Population growth in Seychelles

The population of Seychelles changed by 1.13% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Seychelles, 2025 1.13% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.18percentage points 2024: 1.31%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 95th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Seychelles over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period SeychellesWorld
2025 1.13% 0.91%
2024 1.31% 0.96%
2023 -0.09% 0.93%
2022 – 0.87%
2021 0.81% 0.83%
2020 0.85% 0.98%
2019 0.89% 1.05%
2018 0.95% 1.08%
2017 1.22% 1.13%
2016 1.34% 1.16%
2015 2.23% 1.18%
2014 1.56% 1.21%
2013 1.85% 1.23%
2012 0.98% 1.26%
2011 -2.63% 1.22%
2010 2.79% 1.22%
2009 0.39% 1.25%
2008 2.24% 1.27%
2007 0.51% 1.26%
2006 2.08% 1.27%
2005 0.46% 1.27%
2004 -0.37% 1.29%
2003 -1.13% 1.29%
2002 3.06% 1.31%
2001 0.09% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.18 percentage points from 1.31% in 2024.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1.56%, the figure has changed by −0.43 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Seychelles has the 95th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Seychelles
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects