Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	5.31	5.41
1961	5.42	5.41
1962	5.51	5.36
1963	5.61	5.24
1964	5.69	5.08
1965	5.72	4.88
1966	6.13	4.62
1967	5.9	4.35
1968	5.61	4.11
1969	5.48	3.86
1970	5.31	3.71
1971	5.69	3.61
1972	5.16	3.55
1973	4.78	3.47
1974	5.1	3.32
1975	4.75	3.21
1976	4.09	3.14
1977	3.75	3.12
1978	3.92	3.13
1979	3.66	3.13
1980	3.79	3.15
1981	3.67	3.13
1982	3.13	3.11
1983	3.22	3.07
1984	3.24	3.02
1985	3.09	2.99
1986	3.07	2.9
1987	2.92	2.78
1988	2.79	2.65
1989	2.67	2.53
1990	2.61	2.39
1991	2.69	2.29
1992	2.53	2.21
1993	2.58	2.13
1994	2.6	2.06
1995	2.36	1.97
1996	2.31	1.89
1997	2.1	1.83
1998	2.04	1.78
1999	2.04	1.76
2000	2.08	1.73
2001	1.98	1.71
2002	2.04	1.67
2003	2.06	1.65
2004	2.01	1.63
2005	2.2	1.63
2006	2.11	1.62
2007	2.24	1.62
2008	2.33	1.62
2009	2.38	1.62
2010	2.16	1.61
2011	2.33	1.61
2012	2.37	1.61
2013	2.26	1.6
2014	2.25	1.6
2015	2.31	1.6
2016	2.39	1.6
2017	2.41	1.59
2018	2.41	1.59
2019	2.36	1.58
2020	2.29	1.57
2021	2.46	1.56
2022	2.01	1.54
2023	2.02	1.53
2024	2	1.54
2025	1.97	1.52
2026	1.95	1.52
2027	1.93	1.51
2028	1.91	1.51
2029	1.89	1.51
2030	1.88	1.51
2031	1.86	1.51
2032	1.85	1.51
2033	1.84	1.51
2034	1.83	1.51
2035	1.82	1.51
2036	1.81	1.51
2037	1.8	1.51
2038	1.79	1.51
2039	1.79	1.51
2040	1.78	1.51
2041	1.78	1.51
2042	1.77	1.51
2043	1.77	1.51
2044	1.76	1.51
2045	1.75	1.51
2046	1.75	1.51
2047	1.75	1.51
2048	1.74	1.52
2049	1.74	1.52
2050	1.73	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Trinidad
1960	38.6%	43.1%
1961	39.1%	43.2%
1962	39.7%	43.2%
1963	40.3%	43.3%
1964	40.9%	43.2%
1965	41.5%	43.1%
1966	42.1%	42.9%
1967	42.7%	42.7%
1968	43.1%	42.3%
1969	43.4%	41.9%
1970	43.6%	41.2%
1971	43.4%	40.4%
1972	43%	39.7%
1973	42.5%	39.1%
1974	41.9%	38.4%
1975	41.2%	37.6%
1976	40.5%	36.8%
1977	39.7%	36%
1978	38.8%	35.3%
1979	37.9%	34.8%
1980	37.1%	34.4%
1981	36.4%	34.2%
1982	35.7%	34.2%
1983	35.2%	34.2%
1984	34.8%	34.3%
1985	34.4%	34.4%
1986	34.1%	34.4%
1987	33.8%	34.4%
1988	33.4%	34.2%
1989	32.9%	34%
1990	32.4%	33.7%
1991	31.9%	33.3%
1992	31.5%	32.8%
1993	31%	32.2%
1994	30.6%	31.6%
1995	30.3%	30.8%
1996	29.8%	29.9%
1997	29.3%	28.9%
1998	28.8%	27.9%
1999	28.2%	27%
2000	27.6%	26%
2001	27%	25%
2002	26.5%	24.2%
2003	26%	23.4%
2004	25.5%	22.7%
2005	25%	22.1%
2006	24.5%	21.6%
2007	24%	21.2%
2008	23.5%	20.8%
2009	22.9%	20.5%
2010	22.5%	20.3%
2011	22.2%	20.1%
2012	22%	20%
2013	21.8%	19.9%
2014	21.6%	19.7%
2015	21.4%	19.6%
2016	21.2%	19.5%
2017	21%	19.3%
2018	20.9%	19%
2019	20.7%	18.8%
2020	20.6%	18.7%
2021	20.4%	18.5%
2022	20.3%	18.3%
2023	20.1%	18%
2024	20%	17.8%
2025	19.8%	17.5%
2026	19.6%	17.2%
2027	19.4%	16.9%
2028	19.3%	16.6%
2029	19.2%	16.4%
2030	19.2%	16.1%
2031	19.1%	15.8%
2032	19%	15.5%
2033	18.8%	15.3%
2034	18.7%	15.1%
2035	18.5%	14.9%
2036	18.3%	14.7%
2037	18.1%	14.5%
2038	18%	14.4%
2039	17.8%	14.2%
2040	17.6%	14.1%
2041	17.4%	14.1%
2042	17.3%	14%
2043	17.1%	13.9%
