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Seychelles vs Taiwan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 181st vs. 133rd).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

Main facts and rankings

Seychelles Taiwan
Population
125181
23308308
Population rank 181/197 60/197
GDP
$2.17B
2024
$797B
2024
GDP rank 176/197 22/197
GDP per capita
$17,859
2024
$34,041
2024
GDP per capita rank 63/197 34/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,239
2024
$50,500
2017
Government debt
$1.25B
2024
$209B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.3%
2025
24%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,323
2024
$8,907
2024
Government debt per person rank 59/185 61/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,988
2025
$17,771
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
13,976 sq mi
2025
Population density
683 ppl/mi²
2024
1,675 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.02
2023
0.89
2024
Median age
35 years
2024
45.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
80.9 years
2025

Seychelles and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and Taiwan economies compared

GDP
Seychelles

Taiwan
Year GDP
Seychelles Taiwan
1960 $12,012,025 -
1961 $11,592,024 $1,778,000,000
1962 $12,642,026 $1,960,000,000
1963 $13,923,029 $2,218,000,000
1964 $15,393,032 $2,592,000,000
1965 $15,603,032 $2,869,000,000
1966 $16,443,034 $3,207,000,000
1967 $16,632,032 $3,709,000,000
1968 $16,074,028 $4,325,000,000
1969 $16,452,028 $5,017,000,000
1970 $18,432,032 $5,785,000,000
1971 $21,965,951 $6,727,000,000
1972 $30,645,123 $8,063,000,000
1973 $36,896,280 $10,940,000,000
1974 $43,134,496 $14,739,000,000
1975 $47,803,146 $15,836,000,000
1976 $49,278,982 $18,988,000,000
1977 $64,526,401 $22,252,000,000
1978 $85,552,366 $27,373,000,000
1979 $127,261,099 $33,875,000,000
1980 $156,783,830 $42,292,000,000
1981 $163,750,728 $49,047,000,000
1982 $157,211,790 $49,540,000,000
1983 $156,098,237 $54,155,000,000
1984 $160,992,921 $61,036,000,000
1985 $179,691,483 $63,599,000,000
1986 $221,147,061 $78,347,000,000
1987 $265,212,957 $104,956,000,000
1988 $301,985,618 $126,378,000,000
1989 $324,333,367 $152,687,000,000
1990 $392,163,561 $166,392,000,000
1991 $398,307,170 $187,100,000,000
1992 $461,409,399 $222,947,000,000
1993 $504,230,621 $234,943,000,000
1994 $517,570,058 $256,213,000,000
1995 $540,733,048 $279,013,000,000
1996 $535,250,347 $292,473,000,000
1997 $598,966,982 $303,315,000,000
1998 $647,287,376 $279,926,000,000
1999 $662,838,615 $303,827,000,000
2000 $654,212,394 $330,725,000,000
2001 $662,064,156 $299,303,000,000
2002 $742,134,838 $307,429,000,000
2003 $750,847,230 $317,374,000,000
2004 $893,012,218 $346,881,000,000
2005 $977,899,382 $374,042,000,000
2006 $1,081,441,283 $386,492,000,000
2007 $1,077,308,814 $406,940,000,000
2008 $979,597,394 $415,824,000,000
2009 $850,901,620 $390,788,000,000
2010 $981,616,542 $444,245,000,000
2011 $1,058,918,707 $483,957,000,000
2012 $1,089,407,839 $495,536,000,000
2013 $1,333,160,407 $512,957,000,000
2014 $1,387,577,870 $535,332,000,000
2015 $1,432,403,352 $534,474,000,000
2016 $1,568,513,348 $543,002,000,000
2017 $1,675,370,641 $591,734,000,000
2018 $1,784,313,927 $610,744,000,000
2019 $1,868,690,097 $613,453,000,000
2020 $1,382,551,752 $676,935,000,000
2021 $1,487,173,795 $777,062,000,000
2022 $2,018,346,589 $765,529,000,000
2023 $2,187,379,755 $757,276,000,000
2024 $2,167,239,562 $796,904,000,000

