Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	5.31	6.38
1961	5.42	6.3
1962	5.51	6.23
1963	5.61	6.16
1964	5.69	6.07
1965	5.72	5.98
1966	6.13	5.87
1967	5.9	5.75
1968	5.61	5.61
1969	5.48	5.47
1970	5.31	5.32
1971	5.69	5.17
1972	5.16	5.04
1973	4.78	4.91
1974	5.1	4.79
1975	4.75	4.69
1976	4.09	4.59
1977	3.75	4.49
1978	3.92	4.4
1979	3.66	4.3
1980	3.79	4.2
1981	3.67	4.1
1982	3.13	4.01
1983	3.22	3.93
1984	3.24	3.86
1985	3.09	3.79
1986	3.07	3.73
1987	2.92	3.67
1988	2.79	3.6
1989	2.67	3.52
1990	2.61	3.45
1991	2.69	3.37
1992	2.53	3.29
1993	2.58	3.22
1994	2.6	3.15
1995	2.36	3.08
1996	2.31	3.02
1997	2.1	2.97
1998	2.04	2.91
1999	2.04	2.86
2000	2.08	2.79
2001	1.98	2.78
2002	2.04	2.74
2003	2.06	2.7
2004	2.01	2.64
2005	2.2	2.63
2006	2.11	2.6
2007	2.24	2.52
2008	2.33	2.48
2009	2.38	2.42
2010	2.16	2.4
2011	2.33	2.4
2012	2.37	2.38
2013	2.26	2.33
2014	2.25	2.3
2015	2.31	2.25
2016	2.39	2.22
2017	2.41	2.18
2018	2.41	2.15
2019	2.36	2.13
2020	2.29	2.12
2021	2.46	2.11
2022	2.01	2.09
2023	2.02	2.08
2024	2	2.08
2025	1.97	2.06
2026	1.95	2.04
2027	1.93	2.03
2028	1.91	2.01
2029	1.89	2
2030	1.88	1.99
2031	1.86	1.98
2032	1.85	1.97
2033	1.84	1.96
2034	1.83	1.95
2035	1.82	1.94
2036	1.81	1.93
2037	1.8	1.92
2038	1.79	1.91
2039	1.79	1.91
2040	1.78	1.9
2041	1.78	1.89
2042	1.77	1.88
2043	1.77	1.87
2044	1.76	1.86
2045	1.75	1.86
2046	1.75	1.85
2047	1.75	1.84
2048	1.74	1.84
2049	1.74	1.83
2050	1.73	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Venezuela
1960	38.6%	46.8%
1961	39.1%	46.9%
1962	39.7%	47%
1963	40.3%	47%
1964	40.9%	47%
1965	41.5%	46.9%
1966	42.1%	46.8%
1967	42.7%	46.6%
1968	43.1%	46.3%
1969	43.4%	46%
1970	43.6%	45.6%
1971	43.4%	45.2%
1972	43%	44.7%
1973	42.5%	44.3%
1974	41.9%	43.8%
1975	41.2%	43.3%
1976	40.5%	42.9%
1977	39.7%	42.5%
1978	38.8%	42.1%
1979	37.9%	41.7%
1980	37.1%	41.3%
1981	36.4%	41%
1982	35.7%	40.6%
1983	35.2%	40.3%
1984	34.8%	39.9%
1985	34.4%	39.6%
1986	34.1%	39.3%
1987	33.8%	39%
1988	33.4%	38.7%
1989	32.9%	38.4%
1990	32.4%	38.1%
1991	31.9%	37.8%
1992	31.5%	37.4%
1993	31%	37%
1994	30.6%	36.6%
1995	30.3%	36.2%
1996	29.8%	35.8%
1997	29.3%	35.3%
1998	28.8%	34.9%
1999	28.2%	34.5%
2000	27.6%	34%
2001	27%	33.6%
2002	26.5%	33.1%
2003	26%	32.7%
2004	25.5%	32.2%
2005	25%	31.8%
2006	24.5%	31.4%
2007	24%	31%
2008	23.5%	30.6%
2009	22.9%	30.3%
2010	22.5%	29.9%
2011	22.2%	29.5%
2012	22%	29.2%
2013	21.8%	28.9%
2014	21.6%	28.5%
2015	21.4%	28.2%
2016	21.2%	27.9%
2017	21%	27.8%
2018	20.9%	27.9%
2019	20.7%	28%
2020	20.6%	27.8%
2021	20.4%	27.4%
2022	20.3%	26.8%
2023	20.1%	26.2%
2024	20%	25.5%
2025	19.8%	24.9%
2026	19.6%	24.3%
2027	19.4%	23.8%
2028	19.3%	23.2%
2029	19.2%	22.8%
2030	19.2%	22.4%
2031	19.1%	22%
2032	19%	21.7%
2033	18.8%	21.5%
2034	18.7%	21.4%
2035	18.5%	21.4%
2036	18.3%	21.4%
2037	18.1%	21.5%
2038	18%	21.5%
2039	17.8%	21.4%
2040	17.6%	21.4%
2041	17.4%	21.3%
2042	17.3%	21.2%
2043	17.1%	21.1%
2044	16.9%	20.9%
2045	16.8%	20.7%
2046	16.7%	20.5%
