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Seychelles vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 181st vs. 122nd).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Main facts and rankings

Seychelles Sri Lanka
Population
125181
22125995
Population rank 181/197 63/197
GDP
$2.17B
2024
$99B
2024
GDP rank 176/197 71/197
GDP per capita
$17,859
2024
$4,516
2024
GDP per capita rank 63/197 125/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,239
2024
$15,633
2024
Government debt
$1.25B
2024
$98.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.3%
2025
105.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,323
2024
$4,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 59/185 86/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,988
2025
$2,982
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
23,884 sq mi
2025
Population density
683 ppl/mi²
2024
918 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.02
2023
1.97
2023
Median age
35 years
2024
34.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
77.9 years
2025

Seychelles and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP
Seychelles

Sri Lanka
Year GDP
Seychelles Sri Lanka
1960 $12,012,025 $1,409,873,950
1961 $11,592,024 $1,444,327,731
1962 $12,642,026 $1,434,156,379
1963 $13,923,029 $1,240,672,269
1964 $15,393,032 $1,309,747,899
1965 $15,603,032 $1,698,319,328
1966 $16,443,034 $1,751,470,588
1967 $16,632,032 $1,859,465,021
1968 $16,074,028 $1,801,344,538
1969 $16,452,028 $1,965,546,218
1970 $18,432,032 $2,296,470,588
1971 $21,965,951 $2,369,308,600
1972 $30,645,123 $2,553,936,348
1973 $36,896,280 $2,875,625,000
1974 $43,134,496 $3,574,586,466
1975 $47,803,146 $3,791,298,146
1976 $49,278,982 $3,591,319,857
1977 $64,526,401 $4,104,509,583
1978 $85,552,366 $2,733,183,857
1979 $127,261,099 $3,364,611,432
1980 $156,783,830 $4,024,621,900
1981 $163,750,728 $4,415,844,156
1982 $157,211,790 $4,768,765,017
1983 $156,098,237 $5,167,913,302
1984 $160,992,921 $6,043,474,843
1985 $179,691,483 $5,978,460,972
1986 $221,147,061 $6,405,210,564
1987 $265,212,957 $6,682,167,120
1988 $301,985,618 $6,978,371,581
1989 $324,333,367 $6,987,267,684
1990 $392,163,561 $8,032,551,173
1991 $398,307,170 $9,000,362,582
1992 $461,409,399 $9,703,011,636
1993 $504,230,621 $10,338,679,636
1994 $517,570,058 $11,717,604,209
1995 $540,733,048 $13,029,697,561
1996 $535,250,347 $13,897,738,375
1997 $598,966,982 $15,091,913,884
1998 $647,287,376 $15,794,972,847
1999 $662,838,615 $15,656,327,860
2000 $654,212,394 $16,330,814,180
2001 $662,064,156 $15,749,753,805
2002 $742,134,838 $16,536,535,647
2003 $750,847,230 $18,881,765,437
2004 $893,012,218 $20,662,525,941
2005 $977,899,382 $24,405,791,045
2006 $1,081,441,283 $28,279,802,406
2007 $1,077,308,814 $32,350,238,760
2008 $979,597,394 $40,713,826,215
2009 $850,901,620 $42,066,224,093
2010 $981,616,542 $58,636,161,082
2011 $1,058,918,707 $67,753,284,044
2012 $1,089,407,839 $70,447,216,891
2013 $1,333,160,407 $77,000,578,167
2014 $1,387,577,870 $82,528,535,714
2015 $1,432,403,352 $85,090,301,052
2016 $1,568,513,348 $88,000,211,172
2017 $1,675,370,641 $94,369,350,286
2018 $1,784,313,927 $94,450,015,983
2019 $1,868,690,097 $88,998,706,297
2020 $1,382,551,752 $84,335,574,582
2021 $1,487,173,795 $88,556,698,938
2022 $2,018,346,589 $74,143,020,263
2023 $2,187,379,755 $83,716,142,582
2024 $2,167,239,562 $98,963,185,510

Seychelles and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita
Seychelles

