Seychelles — Urban population
Urban Population (% of Total) for Seychelles, 1960–2025.
Urban population for Seychelles was 45.48% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49.41% in 1977. The lowest was 27.51% in 1960 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.78% per year.
Seychelles ranks 160 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 74%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 45.11%, so Seychelles sits above it. It peaked in 1977 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 6%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 23 of 48 economies; Congo, Dem. Rep. (45.11%) is just below it. That is 3% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 90 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 132nd of 217 in 1960 → 116th of 217 in 1970 → 104th of 217 in 1980 → 118th of 217 in 1990 → 138th of 217 in 2000 → 156th of 217 in 2010 → 158th of 217 in 2020 → 160th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | % of total population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.48% | +0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 45.29% | +0.2 pp |
| 2023 | 45.1% | +0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 44.91% | +0.3 pp |
| 2021 | 44.6% | +0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 44.29% | +0.3 pp |
| 2019 | 44% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 43.74% | +0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 43.5% | +0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 43.28% | +0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 43.09% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 42.94% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 42.82% | +0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 42.73% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 42.67% | +0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 42.66% | -0.0 pp |
| 2009 | 42.67% | -0.0 pp |
| 2008 | 42.7% | -0.0 pp |
| 2007 | 42.74% | -0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 42.79% | -0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 42.85% | -0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 42.92% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 43% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 43.09% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 43.22% | -0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 43.4% | -0.2 pp |
| 1999 | 43.64% | -0.3 pp |
| 1998 | 43.95% | -0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 44.38% | -1.1 pp |
| 1996 | 45.45% | -1.4 pp |
| 1995 | 46.85% | -0.8 pp |
| 1994 | 47.69% | -0.4 pp |
| 1993 | 48.06% | -0.3 pp |
| 1992 | 48.4% | -0.3 pp |
| 1991 | 48.68% | -0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 48.91% | -0.2 pp |
| 1989 | 49.08% | -0.1 pp |
| 1988 | 49.2% | -0.1 pp |
| 1987 | 49.26% | -0.0 pp |
| 1986 | 49.29% | -0.0 pp |
| 1985 | 49.31% | -0.0 pp |
| 1984 | 49.34% | -0.0 pp |
| 1983 | 49.36% | -0.0 pp |
| 1982 | 49.37% | -0.0 pp |
| 1981 | 49.39% | -0.0 pp |
| 1980 | 49.4% | -0.0 pp |
| 1979 | 49.4% | -0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 49.41% | -0.0 pp |
| 1977 | 49.41% | +0.5 pp |
| 1976 | 48.91% | +1.3 pp |
| 1975 | 47.59% | +1.8 pp |
| 1974 | 45.76% | +2.1 pp |
| 1973 | 43.71% | +2.0 pp |
| 1972 | 41.73% | +1.6 pp |
| 1971 | 40.11% | +1.4 pp |
| 1970 | 38.71% | +1.5 pp |
| 1969 | 37.23% | +1.5 pp |
| 1968 | 35.7% | +1.5 pp |
| 1967 | 34.18% | +1.5 pp |
| 1966 | 32.7% | +1.4 pp |
| 1965 | 31.33% | +1.2 pp |
| 1964 | 30.09% | +1.0 pp |
| 1963 | 29.05% | +0.8 pp |
| 1962 | 28.24% | +0.5 pp |
| 1961 | 27.71% | +0.2 pp |
| 1960 | 27.51% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Seychelles’s Urban population in 1961?
27.71% (1961). 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 % of total population, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Seychelles’s Urban population growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +65.3% in total — about 0.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. 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: 45.48%; 2024: 45.29%; 2023: 45.1%; 2022: 44.91%; 2021: 44.6%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS — Urban Population (% of Total). 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.