Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Zambia

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	5.31	6.95
1961	5.42	6.98
1962	5.51	7.01
1963	5.61	7.06
1964	5.69	7.09
1965	5.72	7.12
1966	6.13	7.14
1967	5.9	7.15
1968	5.61	7.18
1969	5.48	7.18
1970	5.31	7.22
1971	5.69	7.26
1972	5.16	7.3
1973	4.78	7.34
1974	5.1	7.36
1975	4.75	7.42
1976	4.09	7.39
1977	3.75	7.35
1978	3.92	7.29
1979	3.66	7.22
1980	3.79	7.14
1981	3.67	7.07
1982	3.13	7.04
1983	3.22	7.01
1984	3.24	6.97
1985	3.09	6.93
1986	3.07	6.87
1987	2.92	6.8
1988	2.79	6.7
1989	2.67	6.64
1990	2.61	6.57
1991	2.69	6.46
1992	2.53	6.35
1993	2.58	6.3
1994	2.6	6.26
1995	2.36	6.23
1996	2.31	6.18
1997	2.1	6.12
1998	2.04	6.07
1999	2.04	6
2000	2.08	5.92
2001	1.98	5.85
2002	2.04	5.77
2003	2.06	5.71
2004	2.01	5.7
2005	2.2	5.7
2006	2.11	5.68
2007	2.24	5.61
2008	2.33	5.53
2009	2.38	5.45
2010	2.16	5.36
2011	2.33	5.26
2012	2.37	5.14
2013	2.26	5.01
2014	2.25	4.89
2015	2.31	4.78
2016	2.39	4.67
2017	2.41	4.57
2018	2.41	4.49
2019	2.36	4.42
2020	2.29	4.32
2021	2.46	4.25
2022	2.01	4.18
2023	2.02	4.1
2024	2	4.04
2025	1.97	3.97
2026	1.95	3.91
2027	1.93	3.85
2028	1.91	3.77
2029	1.89	3.72
2030	1.88	3.67
2031	1.86	3.61
2032	1.85	3.56
2033	1.84	3.5
2034	1.83	3.45
2035	1.82	3.4
2036	1.81	3.35
2037	1.8	3.3
2038	1.79	3.25
2039	1.79	3.19
2040	1.78	3.15
2041	1.78	3.11
2042	1.77	3.07
2043	1.77	3.03
2044	1.76	3
2045	1.75	2.96
2046	1.75	2.93
2047	1.75	2.9
2048	1.74	2.87
2049	1.74	2.84
2050	1.73	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Zambia
1960	38.6%	46%
1961	39.1%	46.2%
1962	39.7%	46.3%
1963	40.3%	46.5%
1964	40.9%	46.7%
1965	41.5%	46.9%
1966	42.1%	46.9%
1967	42.7%	47%
1968	43.1%	47.1%
1969	43.4%	47.2%
1970	43.6%	47.4%
1971	43.4%	47.7%
1972	43%	48%
1973	42.5%	48.3%
1974	41.9%	48.6%
1975	41.2%	48.8%
1976	40.5%	49.1%
1977	39.7%	49.2%
1978	38.8%	49.4%
1979	37.9%	49.5%
1980	37.1%	49.5%
1981	36.4%	49.4%
1982	35.7%	49.3%
1983	35.2%	49.1%
1984	34.8%	49%
1985	34.4%	48.9%
1986	34.1%	48.8%
1987	33.8%	48.7%
1988	33.4%	48.6%
1989	32.9%	48.5%
1990	32.4%	48.4%
1991	31.9%	48.3%
1992	31.5%	48.2%
1993	31%	48.2%
1994	30.6%	48.2%
1995	30.3%	48.2%
1996	29.8%	48.2%
1997	29.3%	48.2%
1998	28.8%	48.2%
1999	28.2%	48.1%
2000	27.6%	48%
2001	27%	47.8%
2002	26.5%	47.6%
2003	26%	47.4%
2004	25.5%	47.3%
2005	25%	47.1%
2006	24.5%	47%
2007	24%	46.8%
2008	23.5%	46.6%
2009	22.9%	46.4%
2010	22.5%	46.3%
2011	22.2%	46.1%
2012	22%	45.9%
2013	21.8%	45.7%
2014	21.6%	45.5%
2015	21.4%	45.2%
2016	21.2%	44.9%
2017	21%	44.5%
2018	20.9%	44.1%
2019	20.7%	43.8%
2020	20.6%	43.3%
2021	20.4%	42.9%
2022	20.3%	42.4%
2023	20.1%	42%
2024	20%	41.5%
2025	19.8%	41%
2026	19.6%	40.5%
2027	19.4%	40%
2028	19.3%	39.6%
2029	19.2%	39.2%
2030	19.2%	38.8%
2031	19.1%	38.5%
2032	19%	38.1%
2033	18.8%	37.8%
2034	18.7%	37.5%
2035	18.5%	37.1%
2036	18.3%	36.8%
2037	18.1%	36.5%
2038	18%	36.1%
2039	17.8%	35.8%
2040	17.6%	35.4%
2041	17.4%	35.1%
2042	17.3%	34.7%
2043	17.1%	34.4%
2044	16.9%	34%
2045	16.8%	33.7%
