Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Togo

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Togo 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 4.19 in Togo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Togo 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	Togo
1960	5.31	6.8
1961	5.42	6.82
1962	5.51	6.86
1963	5.61	6.89
1964	5.69	6.92
1965	5.72	6.94
1966	6.13	6.96
1967	5.9	6.96
1968	5.61	6.97
1969	5.48	7.02
1970	5.31	7.04
1971	5.69	7.06
1972	5.16	7.07
1973	4.78	7.08
1974	5.1	7.09
1975	4.75	7.09
1976	4.09	7.06
1977	3.75	7.03
1978	3.92	6.98
1979	3.66	6.94
1980	3.79	6.88
1981	3.67	6.81
1982	3.13	6.73
1983	3.22	6.63
1984	3.24	6.54
1985	3.09	6.46
1986	3.07	6.38
1987	2.92	6.3
1988	2.79	6.23
1989	2.67	6.15
1990	2.61	6.07
1991	2.69	5.99
1992	2.53	5.89
1993	2.58	5.78
1994	2.6	5.67
1995	2.36	5.57
1996	2.31	5.46
1997	2.1	5.36
1998	2.04	5.29
1999	2.04	5.23
2000	2.08	5.17
2001	1.98	5.13
2002	2.04	5.09
2003	2.06	5.05
2004	2.01	5
2005	2.2	5.04
2006	2.11	5.08
2007	2.24	5.1
2008	2.33	5.1
2009	2.38	5.1
2010	2.16	5.09
2011	2.33	4.98
2012	2.37	4.85
2013	2.26	4.75
2014	2.25	4.7
2015	2.31	4.66
2016	2.39	4.63
2017	2.41	4.58
2018	2.41	4.51
2019	2.36	4.45
2020	2.29	4.39
2021	2.46	4.32
2022	2.01	4.25
2023	2.02	4.19
2024	2	4.12
2025	1.97	4.07
2026	1.95	4.01
2027	1.93	3.95
2028	1.91	3.89
2029	1.89	3.84
2030	1.88	3.79
2031	1.86	3.75
2032	1.85	3.7
2033	1.84	3.65
2034	1.83	3.61
2035	1.82	3.56
2036	1.81	3.52
2037	1.8	3.48
2038	1.79	3.44
2039	1.79	3.4
2040	1.78	3.37
2041	1.78	3.33
2042	1.77	3.3
2043	1.77	3.27
2044	1.76	3.23
2045	1.75	3.2
2046	1.75	3.16
2047	1.75	3.13
2048	1.74	3.1
2049	1.74	3.07
2050	1.73	3.04

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Togo
1960	38.6%	44%
1961	39.1%	44.1%
1962	39.7%	44.2%
1963	40.3%	44.4%
1964	40.9%	44.5%
1965	41.5%	44.6%
1966	42.1%	44.7%
1967	42.7%	44.8%
1968	43.1%	44.9%
1969	43.4%	45%
1970	43.6%	45.1%
1971	43.4%	45.2%
1972	43%	45.4%
1973	42.5%	45.5%
1974	41.9%	45.6%
1975	41.2%	45.8%
1976	40.5%	45.9%
1977	39.7%	46%
1978	38.8%	46.1%
1979	37.9%	46.2%
1980	37.1%	46.2%
1981	36.4%	46.2%
1982	35.7%	46.2%
1983	35.2%	46.1%
1984	34.8%	46%
1985	34.4%	45.9%
1986	34.1%	45.8%
1987	33.8%	45.7%
1988	33.4%	45.5%
1989	32.9%	45.3%
1990	32.4%	45.2%
1991	31.9%	44.9%
1992	31.5%	44.7%
1993	31%	44.5%
1994	30.6%	44.2%
1995	30.3%	44%
1996	29.8%	43.8%
1997	29.3%	43.5%
1998	28.8%	43.2%
1999	28.2%	42.9%
2000	27.6%	42.6%
2001	27%	42.4%
2002	26.5%	42.3%
2003	26%	42.2%
2004	25.5%	42%
2005	25%	41.9%
2006	24.5%	41.8%
2007	24%	41.6%
2008	23.5%	41.6%
2009	22.9%	41.5%
2010	22.5%	41.6%
2011	22.2%	41.6%
2012	22%	41.6%
2013	21.8%	41.6%
2014	21.6%	41.5%
2015	21.4%	41.5%
2016	21.2%	41.4%
2017	21%	41.2%
2018	20.9%	41.1%
2019	20.7%	40.9%
2020	20.6%	40.7%
2021	20.4%	40.5%
2022	20.3%	40.2%
2023	20.1%	39.9%
2024	20%	39.5%
2025	19.8%	39.2%
2026	19.6%	38.8%
2027	19.4%	38.4%
2028	19.3%	38.1%
2029	19.2%	37.8%
2030	19.2%	37.5%
2031	19.1%	37.2%
2032	19%	36.9%
2033	18.8%	36.6%
2034	18.7%	36.4%
2035	18.5%	36.1%
2036	18.3%	35.9%
2037	18.1%	35.6%
2038	18%	35.4%
2039	17.8%	35.2%
2040	17.6%	35%
2041	17.4%	34.8%
2042	17.3%	34.6%
2043	17.1%	34.4%
2044	16.9%	34.2%
2045	16.8%	33.9%
2046	16.7%	33.7%
2047	16.6%	33.5%
2048	16.5%	33.2%
2049	16.4%	33%
2050	16.4%	32.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 39.5% in Togo in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Togo compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Togo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +2.46% in Togo. 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	Togo
1960	977	43,307
1961	1,040	44,623
1962	1,083	46,201
1963	1,123	47,869
1964	1,155	49,449
1965	1,165	51,323
1966	1,280	53,640
1967	1,217	56,128
1968	1,145	59,110
1969	1,119	62,589
1970	1,087	65,851
1971	1,373	69,206
1972	1,199	72,008
1973	1,166	74,713
1974	1,361	77,347
1975	1,376	79,831
1976	1,174	82,321
1977	1,125	84,572
1978	1,330	86,950
1979	1,292	89,148
1980	1,386	91,445
1981	1,358	94,318
1982	1,069	97,003
1983	1,209	99,817
1984	1,255	102,425
1985	1,259	104,949
1986	1,222	107,957
1987	1,172	110,739
1988	1,135	112,915
1989	1,030	114,432
1990	1,070	116,200
1991	1,162	117,409
1992	1,076	118,876
1993	1,091	119,938
1994	1,136	113,074
1995	1,054	116,314
1996	1,047	119,418
1997	873	122,109
1998	844	125,392
1999	901	129,832
2000	958	133,873
2001	885	137,808
2002	837	141,643
2003	828	144,900
2004	842	147,574
2005	861	154,117
2006	804	160,671
2007	867	168,144
2008	887	173,677
2009	900	180,111
2010	844	185,294
2011	936	186,406
2012	989	186,061
2013	846	187,309
2014	832	190,667
2015	888	194,768
2016	900	199,364
2017	901	202,307
2018	842	204,942
2019	811	207,608
2020	886	208,663
2021	744	210,613
2022	635	215,090
2023	683	218,093

