Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Tanzania

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Tanzania 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 4.61 in Tanzania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Tanzania 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	Tanzania
1960	5.31	6.54
1961	5.42	6.56
1962	5.51	6.61
1963	5.61	6.65
1964	5.69	6.68
1965	5.72	6.73
1966	6.13	6.8
1967	5.9	6.86
1968	5.61	6.9
1969	5.48	6.95
1970	5.31	7
1971	5.69	7.04
1972	5.16	7.05
1973	4.78	7.06
1974	5.1	7.12
1975	4.75	7.1
1976	4.09	7.09
1977	3.75	7.07
1978	3.92	7.06
1979	3.66	7.04
1980	3.79	6.99
1981	3.67	6.93
1982	3.13	6.87
1983	3.22	6.81
1984	3.24	6.72
1985	3.09	6.6
1986	3.07	6.49
1987	2.92	6.41
1988	2.79	6.38
1989	2.67	6.3
1990	2.61	6.2
1991	2.69	6.14
1992	2.53	6.08
1993	2.58	6
1994	2.6	5.89
1995	2.36	5.82
1996	2.31	5.83
1997	2.1	5.84
1998	2.04	5.81
1999	2.04	5.75
2000	2.08	5.67
2001	1.98	5.62
2002	2.04	5.57
2003	2.06	5.58
2004	2.01	5.6
2005	2.2	5.58
2006	2.11	5.51
2007	2.24	5.4
2008	2.33	5.32
2009	2.38	5.26
2010	2.16	5.23
2011	2.33	5.14
2012	2.37	5.14
2013	2.26	5.16
2014	2.25	5.12
2015	2.31	5.03
2016	2.39	5.01
2017	2.41	4.99
2018	2.41	4.93
2019	2.36	4.87
2020	2.29	4.8
2021	2.46	4.73
2022	2.01	4.67
2023	2.02	4.61
2024	2	4.54
2025	1.97	4.47
2026	1.95	4.41
2027	1.93	4.34
2028	1.91	4.28
2029	1.89	4.22
2030	1.88	4.16
2031	1.86	4.11
2032	1.85	4.04
2033	1.84	3.98
2034	1.83	3.94
2035	1.82	3.88
2036	1.81	3.83
2037	1.8	3.76
2038	1.79	3.72
2039	1.79	3.67
2040	1.78	3.63
2041	1.78	3.57
2042	1.77	3.54
2043	1.77	3.49
2044	1.76	3.46
2045	1.75	3.4
2046	1.75	3.39
2047	1.75	3.35
2048	1.74	3.31
2049	1.74	3.25
2050	1.73	3.23

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Tanzania
1960	38.6%	44.9%
1961	39.1%	44.8%
1962	39.7%	44.8%
1963	40.3%	44.8%
1964	40.9%	45%
1965	41.5%	45.2%
1966	42.1%	45.4%
1967	42.7%	45.6%
1968	43.1%	45.8%
1969	43.4%	45.9%
1970	43.6%	46%
1971	43.4%	46.1%
1972	43%	46.1%
1973	42.5%	46.2%
1974	41.9%	46.3%
1975	41.2%	46.4%
1976	40.5%	46.5%
1977	39.7%	46.6%
1978	38.8%	46.7%
1979	37.9%	46.9%
1980	37.1%	47.2%
1981	36.4%	47.4%
1982	35.7%	47.5%
1983	35.2%	47.6%
1984	34.8%	47.5%
1985	34.4%	47.4%
1986	34.1%	47.2%
1987	33.8%	46.9%
1988	33.4%	46.7%
1989	32.9%	46.5%
1990	32.4%	46.3%
1991	31.9%	46.2%
1992	31.5%	46%
1993	31%	45.5%
1994	30.6%	44.9%
1995	30.3%	44.5%
1996	29.8%	44.7%
1997	29.3%	44.8%
1998	28.8%	44.7%
1999	28.2%	44.7%
2000	27.6%	44.6%
2001	27%	44.5%
2002	26.5%	44.6%
2003	26%	44.6%
2004	25.5%	44.7%
2005	25%	44.8%
2006	24.5%	44.9%
2007	24%	45%
2008	23.5%	45.1%
2009	22.9%	45.3%
2010	22.5%	45.3%
2011	22.2%	45.2%
2012	22%	45.1%
2013	21.8%	44.9%
2014	21.6%	44.8%
2015	21.4%	44.5%
2016	21.2%	44.2%
2017	21%	44%
2018	20.9%	43.8%
2019	20.7%	43.6%
2020	20.6%	43.4%
2021	20.4%	43.1%
2022	20.3%	42.9%
2023	20.1%	42.7%
2024	20%	42.5%
2025	19.8%	42.3%
2026	19.6%	42.1%
2027	19.4%	41.9%
2028	19.3%	41.7%
2029	19.2%	41.4%
2030	19.2%	41.1%
2031	19.1%	40.9%
2032	19%	40.5%
2033	18.8%	40.2%
2034	18.7%	39.8%
2035	18.5%	39.5%
2036	18.3%	39.1%
2037	18.1%	38.8%
2038	18%	38.4%
2039	17.8%	38.1%
2040	17.6%	37.8%
2041	17.4%	37.5%
2042	17.3%	37.1%
2043	17.1%	36.8%
2044	16.9%	36.5%
2045	16.8%	36.2%
2046	16.7%	35.9%
2047	16.6%	35.6%
2048	16.5%	35.4%
2049	16.4%	35.1%
2050	16.4%	34.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 42.5% in Tanzania in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 46.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Tanzania compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Tanzania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +3.05% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	977	275,814
1961	1,040	286,839
1962	1,083	300,663
1963	1,123	314,644
1964	1,155	328,527
1965	1,165	343,456
1966	1,280	360,229
1967	1,217	374,763
1968	1,145	389,467
1969	1,119	408,322
1970	1,087	427,988
1971	1,373	449,014
1972	1,199	467,305
1973	1,166	488,429
1974	1,361	515,152
1975	1,376	533,906
1976	1,174	553,617
1977	1,125	574,938
1978	1,330	595,024
1979	1,292	613,388
1980	1,386	629,444
1981	1,358	645,496
1982	1,069	662,627
1983	1,209	679,720
1984	1,255	687,435
1985	1,259	697,867
1986	1,222	705,677
1987	1,172	718,580
1988	1,135	736,551
1989	1,030	743,854
1990	1,070	750,825
1991	1,162	762,011
1992	1,076	767,961
1993	1,091	778,044
1994	1,136	803,953
1995	1,054	838,980
1996	1,047	868,524
1997	873	882,544
1998	844	920,806
1999	901	948,659
2000	958	985,185
2001	885	1,026,242
2002	837	1,063,195
2003	828	1,118,435
2004	842	1,175,379
2005	861	1,224,165
2006	804	1,257,927
2007	867	1,278,285
2008	887	1,303,728
2009	900	1,332,015
2010	844	1,363,477
2011	936	1,384,886
2012	989	1,439,325
2013	846	1,509,008
2014	832	1,565,630
2015	888	1,592,882
2016	900	1,659,502
2017	901	1,726,909
2018	842	1,777,852
2019	811	1,816,669
2020	886	1,861,377
2021	744	1,880,137
2022	635	1,927,960
2023	683	1,960,623

