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Seychelles vs Syria statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 181st vs. 87th).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Seychelles Syria
Population
125181
26304877
Population rank 181/197 57/197
GDP
$2.17B
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 176/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$17,859
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 63/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,239
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$1.25B
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.3%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$10,323
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 59/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,988
2025
$731
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
683 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.02
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
35 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
73 years
2025

Seychelles and Syria: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and Syria economies compared

GDP
Seychelles

Syria
Year GDP
Seychelles Syria
1960 $12,012,025 $857,704,413
1961 $11,592,024 $945,244,972
1962 $12,642,026 $1,110,565,881
1963 $13,923,029 $1,200,447,408
1964 $15,393,032 $1,339,494,267
1965 $15,603,032 $1,472,036,540
1966 $16,443,034 $1,342,287,553
1967 $16,632,032 $1,580,229,799
1968 $16,074,028 $1,753,746,430
1969 $16,452,028 $2,245,011,515
1970 $18,432,032 $2,140,384,010
1971 $21,965,951 $2,589,851,325
1972 $30,645,123 $3,059,681,698
1973 $36,896,280 $3,239,487,516
1974 $43,134,496 $5,159,557,148
1975 $47,803,146 $6,826,980,444
1976 $49,278,982 $7,633,528,867
1977 $64,526,401 $7,696,011,396
1978 $85,552,366 $9,275,200,458
1979 $127,261,099 $9,929,681,529
1980 $156,783,830 $13,062,420,382
1981 $163,750,728 $15,518,201,335
1982 $157,211,790 $16,298,929,011
1983 $156,098,237 $17,589,277,143
1984 $160,992,921 $17,503,078,174
1985 $179,691,483 $16,403,539,893
1986 $221,147,061 $13,293,205,278
1987 $265,212,957 $11,356,215,543
1988 $301,985,618 $10,577,041,645
1989 $324,333,367 $9,853,395,762
1990 $392,163,561 $12,308,624,418
1991 $398,307,170 $12,981,833,333
1992 $461,409,399 $13,253,565,861
1993 $504,230,621 $13,695,962,055
1994 $517,570,058 $10,122,020,000
1995 $540,733,048 $11,396,706,587
1996 $535,250,347 $13,789,560,878
1997 $598,966,982 $14,505,233,463
1998 $647,287,376 $15,200,846,154
1999 $662,838,615 $15,873,875,969
2000 $654,212,394 $18,937,052,543
2001 $662,064,156 $20,237,024,725
2002 $742,134,838 $20,669,357,462
2003 $750,847,230 $21,828,144,686
2004 $893,012,218 $25,086,950,495
2005 $977,899,382 $28,858,965,517
2006 $1,081,441,283 $33,751,788,856
2007 $1,077,308,814 $40,465,318,382
2008 $979,597,394 $52,557,913,569
2009 $850,901,620 $54,111,735,629
2010 $981,616,542 $61,390,830,875
2011 $1,058,918,707 $67,539,428,159
2012 $1,089,407,839 $43,190,318,033
2013 $1,333,160,407 $21,361,254,635
2014 $1,387,577,870 $21,502,061,466
2015 $1,432,403,352 $16,466,863,117
2016 $1,568,513,348 $12,597,854,877
2017 $1,675,370,641 $16,369,843,352
2018 $1,784,313,927 $21,497,782,868
2019 $1,868,690,097 $22,583,045,060
2020 $1,382,551,752 $12,047,752,036
2021 $1,487,173,795 $14,353,205,678
2022 $2,018,346,589 $23,622,827,080
2023 $2,187,379,755 $19,993,439,950
2024 $2,167,239,562 -

Seychelles and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Seychelles

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Seychelles Syria
1960 $288.1 $183.5
1961 $270.3 $196.3
1962 $287 $223.9
1963 $308 $234.9
1964 $332 $254.2
1965 $328 $270.8
1966 $338 $239.3
1967 $333 $272.9
1968 $314 $293.3
1969 $314 $364
1970 $344 $335
1971 $402 $393
1972 $547 $448
1973 $649 $459
1974 $745 $707
1975 $806 $904
1976 $814 $976
1977 $1,044 $951
1978 $1,377 $1,108
1979 $2,030 $1,146
1980 $2,478 $1,458
1981 $2,557 $1,676
1982 $2,441 $1,703
1983 $2,426 $1,776
1984 $2,488 $1,706
1985 $2,754 $1,544
1986 $3,368 $1,208
1987 $3,872 $997
1988 $4,392 $898
1989 $4,689 $809
1990 $5,642 $978
1991 $5,655 $1,000
1992 $6,520 $990
1993 $6,979 $993
1994 $6,975 $712
1995 $7,181 $780
1996 $7,004 $918
1997 $7,747 $941
1998 $8,210 $961
1999 $8,243 $978
2000 $8,064 $1,138
2001 $8,153 $1,187
2002 $8,864 $1,183
2003 $9,070 $1,220
2004 $10,828 $1,368
2005 $11,802 $1,534
2006 $12,783 $1,719
2007 $12,669 $1,938
2008 $11,265 $2,429
2009 $9,747 $2,462
2010 $10,935 $2,731
2011 $12,110 $2,952
2012 $12,337 $1,898
2013 $14,821 $986
2014 $15,188 $1,061
2015 $15,333 $848
2016 $16,567 $656
2017 $17,480 $852
2018 $18,440 $1,098
2019 $19,142 $1,110
2020 $14,041 $572
2021 $14,983 $664
2022 $16,837 $1,052
2023 $18,263 $847
2024 $17,859 -

