Seychelles vs South Africa statistics compared

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 181st vs. 24th).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Seychelles and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Seychelles

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Seychelles	South Africa
1960	$12,012,025	$8,748,596,501
1961	$11,592,024	$9,225,996,310
1962	$12,642,026	$9,813,996,074
1963	$13,923,029	$10,854,195,658
1964	$15,393,032	$11,955,995,218
1965	$15,603,032	$13,068,994,772
1966	$16,443,034	$14,211,394,315
1967	$16,632,032	$15,821,393,671
1968	$16,074,028	$17,124,793,150
1969	$16,452,028	$19,256,992,297
1970	$18,432,032	$21,218,391,513
1971	$21,965,951	$23,411,076,638
1972	$30,645,123	$24,515,919,217
1973	$36,896,280	$33,262,772,008
1974	$43,134,496	$41,389,186,095
1975	$47,803,146	$42,906,905,672
1976	$49,278,982	$41,150,460,288
1977	$64,526,401	$45,328,411,332
1978	$85,552,366	$51,607,412,902
1979	$127,261,099	$63,038,658,089
1980	$156,783,830	$89,411,864,402
1981	$163,750,728	$93,141,472,164
1982	$157,211,790	$85,904,057,409
1983	$156,098,237	$96,204,110,942
1984	$160,992,921	$84,870,163,366
1985	$179,691,483	$64,459,376,087
1986	$221,147,061	$73,354,771,399
1987	$265,212,957	$96,535,763,418
1988	$301,985,618	$103,976,831,871
1989	$324,333,367	$108,055,624,082
1990	$392,163,561	$126,048,140,142
1991	$398,307,170	$135,203,698,238
1992	$461,409,399	$146,956,150,987
1993	$504,230,621	$147,194,747,566
1994	$517,570,058	$153,512,712,382
1995	$540,733,048	$171,735,933,897
1996	$535,250,347	$163,234,925,381
1997	$598,966,982	$168,978,057,328
1998	$647,287,376	$152,982,984,557
1999	$662,838,615	$151,516,957,079
2000	$654,212,394	$151,752,757,215
2001	$662,064,156	$135,429,905,923
2002	$742,134,838	$129,087,556,612
2003	$750,847,230	$197,018,965,309
2004	$893,012,218	$255,806,908,595
2005	$977,899,382	$288,867,217,197
2006	$1,081,441,283	$303,858,675,364
2007	$1,077,308,814	$333,077,117,254
2008	$979,597,394	$316,131,258,616
2009	$850,901,620	$329,754,060,647
2010	$981,616,542	$417,363,822,802
2011	$1,058,918,707	$458,199,494,831
2012	$1,089,407,839	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,333,160,407	$400,886,013,596
2014	$1,387,577,870	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,432,403,352	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,568,513,348	$323,585,509,674
2017	$1,675,370,641	$381,448,814,653
2018	$1,784,313,927	$405,260,723,893
2019	$1,868,690,097	$389,330,032,224
2020	$1,382,551,752	$337,974,655,408
2021	$1,487,173,795	$420,886,877,629
2022	$2,018,346,589	$406,920,004,594
2023	$2,187,379,755	$380,699,271,816
2024	$2,167,239,562	$400,260,724,226

Seychelles and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Seychelles

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Seychelles	South Africa
1960	$288.1	$532
1961	$270.3	$546
1962	$287	$563
1963	$308	$605
1964	$332	$646
1965	$328	$685
1966	$338	$722
1967	$333	$779
1968	$314	$817
1969	$314	$891
1970	$344	$952
1971	$402	$1,020
1972	$547	$1,038
1973	$649	$1,369
1974	$745	$1,656
1975	$806	$1,670
1976	$814	$1,559
1977	$1,044	$1,671
1978	$1,377	$1,852
1979	$2,030	$2,202
1980	$2,478	$3,029
1981	$2,557	$3,050
1982	$2,441	$2,717
1983	$2,426	$2,938
1984	$2,488	$2,504
1985	$2,754	$1,839
1986	$3,368	$2,027
1987	$3,872	$2,586
1988	$4,392	$2,702
1989	$4,689	$2,727
1990	$5,642	$3,093
1991	$5,655	$3,243
1992	$6,520	$3,462
1993	$6,979	$3,400
1994	$6,975	$3,489
1995	$7,181	$3,856
1996	$7,004	$3,618
1997	$7,747	$3,700
1998	$8,210	$3,310
1999	$8,243	$3,242
2000	$8,064	$3,218
2001	$8,153	$2,847
2002	$8,864	$2,688
2003	$9,070	$4,062
2004	$10,828	$5,221
2005	$11,802	$5,837
2006	$12,783	$6,077
2007	$12,669	$6,592
2008	$11,265	$6,185
2009	$9,747	$6,375
2010	$10,935	$7,973
2011	$12,110	$8,646
2012	$12,337	$8,077
2013	$14,821	$7,332
2014	$15,188	$6,857
2015	$15,333	$6,112
2016	$16,567	$5,651
2017	$17,480	$6,618
2018	$18,440	$6,914
2019	$19,142	$6,534
2020	$14,041	$5,581
2021	$14,983	$6,843
2022	$16,837	$6,523
2023	$18,263	$6,023
2024	$17,859	$6,253

