Myanmar vs Seychelles: Fertility rate: births per woman

Myanmar
2.12 live births per woman
in 2023
Seychelles
2.13 live births per woman
in 2023
Myanmar rank
106th
Seychelles rank
103rd

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Myanmar
  • Seychelles
23456195019862023

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 2.13 live births per woman against 2.12 live births per woman in Myanmar, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Myanmar ahead.

Myanmar ranks 106th and Seychelles ranks 103rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 6 and Seychelles in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Myanmar Seychelles Difference Ahead
1950s 5.92 live births per woman 5.05 live births per woman 0.8724 live births per woman Myanmar
1960s 5.87 live births per woman 5.64 live births per woman 0.2313 live births per woman Myanmar
1970s 5.3 live births per woman 4.62 live births per woman 0.6754 live births per woman Myanmar
1980s 4.28 live births per woman 3.16 live births per woman 1.12 live births per woman Myanmar
1990s 3.17 live births per woman 2.39 live births per woman 0.7813 live births per woman Myanmar
2000s 2.58 live births per woman 2.14 live births per woman 0.4487 live births per woman Myanmar
2010s 2.27 live births per woman 2.27 live births per woman 0.004 live births per woman Seychelles
2020s 2.15 live births per woman 2.18 live births per woman 0.0355 live births per woman Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Myanmar or Seychelles?
Seychelles, at 2.13 live births per woman against 2.12 live births per woman in Myanmar as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Myanmar and Seychelles?
0.01 live births per woman, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Seychelles?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Myanmar and Seychelles rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Myanmar ranks 106th and Seychelles ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

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.