Seychelles vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Seychelles

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Seychelles Syria
1950 57.8 42.5
1951 58 43.4
1952 58.4 44.3
1953 58.7 45.3
1954 59 46.4
1955 59.4 47.4
1956 59.8 48.5
1957 60.2 49.6
1958 60.4 50.7
1959 60.4 51.7
1960 60.5 52.7
1961 60.6 53.7
1962 60.7 54.6
1963 60.9 55.4
1964 61.2 56.2
1965 61.4 56.9
1966 61.7 57.6
1967 62.1 58
1968 62.6 59.1
1969 63.3 59.8
1970 64 60.6
1971 64.6 61.3
1972 65.3 62
1973 65.9 60.8
1974 66.4 63.4
1975 66.8 64.2
1976 67.2 64.8
1977 67.6 65.4
1978 67.9 65.9
1979 68.2 66.2
1980 68.5 66.5
1981 68.7 64.6
1982 69 60.8
1983 69.3 67.4
1984 69.5 67.7
1985 69.6 68
1986 69.8 68.4
1987 69.9 68.8
1988 70 69.2
1989 70.1 69.5
1990 70.2 69.8
1991 70.3 70.1
1992 70.3 70.2
1993 70.4 70.3
1994 70.5 70.3
1995 70.6 70.2
1996 70.8 70.2
1997 70.8 70.2
1998 71.1 70.2
1999 71.2 70.5
2000 71.3 70.9
2001 71.4 71.3
2002 71.5 71.7
2003 71.7 72.2
2004 71.7 72.5
2005 71.9 72.8
2006 72 73
2007 72.2 73.3
2008 72.3 73.4
2009 72.4 73.5
2010 72.5 73.5
2011 72.5 72.3
2012 72.5 66.2
2013 72.4 65.1
2014 72.4 65.5
2015 72.3 63.3
2016 72.2 65.2
2017 72.2 65.7
2018 72.2 67.4
2019 72.1 71
2020 74.1 71.9
2021 71.2 72.4
2022 71.2 72.8
2023 72.9 72.1
2024 73 72.6
2025 73.1 73

Seychelles and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Seychelles

Syria
Year Population
Seychelles Syria
1960 41,700 4,673,500
1961 42,889 4,815,466
1962 44,042 4,959,340
1963 45,176 5,110,467
1964 46,322 5,269,087
1965 47,500 5,435,267
1966 48,699 5,609,047
1967 49,911 5,790,198
1968 51,134 5,978,742
1969 52,365 6,175,166
1970 53,600 6,380,609
1971 54,695 6,598,094
1972 56,029 6,826,024
1973 56,892 7,060,321
1974 57,937 7,302,160
1975 59,292 7,554,364
1976 60,504 7,817,320
1977 61,786 8,090,501
1978 62,150 8,372,759
1979 62,686 8,661,909
1980 63,261 8,957,663
1981 64,035 9,260,189
1982 64,413 9,572,511
1983 64,335 9,904,809
1984 64,717 10,258,398
1985 65,244 10,625,672
1986 65,652 11,002,844
1987 68,499 11,388,923
1988 68,755 11,782,264
1989 69,167 12,179,060
1990 69,507 12,579,208
1991 70,439 12,980,821
1992 70,763 13,385,571
1993 72,253 13,795,686
1994 74,205 14,208,583
1995 75,304 14,616,801
1996 76,417 15,018,104
1997 77,319 15,417,542
1998 78,846 15,820,413
1999 80,410 16,228,061
2000 81,131 16,637,888
2001 81,202 17,051,338
2002 83,723 17,468,332
2003 82,781 17,889,296
2004 82,475 18,336,875
2005 82,858 18,814,091
2006 84,600 19,637,022
2007 85,033 20,884,125
2008 86,956 21,636,564
2009 87,298 21,976,969
2010 89,770 22,482,421
2011 87,441 22,878,098
2012 88,303 22,759,763
2013 89,949 21,666,917
2014 91,359 20,273,659
2015 93,419 19,424,618
2016 94,677 19,193,834
2017 95,843 19,224,668
2018 96,762 19,577,845
2019 97,625 20,353,534
2020 98,462 21,049,429
2021 99,258 21,628,839
2022 119,878 22,462,173
2023 119,773 23,594,623
2024 121,354 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Seychelles and Syria

