Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	5.31	2.69
1961	5.42	2.78
1962	5.51	2.86
1963	5.61	2.88
1964	5.69	2.93
1965	5.72	2.86
1966	6.13	2.78
1967	5.9	2.68
1968	5.61	2.6
1969	5.48	2.51
1970	5.31	2.44
1971	5.69	2.41
1972	5.16	2.2
1973	4.78	2.04
1974	5.1	1.92
1975	4.75	1.81
1976	4.09	1.74
1977	3.75	1.69
1978	3.92	1.75
1979	3.66	1.86
1980	3.79	1.9
1981	3.67	1.82
1982	3.13	1.78
1983	3.22	1.77
1984	3.24	1.77
1985	3.09	1.79
1986	3.07	1.78
1987	2.92	1.81
1988	2.79	1.82
1989	2.67	1.79
1990	2.61	1.83
1991	2.69	1.82
1992	2.53	1.79
1993	2.58	1.76
1994	2.6	1.74
1995	2.36	1.71
1996	2.31	1.73
1997	2.1	1.72
1998	2.04	1.71
1999	2.04	1.68
2000	2.08	1.64
2001	1.98	1.63
2002	2.04	1.63
2003	2.06	1.7
2004	2.01	1.75
2005	2.2	1.76
2006	2.11	1.82
2007	2.24	1.86
2008	2.33	1.91
2009	2.38	1.89
2010	2.16	1.92
2011	2.33	1.91
2012	2.37	1.92
2013	2.26	1.83
2014	2.25	1.81
2015	2.31	1.8
2016	2.39	1.79
2017	2.41	1.74
2018	2.41	1.68
2019	2.36	1.63
2020	2.29	1.57
2021	2.46	1.58
2022	2.01	1.56
2023	2.02	1.56
2024	2	1.55
2025	1.97	1.54
2026	1.95	1.53
2027	1.93	1.53
2028	1.91	1.53
2029	1.89	1.52
2030	1.88	1.52
2031	1.86	1.52
2032	1.85	1.53
2033	1.84	1.53
2034	1.83	1.53
2035	1.82	1.53
2036	1.81	1.53
2037	1.8	1.53
2038	1.79	1.53
2039	1.79	1.53
2040	1.78	1.53
2041	1.78	1.54
2042	1.77	1.54
2043	1.77	1.54
2044	1.76	1.54
2045	1.75	1.54
2046	1.75	1.54
2047	1.75	1.54
2048	1.74	1.54
2049	1.74	1.55
2050	1.73	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	United Kingdom
1960	38.6%	23.3%
1961	39.1%	23.3%
1962	39.7%	23.2%
1963	40.3%	23.2%
1964	40.9%	23.3%
1965	41.5%	23.4%
1966	42.1%	23.5%
1967	42.7%	23.7%
1968	43.1%	23.9%
1969	43.4%	24%
1970	43.6%	24.1%
1971	43.4%	24.1%
1972	43%	24%
1973	42.5%	23.9%
1974	41.9%	23.6%
1975	41.2%	23.3%
1976	40.5%	22.9%
1977	39.7%	22.4%
1978	38.8%	21.9%
1979	37.9%	21.4%
1980	37.1%	21%
1981	36.4%	20.6%
1982	35.7%	20.2%
1983	35.2%	19.8%
1984	34.8%	19.5%
1985	34.4%	19.3%
1986	34.1%	19.1%
1987	33.8%	18.9%
1988	33.4%	18.9%
1989	32.9%	19.1%
1990	32.4%	19.1%
1991	31.9%	19.3%
1992	31.5%	19.4%
1993	31%	19.5%
1994	30.6%	19.6%
1995	30.3%	19.5%
1996	29.8%	19.4%
1997	29.3%	19.3%
1998	28.8%	19.3%
1999	28.2%	19.2%
2000	27.6%	18.9%
2001	27%	18.7%
2002	26.5%	18.5%
2003	26%	18.4%
2004	25.5%	18.3%
2005	25%	18.2%
2006	24.5%	18%
2007	24%	17.9%
2008	23.5%	17.8%
2009	22.9%	17.8%
2010	22.5%	17.8%
2011	22.2%	17.7%
2012	22%	17.8%
2013	21.8%	17.8%
2014	21.6%	17.8%
2015	21.4%	17.9%
2016	21.2%	18%
2017	21%	18%
2018	20.9%	18.1%
2019	20.7%	18%
2020	20.6%	18%
2021	20.4%	17.8%
2022	20.3%	17.6%
2023	20.1%	17.4%
2024	20%	17.2%
2025	19.8%	17%
2026	19.6%	16.7%
2027	19.4%	16.5%
2028	19.3%	16.2%
2029	19.2%	16%
2030	19.2%	15.7%
2031	19.1%	15.5%
2032	19%	15.3%
2033	18.8%	15.2%
2034	18.7%	15.1%
2035	18.5%	15%
2036	18.3%	14.9%
2037	18.1%	14.9%
2038	18%	14.8%
2039	17.8%	14.8%
2040	17.6%	14.8%
2041	17.4%	14.8%
2042	17.3%	14.8%
2043	17.1%	14.9%
2044	16.9%	14.9%
