Seychelles vs Sierra Leone Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
the Seychelles vs Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age
	Seychelles	Sierra Leone
1960	21.9	21.1
1961	21.6	21.1
1962	21.3	21.1
1963	21	21
1964	20.6	21
1965	20.2	20.9
1966	19.8	20.9
1967	19.4	20.8
1968	19	20.7
1969	18.7	20.6
1970	18.5	20.4
1971	18.4	20.2
1972	18.5	20.1
1973	18.6	19.9
1974	18.7	19.8
1975	18.9	19.6
1976	19	19.5
1977	19.3	19.4
1978	19.6	19.3
1979	19.9	19.2
1980	20.4	19.1
1981	20.7	19.1
1982	21.1	19
1983	21.4	18.9
1984	21.7	18.9
1985	22	18.8
1986	22.3	18.7
1987	22.5	18.7
1988	22.9	18.6
1989	23.3	18.6
1990	23.6	18.5
1991	24	18.5
1992	24.5	18.4
1993	24.8	18.4
1994	25.2	18.3
1995	25.4	18.2
1996	25.7	18.2
1997	26.1	18.1
1998	26.4	18.1
1999	26.8	18
2000	27.3	18
2001	27.7	18
2002	28.1	17.9
2003	28.5	17.9
2004	28.9	17.9
2005	29.3	18
2006	29.6	18
2007	30	18
2008	30.4	18.1
2009	30.8	18.1
2010	31.2	18.2
2011	31.4	18.3
2012	31.5	18.4
2013	31.6	18.5
2014	31.8	18.6
2015	32.1	18.7
2016	32.3	18.9
2017	32.6	19.1
2018	32.9	19.2
2019	33.2	19.4
2020	33.6	19.6
2021	34	19.8
2022	34.4	20
2023	34.7	20.3
2024	35	20.5
2025	35.3	20.7
2026	35.6	20.9
2027	36	21.2
2028	36.3	21.4
2029	36.7	21.7
2030	37.2	21.9
2031	37.7	22.2
2032	38.2	22.4
2033	38.6	22.7
2034	39.1	23
2035	39.5	23.2
2036	40	23.5
2037	40.4	23.8
2038	40.8	24
2039	41.2	24.3
2040	41.5	24.6
2041	41.8	24.8
2042	42.2	25.1
2043	42.4	25.4
2044	42.7	25.7
2045	42.9	25.9
2046	43	26.2
2047	43.2	26.5
2048	43.3	26.8
2049	43.4	27.1
2050	43.5	27.3

In 1960, the median age in the Seychelles was 21.9 years compared to 21.1 years in Sierra Leone. As of 2024, the median age had changed to 35 years in the Seychelles and to 20.5 years in Sierra Leone.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in the Seychelles is expected to increased to around 43.5 years by 2050 compared to 27.3 years in Sierra Leone. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Seychelles		Sierra Leone
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.48%	3.34%	6.85%	6.72%
5-9	3.42%	3.23%	6.32%	6.24%
10-14	3.29%	3.18%	6.01%	5.94%
15-19	3.16%	3.03%	5.48%	5.41%
20-24	3.6%	2.96%	4.9%	4.84%
25-29	4.86%	3.25%	4.17%	4.17%
30-34	5.66%	3.62%	3.52%	3.5%
35-39	5.78%	3.4%	2.96%	2.95%
40-44	5.12%	3.22%	2.45%	2.45%
45-49	4.21%	3.07%	1.99%	2.03%
50-54	3.54%	2.82%	1.59%	1.66%
55-59	2.79%	2.78%	1.25%	1.34%
60-64	2.29%	2.36%	0.94%	1.05%
65-69	1.84%	1.75%	0.65%	0.77%
70-74	1.03%	1.06%	0.4%	0.51%
75-79	0.59%	0.75%	0.24%	0.31%
80+	0.51%	1.01%	0.15%	0.22%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. The Seychelles has low demographic potential with 50.1% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 74.1% and average potential in Sierra Leone.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Seychelles			Sierra Leone