Fertility rate
Seychelles

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Seychelles Syria
1960 5.31 7.51
1961 5.42 7.5
1962 5.51 7.51
1963 5.61 7.51
1964 5.69 7.53
1965 5.72 7.53
1966 6.13 7.55
1967 5.9 7.56
1968 5.61 7.57
1969 5.48 7.59
1970 5.31 7.62
1971 5.69 7.6
1972 5.16 7.57
1973 4.78 7.55
1974 5.1 7.52
1975 4.75 7.49
1976 4.09 7.45
1977 3.75 7.42
1978 3.92 7.35
1979 3.66 7.25
1980 3.79 7.12
1981 3.67 6.97
1982 3.13 6.81
1983 3.22 6.69
1984 3.24 6.59
1985 3.09 6.48
1986 3.07 6.37
1987 2.92 6.2
1988 2.79 6
1989 2.67 5.78
1990 2.61 5.56
1991 2.69 5.34
1992 2.53 5.14
1993 2.58 4.99
1994 2.6 4.86
1995 2.36 4.7
1996 2.31 4.54
1997 2.1 4.37
1998 2.04 4.25
1999 2.04 4.14
2000 2.08 4.07
2001 1.98 3.98
2002 2.04 3.87
2003 2.06 3.76
2004 2.01 3.68
2005 2.2 3.61
2006 2.11 3.56
2007 2.24 3.54
2008 2.33 3.48
2009 2.38 3.42
2010 2.16 3.36
2011 2.33 3.29
2012 2.37 3.22
2013 2.26 3.17
2014 2.25 3.12
2015 2.31 3.07
2016 2.39 3.01
2017 2.41 2.97
2018 2.41 2.93
2019 2.36 2.88
2020 2.29 2.84
2021 2.46 2.8
2022 2.01 2.75
2023 2.02 2.71

Seychelles and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Seychelles

Syria
Year Median age, years
Seychelles Syria
1960 21.9 17.6
1961 21.6 17.3
1962 21.3 17.1
1963 21 16.9
1964 20.6 16.7
1965 20.2 16.5
1966 19.8 16.4
1967 19.4 16.2
1968 19 16.1
1969 18.7 16
1970 18.5 15.9
1971 18.4 15.8
1972 18.5 15.8
1973 18.6 15.7
1974 18.7 15.7
1975 18.9 15.7
1976 19 15.6
1977 19.3 15.6
1978 19.6 15.6
1979 19.9 15.6
1980 20.4 15.6
1981 20.7 15.6
1982 21.1 15.7
1983 21.4 15.8
1984 21.7 15.8
1985 22 15.9
1986 22.3 16
1987 22.5 16.1
1988 22.9 16.2
1989 23.3 16.4
1990 23.6 16.5
1991 24 16.7
1992 24.5 16.9
1993 24.8 17.1
1994 25.2 17.3
1995 25.4 17.5
1996 25.7 17.7
1997 26.1 17.9
1998 26.4 18.1
1999 26.8 18.3
2000 27.3 18.5
2001 27.7 18.8
2002 28.1 19
2003 28.5 19.2
2004 28.9 19.5
2005 29.3 19.7
2006 29.6 20.3
2007 30 21
2008 30.4 21.3
2009 30.8 21.5
2010 31.2 21.7
2011 31.4 21.9
2012 31.5 21.8
2013 31.6 21.2
2014 31.8 20.1
2015 32.1 19.5
2016 32.3 19.5
2017 32.6 19.6
2018 32.9 20.1
2019 33.2 20.9
2020 33.6 21.6
2021 34 22.2
2022 34.4 22.7
2023 34.7 23.3
2024 35 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Seychelles Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$2.12B
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2023
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.71%
2023
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.19%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
2.59%
2024
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
65.8%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
12.3%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
66.4
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2018
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2018
3.8%
2022
Listed domestic companies
23
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$811M
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$774M
2024
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$11.4M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
124,500
2020
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
18.4%
2020
32.2%
2010
Banked people share n/a
23.3%
2011

Energy

Seychelles Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,411 kg
2007
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.08
2007
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.24 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
10.3 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.51%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Seychelles Syria
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,747
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.5
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
12
2024
Higher education index
7
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.34
2022
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.3
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
149
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.2%
2020
94.4%
2021
English speaking
37.9%
2023
4%
2025
People using the Internet
87.4%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Seychelles Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$695
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$169.6
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.82
2022
1.19
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
42
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.3
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
30.2%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
9.3%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
52
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.2 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Seychelles Syria
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
1,464 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5.98 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
130.1 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
327 mi
2015
n/a

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