Seychelles and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita
Seychelles

Taiwan
Year GDP per capita
Seychelles Taiwan
1960 $288.1 -
1961 $270.3 $161.2
1962 $287 $172
1963 $308 $188.6
1964 $332 $213.6
1965 $328 $229.3
1966 $338 $249.1
1967 $333 $280.8
1968 $314 $319
1969 $314 $357
1970 $344 $397
1971 $402 $451
1972 $547 $530
1973 $649 $706
1974 $745 $934
1975 $806 $985
1976 $814 $1,158
1977 $1,044 $1,330
1978 $1,377 $1,606
1979 $2,030 $1,950
1980 $2,478 $2,389
1981 $2,557 $2,720
1982 $2,441 $2,699
1983 $2,426 $2,903
1984 $2,488 $3,224
1985 $2,754 $3,314
1986 $3,368 $4,036
1987 $3,872 $5,350
1988 $4,392 $6,370
1989 $4,689 $7,613
1990 $5,642 $8,205
1991 $5,655 $9,125
1992 $6,520 $10,768
1993 $6,979 $11,242
1994 $6,975 $12,150
1995 $7,181 $13,119
1996 $7,004 $13,641
1997 $7,747 $14,020
1998 $8,210 $12,820
1999 $8,243 $13,804
2000 $8,064 $14,908
2001 $8,153 $13,397
2002 $8,864 $13,686
2003 $9,070 $14,066
2004 $10,828 $15,317
2005 $11,802 $16,456
2006 $12,783 $16,934
2007 $12,669 $17,757
2008 $11,265 $18,081
2009 $9,747 $16,933
2010 $10,935 $19,197
2011 $12,110 $20,866
2012 $12,337 $21,295
2013 $14,821 $21,973
2014 $15,188 $22,874
2015 $15,333 $22,780
2016 $16,567 $23,091
2017 $17,480 $25,121
2018 $18,440 $25,901
2019 $19,142 $25,998
2020 $14,041 $28,705
2021 $14,983 $33,111
2022 $16,837 $32,827
2023 $18,263 $32,442
2024 $17,859 $34,041

Seychelles vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Seychelles

Taiwan
Year Life expectancy, years
Seychelles Taiwan
1950 57.8 56.6
1951 58 57.2
1952 58.4 57.9
1953 58.7 58.6
1954 59 58.9
1955 59.4 59.8
1956 59.8 60.3
1957 60.2 61
1958 60.4 61
1959 60.4 61.6
1960 60.5 62.5
1961 60.6 63
1962 60.7 63.8
1963 60.9 64.5
1964 61.2 64.9
1965 61.4 65.7
1966 61.7 66.1
1967 62.1 66.7
1968 62.6 66.8
1969 63.3 67.7
1970 64 69
1971 64.6 69.4
1972 65.3 69.6
1973 65.9 69.8
1974 66.4 70.3
1975 66.8 70.9
1976 67.2 71.2
1977 67.6 71.3
1978 67.9 71.7
1979 68.2 71.7
1980 68.5 72
1981 68.7 72
1982 69 72.4
1983 69.3 72.4
1984 69.5 73
1985 69.6 73.3
1986 69.8 73.3
1987 69.9 73.6
1988 70 73.4
1989 70.1 73.7
1990 70.2 73.9
1991 70.3 74.3
1992 70.3 74.3
1993 70.4 74.6
1994 70.5 74.7
1995 70.6 74.6
1996 70.8 74.9
1997 70.8 75.3
1998 71.1 75.5
1999 71.2 75.6
2000 71.3 76.1
2001 71.4 76.5
2002 71.5 76.9
2003 71.7 77
2004 71.7 77.2
2005 71.9 77.1
2006 72 77.8
2007 72.2 78
2008 72.3 78.3
2009 72.4 78.7
2010 72.5 79
2011 72.5 78.9
2012 72.5 79.2
2013 72.4 79.6
2014 72.4 79.5
2015 72.3 79.9
2016 72.2 79.7
2017 72.2 80.1
2018 72.2 80.4
2019 72.1 80.6
2020 74.1 81.1
2021 71.2 80.8
2022 71.2 80.2
2023 72.9 80.6
2024 73 80.7
2025 73.1 80.9

