Reunion vs Seychelles: Fertility rate: births per woman
Reunion
2.17 live births per woman
in 2023
Seychelles
2.13 live births per woman
in 2023
Reunion rank
100th
Seychelles rank
103rd
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Reunion
- Seychelles
How they compare
Reunion currently reports 2.17 live births per woman against 2.13 live births per woman in Seychelles, a difference of 0.04 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Reunion ahead.
Reunion ranks 100th and Seychelles ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Reunion averaged higher in 4 and Seychelles in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Reunion | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.66 live births per woman | 5.05 live births per woman | 1.61 live births per woman | Reunion |
| 1960s | 5.91 live births per woman | 5.64 live births per woman | 0.2701 live births per woman | Reunion |
| 1970s | 3.68 live births per woman | 4.62 live births per woman | 0.9418 live births per woman | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 2.56 live births per woman | 3.16 live births per woman | 0.6032 live births per woman | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 2.39 live births per woman | 2.39 live births per woman | 0.0022 live births per woman | Reunion |
| 2000s | 2.45 live births per woman | 2.14 live births per woman | 0.3112 live births per woman | Reunion |
| 2010s | 2.2 live births per woman | 2.27 live births per woman | 0.0658 live births per woman | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 2.17 live births per woman | 2.18 live births per woman | 0.007 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, Reunion or Seychelles?
- Reunion, at 2.17 live births per woman against 2.13 live births per woman in Seychelles as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Reunion and Seychelles?
- 0.04 live births per woman, with Reunion ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Reunion and Seychelles?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Reunion and Seychelles rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Reunion ranks 100th 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.
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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.