Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	5.31	2.29
1961	5.42	2.2
1962	5.51	2.15
1963	5.61	2.11
1964	5.69	2.01
1965	5.72	1.94
1966	6.13	2.04
1967	5.9	2.04
1968	5.61	2.03
1969	5.48	2.01
1970	5.31	2.08
1971	5.69	2.11
1972	5.16	2.13
1973	4.78	2.04
1974	5.1	2.06
1975	4.75	2.05
1976	4.09	2.04
1977	3.75	1.98
1978	3.92	1.97
1979	3.66	1.96
1980	3.79	1.95
1981	3.67	1.92
1982	3.13	1.95
1983	3.22	2.1
1984	3.24	2.08
1985	3.09	2.03
1986	3.07	2.12
1987	2.92	2.07
1988	2.79	2.04
1989	2.67	1.93
1990	2.61	1.85
1991	2.69	1.77
1992	2.53	1.67
1993	2.58	1.56
1994	2.6	1.47
1995	2.36	1.4
1996	2.31	1.33
1997	2.1	1.27
1998	2.04	1.21
1999	2.04	1.13
2000	2.08	1.11
2001	1.98	1.09
2002	2.04	1.13
2003	2.06	1.17
2004	2.01	1.22
2005	2.2	1.22
2006	2.11	1.3
2007	2.24	1.34
2008	2.33	1.44
2009	2.38	1.47
2010	2.16	1.44
2011	2.33	1.46
2012	2.37	1.53
2013	2.26	1.52
2014	2.25	1.47
2015	2.31	1.39
2016	2.39	1.39
2017	2.41	1.3
2018	2.41	1.23
2019	2.36	1.22
2020	2.29	1.21
2021	2.46	1.15
2022	2.01	0.9
2023	2.02	0.98
2024	2	0.99
2025	1.97	1
2026	1.95	1
2027	1.93	1.01
2028	1.91	1.02
2029	1.89	1.02
2030	1.88	1.03
2031	1.86	1.04
2032	1.85	1.04
2033	1.84	1.05
2034	1.83	1.05
2035	1.82	1.06
2036	1.81	1.06
2037	1.8	1.07
2038	1.79	1.07
2039	1.79	1.08
2040	1.78	1.09
2041	1.78	1.09
2042	1.77	1.1
2043	1.77	1.1
2044	1.76	1.11
2045	1.75	1.11
2046	1.75	1.12
2047	1.75	1.13
2048	1.74	1.13
2049	1.74	1.14
2050	1.73	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Ukraine
1960	38.6%	26.7%
1961	39.1%	27%
1962	39.7%	27.1%
1963	40.3%	27.1%
1964	40.9%	26.8%
1965	41.5%	26.4%
1966	42.1%	26.1%
1967	42.7%	25.8%
1968	43.1%	25.5%
1969	43.4%	25.1%
1970	43.6%	24.8%
1971	43.4%	24.4%
1972	43%	24%
1973	42.5%	23.6%
1974	41.9%	23.2%
1975	41.2%	22.8%
1976	40.5%	22.4%
1977	39.7%	22.1%
1978	38.8%	21.7%
1979	37.9%	21.5%
1980	37.1%	21.4%
1981	36.4%	21.4%
1982	35.7%	21.4%
1983	35.2%	21.5%
1984	34.8%	21.6%
1985	34.4%	21.7%
1986	34.1%	21.7%
1987	33.8%	21.7%
1988	33.4%	21.7%
1989	32.9%	21.7%
1990	32.4%	21.6%
1991	31.9%	21.5%
1992	31.5%	21.4%
1993	31%	21.2%
1994	30.6%	21%
1995	30.3%	20.6%
1996	29.8%	20.2%
1997	29.3%	19.7%
1998	28.8%	19.2%
1999	28.2%	18.5%
2000	27.6%	17.9%
2001	27%	17.1%
2002	26.5%	16.3%
2003	26%	15.7%
2004	25.5%	15.1%
2005	25%	14.7%
2006	24.5%	14.3%
2007	24%	14.1%
2008	23.5%	14%
2009	22.9%	14%
2010	22.5%	14.1%
2011	22.2%	14.2%
2012	22%	14.4%
2013	21.8%	14.6%
2014	21.6%	14.9%
2015	21.4%	15.1%
2016	21.2%	15.3%
2017	21%	15.4%
2018	20.9%	15.4%
2019	20.7%	15.4%
2020	20.6%	15.3%
2021	20.4%	15.1%
2022	20.3%	14.8%
2023	20.1%	14.3%
2024	20%	13.9%
2025	19.8%	13.7%
2026	19.6%	13.4%
2027	19.4%	12.9%
2028	19.3%	12.4%
2029	19.2%	12%
2030	19.2%	11.6%
2031	19.1%	11.2%
2032	19%	10.9%
2033	18.8%	10.6%
2034	18.7%	10.4%
2035	18.5%	10.2%
2036	18.3%	10%
2037	18.1%	9.95%
2038	18%	9.95%
2039	17.8%	9.92%
2040	17.6%	9.9%
2041	17.4%	9.92%
2042	17.3%	9.97%
2043	17.1%	10%
2044	16.9%	10.1%
2045	16.8%	10.1%
