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Seychelles — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Seychelles, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.13%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -59.9% since 1961
Population growth for Seychelles was 1.13% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.25% in 1987. The lowest was -2.63% in 2011 (about -2.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.42% per year.
Seychelles ranks 95 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 2.30%, so Seychelles sits below it. It peaked in 1987 and has fallen 73% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 49%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.13%
First (1961)
2.81%
Change
-59.9%
Highest
4.25%
in 1987
Lowest
-2.63%
in 2011
Average
1.39%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.42%
Years of data
64
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.13% |
| 2024 | 1.31% |
| 2023 | -0.09% |
| 2021 | 0.81% |
| 2020 | 0.85% |
| 2019 | 0.89% |
| 2018 | 0.95% |
| 2017 | 1.22% |
| 2016 | 1.34% |
| 2015 | 2.23% |
| 2014 | 1.56% |
| 2013 | 1.85% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.