Fertility rate, total in Seychelles
Seychelles: Fertility rate, total was 1.85 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Seychelles, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Seychelles stood at 1.85 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 15.1% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Seychelles peaked at 6.13 births per woman in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1.85 births per woman, in 2024.
That places Seychelles 114th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.64 births per woman | 5.31 births per woman | 6.13 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.62 births per woman | 3.66 births per woman | 5.69 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.16 births per woman | 2.67 births per woman | 3.79 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.39 births per woman | 2.04 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.14 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman | 2.38 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.27 births per woman | 2.13 births per woman | 2.34 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.16 births per woman | 1.85 births per woman | 2.38 births per woman | 5 |
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- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 804 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 8.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 829 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 811 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 7.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 10.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 5,015 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 837 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 10,733 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Seychelles?
- Fertility rate, total in Seychelles was 1.85 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 6.13 births per woman in 1966.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.85 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Seychelles rank for fertility rate, total?
- Seychelles ranks 114th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.