Seychelles — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Seychelles, 1961–2025.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 44 of 48 economies; Lesotho (1.10%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 3395% in 2002. That is 6% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 66th of 216 in 1961 → 96th of 216 in 1970 → 163rd of 216 in 1980 → 170th of 216 in 1990 → 142nd of 217 in 2000 → 34th of 217 in 2010 → 114th of 217 in 2020 → 95th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.13% | -0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 1.31% | +1.4 pp |
| 2023 | -0.09% | -0.9 pp |
| 2021 | 0.81% | -0.0 pp |
| 2020 | 0.85% | -0.0 pp |
| 2019 | 0.89% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 0.95% | -0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 1.22% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 1.34% | -0.9 pp |
| 2015 | 2.23% | +0.7 pp |
| 2014 | 1.56% | -0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 1.85% | +0.9 pp |
| 2012 | 0.98% | +3.6 pp |
| 2011 | -2.63% | -5.4 pp |
| 2010 | 2.79% | +2.4 pp |
| 2009 | 0.39% | -1.8 pp |
| 2008 | 2.24% | +1.7 pp |
| 2007 | 0.51% | -1.6 pp |
| 2006 | 2.08% | +1.6 pp |
| 2005 | 0.46% | +0.8 pp |
| 2004 | -0.37% | +0.8 pp |
| 2003 | -1.13% | -4.2 pp |
| 2002 | 3.06% | +3.0 pp |
| 2001 | 0.09% | -0.8 pp |
| 2000 | 0.89% | -1.1 pp |
| 1999 | 1.96% | +0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 1.96% | +0.8 pp |
| 1997 | 1.17% | -0.3 pp |
| 1996 | 1.47% | -0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 1.47% | -1.2 pp |
| 1994 | 2.67% | +0.6 pp |
| 1993 | 2.08% | +1.6 pp |
| 1992 | 0.46% | -0.9 pp |
| 1991 | 1.33% | +0.8 pp |
| 1990 | 0.49% | -0.1 pp |
| 1989 | 0.6% | +0.2 pp |
| 1988 | 0.37% | -3.9 pp |
| 1987 | 4.25% | +3.6 pp |
| 1986 | 0.62% | -0.2 pp |
| 1985 | 0.81% | +0.2 pp |
| 1984 | 0.59% | +0.7 pp |
| 1983 | -0.12% | -0.7 pp |
| 1982 | 0.59% | -0.6 pp |
| 1981 | 1.22% | +0.3 pp |
| 1980 | 0.91% | +0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 0.86% | +0.3 pp |
| 1978 | 0.59% | -1.5 pp |
| 1977 | 2.1% | +0.1 pp |
| 1976 | 2.02% | -0.3 pp |
| 1975 | 2.31% | +0.5 pp |
| 1974 | 1.82% | +0.3 pp |
| 1973 | 1.53% | -0.9 pp |
| 1972 | 2.41% | +0.4 pp |
| 1971 | 2.02% | -0.3 pp |
| 1970 | 2.33% | -0.0 pp |
| 1969 | 2.38% | -0.0 pp |
| 1968 | 2.42% | -0.0 pp |
| 1967 | 2.46% | -0.0 pp |
| 1966 | 2.49% | -0.0 pp |
| 1965 | 2.51% | +0.0 pp |
| 1964 | 2.51% | -0.0 pp |
| 1963 | 2.54% | -0.1 pp |
| 1962 | 2.65% | -0.2 pp |
| 1961 | 2.81% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Seychelles’s Population growth in 1962?
2.65% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Seychelles’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -59.9% in total — about 1.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1.13%; 2024: 1.31%; 2023: -0.09%; 2021: 0.81%; 2020: 0.85%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.