Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Switzerland

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Switzerland 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 1.33 in Switzerland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Switzerland 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	Switzerland
1960	5.31	2.44
1961	5.42	2.52
1962	5.51	2.58
1963	5.61	2.65
1964	5.69	2.66
1965	5.72	2.59
1966	6.13	2.5
1967	5.9	2.39
1968	5.61	2.29
1969	5.48	2.19
1970	5.31	2.1
1971	5.69	2.04
1972	5.16	1.91
1973	4.78	1.81
1974	5.1	1.73
1975	4.75	1.61
1976	4.09	1.55
1977	3.75	1.53
1978	3.92	1.51
1979	3.66	1.52
1980	3.79	1.55
1981	3.67	1.55
1982	3.13	1.56
1983	3.22	1.52
1984	3.24	1.53
1985	3.09	1.52
1986	3.07	1.53
1987	2.92	1.52
1988	2.79	1.57
1989	2.67	1.56
1990	2.61	1.58
1991	2.69	1.58
1992	2.53	1.58
1993	2.58	1.51
1994	2.6	1.49
1995	2.36	1.48
1996	2.31	1.5
1997	2.1	1.48
1998	2.04	1.47
1999	2.04	1.48
2000	2.08	1.5
2001	1.98	1.38
2002	2.04	1.39
2003	2.06	1.39
2004	2.01	1.42
2005	2.2	1.42
2006	2.11	1.44
2007	2.24	1.46
2008	2.33	1.48
2009	2.38	1.5
2010	2.16	1.52
2011	2.33	1.52
2012	2.37	1.52
2013	2.26	1.52
2014	2.25	1.54
2015	2.31	1.54
2016	2.39	1.54
2017	2.41	1.52
2018	2.41	1.52
2019	2.36	1.48
2020	2.29	1.46
2021	2.46	1.52
2022	2.01	1.39
2023	2.02	1.33
2024	2	1.33
2025	1.97	1.34
2026	1.95	1.34
2027	1.93	1.35
2028	1.91	1.35
2029	1.89	1.35
2030	1.88	1.35
2031	1.86	1.36
2032	1.85	1.36
2033	1.84	1.37
2034	1.83	1.37
2035	1.82	1.37
2036	1.81	1.38
2037	1.8	1.38
2038	1.79	1.38
2039	1.79	1.38
2040	1.78	1.39
2041	1.78	1.39
2042	1.77	1.39
2043	1.77	1.4
2044	1.76	1.4
2045	1.75	1.4
2046	1.75	1.4
2047	1.75	1.41
2048	1.74	1.41
2049	1.74	1.41
2050	1.73	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Switzerland
1960	38.6%	24%
1961	39.1%	24%
1962	39.7%	24.1%
1963	40.3%	24.1%
1964	40.9%	24.1%
1965	41.5%	24.1%
1966	42.1%	24.2%
1967	42.7%	24.1%
1968	43.1%	24%
1969	43.4%	23.8%
1970	43.6%	23.8%
1971	43.4%	23.7%
1972	43%	23.5%
1973	42.5%	23.2%
1974	41.9%	22.8%
1975	41.2%	22.4%
1976	40.5%	22%
1977	39.7%	21.4%
1978	38.8%	20.9%
1979	37.9%	20.3%
1980	37.1%	19.7%
1981	36.4%	19.2%
1982	35.7%	18.8%
1983	35.2%	18.3%
1984	34.8%	18%
1985	34.4%	17.6%
1986	34.1%	17.4%
1987	33.8%	17.2%
1988	33.4%	17.1%
1989	32.9%	17%
1990	32.4%	17.1%
1991	31.9%	17.2%
1992	31.5%	17.3%
1993	31%	17.5%
1994	30.6%	17.6%
1995	30.3%	17.6%
1996	29.8%	17.7%
1997	29.3%	17.6%
1998	28.8%	17.6%
1999	28.2%	17.5%
2000	27.6%	17.4%
2001	27%	17.1%
2002	26.5%	16.8%
2003	26%	16.6%
2004	25.5%	16.4%
2005	25%	16.1%
2006	24.5%	15.9%
2007	24%	15.6%
2008	23.5%	15.4%
2009	22.9%	15.3%
2010	22.5%	15.2%
2011	22.2%	15.1%
2012	22%	15%
2013	21.8%	14.9%
2014	21.6%	14.9%
2015	21.4%	14.9%
2016	21.2%	14.9%
2017	21%	14.9%
2018	20.9%	15%
2019	20.7%	15%
2020	20.6%	15.1%
2021	20.4%	15.1%
2022	20.3%	15.1%
2023	20.1%	15%
2024	20%	15%
2025	19.8%	14.9%
2026	19.6%	14.8%
2027	19.4%	14.7%
2028	19.3%	14.6%
2029	19.2%	14.5%
2030	19.2%	14.3%
2031	19.1%	14.1%
2032	19%	14%
2033	18.8%	13.8%
2034	18.7%	13.6%
2035	18.5%	13.5%
2036	18.3%	13.3%
2037	18.1%	13.2%
2038	18%	13.1%
2039	17.8%	13%
2040	17.6%	12.9%
2041	17.4%	12.8%
2042	17.3%	12.8%
2043	17.1%	12.7%
2044	16.9%	12.8%
2045	16.8%	12.8%
2046	16.7%	12.8%
2047	16.6%	12.9%
2048	16.5%	12.9%
2049	16.4%	13%
2050	16.4%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 15% in Switzerland in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 17.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Switzerland compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Switzerland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +0.2% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	977	42,090
1961	1,040	48,365
1962	1,083	49,050
1963	1,123	52,956
1964	1,155	59,050
1965	1,165	56,222
1966	1,280	53,854
1967	1,217	52,128
1968	1,145	47,328
1969	1,119	44,182
1970	1,087	42,648
1971	1,373	38,523
1972	1,199	35,061
1973	1,166	30,906
1974	1,361	27,902
1975	1,376	22,820
1976	1,174	17,017
1977	1,125	16,959
1978	1,330	13,820
1979	1,292	14,477
1980	1,386	14,535
1981	1,358	13,979
1982	1,069	15,339
1983	1,209	12,837
1984	1,255	16,105
1985	1,259	14,882
1986	1,222	16,261
1987	1,172	15,708
1988	1,135	21,099
1989	1,030	19,941
1990	1,070	20,146
1991	1,162	23,800
1992	1,076	24,064
1993	1,091	21,509
1994	1,136	20,982
1995	1,054	19,010
1996	1,047	19,801
1997	873	17,722
1998	844	16,353
1999	901	16,431
2000	958	15,806
2001	885	10,845
2002	837	10,199
2003	828	8,807
2004	842	13,302
2005	861	11,899
2006	804	12,723
2007	867	13,592
2008	887	15,295
2009	900	15,487
2010	844	17,997
2011	936	18,990
2012	989	18,393
2013	846	17,797
2014	832	21,290
2015	888	19,050
2016	900	22,608
2017	901	20,284
2018	842	20,434
2019	811	18,008
2020	886	9,502
2021	744	18,279
2022	635	7,899
2023	683	7,999