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	80.6%	69.7%	10.9%	72.5%	66%	6.59%
1961	81.9%	71.2%	10.7%	72.8%	66.1%	6.68%
1962	83.5%	72.8%	10.7%	73.1%	66.3%	6.77%
1963	85.4%	74.6%	10.7%	73.7%	66.9%	6.87%
1964	87.4%	76.6%	10.8%	74.8%	67.9%	6.97%
1965	89.6%	78.7%	10.9%	75.9%	68.8%	7.07%
1966	91.9%	80.8%	11.1%	76.7%	69.6%	7.15%
1967	94.1%	82.8%	11.2%	77.6%	70.4%	7.23%
1968	95.9%	84.5%	11.4%	78.5%	71.2%	7.31%
1969	97.3%	85.7%	11.7%	79.3%	72%	7.38%
1970	98.2%	86.3%	11.9%	80.1%	72.7%	7.44%
1971	97.9%	86%	11.9%	80.8%	73.3%	7.49%
1972	96.3%	84.5%	11.8%	81.5%	73.9%	7.54%
1973	94.2%	82.5%	11.6%	82.1%	74.5%	7.57%
1974	92%	80.4%	11.6%	82.7%	75.1%	7.61%
1975	89.7%	78.2%	11.5%	83.3%	75.7%	7.63%
1976	87.5%	76%	11.5%	83.8%	76.2%	7.65%
1977	85%	73.5%	11.5%	84.3%	76.6%	7.66%
1978	82.2%	70.7%	11.5%	84.7%	77%	7.67%
1979	79.4%	67.9%	11.4%	85.1%	77.4%	7.68%
1980	77%	65.6%	11.4%	85.4%	77.7%	7.67%
1981	75%	63.6%	11.3%	85.7%	78.1%	7.67%
1982	73.3%	61.9%	11.3%	86.1%	78.4%	7.66%
1983	71.9%	60.5%	11.3%	86.4%	78.7%	7.64%
1984	70.7%	59.4%	11.4%	86.7%	79.1%	7.62%
1985	69.9%	58.5%	11.4%	87%	79.4%	7.6%
1986	69.3%	57.7%	11.6%	87.3%	79.7%	7.57%
1987	68.7%	57%	11.7%	87.6%	80%	7.54%
1988	67.7%	56%	11.7%	87.9%	80.4%	7.5%
1989	66.3%	54.7%	11.6%	88.1%	80.6%	7.46%
1990	64.9%	53.4%	11.5%	88.2%	80.8%	7.41%
1991	63.5%	52.2%	11.4%	88.4%	81%	7.36%
1992	62.4%	51.1%	11.3%	88.6%	81.3%	7.3%
1993	61.3%	50%	11.3%	88.7%	81.5%	7.23%
1994	60.4%	49.1%	11.3%	88.9%	81.8%	7.17%
1995	59.6%	48.3%	11.3%	89.1%	82%	7.09%
1996	58.8%	47.4%	11.4%	89.3%	82.3%	7.02%
1997	57.9%	46.3%	11.5%	89.4%	82.5%	6.95%
1998	56.7%	45.1%	11.6%	89.6%	82.7%	6.87%
1999	55.3%	43.8%	11.5%	89.9%	83.1%	6.8%
2000	53.9%	42.5%	11.4%	90%	83.3%	6.73%
2001	52.6%	41.3%	11.3%	90.1%	83.4%	6.66%
2002	51.3%	40.1%	11.2%	90%	83.5%	6.59%
2003	50.1%	39%	11.1%	89.9%	83.4%	6.53%
2004	48.9%	38%	10.9%	89.7%	83.2%	6.46%
2005	47.8%	37%	10.8%	89.4%	83%	6.4%
2006	46.6%	35.9%	10.7%	89%	82.6%	6.34%
2007	45.5%	34.9%	10.6%	88.5%	82.2%	6.28%
2008	44.3%	33.9%	10.5%	88%	81.8%	6.22%
2009	43.2%	32.8%	10.4%	87.5%	81.3%	6.18%
2010	42.3%	32%	10.3%	86.9%	80.7%	6.14%
2011	41.5%	31.4%	10.1%	86.2%	80.1%	6.09%
2012	40.9%	30.9%	9.96%	85.4%	79.3%	6.03%
2013	40.4%	30.6%	9.88%	84.3%	78.4%	5.95%
2014	40.1%	30.2%	9.85%	83.1%	77.3%	5.83%
2015	39.7%	29.9%	9.86%	81.8%	76%	5.73%
2016	39.4%	29.5%	9.89%	80.4%	74.8%	5.67%
2017	39.2%	29.3%	9.94%	79.1%	73.5%	5.61%
2018	39.1%	29%	10.1%	77.7%	72.2%	5.56%
2019	39.1%	28.8%	10.2%	76.5%	70.9%	5.53%
2020	39.2%	28.7%	10.5%	75.3%	69.8%	5.51%
2021	39.5%	28.5%	11%	74.1%	68.6%	5.49%
2022	39.8%	28.4%	11.4%	72.9%	67.4%	5.49%
2023	39.8%	28.2%	11.6%	71.6%	66.1%	5.5%
2024	39.8%	27.9%	11.9%	70.4%	64.9%	5.53%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in the Seychelles decreased from 48.9% to 39.8% between 2004 and 2024.

