Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Thailand

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	5.31	6.33
1961	5.42	6.32
1962	5.51	6.33
1963	5.61	6.34
1964	5.69	6.31
1965	5.72	6.26
1966	6.13	6.18
1967	5.9	6.08
1968	5.61	5.93
1969	5.48	5.7
1970	5.31	5.45
1971	5.69	5.25
1972	5.16	5.08
1973	4.78	4.85
1974	5.1	4.6
1975	4.75	4.36
1976	4.09	4.12
1977	3.75	3.87
1978	3.92	3.62
1979	3.66	3.45
1980	3.79	3.29
1981	3.67	3.13
1982	3.13	2.94
1983	3.22	2.76
1984	3.24	2.58
1985	3.09	2.45
1986	3.07	2.36
1987	2.92	2.26
1988	2.79	2.17
1989	2.67	2.14
1990	2.61	2.07
1991	2.69	2.04
1992	2.53	2.01
1993	2.58	1.97
1994	2.6	1.93
1995	2.36	1.89
1996	2.31	1.87
1997	2.1	1.85
1998	2.04	1.82
1999	2.04	1.77
2000	2.08	1.73
2001	1.98	1.71
2002	2.04	1.69
2003	2.06	1.67
2004	2.01	1.67
2005	2.2	1.64
2006	2.11	1.63
2007	2.24	1.62
2008	2.33	1.59
2009	2.38	1.57
2010	2.16	1.56
2011	2.33	1.57
2012	2.37	1.56
2013	2.26	1.53
2014	2.25	1.48
2015	2.31	1.45
2016	2.39	1.4
2017	2.41	1.36
2018	2.41	1.32
2019	2.36	1.29
2020	2.29	1.26
2021	2.46	1.23
2022	2.01	1.22
2023	2.02	1.21
2024	2	1.2
2025	1.97	1.19
2026	1.95	1.19
2027	1.93	1.19
2028	1.91	1.19
2029	1.89	1.19
2030	1.88	1.2
2031	1.86	1.2
2032	1.85	1.21
2033	1.84	1.21
2034	1.83	1.22
2035	1.82	1.22
2036	1.81	1.23
2037	1.8	1.23
2038	1.79	1.24
2039	1.79	1.24
2040	1.78	1.25
2041	1.78	1.25
2042	1.77	1.26
2043	1.77	1.26
2044	1.76	1.26
2045	1.75	1.27
2046	1.75	1.27
2047	1.75	1.28
2048	1.74	1.28
2049	1.74	1.28
2050	1.73	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Thailand
1960	38.6%	44.3%
1961	39.1%	44.6%
1962	39.7%	44.8%
1963	40.3%	45.1%
1964	40.9%	45.3%
1965	41.5%	45.4%
1966	42.1%	45.4%
1967	42.7%	45.3%
1968	43.1%	45.2%
1969	43.4%	45%
1970	43.6%	44.8%
1971	43.4%	44.4%
1972	43%	44%
1973	42.5%	43.5%
1974	41.9%	43%
1975	41.2%	42.4%
1976	40.5%	41.8%
1977	39.7%	41.1%
1978	38.8%	40.3%
1979	37.9%	39.5%
1980	37.1%	38.7%
1981	36.4%	37.8%
1982	35.7%	37%
1983	35.2%	36%
1984	34.8%	35.1%
1985	34.4%	34.1%
1986	34.1%	33.2%
1987	33.8%	32.4%
1988	33.4%	31.5%
1989	32.9%	30.7%
1990	32.4%	30%
1991	31.9%	29.2%
1992	31.5%	28.5%
1993	31%	28%
1994	30.6%	27.4%
1995	30.3%	26.9%
1996	29.8%	26.4%
1997	29.3%	25.9%
1998	28.8%	25.4%
1999	28.2%	24.9%
2000	27.6%	24.4%
2001	27%	23.9%
2002	26.5%	23.4%
2003	26%	23%
2004	25.5%	22.6%
2005	25%	22.2%
2006	24.5%	21.7%
2007	24%	21.3%
2008	23.5%	20.9%
2009	22.9%	20.6%
2010	22.5%	20.1%
2011	22.2%	19.7%
2012	22%	19.2%
2013	21.8%	18.8%
2014	21.6%	18.5%
2015	21.4%	18.1%
2016	21.2%	17.7%
2017	21%	17.3%
2018	20.9%	16.9%
2019	20.7%	16.6%
2020	20.6%	16.2%
2021	20.4%	15.8%
2022	20.3%	15.4%
2023	20.1%	15.1%
2024	20%	14.7%
2025	19.8%	14.4%
2026	19.6%	14.1%
2027	19.4%	13.7%
2028	19.3%	13.4%
2029	19.2%	13.1%
2030	19.2%	12.9%
2031	19.1%	12.7%
2032	19%	12.5%
2033	18.8%	12.3%
2034	18.7%	12.2%
2035	18.5%	12.1%
2036	18.3%	12%
2037	18.1%	11.9%
2038	18%	11.9%
2039	17.8%	11.8%
2040	17.6%	11.8%
2041	17.4%	11.8%
2042	17.3%	11.8%
2043	17.1%	11.7%
2044	16.9%	11.7%
2045	16.8%	11.7%
2046	16.7%	11.7%
2047	16.6%	11.6%
2048	16.5%	11.6%
2049	16.4%	11.6%
2050	16.4%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	977	774,190
1961	1,040	801,140
1962	1,083	828,741
1963	1,123	860,728
1964	1,155	885,137
1965	1,165	909,000
1966	1,280	929,469
1967	1,217	944,980
1968	1,145	953,806
1969	1,119	948,314
1970	1,087	937,116
1971	1,373	936,215
1972	1,199	940,420
1973	1,166	933,540
1974	1,361	923,151
1975	1,376	911,980
1976	1,174	894,072
1977	1,125	871,232
1978	1,330	847,799
1979	1,292	843,434
1980	1,386	845,575
1981	1,358	839,297
1982	1,069	817,951
1983	1,209	794,239
1984	1,255	779,856
1985	1,259	776,935
1986	1,222	783,430
1987	1,172	774,498
1988	1,135	765,252
1989	1,030	774,563
1990	1,070	760,808
1991	1,162	760,508
1992	1,076	754,999
1993	1,091	737,696
1994	1,136	712,589
1995	1,054	682,703
1996	1,047	661,397
1997	873	644,834
1998	844	617,318
1999	901	578,073
2000	958	543,884
2001	885	524,230
2002	837	504,299
2003	828	488,003
2004	842	466,542
2005	861	456,378
2006	804	441,211
2007	867	425,362
2008	887	401,730
2009	900	382,636
2010	844	370,466
2011	936	365,670
2012	989	351,485
2013	846	325,059
2014	832	294,628
2015	888	266,362
2016	900	226,255
2017	901	194,695
2018	842	159,383
2019	811	116,867
2020	886	84,107
2021	744	57,382
2022	635	-61,046
2023	683	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Thailand
1985	69	88
1986	65	78
1987	62	72
1988	60	67
1989	61	64
1990	53	60
1991	54	59
1992	50	58
1993	49	57
1994	45	54
1995	40	52
1996	39	49
1997	37	48
1998	41	47
1999	41	48
2000	45	49
2001	43	47
2002	45	44
2003	47	42
2004	52	44
2005	50	40
2006	51	38
2007	52	38
2008	51	37
2009	51	37
2010	50	37
2011	50	37
2012	49	36
2013	48	35
2014	46	34
2015	46	34
2016	47	34
2017	47	34
2018	49	34
2019	48	34
2020	51	36
2021	74	38
2022	89	112
2023	42	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	10.5%	14.7%
1961	10.3%	14.2%
1962	10.2%	13.7%
1963	10%	13.2%
1964	9.8%	12.8%
1965	9.55%	12.3%
1966	9.26%	11.8%
1967	8.92%	11.4%
1968	8.52%	10.9%
1969	8.07%	10.4%
1970	7.58%	9.95%
1971	7.09%	9.47%
1972	6.59%	9.01%
1973	6.09%	8.56%
1974	5.59%	8.14%
1975	5.09%	7.73%
1976	4.6%	7.35%
1977	4.14%	7%
1978	3.72%	6.67%
1979	3.34%	6.36%
1980	3.01%	6.07%
1981	2.74%	5.79%
1982	2.51%	5.53%
1983	2.32%	5.28%
1984	2.16%	5.03%
1985	2.04%	4.8%
1986	1.93%	4.57%
1987	1.84%	4.34%
1988	1.76%	4.12%
1989	1.69%	3.91%
1990	1.63%	3.69%
1991	1.58%	3.49%
1992	1.53%	3.3%
1993	1.49%	3.12%
1994	1.46%	2.96%
1995	1.43%	2.81%
1996	1.41%	2.67%
1997	1.4%	2.53%
1998	1.39%	2.41%
1999	1.38%	2.29%
2000	1.38%	2.18%
2001	1.37%	2.08%
2002	1.37%	1.98%
2003	1.37%	1.89%
2004	1.38%	1.81%
2005	1.38%	1.73%
2006	1.38%	1.66%
2007	1.39%	1.59%
2008	1.39%	1.53%
2009	1.4%	1.47%
2010	1.41%	1.42%
2011	1.42%	1.37%
2012	1.43%	1.32%
2013	1.44%	1.27%
2014	1.45%	1.23%
2015	1.45%	1.19%
2016	1.46%	1.15%
2017	1.47%	1.11%
2018	1.48%	1.08%
2019	1.48%	1.04%
2020	1.48%	1.01%
2021	1.47%	0.98%
2022	1.45%	0.95%
2023	1.43%	0.92%