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Tanzania

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 276 deaths in Tanzania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Tanzania
1985	69	980
1986	65	971
1987	62	964
1988	60	949
1989	61	927
1990	53	900
1991	54	873
1992	50	864
1993	49	851
1994	45	816
1995	40	797
1996	39	775
1997	37	777
1998	41	739
1999	41	635
2000	45	568
2001	43	493
2002	45	454
2003	47	397
2004	52	365
2005	50	350
2006	51	366
2007	52	453
2008	51	511
2009	51	502
2010	50	486
2011	50	475
2012	49	448
2013	48	479
2014	46	454
2015	46	433
2016	47	396
2017	47	345
2018	49	319
2019	48	292
2020	51	160
2021	74	162
2022	89	152
2023	42	276

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 3.89% in Tanzania. 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	Tanzania
1960	10.5%	24.2%
1961	10.3%	24%
1962	10.2%	23.8%
1963	10%	23.6%
1964	9.8%	23.4%
1965	9.55%	23.1%
1966	9.26%	22.8%
1967	8.92%	22.5%
1968	8.52%	22.2%
1969	8.07%	21.9%
1970	7.58%	21.6%
1971	7.09%	21.2%
1972	6.59%	20.9%
1973	6.09%	20.5%
1974	5.59%	20.1%
1975	5.09%	19.6%
1976	4.6%	19.2%
1977	4.14%	18.8%
1978	3.72%	18.4%
1979	3.34%	18.1%
1980	3.01%	17.9%
1981	2.74%	17.8%
1982	2.51%	17.8%
1983	2.32%	17.8%
1984	2.16%	17.8%
1985	2.04%	17.7%
1986	1.93%	17.6%
1987	1.84%	17.4%
1988	1.76%	17.2%
1989	1.69%	16.9%
1990	1.63%	16.7%
1991	1.58%	16.5%
1992	1.53%	16.3%
1993	1.49%	16.1%
1994	1.46%	15.9%
1995	1.43%	15.6%
1996	1.41%	15.2%
1997	1.4%	14.8%
1998	1.39%	14.2%
1999	1.38%	13.6%
2000	1.38%	12.8%
2001	1.37%	12.1%
2002	1.37%	11.3%
2003	1.37%	10.5%
2004	1.38%	9.86%
2005	1.38%	9.24%
2006	1.38%	8.69%
2007	1.39%	8.16%
2008	1.39%	7.7%
2009	1.4%	7.24%
2010	1.41%	6.86%
2011	1.42%	6.5%
2012	1.43%	6.21%
2013	1.44%	5.95%
2014	1.45%	5.67%
2015	1.45%	5.48%
2016	1.46%	5.25%
2017	1.47%	5.02%
2018	1.48%	4.8%
2019	1.48%	4.6%
2020	1.48%	4.42%
2021	1.47%	4.22%
2022	1.45%	4.05%
2023	1.43%	3.89%