Mexico vs Seychelles: Fertility rate, total

Mexico
1.89 births per woman
in 2024
Seychelles
1.85 births per woman
in 2024
Mexico rank
111th
Seychelles rank
114th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Mexico
  • Seychelles
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 1.89 births per woman against 1.85 births per woman in Seychelles, a difference of 0.04 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 111th and Seychelles ranks 114th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 5 and Seychelles in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Seychelles Difference Ahead
1960s 6.77 births per woman 5.64 births per woman 1.13 births per woman Mexico
1970s 5.81 births per woman 4.62 births per woman 1.19 births per woman Mexico
1980s 4.13 births per woman 3.16 births per woman 0.966 births per woman Mexico
1990s 3.09 births per woman 2.39 births per woman 0.7051 births per woman Mexico
2000s 2.53 births per woman 2.14 births per woman 0.383 births per woman Mexico
2010s 2.17 births per woman 2.27 births per woman 0.0985 births per woman Seychelles
2020s 1.94 births per woman 2.16 births per woman 0.2216 births per woman Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Mexico or Seychelles?
Mexico, at 1.89 births per woman against 1.85 births per woman in Seychelles as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Mexico and Seychelles?
0.04 births per woman, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Seychelles?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Seychelles rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Mexico ranks 111th and Seychelles ranks 114th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,193 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.