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Bahamas vs Seychelles statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Bahamas has a population of 401K (ranked 173/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). The Bahamas' land area is 3,865 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 162nd vs. 181st).

By GDP, The Bahamas ranks 140/197 ($15.8B) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, The Bahamas ranks 30/197 ($39,455), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Bahamas Seychelles
Population
404321
125181
Population rank 173/197 181/197
GDP
$15.8B
2024
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 140/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$39,455
2024
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 30/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$41,198
2024
$33,239
2024
Government debt
$12.3B
2024
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
78.3%
2025
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$30,693
2024
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank 24/185 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$25,682
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
3,865 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
103.8 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.37
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
36 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
74.9 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Bahamas and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Bahamas and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Bahamas

Seychelles
Year GDP
Bahamas Seychelles
1960 $169,736,027 $12,012,025
1961 $190,022,030 $11,592,024
1962 $212,170,034 $12,642,026
1963 $237,650,038 $13,923,029
1964 $266,560,043 $15,393,032
1965 $300,272,048 $15,603,032
1966 $346,800,000 $16,443,034
1967 $398,000,000 $16,632,032
1968 $453,800,000 $16,074,028
1969 $538,700,000 $16,452,028
1970 $539,500,000 $18,432,032
1971 $573,400,000 $21,965,951
1972 $590,900,000 $30,645,123
1973 $670,900,000 $36,896,280
1974 $632,400,000 $43,134,496
1975 $596,200,000 $47,803,146
1976 $642,100,000 $49,278,982
1977 $713,000,000 $64,526,401
1978 $832,400,000 $85,552,366
1979 $1,139,800,100 $127,261,099
1980 $1,335,300,000 $156,783,830
1981 $1,426,500,000 $163,750,728
1982 $1,578,300,000 $157,211,790
1983 $1,732,800,000 $156,098,237
1984 $2,041,100,000 $160,992,921
1985 $2,320,699,900 $179,691,483
1986 $2,472,500,000 $221,147,061
1987 $2,713,999,900 $265,212,957
1988 $2,817,900,000 $301,985,618
1989 $3,062,000,000 $324,333,367
1990 $3,166,000,000 $392,163,561
1991 $3,111,160,000 $398,307,170
1992 $3,109,000,000 $461,409,399
1993 $3,092,000,000 $504,230,621
1994 $3,259,000,000 $517,570,058
1995 $3,429,000,000 $540,733,048
1996 $3,609,000,000 $535,250,347
1997 $6,332,360,000 $598,966,982
1998 $6,833,220,000 $647,287,376
1999 $7,683,870,000 $662,838,615
2000 $8,076,470,000 $654,212,394
2001 $8,317,830,000 $662,064,156
2002 $8,881,160,000 $742,134,838
2003 $8,870,090,000 $750,847,230
2004 $9,055,290,000 $893,012,218
2005 $9,836,200,000 $977,899,382
2006 $10,167,250,000 $1,081,441,283
2007 $10,618,340,000 $1,077,308,814
2008 $10,526,000,000 $979,597,394
2009 $9,981,960,000 $850,901,620
2010 $10,095,760,000 $981,616,542
2011 $10,070,450,000 $1,058,918,707
2012 $10,720,400,000 $1,089,407,839
2013 $10,475,300,000 $1,333,160,407
2014 $11,139,100,000 $1,387,577,870
2015 $11,837,600,000 $1,432,403,352
2016 $11,880,900,000 $1,568,513,348
2017 $12,446,900,000 $1,675,370,641
2018 $12,819,200,000 $1,784,313,927
2019 $13,277,000,000 $1,868,690,097
2020 $10,363,200,000 $1,382,551,752
2021 $12,037,000,000 $1,487,173,795
2022 $13,896,800,000 $2,018,346,589
2023 $15,271,300,000 $2,187,379,755
2024 $15,832,800,000 $2,167,239,562

Bahamas and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Bahamas

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Bahamas Seychelles
1960 $1,459 $288.1
1961 $1,555 $270.3
1962 $1,651 $287
1963 $1,759 $308
1964 $1,883 $332
1965 $2,030 $328
1966 $2,239 $338
1967 $2,453 $333
1968 $2,668 $314
1969 $3,027 $314
1970 $2,916 $344
1971 $3,004 $402
1972 $3,014 $547
1973 $3,341 $649
1974 $3,080 $745
1975 $2,841 $806
1976 $2,993 $814
1977 $3,253 $1,044
1978 $3,720 $1,377
1979 $4,994 $2,030
1980 $5,743 $2,478
1981 $6,029 $2,557
1982 $6,559 $2,441
1983 $7,081 $2,426
1984 $8,202 $2,488
1985 $9,167 $2,754
1986 $9,601 $3,368
1987 $10,361 $3,872
1988 $10,576 $4,392
1989 $11,291 $4,689
1990 $11,473 $5,642
1991 $11,082 $5,655
1992 $10,873 $6,520
1993 $10,613 $6,979
1994 $10,991 $6,975
1995 $11,375 $7,181
1996 $11,784 $7,004
1997 $20,368 $7,747
1998 $21,667 $8,210
1999 $24,041 $8,243
2000 $24,940 $8,064
2001 $25,372 $8,153
2002 $26,782 $8,864
2003 $26,429 $9,070
2004 $26,650 $10,828
2005 $28,602 $11,802
2006 $29,185 $12,783
2007 $30,052 $12,669
2008 $29,392 $11,265
2009 $27,513 $9,747
2010 $27,473 $10,935
2011 $27,091 $12,110
2012 $28,552 $12,337
2013 $27,643 $14,821
2014 $29,137 $15,188
2015 $30,719 $15,333
2016 $30,617 $16,567
2017 $31,875 $17,480
2018 $32,642 $18,440
2019 $33,640 $19,142
2020 $26,179 $14,041
2021 $30,368 $14,983
2022 $34,957 $16,837
2023 $38,232 $18,263
2024 $39,455 $17,859

Bahamas vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bahamas

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Bahamas Seychelles
1950 58.9 57.8
1951 59.2 58
1952 59.6 58.4
1953 60 58.7
1954 60.3 59
1955 60.7 59.4
1956 61 59.8
1957 61.4 60.2
1958 61.7 60.4
1959 62.1 60.4
1960 62.5 60.5
1961 62.8 60.6
1962 63.2 60.7
1963 63.5 60.9
1964 63.9 61.2
1965 64.3 61.4
1966 64.6 61.7
1967 65 62.1
1968 65.4 62.6
1969 65.8 63.3
1970 66.2 64
1971 66.5 64.6
1972 66.8 65.3
1973 67.1 65.9
1974 67.6 66.4
1975 68.1 66.8
1976 68.5 67.2
1977 68.8 67.6
1978 68.9 67.9
1979 69 68.2
1980 69.1 68.5
1981 69.4 68.7
1982 69.7 69
1983 70 69.3
1984 70.2 69.5
1985 70.3 69.6
1986 70.3 69.8
1987 70.4 69.9
1988 70.5 70
1989 70.7 70.1
1990 70.9 70.2
1991 71.2 70.3
1992 71.3 70.3
1993 71.4 70.4
1994 71.4 70.5
1995 71.4 70.6
1996 71.5 70.8
1997 71.6 70.8
1998 71.8 71.1
1999 72.1 71.2
2000 72.5 71.3
2001 72.8 71.4
2002 73 71.5
2003 73.2 71.7
2004 73.2 71.7
2005 73.4 71.9
2006 73.5 72
2007 73.5 72.2
2008 73.4 72.3
2009 73.5 72.4
2010 73.4 72.5
2011 73.6 72.5
2012 73.7 72.5
2013 73.9 72.4
2014 74 72.4
2015 73.8 72.3
2016 74 72.2
2017 74 72.2
2018 74.1 72.2
2019 71.4 72.1
2020 73 74.1
2021 70.8 71.2
2022 74.5 71.2
2023 74.6 72.9
2024 74.7 73
2025 74.9 73.1

Bahamas and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Bahamas

Seychelles
Year Population
Bahamas Seychelles
1960 116,317 41,700
1961 122,197 42,889
1962 128,493 44,042
1963 135,087 45,176
1964 141,528 46,322
1965 147,952 47,500
1966 154,874 48,699
1967 162,267 49,911
1968 170,089 51,134
1969 177,981 52,365
1970 184,982 53,600
1971 190,857 54,695
1972 196,055 56,029
1973 200,791 56,892
1974 205,342 57,937
1975 209,886 59,292
1976 214,501 60,504
1977 219,157 61,786
1978 223,761 62,150
1979 228,230 62,686
1980 232,526 63,261
1981 236,614 64,035
1982 240,614 64,413
1983 244,698 64,335
1984 248,863 64,717
1985 253,154 65,244
1986 257,536 65,652
1987 261,935 68,499
1988 266,448 68,755
1989 271,178 69,167
1990 275,945 69,507
1991 280,731 70,439
1992 285,927 70,763
1993 291,339 72,253
1994 296,509 74,205
1995 301,461 75,304
1996 306,268 76,417
1997 310,904 77,319
1998 315,368 78,846
1999 319,614 80,410
2000 323,835 81,131
2001 327,836 81,202
2002 331,614 83,723
2003 335,618 82,781
2004 339,782 82,475
2005 343,894 82,858
2006 348,375 84,600
2007 353,334 85,033
2008 358,120 86,956
2009 362,810 87,298
2010 367,478 89,770
2011 371,729 87,441
2012 375,469 88,303
2013 378,953 89,949
2014 382,298 91,359
2015 385,346 93,419
2016 388,055 94,677
2017 390,485 95,843
2018 392,717 96,762
2019 394,675 97,625
2020 395,863 98,462
2021 396,373 99,258
2022 397,538 119,878
2023 399,440 119,773
2024 401,283 121,354

