Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and South Korea

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs South Korea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Seychelles was 2.02 children per woman in 2023, compared to 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs South Korea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Seychelles	South Korea
1960	5.31	5.99
1961	5.42	5.8
1962	5.51	5.56
1963	5.61	5.33
1964	5.69	5.07
1965	5.72	4.89
1966	6.13	4.78
1967	5.9	4.62
1968	5.61	4.51
1969	5.48	4.45
1970	5.31	4.53
1971	5.69	4.54
1972	5.16	4.12
1973	4.78	4.07
1974	5.1	3.77
1975	4.75	3.43
1976	4.09	3
1977	3.75	2.99
1978	3.92	2.64
1979	3.66	2.9
1980	3.79	2.82
1981	3.67	2.57
1982	3.13	2.39
1983	3.22	2.06
1984	3.24	1.74
1985	3.09	1.66
1986	3.07	1.58
1987	2.92	1.53
1988	2.79	1.55
1989	2.67	1.56
1990	2.61	1.57
1991	2.69	1.71
1992	2.53	1.76
1993	2.58	1.65
1994	2.6	1.66
1995	2.36	1.63
1996	2.31	1.57
1997	2.1	1.54
1998	2.04	1.46
1999	2.04	1.43
2000	2.08	1.48
2001	1.98	1.31
2002	2.04	1.18
2003	2.06	1.19
2004	2.01	1.16
2005	2.2	1.09
2006	2.11	1.13
2007	2.24	1.26
2008	2.33	1.19
2009	2.38	1.15
2010	2.16	1.23
2011	2.33	1.24
2012	2.37	1.3
2013	2.26	1.19
2014	2.25	1.21
2015	2.31	1.24
2016	2.39	1.17
2017	2.41	1.05
2018	2.41	0.98
2019	2.36	0.92
2020	2.29	0.84
2021	2.46	0.81
2022	2.01	0.78
2023	2.02	0.72
2024	2	0.73
2025	1.97	0.75
2026	1.95	0.76
2027	1.93	0.78
2028	1.91	0.79
2029	1.89	0.8
2030	1.88	0.82
2031	1.86	0.83
2032	1.85	0.84
2033	1.84	0.85
2034	1.83	0.86
2035	1.82	0.88
2036	1.81	0.89
2037	1.8	0.9
2038	1.79	0.91
2039	1.79	0.92
2040	1.78	0.93
2041	1.78	0.95
2042	1.77	0.96
2043	1.77	0.96
2044	1.76	0.97
2045	1.75	0.98
2046	1.75	0.99
2047	1.75	1
2048	1.74	1.01
2049	1.74	1.02
2050	1.73	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	South Korea
1960	38.6%	41.3%
1961	39.1%	41.8%
1962	39.7%	42.3%
1963	40.3%	42.7%
1964	40.9%	43.1%
1965	41.5%	43.3%
1966	42.1%	43.5%
1967	42.7%	43.3%
1968	43.1%	43.1%
1969	43.4%	42.7%
1970	43.6%	42.1%
1971	43.4%	41.5%
1972	43%	41%
1973	42.5%	40.3%
1974	41.9%	39.5%
1975	41.2%	38.5%
1976	40.5%	37.5%
1977	39.7%	36.5%
1978	38.8%	35.6%
1979	37.9%	34.8%
1980	37.1%	34%
1981	36.4%	33.3%
1982	35.7%	32.7%
1983	35.2%	32%
1984	34.8%	31.2%
1985	34.4%	30.2%
1986	34.1%	29.2%
1987	33.8%	28.2%
1988	33.4%	27.3%
1989	32.9%	26.5%
1990	32.4%	25.8%
1991	31.9%	25.2%
1992	31.5%	24.7%
1993	31%	24.2%
1994	30.6%	23.7%
1995	30.3%	23.1%
1996	29.8%	22.5%
1997	29.3%	22%
1998	28.8%	21.6%
1999	28.2%	21.2%
2000	27.6%	21%
2001	27%	20.8%
2002	26.5%	20.5%
2003	26%	20.1%
2004	25.5%	19.7%
2005	25%	19.2%
2006	24.5%	18.7%
2007	24%	18.1%
2008	23.5%	17.5%
2009	22.9%	16.9%
2010	22.5%	16.4%
2011	22.2%	15.8%
2012	22%	15.2%
2013	21.8%	14.7%
2014	21.6%	14.2%
2015	21.4%	13.8%
2016	21.2%	13.4%
2017	21%	13%
2018	20.9%	12.7%
2019	20.7%	12.4%
2020	20.6%	12.1%
2021	20.4%	11.8%
2022	20.3%	11.4%
2023	20.1%	11%
2024	20%	10.6%
2025	19.8%	10.2%
2026	19.6%	9.82%
2027	19.4%	9.42%
2028	19.3%	9.06%
2029	19.2%	8.75%
2030	19.2%	8.43%
2031	19.1%	8.15%
2032	19%	7.94%
2033	18.8%	7.79%
2034	18.7%	7.7%
2035	18.5%	7.66%
2036	18.3%	7.65%
2037	18.1%	7.66%
2038	18%	7.68%
2039	17.8%	7.71%
2040	17.6%	7.73%
2041	17.4%	7.75%
2042	17.3%	7.76%
2043	17.1%	7.77%
2044	16.9%	7.78%
2045	16.8%	7.79%
2046	16.7%	7.8%
2047	16.6%	7.81%
