Fertility & birth rates in Seychelles and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Seychelles vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Seychelles vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	5.31	7.2
1961	5.42	7.21
1962	5.51	7.23
1963	5.61	7.23
1964	5.69	7.23
1965	5.72	7.23
1966	6.13	7.2
1967	5.9	7.16
1968	5.61	7.11
1969	5.48	7.04
1970	5.31	6.98
1971	5.69	6.94
1972	5.16	6.94
1973	4.78	6.94
1974	5.1	6.88
1975	4.75	6.83
1976	4.09	6.77
1977	3.75	6.71
1978	3.92	6.66
1979	3.66	6.59
1980	3.79	6.52
1981	3.67	6.45
1982	3.13	6.33
1983	3.22	6.2
1984	3.24	6.04
1985	3.09	5.87
1986	3.07	5.69
1987	2.92	5.5
1988	2.79	5.28
1989	2.67	5.07
1990	2.61	4.88
1991	2.69	4.72
1992	2.53	4.57
1993	2.58	4.39
1994	2.6	4.28
1995	2.36	4.15
1996	2.31	4.11
1997	2.1	4.08
1998	2.04	4.07
1999	2.04	4.06
2000	2.08	4.01
2001	1.98	3.98
2002	2.04	3.93
2003	2.06	3.86
2004	2.01	3.78
2005	2.2	3.69
2006	2.11	3.64
2007	2.24	3.68
2008	2.33	3.78
2009	2.38	3.95
2010	2.16	4.04
2011	2.33	4.13
2012	2.37	4.13
2013	2.26	4.11
2014	2.25	4.01
2015	2.31	3.91
2016	2.39	3.83
2017	2.41	3.77
2018	2.41	3.74
2019	2.36	3.75
2020	2.29	3.75
2021	2.46	3.77
2022	2.01	3.77
2023	2.02	3.72
2024	2	3.67
2025	1.97	3.62
2026	1.95	3.57
2027	1.93	3.52
2028	1.91	3.47
2029	1.89	3.43
2030	1.88	3.38
2031	1.86	3.33
2032	1.85	3.29
2033	1.84	3.25
2034	1.83	3.21
2035	1.82	3.17
2036	1.81	3.13
2037	1.8	3.09
2038	1.79	3.06
2039	1.79	3.02
2040	1.78	2.99
2041	1.78	2.96
2042	1.77	2.93
2043	1.77	2.9
2044	1.76	2.87
2045	1.75	2.84
2046	1.75	2.81
2047	1.75	2.78
2048	1.74	2.75
2049	1.74	2.72
2050	1.73	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Zimbabwe
1960	38.6%	47.3%
1961	39.1%	47.7%
1962	39.7%	48.1%
1963	40.3%	48.5%
1964	40.9%	48.8%
1965	41.5%	48.7%
1966	42.1%	48.6%
1967	42.7%	48.5%
1968	43.1%	48.5%
1969	43.4%	48.4%
1970	43.6%	48.3%
1971	43.4%	48.2%
1972	43%	48.2%
1973	42.5%	48.1%
1974	41.9%	48.1%
1975	41.2%	48.1%
1976	40.5%	48.2%
1977	39.7%	48.3%
1978	38.8%	48.5%
1979	37.9%	48.8%
1980	37.1%	48.7%
1981	36.4%	48.4%
1982	35.7%	48.3%
1983	35.2%	48.2%
1984	34.8%	48.1%
1985	34.4%	48%
1986	34.1%	47.9%
1987	33.8%	47.9%
1988	33.4%	47.9%
1989	32.9%	47.6%
1990	32.4%	47.1%
1991	31.9%	46.6%
1992	31.5%	46.8%
1993	31%	47.1%
1994	30.6%	46.6%
1995	30.3%	45.9%
1996	29.8%	45%
1997	29.3%	44%
1998	28.8%	43.1%
1999	28.2%	42.4%
2000	27.6%	41.9%
2001	27%	41.5%
2002	26.5%	41.4%
2003	26%	41.5%
2004	25.5%	41.7%
2005	25%	41.9%
2006	24.5%	42%
2007	24%	42.1%
2008	23.5%	42.4%
2009	22.9%	42.7%
2010	22.5%	43%
2011	22.2%	43.4%
2012	22%	43.7%
2013	21.8%	43.9%
2014	21.6%	43.9%
2015	21.4%	43.8%
2016	21.2%	43.6%
2017	21%	43.3%
2018	20.9%	42.9%
2019	20.7%	42.5%
2020	20.6%	42.2%
2021	20.4%	41.9%
2022	20.3%	41.6%
2023	20.1%	41.3%
2024	20%	40.9%
2025	19.8%	40.3%
2026	19.6%	39.6%
2027	19.4%	39%
2028	19.3%	38.4%
2029	19.2%	37.8%
2030	19.2%	37.4%
2031	19.1%	37%
2032	19%	36.8%
2033	18.8%	36.5%
2034	18.7%	36.3%
2035	18.5%	36.1%
2036	18.3%	35.8%
2037	18.1%	35.6%
2038	18%	35.3%
2039	17.8%	35.1%
2040	17.6%	34.8%
2041	17.4%	34.6%
2042	17.3%	34.3%
2043	17.1%	34.1%
2044	16.9%	33.8%
2045	16.8%	33.5%
2046	16.7%	33.2%
2047	16.6%	32.9%
2048	16.5%	32.6%
2049	16.4%	32.2%