Fertility rates in Bahamas and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Bahamas

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Bahamas Seychelles
1960 5.09 5.31
1961 5.16 5.42
1962 5.13 5.51
1963 5.06 5.61
1964 4.97 5.69
1965 4.88 5.72
1966 4.79 6.13
1967 4.69 5.9
1968 4.56 5.61
1969 4.38 5.48
1970 4.21 5.31
1971 4.06 5.69
1972 3.89 5.16
1973 3.73 4.78
1974 3.57 5.1
1975 3.42 4.75
1976 3.3 4.09
1977 3.17 3.75
1978 3.05 3.92
1979 2.94 3.66
1980 2.84 3.79
1981 2.77 3.67
1982 2.71 3.13
1983 2.65 3.22
1984 2.59 3.24
1985 2.55 3.09
1986 2.53 3.07
1987 2.52 2.92
1988 2.52 2.79
1989 2.52 2.67
1990 2.52 2.61
1991 2.51 2.69
1992 2.71 2.53
1993 2.61 2.58
1994 2.47 2.6
1995 2.42 2.36
1996 2.35 2.31
1997 2.29 2.1
1998 2.23 2.04
1999 2.13 2.04
2000 2.06 2.08
2001 2.02 1.98
2002 1.98 2.04
2003 1.97 2.06
2004 1.98 2.01
2005 2.01 2.2
2006 2.02 2.11
2007 2.04 2.24
2008 2 2.33
2009 2.01 2.38
2010 1.84 2.16
2011 1.79 2.33
2012 1.76 2.37
2013 1.74 2.26
2014 1.69 2.25
2015 1.57 2.31
2016 1.5 2.39
2017 1.42 2.41
2018 1.4 2.41
2019 1.4 2.36
2020 1.39 2.29
2021 1.38 2.46
2022 1.38 2.01
2023 1.37 2.02

Bahamas and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Bahamas

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Bahamas Seychelles
1960 19.5 21.9
1961 19.6 21.6
1962 19.6 21.3
1963 19.7 21
1964 19.8 20.6
1965 19.9 20.2
1966 20.1 19.8
1967 20.2 19.4
1968 20.3 19
1969 20.5 18.7
1970 20.6 18.5
1971 20.6 18.4
1972 20.7 18.5
1973 20.7 18.6
1974 20.8 18.7
1975 20.9 18.9
1976 21.1 19
1977 21.3 19.3
1978 21.6 19.6
1979 21.8 19.9
1980 22.1 20.4
1981 22.4 20.7
1982 22.7 21.1
1983 23 21.4
1984 23.4 21.7
1985 23.7 22
1986 24 22.3
1987 24.3 22.5
1988 24.7 22.9
1989 25 23.3
1990 25.4 23.6
1991 25.7 24
1992 26 24.5
1993 26.3 24.8
1994 26.6 25.2
1995 26.9 25.4
1996 27.2 25.7
1997 27.5 26.1
1998 27.9 26.4
1999 28.2 26.8
2000 28.5 27.3
2001 28.9 27.7
2002 29.3 28.1
2003 29.6 28.5
2004 30 28.9
2005 30.3 29.3
2006 30.6 29.6
2007 30.8 30
2008 31 30.4
2009 31.3 30.8
2010 31.5 31.2
2011 31.8 31.4
2012 32.1 31.5
2013 32.4 31.6
2014 32.6 31.8
2015 33 32.1
2016 33.3 32.3
2017 33.6 32.6
2018 33.9 32.9
2019 34.3 33.2
2020 34.6 33.6
2021 34.9 34
2022 35.2 34.4
2023 35.6 34.7
2024 36 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bahamas Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$14.2B
2023
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
23.8%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.74%
2023
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.53%
2025
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.65%
2023
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
77.2%
2024
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
9.63%
2024
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.2
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
2.6%
2018
Listed domestic companies n/a
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.51B
2023
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$65.9M
2024
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,794,500
2020
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
59.6%
2020
18.4%
2020

Energy

Bahamas Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,007 kg
2007
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.6
2007
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.68 megatons
2023
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.22 tons
2023
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
1.1%
2022
1.9%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
0.48%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bahamas Seychelles
% of world population
0.005%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,018
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
83.8%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.36 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
59.7
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
65
2024
72
2024
Higher education index
18
2025
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
31.2
2022
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
7.7
2019
11.3
2019
Visa free countries
153
2025
149
2025
Adult literacy rate
95.6%
2003
96.2%
2020
English speaking
87.1%
2023
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
94.8%
2023
87.4%
2023

Health

Bahamas Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita
$2,341
2022
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$568
2022
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
74.9 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.45%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.86
2017
3.82
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
76
2023
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
12.7
2023
14.3
2023
Obesity rate
48.2%
2022
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.9%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
100
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.3%
2022
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
3.65 liters
2020
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Bahamas Seychelles
% of world land
0.007%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
9,631 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
50.2 sq mi
2025
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,969 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,678 mi
2011
327 mi
2015

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