In Sierra Leone, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 89.7% to 70.4% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and a decreased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Seychelles	Sierra Leone
1960	55.4%	58%
1961	55%	57.9%
1962	54.5%	57.8%
1963	54%	57.6%
1964	53.4%	57.2%
1965	52.7%	56.9%
1966	52.1%	56.6%
1967	51.5%	56.3%
1968	51%	56%
1969	50.7%	55.8%
1970	50.5%	55.5%
1971	50.5%	55.3%
1972	50.9%	55.1%
1973	51.5%	54.9%
1974	52.1%	54.7%
1975	52.7%	54.6%
1976	53.3%	54.4%
1977	54%	54.3%
1978	54.9%	54.1%
1979	55.8%	54%
1980	56.5%	53.9%
1981	57.2%	53.8%
1982	57.7%	53.7%
1983	58.2%	53.7%
1984	58.6%	53.6%
1985	58.9%	53.5%
1986	59.1%	53.4%
1987	59.3%	53.3%
1988	59.6%	53.2%
1989	60.1%	53.2%
1990	60.7%	53.1%
1991	61.1%	53.1%
1992	61.6%	53%
1993	62%	53%
1994	62.3%	52.9%
1995	62.6%	52.9%
1996	63%	52.8%
1997	63.3%	52.8%
1998	63.8%	52.7%
1999	64.4%	52.7%
2000	65%	52.6%
2001	65.5%	52.6%
2002	66.1%	52.6%
2003	66.6%	52.6%
2004	67.1%	52.7%
2005	67.7%	52.8%
2006	68.2%	52.9%
2007	68.7%	53%
2008	69.3%	53.2%
2009	69.8%	53.3%
2010	70.3%	53.5%
2011	70.7%	53.7%
2012	71%	53.9%
2013	71.2%	54.2%
2014	71.4%	54.6%
2015	71.6%	55%
2016	71.7%	55.4%
2017	71.8%	55.8%
2018	71.9%	56.3%
2019	71.9%	56.7%
2020	71.8%	57%
2021	71.7%	57.4%
2022	71.5%	57.8%
2023	71.5%	58.3%
2024	71.5%	58.7%
2025	71.5%	59.1%
2026	71.4%	59.5%
2027	71.3%	59.9%
2028	71.1%	60.2%
2029	70.8%	60.6%
2030	70.5%	60.9%
2031	70.2%	61.2%
2032	69.9%	61.6%
2033	69.7%	61.9%
2034	69.4%	62.2%
2035	69.2%	62.5%
2036	69%	62.9%
2037	68.8%	63.2%
2038	68.6%	63.5%
2039	68.4%	63.8%
2040	68.1%	64.1%
2041	67.9%	64.3%
2042	67.6%	64.6%
2043	67.4%	64.8%
2044	67.1%	65.1%
2045	66.7%	65.3%
2046	66.3%	65.5%
2047	65.9%	65.7%
2048	65.6%	65.9%
2049	65.1%	66.1%
2050	64.6%	66.3%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 67.1% to 71.5% in the Seychelles and from 52.7% to 58.7% in Sierra Leone.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Seychelles	Sierra Leone
1960	38.6%	38.2%
1961	39.1%	38.3%
1962	39.7%	38.3%
1963	40.3%	38.5%
1964	40.9%	38.8%
1965	41.5%	39.1%
1966	42.1%	39.4%
1967	42.7%	39.6%
1968	43.1%	39.9%
1969	43.4%	40.1%
1970	43.6%	40.3%
1971	43.4%	40.6%
1972	43%	40.7%
1973	42.5%	40.9%
1974	41.9%	41.1%
1975	41.2%	41.3%
1976	40.5%	41.4%
1977	39.7%	41.6%
1978	38.8%	41.7%
1979	37.9%	41.8%
1980	37.1%	41.9%
1981	36.4%	42%
1982	35.7%	42.1%
1983	35.2%	42.2%
1984	34.8%	42.3%
1985	34.4%	42.5%
1986	34.1%	42.6%
1987	33.8%	42.7%
1988	33.4%	42.8%
1989	32.9%	42.9%
1990	32.4%	42.9%
1991	31.9%	43%
1992	31.5%	43.1%
1993	31%	43.2%
1994	30.6%	43.3%
1995	30.3%	43.4%
1996	29.8%	43.5%
1997	29.3%	43.5%
1998	28.8%	43.6%
1999	28.2%	43.7%
2000	27.6%	43.8%
2001	27%	43.9%
2002	26.5%	43.9%
2003	26%	43.9%
