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🇸🇨 Seychelles

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SYC
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SC
UN M49 numeric690
IOC codeSEY
Official nameRepublic of Seychelles
Native name(s)crs: official: Repiblik Sesel; common: Sesel; eng: official: Republic of Seychelles; common: Seychelles; fra: official: République des Seychelles; common: Seychelles
Alt spellingsSC, Republic of Seychelles, Repiblik Sesel, République des Seychelles
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalVictoria
Area (km²)452
Lat / Lng-4.5833, 55.6667
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.sc
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 48

Demographics

Population (World Bank)122,730 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.295 (2024)
Languagescrs: Seychellois Creole; eng: English; fra: French
Demonymseng: f: Seychellois; m: Seychellois; fra: f: Seychelloise; m: Seychellois
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)2,387,022,853.486 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)19,449.384 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesSCR: name: Seychellois rupee; symbol: ₨

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195038,284
195138,683
195238,989
195339,313
195439,681
195540,102
195640,600
195741,178
195841,799
195942,464
196043,230
196144,108
196245,063
196346,075
196447,140
196548,270
196649,456
196750,667
196851,885
196953,081
197054,252
197155,511
197256,889
197358,300
197459,739
197561,218
197662,743
197764,104
197864,987
197965,603
198066,260
198166,950
198267,650
198368,360
198469,083
198569,823
198670,564
198771,338
198872,210
198973,118
199073,983
199174,817
199275,617
199376,409
199477,261
199578,126
199678,882
199779,650
199880,722
199982,021
200083,318
200184,606
200285,857
200387,034
200488,156
200589,266
200690,373
200791,468
200892,547
200993,628
201094,971
201197,024
201299,543
2013102,093
2014104,654
2015107,230
2016109,821
2017112,427
2018115,040
2019117,650
2020120,291
2021122,987
2022125,522
2023127,951

Full raw record (JSON)

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        "common": "سيشل"
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