Fertility rate: births per woman in Seychelles
Seychelles: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.13 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Seychelles, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 2.13 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Seychelles peaked at 6.13 live births per woman in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1.98 live births per woman, in 2001.
Seychelles ranks 103rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.05 live births per woman | 4.81 live births per woman | 5.3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.64 live births per woman | 5.31 live births per woman | 6.13 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.62 live births per woman | 3.66 live births per woman | 5.69 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.16 live births per woman | 2.67 live births per woman | 3.79 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.39 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 2.69 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.14 live births per woman | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.37 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.27 live births per woman | 2.16 live births per woman | 2.41 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.18 live births per woman | 2.13 live births per woman | 2.23 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More reference data data for Seychelles
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0296 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.13 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.848 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.5969 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 67.24 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 67.95 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.6344 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 81.55 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.9164 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Seychelles?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Seychelles was 2.13 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 6.13 live births per woman in 1966.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.98 live births per woman in 2001.
- How does Seychelles rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Seychelles ranks 103rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.