Seychelles vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Seychelles

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Seychelles	South Africa
1950	57.8	43.1
1951	58	44.1
1952	58.4	45
1953	58.7	46.1
1954	59	47.1
1955	59.4	48.2
1956	59.8	49.2
1957	60.2	50.2
1958	60.4	51.1
1959	60.4	51.9
1960	60.5	52.6
1961	60.6	53.1
1962	60.7	53.6
1963	60.9	53.9
1964	61.2	54.2
1965	61.4	54.4
1966	61.7	54.7
1967	62.1	55
1968	62.6	55.2
1969	63.3	55.4
1970	64	55.7
1971	64.6	56
1972	65.3	56.4
1973	65.9	56.7
1974	66.4	57.1
1975	66.8	57.6
1976	67.2	58
1977	67.6	58.5
1978	67.9	59
1979	68.2	59.5
1980	68.5	60
1981	68.7	60.4
1982	69	60.9
1983	69.3	61.4
1984	69.5	61.8
1985	69.6	62.2
1986	69.8	62.4
1987	69.9	62.7
1988	70	62.9
1989	70.1	63
1990	70.2	62.9
1991	70.3	63
1992	70.3	62.8
1993	70.4	62.6
1994	70.5	62.1
1995	70.6	61.6
1996	70.8	61.1
1997	70.8	60.5
1998	71.1	59.9
1999	71.2	59.2
2000	71.3	58.4
2001	71.4	57.2
2002	71.5	55.6
2003	71.7	54.2
2004	71.7	54
2005	71.9	53.9
2006	72	54.2
2007	72.2	54.9
2008	72.3	56
2009	72.4	57.4
2010	72.5	58.9
2011	72.5	60.6
2012	72.5	61.7
2013	72.4	62.4
2014	72.4	63.2
2015	72.3	64.1
2016	72.2	64.7
2017	72.2	65.4
2018	72.2	65.7
2019	72.1	66.1
2020	74.1	65.2
2021	71.2	62
2022	71.2	65.5
2023	72.9	66.1
2024	73	66.3
2025	73.1	66.5

Seychelles and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Seychelles

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Seychelles	South Africa
1960	41,700	16,440,172
1961	42,889	16,908,035
1962	44,042	17,418,522
1963	45,176	17,954,564
1964	46,322	18,511,361
1965	47,500	19,089,380
1966	48,699	19,690,087
1967	49,911	20,314,066
1968	51,134	20,957,287
1969	52,365	21,614,676
1970	53,600	22,279,984
1971	54,695	22,942,143
1972	56,029	23,609,456
1973	56,892	24,294,263
1974	57,937	24,989,108
1975	59,292	25,690,940
1976	60,504	26,395,450
1977	61,786	27,118,952
1978	62,150	27,869,507
1979	62,686	28,634,162
1980	63,261	29,518,857
1981	64,035	30,541,044
1982	64,413	31,615,339
1983	64,335	32,739,304
1984	64,717	33,892,788
1985	65,244	35,042,093
1986	65,652	36,180,515
1987	68,499	37,326,190
1988	68,755	38,480,649
1989	69,167	39,628,575
1990	69,507	40,746,268
1991	70,439	41,687,898
1992	70,763	42,443,509
1993	72,253	43,297,156
1994	74,205	44,004,139
1995	75,304	44,541,554
1996	76,417	45,123,018
1997	77,319	45,666,838
1998	78,846	46,223,880
1999	80,410	46,730,335
2000	81,131	47,159,719
2001	81,202	47,566,800
2002	83,723	48,019,415
2003	82,781	48,500,348
2004	82,475	48,991,421
2005	82,858	49,490,033
2006	84,600	49,998,277
2007	85,033	50,528,584
2008	86,956	51,114,599
2009	87,298	51,728,516
2010	89,770	52,344,051
2011	87,441	52,995,205
2012	88,303	53,782,567
2013	89,949	54,678,791
2014	91,359	55,594,838
2015	93,419	56,723,537
2016	94,677	57,259,551
2017	95,843	57,635,162
2018	96,762	58,613,001
2019	97,625	59,587,885
2020	98,462	60,562,381
2021	99,258	61,502,603
2022	119,878	62,378,410
2023	119,773	63,212,384
2024	121,354	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Seychelles and South Africa