2048	16.5%	7.82%
2049	16.4%	7.82%
2050	16.4%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +0.06% in South Korea. 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
	Seychelles	South Korea
1960	977	728,010
1961	1,040	730,173
1962	1,083	712,590
1963	1,123	685,824
1964	1,155	655,501
1965	1,165	641,090
1966	1,280	623,534
1967	1,217	692,169
1968	1,145	684,487
1969	1,119	694,227
1970	1,087	747,987
1971	1,373	789,185
1972	1,199	740,469
1973	1,166	699,115
1974	1,361	673,030
1975	1,376	603,300
1976	1,174	530,558
1977	1,125	578,947
1978	1,330	499,084
1979	1,292	623,068
1980	1,386	583,294
1981	1,358	631,189
1982	1,069	605,626
1983	1,209	514,844
1984	1,255	436,384
1985	1,259	416,219
1986	1,222	395,651
1987	1,172	378,758
1988	1,135	399,297
1989	1,030	403,266
1990	1,070	411,546
1991	1,162	467,594
1992	1,076	494,352
1993	1,091	477,302
1994	1,136	473,200
1995	1,054	468,967
1996	1,047	446,142
1997	873	422,773
1998	844	393,436
1999	901	368,272
2000	958	390,167
2001	885	312,643
2002	837	247,752
2003	828	244,251
2004	842	225,988
2005	861	187,920
2006	804	203,441
2007	867	248,286
2008	887	215,841
2009	900	197,231
2010	844	213,083
2011	936	214,728
2012	989	215,859
2013	846	166,415
2014	832	167,464
2015	888	163,248
2016	900	122,923
2017	901	71,907
2018	842	30,951
2019	811	10,353
2020	886	-31,101
2021	744	-56,947
2022	635	-124,014
2023	683	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs South Korea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 42 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Seychelles, compared to 4 deaths in South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	South Korea
1985	69	38
1986	65	35
1987	62	34
1988	60	31
1989	61	29
1990	53	28
1991	54	28
1992	50	26
1993	49	24
1994	45	23
1995	40	22
1996	39	20
1997	37	19
1998	41	18
1999	41	17
2000	45	15
2001	43	14
2002	45	13
2003	47	13
2004	52	12
2005	50	11
2006	51	10
2007	52	10
2008	51	9
2009	51	9
2010	50	8
2011	50	8
2012	49	8
2013	48	7
2014	46	7
2015	46	6
2016	47	6
2017	47	6
2018	49	5
2019	48	5
2020	51	12
2021	74	5
2022	89	7
2023	42	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 0.28% in South Korea. 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
	Seychelles	South Korea
1960	10.5%	11.2%
1961	10.3%	10.6%
1962	10.2%	10.1%
1963	10%	9.67%
1964	9.8%	9.18%
1965	9.55%	8.68%
1966	9.26%	8.16%
1967	8.92%	7.62%
1968	8.52%	7.1%
1969	8.07%	6.59%
1970	7.58%	6.12%
1971	7.09%	5.71%
1972	6.59%	5.36%
1973	6.09%	5.07%
1974	5.59%	4.82%
1975	5.09%	4.61%
1976	4.6%	4.42%
1977	4.14%	4.23%
1978	3.72%	4.04%
1979	3.34%	3.84%
1980	3.01%	3.63%
1981	2.74%	3.4%
1982	2.51%	3.17%
1983	2.32%	2.93%
1984	2.16%	2.7%
1985	2.04%	2.46%
1986	1.93%	2.25%
1987	1.84%	2.05%
1988	1.76%	1.87%
1989	1.69%	1.71%
1990	1.63%	1.57%
1991	1.58%	1.44%
1992	1.53%	1.33%
1993	1.49%	1.23%
1994	1.46%	1.14%
1995	1.43%	1.05%
1996	1.41%	0.98%
1997	1.4%	0.91%
1998	1.39%	0.85%
1999	1.38%	0.8%
2000	1.38%	0.75%
2001	1.37%	0.71%
2002	1.37%	0.68%
2003	1.37%	0.64%
2004	1.38%	0.6%
2005	1.38%	0.56%
2006	1.38%	0.52%
2007	1.39%	0.48%
2008	1.39%	0.45%
2009	1.4%	0.43%
2010	1.41%	0.41%
2011	1.42%	0.4%
2012	1.43%	0.38%
2013	1.44%	0.37%
2014	1.45%	0.36%
2015	1.45%	0.35%
2016	1.46%	0.34%
2017	1.47%	0.33%
2018	1.48%	0.32%
2019	1.48%	0.31%
2020	1.48%	0.3%
2021	1.47%	0.29%
2022	1.45%	0.28%
2023	1.43%	0.28%