Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Seychelles

Total fertility rate in the Seychelles in 2024 — 1.85 births. Ranked 114 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 65.2%.

2024 1.85 births −15.14% vs 2023
World rank 114of 217
Period maximum 6.13 births1966
Period minimum 1.85 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Seychelles, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.31 births1962: 5.51 births1964: 5.69 births1966: 6.13 births1968: 5.61 births1970: 5.31 births1972: 5.16 births1974: 5.1 births1976: 4.09 births1978: 3.92 births1980: 3.79 births1982: 3.13 births1984: 3.24 births1986: 3.07 births1988: 2.79 births1990: 2.61 births1992: 2.53 births1994: 2.6 births1996: 2.31 births1998: 2.04 births2000: 2.08 births2002: 2.04 births2004: 2.01 births2006: 2.11 births2008: 2.33 births2010: 2.13 births2012: 2.32 births2014: 2.19 births2016: 2.33 births2018: 2.34 births2020: 2.2 births2022: 2.2 births2024: 1.85 births
Change over the period: −3.46 (−65.18%) Average annual rate: -1.63 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Seychelles

Seychelles 1.85 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Eastern Africa computed 4.06 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.85 −0.33 −15.14%
2023 2.18 −0.02 −0.91%
2022 2.2 −0.18 −7.56%
2021 2.38 +0.18 +8.18%
2020 2.2 −0.11 −4.76%
2019 2.31 −0.03 −1.28%
2018 2.34 +0 +0%
2017 2.34 +0.01 +0.43%
2016 2.33 +0.07 +3.1%
2015 2.26 +0.07 +3.2%
2014 2.19 −0.02 −0.9%
2013 2.21 −0.11 −4.74%
2012 2.32 +0.02 +0.87%
2011 2.3 +0.17 +7.98%
2010 2.13 −0.25 −10.5%
2009 2.38 +0.05 +2.15%
2008 2.33 +0.09 +4.02%
2007 2.24 +0.13 +6.16%
2006 2.11 −0.09 −4.09%
2005 2.2 +0.19 +9.45%
2004 2.01 −0.05 −2.43%
2003 2.06 +0.02 +0.98%
2002 2.04 +0.06 +3.03%
2001 1.98 −0.1 −4.81%
2000 2.08 +0.04 +1.96%
1999 2.04 +0 +0%
1998 2.04 −0.06 −2.86%
1997 2.1 −0.21 −9.13%
1996 2.31 −0.05 −2.12%
1995 2.36 −0.24 −9.09%
1994 2.6 +0.02 +0.58%
1993 2.58 +0.06 +2.22%
1992 2.53 −0.17 −6.17%
1991 2.69 +0.09 +3.26%
1990 2.61 −0.06 −2.4%
1989 2.67 −0.12 −4.23%
1988 2.79 −0.13 −4.55%
1987 2.92 −0.15 −4.94%
1986 3.07 −0.02 −0.55%
1985 3.09 −0.15 −4.6%
1984 3.24 +0.02 +0.68%
1983 3.22 +0.09 +2.78%
1982 3.13 −0.53 −14.57%
1981 3.67 −0.13 −3.3%
1980 3.79 +0.13 +3.55%
1979 3.66 −0.26 −6.61%
1978 3.92 +0.17 +4.4%
1977 3.75 −0.33 −8.13%
1976 4.09 −0.67 −14.02%
1975 4.75 −0.35 −6.81%
1974 5.1 +0.32 +6.58%
1973 4.78 −0.37 −7.2%
1972 5.16 −0.53 −9.39%
1971 5.69 +0.38 +7.2%
1970 5.31 −0.17 −3.14%
1969 5.48 −0.14 −2.4%
1968 5.61 −0.28 −4.77%
1967 5.9 −0.23 −3.77%
1966 6.13 +0.41 +7.17%
1965 5.72 +0.02 +0.39%
1964 5.69 +0.09 +1.57%
1963 5.61 +0.09 +1.69%
1962 5.51 +0.09 +1.68%
1961 5.42 +0.11 +2.05%
1960 5.31

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.