Fertility rate

Seychelles

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Seychelles	South Africa
1960	5.31	6.11
1961	5.42	6.08
1962	5.51	6.05
1963	5.61	6.01
1964	5.69	5.96
1965	5.72	5.89
1966	6.13	5.91
1967	5.9	5.85
1968	5.61	5.78
1969	5.48	5.72
1970	5.31	5.63
1971	5.69	5.57
1972	5.16	5.49
1973	4.78	5.41
1974	5.1	5.3
1975	4.75	5.19
1976	4.09	5.07
1977	3.75	4.94
1978	3.92	4.85
1979	3.66	4.82
1980	3.79	4.78
1981	3.67	4.71
1982	3.13	4.7
1983	3.22	4.63
1984	3.24	4.57
1985	3.09	4.5
1986	3.07	4.41
1987	2.92	4.35
1988	2.79	4.18
1989	2.67	3.98
1990	2.61	3.72
1991	2.69	3.62
1992	2.53	3.48
1993	2.58	3.37
1994	2.6	3.26
1995	2.36	3.17
1996	2.31	2.99
1997	2.1	2.73
1998	2.04	2.63
1999	2.04	2.56
2000	2.08	2.41
2001	1.98	2.37
2002	2.04	2.32
2003	2.06	2.36
2004	2.01	2.44
2005	2.2	2.51
2006	2.11	2.55
2007	2.24	2.55
2008	2.33	2.68
2009	2.38	2.5
2010	2.16	2.44
2011	2.33	2.44
2012	2.37	2.45
2013	2.26	2.43
2014	2.25	2.42
2015	2.31	2.36
2016	2.39	2.26
2017	2.41	2.28
2018	2.41	2.27
2019	2.36	2.26
2020	2.29	2.26
2021	2.46	2.25
2022	2.01	2.23
2023	2.02	2.22

Seychelles and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Seychelles

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Seychelles	South Africa
1960	21.9	19
1961	21.6	19
1962	21.3	18.9
1963	21	18.9
1964	20.6	18.9
1965	20.2	18.8
1966	19.8	18.8
1967	19.4	18.8
1968	19	18.8
1969	18.7	18.8
1970	18.5	18.8
1971	18.4	18.8
1972	18.5	18.8
1973	18.6	18.8
1974	18.7	18.9
1975	18.9	18.9
1976	19	19
1977	19.3	19.1
1978	19.6	19.2
1979	19.9	19.3
1980	20.4	19.4
1981	20.7	19.6
1982	21.1	19.8
1983	21.4	20
1984	21.7	20.2
1985	22	20.4
1986	22.3	20.5
1987	22.5	20.7
1988	22.9	20.9
1989	23.3	21.1
1990	23.6	21.3
1991	24	21.5
1992	24.5	21.5
1993	24.8	21.9
1994	25.2	22
1995	25.4	21.5
1996	25.7	21.2
1997	26.1	21.2
1998	26.4	21.4
1999	26.8	21.6
2000	27.3	21.9
2001	27.7	22.2
2002	28.1	22.4
2003	28.5	22.8
2004	28.9	23.1
2005	29.3	23.3
2006	29.6	23.5
2007	30	23.8
2008	30.4	24
2009	30.8	24.3
2010	31.2	24.6
2011	31.4	25
2012	31.5	25.3
2013	31.6	25.7
2014	31.8	26
2015	32.1	26.4
2016	32.3	26.7
2017	32.6	27
2018	32.9	27.5
2019	33.2	27.9
2020	33.6	28.3
2021	34	28.6
2022	34.4	28.9
2023	34.7	29.2
2024	35	29.5

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