2004	25.5%	43.9%
2005	25%	43.8%
2006	24.5%	43.7%
2007	24%	43.6%
2008	23.5%	43.5%
2009	22.9%	43.4%
2010	22.5%	43.2%
2011	22.2%	43%
2012	22%	42.8%
2013	21.8%	42.5%
2014	21.6%	42.2%
2015	21.4%	41.8%
2016	21.2%	41.4%
2017	21%	41%
2018	20.9%	40.6%
2019	20.7%	40.2%
2020	20.6%	39.8%
2021	20.4%	39.4%
2022	20.3%	39%
2023	20.1%	38.5%
2024	20%	38.1%
2025	19.8%	37.7%
2026	19.6%	37.2%
2027	19.4%	36.8%
2028	19.3%	36.3%
2029	19.2%	35.9%
2030	19.2%	35.5%
2031	19.1%	35.2%
2032	19%	34.8%
2033	18.8%	34.4%
2034	18.7%	34%
2035	18.5%	33.6%
2036	18.3%	33.2%
2037	18.1%	32.8%
2038	18%	32.4%
2039	17.8%	32%
2040	17.6%	31.6%
2041	17.4%	31.2%
2042	17.3%	30.9%
2043	17.1%	30.5%
2044	16.9%	30.2%
2045	16.8%	29.8%
2046	16.7%	29.5%
2047	16.6%	29.2%
2048	16.5%	28.8%
2049	16.4%	28.5%
2050	16.4%	28.2%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 20% in The Seychelles and 38.1% in Sierra Leone. Birth rates in The Seychelles compared to Sierra Leone .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Seychelles	Sierra Leone
1960	6.05%	3.82%
1961	5.89%	3.87%
1962	5.84%	3.91%
1963	5.8%	3.95%
1964	5.77%	3.99%
1965	5.75%	4.02%
1966	5.76%	4.05%
1967	5.79%	4.07%
1968	5.84%	4.09%
1969	5.91%	4.11%
1970	5.99%	4.13%
1971	6.02%	4.14%
1972	6%	4.15%
1973	6%	4.16%
1974	6.02%	4.16%
1975	6.07%	4.16%
1976	6.15%	4.16%
1977	6.23%	4.16%
1978	6.31%	4.15%
1979	6.37%	4.15%
1980	6.43%	4.14%
1981	6.49%	4.13%
1982	6.55%	4.12%
1983	6.6%	4.1%
1984	6.66%	4.08%
1985	6.73%	4.06%
1986	6.83%	4.04%
1987	6.94%	4.02%
1988	6.99%	3.99%
1989	6.98%	3.97%
1990	6.96%	3.94%
1991	6.95%	3.91%
1992	6.96%	3.87%
1993	6.99%	3.83%
1994	7.04%	3.79%
1995	7.1%	3.75%
1996	7.2%	3.71%
1997	7.31%	3.67%
1998	7.38%	3.62%
1999	7.4%	3.58%
2000	7.42%	3.54%
2001	7.43%	3.5%
2002	7.42%	3.47%
2003	7.38%	3.44%
2004	7.34%	3.41%
2005	7.31%	3.38%
2006	7.3%	3.35%
2007	7.28%	3.33%
2008	7.26%	3.31%
2009	7.25%	3.3%
2010	7.22%	3.28%
2011	7.15%	3.27%
2012	7.07%	3.26%
2013	7.03%	3.23%
2014	7.03%	3.19%
2015	7.06%	3.15%
2016	7.09%	3.14%
2017	7.14%	3.13%
2018	7.23%	3.13%
2019	7.37%	3.14%
2020	7.58%	3.14%
2021	7.89%	3.15%
2022	8.15%	3.18%
2023	8.33%	3.21%
2024	8.54%	3.24%
2025	8.75%	3.28%
2026	8.99%	3.33%
2027	9.26%	3.38%
2028	9.6%	3.43%
2029	9.96%	3.49%
2030	10.3%	3.56%
2031	10.7%	3.62%
2032	11.1%	3.69%
2033	11.5%	3.76%
2034	11.9%	3.83%
2035	12.2%	3.91%
2036	12.6%	3.99%
2037	13.1%	4.07%
2038	13.4%	4.15%
2039	13.9%	4.24%
2040	14.3%	4.33%
2041	14.7%	4.43%
2042	15.1%	4.53%
2043	15.5%	4.64%
2044	16%	4.75%
2045	16.5%	4.86%
2046	17%	4.98%
2047	17.5%	5.1%
2048	18%	5.23%
2049	18.5%	5.36%
2050	19%	5.5%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 8.54% in the Seychelles and 3.24% in Sierra Leone. Life expectancy in the Seychelles compared to Sierra Leone .