Sri Lanka
Year GDP per capita
Seychelles Sri Lanka
1960 $288.1 $145.9
1961 $270.3 $145.9
1962 $287 $141.4
1963 $308 $119.4
1964 $332 $122.9
1965 $328 $155.6
1966 $338 $156.6
1967 $333 $162.3
1968 $314 $153.5
1969 $314 $163.6
1970 $344 $186.9
1971 $402 $188.8
1972 $547 $199.4
1973 $649 $220.2
1974 $745 $268.7
1975 $806 $279.8
1976 $814 $260.3
1977 $1,044 $292.1
1978 $1,377 $191
1979 $2,030 $230.8
1980 $2,478 $271.1
1981 $2,557 $292.5
1982 $2,441 $312
1983 $2,426 $336
1984 $2,488 $391
1985 $2,754 $385
1986 $3,368 $407
1987 $3,872 $420
1988 $4,392 $434
1989 $4,689 $430
1990 $5,642 $491
1991 $5,655 $546
1992 $6,520 $580
1993 $6,979 $607
1994 $6,975 $678
1995 $7,181 $742
1996 $7,004 $776
1997 $7,747 $827
1998 $8,210 $849
1999 $8,243 $826
2000 $8,064 $846
2001 $8,153 $804
2002 $8,864 $835
2003 $9,070 $946
2004 $10,828 $1,029
2005 $11,802 $1,207
2006 $12,783 $1,390
2007 $12,669 $1,579
2008 $11,265 $1,974
2009 $9,747 $2,027
2010 $10,935 $2,808
2011 $12,110 $3,225
2012 $12,337 $3,328
2013 $14,821 $3,741
2014 $15,188 $3,972
2015 $15,333 $4,058
2016 $16,567 $4,149
2017 $17,480 $4,399
2018 $18,440 $4,359
2019 $19,142 $4,082
2020 $14,041 $3,848
2021 $14,983 $3,997
2022 $16,837 $3,343
2023 $18,263 $3,799
2024 $17,859 $4,516

Seychelles vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Seychelles

Sri Lanka
Year Life expectancy, years
Seychelles Sri Lanka
1950 57.8 53.2
1951 58 54
1952 58.4 54.9
1953 58.7 55.6
1954 59 56.4
1955 59.4 57.2
1956 59.8 57.9
1957 60.2 58.5
1958 60.4 59.3
1959 60.4 60
1960 60.5 60.6
1961 60.6 61.2
1962 60.7 61.6
1963 60.9 62
1964 61.2 62.4
1965 61.4 62.8
1966 61.7 63.2
1967 62.1 63.6
1968 62.6 63.9
1969 63.3 64.1
1970 64 64.4
1971 64.6 64.2
1972 65.3 64.6
1973 65.9 64.8
1974 66.4 65
1975 66.8 65.4
1976 67.2 65.8
1977 67.6 66.4
1978 67.9 66.8
1979 68.2 67.5
1980 68.5 68
1981 68.7 68.4
1982 69 68.7
1983 69.3 68.7
1984 69.5 68.8
1985 69.6 68.9
1986 69.8 69
1987 69.9 69
1988 70 69
1989 70.1 67.3
1990 70.2 69.2
1991 70.3 69.1
1992 70.3 69.6
1993 70.4 70
1994 70.5 70.2
1995 70.6 69.7
1996 70.8 69.8
1997 70.8 69.9
1998 71.1 70.1
1999 71.2 70.4
2000 71.3 71.2
2001 71.4 71.8
2002 71.5 72.3
2003 71.7 72.4
2004 71.7 68
2005 71.9 73.1
2006 72 72.8
2007 72.2 73
2008 72.3 72.6
2009 72.4 70.3
2010 72.5 74.5
2011 72.5 74.7
2012 72.5 75.2
2013 72.4 75.5
2014 72.4 75.8
2015 72.3 76
2016 72.2 76.1
2017 72.2 76.2
2018 72.2 76.5
2019 72.1 76.7
2020 74.1 76.9
2021 71.2 76.3
2022 71.2 77.3
2023 72.9 77.5
2024 73 77.7
2025 73.1 77.9