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Togo

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 349 deaths in Togo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Togo
1985	69	668
1986	65	649
1987	62	636
1988	60	628
1989	61	644
1990	53	657
1991	54	676
1992	50	692
1993	49	728
1994	45	688
1995	40	663
1996	39	627
1997	37	600
1998	41	570
1999	41	529
2000	45	496
2001	43	478
2002	45	447
2003	47	431
2004	52	431
2005	50	434
2006	51	453
2007	52	448
2008	51	457
2009	51	471
2010	50	497
2011	50	501
2012	49	506
2013	48	500
2014	46	490
2015	46	470
2016	47	460
2017	47	443
2018	49	435
2019	48	416
2020	51	398
2021	74	397
2022	89	362
2023	42	349

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 5.83% in Togo. 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	Togo
1960	10.5%	26%
1961	10.3%	25.8%
1962	10.2%	25.5%
1963	10%	25.2%
1964	9.8%	24.9%
1965	9.55%	24.6%
1966	9.26%	24.2%
1967	8.92%	23.8%
1968	8.52%	23.4%
1969	8.07%	23%
1970	7.58%	22.5%
1971	7.09%	22.1%
1972	6.59%	21.6%
1973	6.09%	21.1%
1974	5.59%	20.7%
1975	5.09%	20.2%
1976	4.6%	19.7%
1977	4.14%	19.2%
1978	3.72%	18.8%
1979	3.34%	18.3%
1980	3.01%	17.9%
1981	2.74%	17.5%
1982	2.51%	17.1%
1983	2.32%	16.7%
1984	2.16%	16.3%
1985	2.04%	16%
1986	1.93%	15.7%
1987	1.84%	15.4%
1988	1.76%	15.2%
1989	1.69%	14.9%
1990	1.63%	14.7%
1991	1.58%	14.5%
1992	1.53%	14.3%
1993	1.49%	14.1%
1994	1.46%	13.9%
1995	1.43%	13.6%
1996	1.41%	13.3%
1997	1.4%	13%
1998	1.39%	12.7%
1999	1.38%	12.3%
2000	1.38%	12%
2001	1.37%	11.6%
2002	1.37%	11.3%
2003	1.37%	10.9%
2004	1.38%	10.6%
2005	1.38%	10.3%
2006	1.38%	9.97%
2007	1.39%	9.69%
2008	1.39%	9.41%
2009	1.4%	9.14%
2010	1.41%	8.87%
2011	1.42%	8.59%
2012	1.43%	8.33%
2013	1.44%	8.07%
2014	1.45%	7.81%
2015	1.45%	7.56%
2016	1.46%	7.32%
2017	1.47%	7.09%
2018	1.48%	6.86%
2019	1.48%	6.63%
2020	1.48%	6.43%
2021	1.47%	6.22%
2022	1.45%	6.02%
2023	1.43%	5.83%