Fertility in Seychelles, 2005

Seychelles
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Seychelles was 2.18 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 1,583 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.18
Births
1,583
Births per 1,000 people
17.7
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
89,266
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.00.2%4
15-1959.613.6%215
20-24114.226.1%407
25-29118.927.2%436
30-3480.918.5%293
35-3949.711.4%182
40-4412.82.9%44
45-490.20.0%0
50-540.00.0%0