2047	16.6%	20.3%
2048	16.5%	20%
2049	16.4%	19.8%
2050	16.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	977	285,105
1961	1,040	292,109
1962	1,083	299,345
1963	1,123	307,279
1964	1,155	314,397
1965	1,165	321,695
1966	1,280	329,697
1967	1,217	335,813
1968	1,145	340,973
1969	1,119	343,596
1970	1,087	350,709
1971	1,373	355,212
1972	1,199	360,749
1973	1,166	367,612
1974	1,361	375,678
1975	1,376	385,045
1976	1,174	395,344
1977	1,125	405,315
1978	1,330	414,032
1979	1,292	421,256
1980	1,386	425,613
1981	1,358	432,059
1982	1,069	436,564
1983	1,209	443,569
1984	1,255	449,186
1985	1,259	455,517
1986	1,222	468,252
1987	1,172	474,204
1988	1,135	477,569
1989	1,030	478,053
1990	1,070	478,168
1991	1,162	477,917
1992	1,076	474,824
1993	1,091	473,189
1994	1,136	469,178
1995	1,054	469,267
1996	1,047	468,653
1997	873	472,002
1998	844	469,123
1999	901	463,787
2000	958	459,802
2001	885	451,487
2002	837	466,821
2003	828	456,902
2004	842	455,881
2005	861	463,260
2006	804	460,152
2007	867	452,482
2008	887	435,870
2009	900	427,257
2010	844	425,397
2011	936	425,958
2012	989	420,758
2013	846	408,930
2014	832	395,088
2015	888	384,560
2016	900	359,651
2017	901	340,222
2018	842	317,302
2019	811	274,826
2020	886	237,223
2021	744	207,746
2022	635	216,619
2023	683	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Venezuela
1985	69	83
1986	65	81
1987	62	81
1988	60	80
1989	61	80
1990	53	83
1991	54	80
1992	50	82
1993	49	82
1994	45	84
1995	40	84
1996	39	86
1997	37	82
1998	41	82
1999	41	88
2000	45	86
2001	43	101
2002	45	87
2003	47	97
2004	52	94
2005	50	93
2006	51	96
2007	52	92
2008	51	103
2009	51	109
2010	50	110
2011	50	104
2012	49	113
2013	48	123
2014	46	133
2015	46	136
2016	47	162
2017	47	195
2018	49	205
2019	48	202
2020	51	207
2021	74	251
2022	89	219
2023	42	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	10.5%	7.97%
1961	10.3%	7.72%
1962	10.2%	7.49%
1963	10%	7.3%
1964	9.8%	7.14%
1965	9.55%	7%
1966	9.26%	6.87%
1967	8.92%	6.75%
1968	8.52%	6.61%
1969	8.07%	6.47%
1970	7.58%	6.3%
1971	7.09%	6.12%
1972	6.59%	5.94%
1973	6.09%	5.75%
1974	5.59%	5.57%
1975	5.09%	5.38%
1976	4.6%	5.2%
1977	4.14%	5.01%
1978	3.72%	4.82%
1979	3.34%	4.62%
1980	3.01%	4.42%
1981	2.74%	4.24%
1982	2.51%	4.07%
1983	2.32%	3.91%
1984	2.16%	3.77%
1985	2.04%	3.64%
1986	1.93%	3.5%
1987	1.84%	3.37%
1988	1.76%	3.23%
1989	1.69%	3.09%
1990	1.63%	2.96%
1991	1.58%	2.86%
1992	1.53%	2.78%
1993	1.49%	2.73%
1994	1.46%	2.68%
1995	1.43%	2.63%
1996	1.41%	2.55%
1997	1.4%	2.45%
1998	1.39%	2.34%
1999	1.38%	2.24%
2000	1.38%	2.15%
2001	1.37%	2.09%
2002	1.37%	2.03%
2003	1.37%	1.98%
2004	1.38%	1.91%
2005	1.38%	1.85%
2006	1.38%	1.79%
2007	1.39%	1.74%
2008	1.39%	1.72%
2009	1.4%	1.71%
2010	1.41%	1.72%
2011	1.42%	1.73%
2012	1.43%	1.76%
2013	1.44%	1.79%
2014	1.45%	1.83%
2015	1.45%	1.92%
2016	1.46%	2.43%
2017	1.47%	2.43%
2018	1.48%	2.43%
2019	1.48%	2.43%
2020	1.48%	2.43%
2021	1.47%	2.43%
2022	1.45%	2.43%
2023	1.43%	2.43%