2046	16.7%	33.3%
2047	16.6%	33%
2048	16.5%	32.6%
2049	16.4%	32.3%
2050	16.4%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	977	102,335
1961	1,040	106,318
1962	1,083	110,173
1963	1,123	114,555
1964	1,155	117,197
1965	1,165	122,814
1966	1,280	127,164
1967	1,217	131,938
1968	1,145	137,315
1969	1,119	142,660
1970	1,087	149,380
1971	1,373	155,249
1972	1,199	161,648
1973	1,166	168,258
1974	1,361	174,484
1975	1,376	182,258
1976	1,174	186,762
1977	1,125	191,557
1978	1,330	194,933
1979	1,292	197,578
1980	1,386	198,817
1981	1,358	202,822
1982	1,069	207,621
1983	1,209	212,712
1984	1,255	216,695
1985	1,259	221,351
1986	1,222	224,768
1987	1,172	227,813
1988	1,135	230,118
1989	1,030	233,429
1990	1,070	235,835
1991	1,162	237,957
1992	1,076	239,953
1993	1,091	245,917
1994	1,136	252,023
1995	1,054	257,897
1996	1,047	262,468
1997	873	268,198
1998	844	275,568
1999	901	283,297
2000	958	293,186
2001	885	302,682
2002	837	316,041
2003	828	331,189
2004	842	349,352
2005	861	368,756
2006	804	387,891
2007	867	403,729
2008	887	419,560
2009	900	434,458
2010	844	448,337
2011	936	459,743
2012	989	469,406
2013	846	476,846
2014	832	483,663
2015	888	491,021
2016	900	497,521
2017	901	504,630
2018	842	515,644
2019	811	528,089
2020	886	536,484
2021	744	535,629
2022	635	563,456
2023	683	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Zambia
1985	69	596
1986	65	619
1987	62	630
1988	60	635
1989	61	635
1990	53	625
1991	54	611
1992	50	581
1993	49	532
1994	45	507
1995	40	466
1996	39	433
1997	37	403
1998	41	392
1999	41	378
2000	45	340
2001	43	306
2002	45	274
2003	47	250
2004	52	260
2005	50	264
2006	51	262
2007	52	324
2008	51	394
2009	51	406
2010	50	332
2011	50	291
2012	49	256
2013	48	213
2014	46	174
2015	46	154
2016	47	158
2017	47	141
2018	49	117
2019	48	103
2020	51	99
2021	74	140
2022	89	89
2023	42	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	10.5%	20.5%
1961	10.3%	20.1%
1962	10.2%	19.8%
1963	10%	19.5%
1964	9.8%	19.2%
1965	9.55%	19%
1966	9.26%	18.9%
1967	8.92%	18.7%
1968	8.52%	18.5%
1969	8.07%	18.3%
1970	7.58%	17.9%
1971	7.09%	17.4%
1972	6.59%	16.9%
1973	6.09%	16.3%
1974	5.59%	15.9%
1975	5.09%	15.5%
1976	4.6%	15.4%
1977	4.14%	15.3%
1978	3.72%	15.3%
1979	3.34%	15.4%
1980	3.01%	15.5%
1981	2.74%	15.6%
1982	2.51%	15.7%
1983	2.32%	15.9%
1984	2.16%	16.2%
1985	2.04%	16.6%
1986	1.93%	17%
1987	1.84%	17.3%
1988	1.76%	17.7%
1989	1.69%	17.9%
1990	1.63%	18.1%
1991	1.58%	18.1%
1992	1.53%	18.1%
1993	1.49%	17.9%
1994	1.46%	17.7%
1995	1.43%	17.3%
1996	1.41%	17%
1997	1.4%	16.7%
1998	1.39%	16.3%
1999	1.38%	15.9%
2000	1.38%	15.3%
2001	1.37%	14.4%
2002	1.37%	13.4%
2003	1.37%	12.4%
2004	1.38%	11.4%
2005	1.38%	10.5%
2006	1.38%	9.71%
2007	1.39%	9.14%
2008	1.39%	8.62%
2009	1.4%	8%
2010	1.41%	7.57%
2011	1.42%	7.31%
2012	1.43%	7.04%
2013	1.44%	6.72%
2014	1.45%	6.38%
2015	1.45%	6.15%
2016	1.46%	5.9%
2017	1.47%	5.61%
2018	1.48%	5.52%
2019	1.48%	5.41%
2020	1.48%	5.24%
2021	1.47%	4.92%
2022	1.45%	4.67%
2023	1.43%	4.47%