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Switzerland

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 5 deaths in Switzerland.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 0.39% in Switzerland. 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	Switzerland
1960	10.5%	2.65%
1961	10.3%	2.6%
1962	10.2%	2.53%
1963	10%	2.45%
1964	9.8%	2.36%
1965	9.55%	2.26%
1966	9.26%	2.16%
1967	8.92%	2.07%
1968	8.52%	1.99%
1969	8.07%	1.92%
1970	7.58%	1.84%
1971	7.09%	1.76%
1972	6.59%	1.67%
1973	6.09%	1.57%
1974	5.59%	1.48%
1975	5.09%	1.38%
1976	4.6%	1.29%
1977	4.14%	1.21%
1978	3.72%	1.14%
1979	3.34%	1.09%
1980	3.01%	1.04%
1981	2.74%	1%
1982	2.51%	0.97%
1983	2.32%	0.94%
1984	2.16%	0.92%
1985	2.04%	0.9%
1986	1.93%	0.89%
1987	1.84%	0.88%
1988	1.76%	0.86%
1989	1.69%	0.84%
1990	1.63%	0.82%
1991	1.58%	0.78%
1992	1.53%	0.75%
1993	1.49%	0.71%
1994	1.46%	0.67%
1995	1.43%	0.64%
1996	1.41%	0.62%
1997	1.4%	0.6%
1998	1.39%	0.58%
1999	1.38%	0.57%
2000	1.38%	0.56%
2001	1.37%	0.55%
2002	1.37%	0.54%
2003	1.37%	0.53%
2004	1.38%	0.52%
2005	1.38%	0.51%
2006	1.38%	0.49%
2007	1.39%	0.48%
2008	1.39%	0.47%
2009	1.4%	0.46%
2010	1.41%	0.46%
2011	1.42%	0.45%
2012	1.43%	0.44%
2013	1.44%	0.44%
2014	1.45%	0.43%
2015	1.45%	0.43%
2016	1.46%	0.42%
2017	1.47%	0.41%
2018	1.48%	0.41%
2019	1.48%	0.4%
2020	1.48%	0.4%
2021	1.47%	0.4%
2022	1.45%	0.4%
2023	1.43%	0.39%