2050	16.4%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20% of the population in the Seychelles and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 32.4% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Seychelles and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Seychelles vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.82% in the Seychelles and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	977	126,959
1961	1,040	131,531
1962	1,083	136,317
1963	1,123	140,984
1964	1,155	145,848
1965	1,165	151,164
1966	1,280	156,014
1967	1,217	161,205
1968	1,145	166,865
1969	1,119	172,626
1970	1,087	178,979
1971	1,373	185,427
1972	1,199	193,725
1973	1,166	201,885
1974	1,361	208,806
1975	1,376	216,947
1976	1,174	221,419
1977	1,125	225,139
1978	1,330	222,979
1979	1,292	223,657
1980	1,386	241,179
1981	1,358	271,361
1982	1,069	279,934
1983	1,209	286,545
1984	1,255	290,052
1985	1,259	290,756
1986	1,222	289,894
1987	1,172	286,766
1988	1,135	277,498
1989	1,030	270,838
1990	1,070	265,444
1991	1,162	260,943
1992	1,076	255,291
1993	1,091	228,045
1994	1,136	216,343
1995	1,054	206,695
1996	1,047	205,269
1997	873	216,288
1998	844	225,614
1999	901	232,393
2000	958	236,343
2001	885	227,909
2002	837	244,170
2003	828	243,057
2004	842	248,307
2005	861	248,545
2006	804	248,963
2007	867	261,805
2008	887	280,527
2009	900	309,316
2010	844	335,570
2011	936	359,572
2012	989	371,135
2013	846	374,757
2014	832	366,350
2015	888	356,203
2016	900	348,772
2017	901	344,035
2018	842	345,883
2019	811	348,798
2020	886	354,790
2021	744	349,908
2022	635	371,243
2023	683	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Seychelles vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Seychelles	Zimbabwe
1985	69	573
1986	65	525
1987	62	480
1988	60	431
1989	61	382
1990	53	353
1991	54	332
1992	50	333
1993	49	331
1994	45	332
1995	40	332
1996	39	352
1997	37	357
1998	41	368
1999	41	399
2000	45	405
2001	43	467
2002	45	418
2003	47	455
2004	52	451
2005	50	454
2006	51	480
2007	52	519
2008	51	526
2009	51	540
2010	50	567
2011	50	564
2012	49	558
2013	48	525
2014	46	468
2015	46	428
2016	47	411
2017	47	389
2018	49	386
2019	48	388
2020	51	380
2021	74	446
2022	89	368
2023	42	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.43% in the Seychelles and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	10.5%	15.2%
1961	10.3%	14.8%
1962	10.2%	14.4%
1963	10%	14%
1964	9.8%	13.5%
1965	9.55%	13.1%
1966	9.26%	12.7%
1967	8.92%	12.4%
1968	8.52%	12.1%
1969	8.07%	11.8%
1970	7.58%	11.7%
1971	7.09%	11.5%
1972	6.59%	11.5%
1973	6.09%	11.4%
1974	5.59%	11.4%
1975	5.09%	11.4%
1976	4.6%	11.5%
1977	4.14%	11.5%
1978	3.72%	11.5%
1979	3.34%	11.3%
1980	3.01%	11.1%
1981	2.74%	10.7%
1982	2.51%	10.1%
1983	2.32%	9.5%
1984	2.16%	8.87%
1985	2.04%	8.31%
1986	1.93%	7.86%
1987	1.84%	7.61%
1988	1.76%	7.55%
1989	1.69%	7.69%
1990	1.63%	7.97%
1991	1.58%	8.33%
1992	1.53%	8.73%
1993	1.49%	9.16%
1994	1.46%	9.52%
1995	1.43%	9.83%
1996	1.41%	10%
1997	1.4%	10.1%
1998	1.39%	10%
1999	1.38%	9.92%
2000	1.38%	9.83%
2001	1.37%	9.79%
2002	1.37%	8.48%
2003	1.37%	8.85%
2004	1.38%	9.17%
2005	1.38%	9.23%
2006	1.38%	9.4%
2007	1.39%	9.47%
2008	1.39%	9.34%
2009	1.4%	9.03%
2010	1.41%	8.5%
2011	1.42%	7.88%
2012	1.43%	7.14%
2013	1.44%	6.55%
2014	1.45%	6.18%
2015	1.45%	5.98%
2016	1.46%	5.69%
2017	1.47%	5.5%
2018	1.48%	5.23%
2019	1.48%	5.11%
2020	1.48%	5.01%
2021	1.47%	4.76%
2022	1.45%	4.6%
2023	1.43%	4.42%