2006	2.26%	1.38%
2007	2.25%	1.39%
2008	2.23%	1.39%
2009	2.19%	1.4%
2010	2.14%	1.41%
2011	2.06%	1.42%
2012	1.98%	1.43%
2013	1.88%	1.44%
2014	1.79%	1.45%
2015	1.69%	1.45%
2016	1.59%	1.46%
2017	1.49%	1.47%
2018	1.39%	1.48%
2019	1.31%	1.48%
2020	1.23%	1.48%
2021	1.17%	1.47%
2022	1.11%	1.45%
2023	1.06%	1.43%