Seychelles and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population
Seychelles

Sri Lanka
Year Population
Seychelles Sri Lanka
1960 41,700 9,661,389
1961 42,889 9,899,372
1962 44,042 10,143,754
1963 45,176 10,395,040
1964 46,322 10,653,397
1965 47,500 10,916,965
1966 48,699 11,183,928
1967 49,911 11,457,328
1968 51,134 11,736,088
1969 52,365 12,013,858
1970 53,600 12,287,110
1971 54,695 12,551,910
1972 56,029 12,809,205
1973 56,892 13,060,916
1974 57,937 13,305,693
1975 59,292 13,548,984
1976 60,504 13,796,770
1977 61,786 14,049,371
1978 62,150 14,310,128
1979 62,686 14,579,614
1980 63,261 14,847,974
1981 64,035 15,099,414
1982 64,413 15,286,567
1983 64,335 15,388,794
1984 64,717 15,441,860
1985 65,244 15,544,154
1986 65,652 15,731,256
1987 68,499 15,916,576
1988 68,755 16,078,621
1989 69,167 16,248,557
1990 69,507 16,352,458
1991 70,439 16,475,354
1992 70,763 16,739,284
1993 72,253 17,025,918
1994 74,205 17,275,773
1995 75,304 17,564,068
1996 76,417 17,905,018
1997 77,319 18,248,200
1998 78,846 18,596,003
1999 80,410 18,944,731
2000 81,131 19,293,054
2001 81,202 19,600,362
2002 83,723 19,805,752
2003 82,781 19,951,521
2004 82,475 20,087,605
2005 82,858 20,216,524
2006 84,600 20,352,411
2007 85,033 20,492,545
2008 86,956 20,629,378
2009 87,298 20,756,435
2010 89,770 20,879,089
2011 87,441 21,009,048
2012 88,303 21,169,458
2013 89,949 20,585,000
2014 91,359 20,778,000
2015 93,419 20,970,000
2016 94,677 21,209,000
2017 95,843 21,453,000
2018 96,762 21,670,000
2019 97,625 21,803,000
2020 98,462 21,919,000
2021 99,258 22,156,000
2022 119,878 22,181,000
2023 119,773 22,037,000
2024 121,354 21,916,000

Fertility rates in Seychelles and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate
Seychelles

Sri Lanka
Year Fertility rate
Seychelles Sri Lanka
1960 5.31 5.35
1961 5.42 5.24
1962 5.51 5.18
1963 5.61 5.12
1964 5.69 5.06
1965 5.72 4.93
1966 6.13 4.83
1967 5.9 4.79
1968 5.61 4.66
1969 5.48 4.5
1970 5.31 4.39
1971 5.69 4.27
1972 5.16 4.16
1973 4.78 4
1974 5.1 3.86
1975 4.75 3.82
1976 4.09 3.78
1977 3.75 3.74
1978 3.92 3.81
1979 3.66 3.82
1980 3.79 3.73
1981 3.67 3.65
1982 3.13 3.32
1983 3.22 3.11
1984 3.24 3.01
1985 3.09 2.9
1986 3.07 2.74
1987 2.92 2.64
1988 2.79 2.57
1989 2.67 2.58
1990 2.61 2.54
1991 2.69 2.51
1992 2.53 2.49
1993 2.58 2.44
1994 2.6 2.4
1995 2.36 2.35
1996 2.31 2.29
1997 2.1 2.22
1998 2.04 2.14
1999 2.04 2.14
2000 2.08 2.21
2001 1.98 2.28
2002 2.04 2.31
2003 2.06 2.3
2004 2.01 2.27
2005 2.2 2.26
2006 2.11 2.29
2007 2.24 2.3
2008 2.33 2.23
2009 2.38 2.18
2010 2.16 2.13
2011 2.33 2.14
2012 2.37 2.17
2013 2.26 2.18
2014 2.25 2.13
2015 2.31 2.09
2016 2.39 2.06
2017 2.41 2.04
2018 2.41 2.03
2019 2.36 2.02
2020 2.29 2.01
2021 2.46 2
2022 2.01 1.98
2023 2.02 1.97