2046	16.7%	10.2%
2047	16.6%	10.2%
2048	16.5%	10.2%
2049	16.4%	10.2%
2050	16.4%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	977	538,812
1961	1,040	508,602
1962	1,083	481,887
1963	1,123	449,648
1964	1,155	391,120
1965	1,165	334,365
1966	1,280	337,794
1967	1,217	313,899
1968	1,145	295,162
1969	1,119	274,858
1970	1,087	291,839
1971	1,373	305,849
1972	1,199	309,785
1973	1,166	274,938
1974	1,361	273,486
1975	1,376	256,787
1976	1,174	247,323
1977	1,125	216,932
1978	1,330	206,554
1979	1,292	197,294
1980	1,386	197,223
1981	1,358	182,839
1982	1,069	194,101
1983	1,209	241,741
1984	1,255	222,430
1985	1,259	201,011
1986	1,222	225,751
1987	1,172	198,850
1988	1,135	162,002
1989	1,030	106,431
1990	1,070	48,463
1991	1,162	-16,486
1992	1,076	-95,857
1993	1,091	-169,405
1994	1,136	-238,820
1995	1,054	-281,629
1996	1,047	-305,154
1997	873	-306,549
1998	844	-318,299
1999	901	-348,286
2000	958	-364,143
2001	885	-374,734
2002	837	-364,544
2003	828	-351,299
2004	842	-344,157
2005	861	-337,857
2006	804	-300,787
2007	867	-282,659
2008	887	-229,086
2009	900	-197,918
2010	844	-180,388
2011	936	-158,372
2012	989	-130,451
2013	846	-129,662
2014	832	-140,216
2015	888	-147,107
2016	900	-135,710
2017	901	-158,390
2018	842	-227,491
2019	811	-236,296
2020	886	-307,533
2021	744	-449,941
2022	635	-349,284
2023	683	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Ukraine
1985	69	53
1986	65	50
1987	62	46
1988	60	44
1989	61	42
1990	53	40
1991	54	40
1992	50	40
1993	49	42
1994	45	45
1995	40	46
1996	39	45
1997	37	41
1998	41	37
1999	41	34
2000	45	32
2001	43	30
2002	45	28
2003	47	28
2004	52	27
2005	50	27
2006	51	27
2007	52	27
2008	51	26
2009	51	24
2010	50	21
2011	50	20
2012	49	20
2013	48	20
2014	46	19
2015	46	17
2016	47	17
2017	47	16
2018	49	16
2019	48	16
2020	51	18
2021	74	26
2022	89	16
2023	42	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	10.5%	-
1961	10.3%	-
1962	10.2%	-
1963	10%	-
1964	9.8%	-
1965	9.55%	-
1966	9.26%	-
1967	8.92%	-
1968	8.52%	-
1969	8.07%	-
1970	7.58%	-
1971	7.09%	3.23%
1972	6.59%	3.13%
1973	6.09%	3.04%
1974	5.59%	2.96%
1975	5.09%	2.89%
1976	4.6%	2.84%
1977	4.14%	2.78%
1978	3.72%	2.74%
1979	3.34%	2.69%
1980	3.01%	2.62%
1981	2.74%	2.55%
1982	2.51%	2.47%
1983	2.32%	2.39%
1984	2.16%	2.29%
1985	2.04%	2.21%
1986	1.93%	2.13%
1987	1.84%	2.05%
1988	1.76%	1.99%
1989	1.69%	1.95%
1990	1.63%	1.92%
1991	1.58%	1.92%
1992	1.53%	1.94%
1993	1.49%	1.97%
1994	1.46%	2%
1995	1.43%	2.02%
1996	1.41%	2.03%
1997	1.4%	2.01%
1998	1.39%	1.97%
1999	1.38%	1.9%
2000	1.38%	1.83%
2001	1.37%	1.75%
2002	1.37%	1.66%
2003	1.37%	1.58%
2004	1.38%	1.51%
2005	1.38%	1.45%
2006	1.38%	1.4%
2007	1.39%	1.34%
2008	1.39%	1.29%
2009	1.4%	1.23%
2010	1.41%	1.17%
2011	1.42%	1.12%
2012	1.43%	1.07%
2013	1.44%	1.02%
2014	1.45%	0.98%
2015	1.45%	0.94%
2016	1.46%	0.91%
2017	1.47%	0.89%
2018	1.48%	0.87%
2019	1.48%	0.85%
2020	1.48%	0.84%
2021	1.47%	0.82%
2022	1.45%	0.85%
2023	1.43%	0.81%