2045	16.8%	14.9%
2046	16.7%	15%
2047	16.6%	15%
2048	16.5%	15%
2049	16.4%	15%
2050	16.4%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	977	314,400
1961	1,040	311,519
1962	1,083	340,800
1963	1,123	337,995
1964	1,155	405,000
1965	1,165	364,132
1966	1,280	333,356
1967	1,217	346,145
1968	1,145	292,622
1969	1,119	260,577
1970	1,087	244,918
1971	1,373	257,123
1972	1,199	162,650
1973	1,166	112,389
1974	1,361	67,476
1975	1,376	33,735
1976	1,174	-5,621
1977	1,125	0
1978	1,330	16,859
1979	1,292	61,872
1980	1,386	95,734
1981	1,358	73,234
1982	1,069	56,314
1983	1,209	61,966
1984	1,255	84,633
1985	1,259	79,170
1986	1,222	90,690
1987	1,172	136,325
1988	1,135	136,628
1989	1,030	119,861
1990	1,070	154,569
1991	1,162	143,562
1992	1,076	149,709
1993	1,091	103,893
1994	1,136	127,304
1995	1,054	87,028
1996	1,047	98,884
1997	873	99,138
1998	844	87,730
1999	901	64,551
2000	958	70,671
2001	885	65,032
2002	837	65,308
2003	828	89,471
2004	842	131,974
2005	861	144,963
2006	804	176,455
2007	867	196,232
2008	887	216,325
2009	900	230,422
2010	844	251,066
2011	936	259,361
2012	989	248,473
2013	846	198,830
2014	832	206,784
2015	888	175,738
2016	900	177,139
2017	901	145,125
2018	842	119,321
2019	811	108,342
2020	886	-4,272
2021	744	30,612
2022	635	39,751
2023	683	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	United Kingdom
1985	69	2
1986	65	2
1987	62	3
1988	60	4
1989	61	5
1990	53	6
1991	54	7
1992	50	7
1993	49	8
1994	45	9
1995	40	9
1996	39	8
1997	37	9
1998	41	10
1999	41	11
2000	45	12
2001	43	13
2002	45	13
2003	47	14
2004	52	13
2005	50	12
2006	51	12
2007	52	11
2008	51	11
2009	51	11
2010	50	10
2011	50	10
2012	49	9
2013	48	9
2014	46	9
2015	46	9
2016	47	9
2017	47	9
2018	49	9
2019	48	9
2020	51	14
2021	74	13
2022	89	15
2023	42	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	10.5%	2.66%
1961	10.3%	2.61%
1962	10.2%	2.56%
1963	10%	2.49%
1964	9.8%	2.42%
1965	9.55%	2.34%
1966	9.26%	2.28%
1967	8.92%	2.22%
1968	8.52%	2.18%
1969	8.07%	2.14%
1970	7.58%	2.1%
1971	7.09%	2.06%
1972	6.59%	2%
1973	6.09%	1.94%
1974	5.59%	1.87%
1975	5.09%	1.8%
1976	4.6%	1.72%
1977	4.14%	1.64%
1978	3.72%	1.57%
1979	3.34%	1.49%
1980	3.01%	1.41%
1981	2.74%	1.34%
1982	2.51%	1.27%
1983	2.32%	1.22%
1984	2.16%	1.17%
1985	2.04%	1.14%
1986	1.93%	1.11%
1987	1.84%	1.08%
1988	1.76%	1.04%
1989	1.69%	0.99%
1990	1.63%	0.93%
1991	1.58%	0.87%
1992	1.53%	0.82%
1993	1.49%	0.77%
1994	1.46%	0.74%
1995	1.43%	0.72%
1996	1.41%	0.7%
1997	1.4%	0.69%
1998	1.39%	0.68%
1999	1.38%	0.67%
2000	1.38%	0.65%
2001	1.37%	0.64%
2002	1.37%	0.63%
2003	1.37%	0.63%
2004	1.38%	0.61%
2005	1.38%	0.6%
2006	1.38%	0.59%
2007	1.39%	0.58%
2008	1.39%	0.56%
2009	1.4%	0.54%
2010	1.41%	0.52%
2011	1.42%	0.5%
2012	1.43%	0.48%
2013	1.44%	0.46%
2014	1.45%	0.45%
2015	1.45%	0.45%
2016	1.46%	0.44%
2017	1.47%	0.44%
2018	1.48%	0.44%
2019	1.48%	0.44%
2020	1.48%	0.44%
2021	1.47%	0.44%
2022	1.45%	0.45%
2023	1.43%	0.45%