Seychelles and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age
Seychelles

Sri Lanka
Year Median age, years
Seychelles Sri Lanka
1960 21.9 19.5
1961 21.6 19.5
1962 21.3 19.5
1963 21 19.5
1964 20.6 19.5
1965 20.2 19.5
1966 19.8 19.6
1967 19.4 19.7
1968 19 19.8
1969 18.7 19.9
1970 18.5 20
1971 18.4 20.1
1972 18.5 20.2
1973 18.6 20.4
1974 18.7 20.6
1975 18.9 20.7
1976 19 20.9
1977 19.3 21
1978 19.6 21.2
1979 19.9 21.3
1980 20.4 21.5
1981 20.7 21.6
1982 21.1 21.7
1983 21.4 21.9
1984 21.7 22
1985 22 22.2
1986 22.3 22.5
1987 22.5 22.8
1988 22.9 23.1
1989 23.3 23.4
1990 23.6 23.6
1991 24 23.9
1992 24.5 24.3
1993 24.8 24.6
1994 25.2 24.9
1995 25.4 25.3
1996 25.7 25.8
1997 26.1 26.2
1998 26.4 26.5
1999 26.8 26.9
2000 27.3 27.2
2001 27.7 27.6
2002 28.1 27.9
2003 28.5 28.2
2004 28.9 28.5
2005 29.3 28.8
2006 29.6 29
2007 30 29.3
2008 30.4 29.6
2009 30.8 29.9
2010 31.2 30.2
2011 31.4 30.5
2012 31.5 30.8
2013 31.6 31.1
2014 31.8 31.4
2015 32.1 31.7
2016 32.3 32
2017 32.6 32.3
2018 32.9 32.5
2019 33.2 32.8
2020 33.6 33.1
2021 34 33.3
2022 34.4 33.6
2023 34.7 33.8
2024 35 34.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Seychelles Sri Lanka
GNI, Atlas method
$2.12B
2024
$84.6B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36%
2025
20.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2023
1.83%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.71%
2023
1.64%
2023
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
317,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.19%
2025
-5.49%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.59%
2024
4.53%
2022
Services, % of GDP
65.8%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
12.3%
2024
25.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.4
2025
49.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2018
30.8%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2018
3.1%
2019
Listed domestic companies
23
2024
284
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$811M
2024
$19.5B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$774M
2024
$6.09B
2024
Personal remittances received
$11.4M
2024
$6.72B
2024
International tourist arrivals
124,500
2020
540,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
18.4%
2020
8.22%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.7%
2024

Energy

Seychelles Sri Lanka
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,411 kg
2007
474 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.08
2007
$29.9
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.24 megatons
2023
20.5 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
10.3 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
53.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
48.8%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
6.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
60%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
684 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.51%
2021
49.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
40.8%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Seychelles Sri Lanka
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.27%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,747
2024
-27,245
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
19.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.52 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.11 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.5
2025
49.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
32
2024
Higher education index
7
2025
51
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.34
2022
3.43
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.3
2019
19.7
2019
Visa free countries
149
2025
57
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.2%
2020
92.7%
2023
English speaking
37.9%
2023
18.3%
2023
People using the Internet
87.4%
2023
51.2%
2023

Health

Seychelles Sri Lanka
Government health expenditure per capita
$695
2022
$145.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$169.6
2022
$58.5
2022
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
77.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
14.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.82
2022
1.19
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
25.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
42
2023
18
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.3
2023
6.1
2023
Obesity rate
30.2%
2022
10.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.3%
2024
10.2%
2024
Air quality index
52
2025
40
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.2%
2022
19.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.2 liters
2020
2.91 liters
2020

Territory

Seychelles Sri Lanka
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
1,464 sq mi
2024
1,090 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5.98 sq mi
2025
11,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
130.1 sq mi
2025
8,122 sq mi
2025
Roads length
327 mi
2015
70,894 mi
2010

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