2044	16.9%	13.9%
2045	16.8%	13.8%
2046	16.7%	13.8%
2047	16.6%	13.7%
2048	16.5%	13.7%
2049	16.4%	13.6%
2050	16.4%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	977	24,766
1961	1,040	25,518
1962	1,083	25,763
1963	1,123	25,507
1964	1,155	25,065
1965	1,165	24,349
1966	1,280	23,228
1967	1,217	21,992
1968	1,145	20,849
1969	1,119	19,652
1970	1,087	19,074
1971	1,373	19,400
1972	1,199	20,116
1973	1,166	20,617
1974	1,361	20,412
1975	1,376	20,468
1976	1,174	20,875
1977	1,125	21,660
1978	1,330	22,538
1979	1,292	23,475
1980	1,386	24,557
1981	1,358	25,015
1982	1,069	25,181
1983	1,209	25,118
1984	1,255	24,738
1985	1,259	24,487
1986	1,222	23,705
1987	1,172	22,398
1988	1,135	21,028
1989	1,030	19,636
1990	1,070	18,052
1991	1,162	16,903
1992	1,076	15,910
1993	1,091	14,878
1994	1,136	14,032
1995	1,054	12,971
1996	1,047	12,101
1997	873	11,405
1998	844	10,964
1999	901	10,821
2000	958	10,588
2001	885	10,438
2002	837	10,316
2003	828	10,169
2004	842	10,149
2005	861	9,822
2006	804	9,889
2007	867	9,939
2008	887	9,872
2009	900	9,769
2010	844	9,698
2011	936	9,601
2012	989	9,376
2013	846	9,020
2014	832	8,571
2015	888	7,963
2016	900	7,436
2017	901	6,779
2018	842	5,869
2019	811	5,647
2020	886	4,558
2021	744	2,091
2022	635	3,773
2023	683	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Trinidad
1985	69	87
1986	65	89
1987	62	86
1988	60	87
1989	61	86
1990	53	84
1991	54	82
1992	50	85
1993	49	85
1994	45	84
1995	40	85
1996	39	84
1997	37	82
1998	41	79
1999	41	78
2000	45	76
2001	43	72
2002	45	69
2003	47	67
2004	52	63
2005	50	60
2006	51	58
2007	52	57
2008	51	55
2009	51	54
2010	50	54
2011	50	53
2012	49	51
2013	48	50
2014	46	50
2015	46	50
2016	47	51
2017	47	51
2018	49	53
2019	48	53
2020	51	35
2021	74	54
2022	89	30
2023	42	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	10.5%	6.74%
1961	10.3%	6.53%
1962	10.2%	6.33%
1963	10%	6.14%
1964	9.8%	5.96%
1965	9.55%	5.8%
1966	9.26%	5.66%
1967	8.92%	5.53%
1968	8.52%	5.4%
1969	8.07%	5.28%
1970	7.58%	5.17%
1971	7.09%	5.06%
1972	6.59%	4.95%
1973	6.09%	4.84%
1974	5.59%	4.72%
1975	5.09%	4.6%
1976	4.6%	4.48%
1977	4.14%	4.37%
1978	3.72%	4.25%
1979	3.34%	4.14%
1980	3.01%	4.03%
1981	2.74%	3.92%
1982	2.51%	3.83%
1983	2.32%	3.73%
1984	2.16%	3.64%
1985	2.04%	3.56%
1986	1.93%	3.49%
1987	1.84%	3.42%
1988	1.76%	3.36%
1989	1.69%	3.3%
1990	1.63%	3.25%
1991	1.58%	3.21%
1992	1.53%	3.16%
1993	1.49%	3.13%
1994	1.46%	3.09%
1995	1.43%	3.06%
1996	1.41%	3.02%
1997	1.4%	2.99%
1998	1.39%	2.96%
1999	1.38%	2.92%
2000	1.38%	2.88%
2001	1.37%	2.84%
2002	1.37%	2.81%
2003	1.37%	2.76%
2004	1.38%	2.72%
2005	1.38%	2.68%
2006	1.38%	2.64%
2007	1.39%	2.59%
2008	1.39%	2.55%
2009	1.4%	2.51%
2010	1.41%	2.47%
2011	1.42%	2.43%
2012	1.43%	2.38%
2013	1.44%	2.35%
2014	1.45%	2.3%
2015	1.45%	2.26%
2016	1.46%	2.22%
2017	1.47%	2.18%
2018	1.48%	2.14%
2019	1.48%	2.1%
2020	1.48%	2.06%
2021	1.47%	2.01%
2022	1.45%	1.96%
2023	1.43%	1.91%