Seychelles and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population
Seychelles

Taiwan
Year Population
Seychelles Taiwan
1960 41,700 -
1961 42,889 11,030,385
1962 44,042 11,392,513
1963 45,176 11,762,101
1964 46,322 12,137,143
1965 47,500 12,511,863
1966 48,699 12,874,153
1967 49,911 13,210,344
1968 51,134 13,548,537
1969 52,365 14,068,984
1970 53,600 14,582,944
1971 54,695 14,913,564
1972 56,029 15,220,495
1973 56,892 15,505,121
1974 57,937 15,784,817
1975 59,292 16,075,128
1976 60,504 16,401,413
1977 61,786 16,730,895
1978 62,150 17,042,272
1979 62,686 17,372,779
1980 63,261 17,704,538
1981 64,035 18,029,982
1982 64,413 18,354,855
1983 64,335 18,653,146
1984 64,717 18,929,866
1985 65,244 19,191,510
1986 65,652 19,411,454
1987 68,499 19,617,046
1988 68,755 19,839,704
1989 69,167 20,055,492
1990 69,507 20,278,946
1991 70,439 20,503,568
1992 70,763 20,704,227
1993 72,253 20,899,019
1994 74,205 21,086,645
1995 75,304 21,267,653
1996 76,417 21,441,432
1997 77,319 21,634,124
1998 78,846 21,835,703
1999 80,410 22,010,489
2000 81,131 22,184,530
2001 81,202 22,341,120
2002 83,723 22,463,172
2003 82,781 22,562,663
2004 82,475 22,646,836
2005 82,858 22,729,753
2006 84,600 22,823,455
2007 85,033 22,917,444
2008 86,956 22,997,696
2009 87,298 23,078,402
2010 89,770 23,140,948
2011 87,441 23,193,518
2012 88,303 23,270,367
2013 89,949 23,344,670
2014 91,359 23,403,635
2015 93,419 23,462,914
2016 94,677 23,515,945
2017 95,843 23,555,522
2018 96,762 23,580,080
2019 97,625 23,596,027
2020 98,462 23,582,179
2021 99,258 23,468,275
2022 119,878 23,319,977
2023 119,773 23,342,541
2024 121,354 23,410,331

Fertility rates in Seychelles and Taiwan

Fertility rate
Seychelles

Taiwan
Year Fertility rate
Seychelles Taiwan
1951 - 7.04
1952 - -
1953 - -
1954 - -
1955 - -
1956 - -
1957 - -
1958 - -
1959 - -
1960 5.31 -
1961 5.42 -
1962 5.51 -
1963 5.61 -
1964 5.69 -
1965 5.72 -
1966 6.13 -
1967 5.9 -
1968 5.61 -
1969 5.48 -
1970 5.31 -
1971 5.69 -
1972 5.16 -
1973 4.78 -
1974 5.1 -
1975 4.75 -
1976 4.09 -
1977 3.75 -
1978 3.92 -
1979 3.66 -
1980 3.79 -
1981 3.67 2.46
1982 3.13 -
1983 3.22 -
1984 3.24 -
1985 3.09 -
1986 3.07 -
1987 2.92 -
1988 2.79 -
1989 2.67 -
1990 2.61 -
1991 2.69 1.72
1992 2.53 -
1993 2.58 -
1994 2.6 -
1995 2.36 -
1996 2.31 -
1997 2.1 -
1998 2.04 -
1999 2.04 -
2000 2.08 -
2001 1.98 1.4
2002 2.04 -
2003 2.06 -
2004 2.01 -
2005 2.2 -
2006 2.11 -
2007 2.24 -
2008 2.33 -
2009 2.38 -
2010 2.16 -
2011 2.33 1.07
2012 2.37 -
2013 2.26 -
2014 2.25 -
2015 2.31 1.18
2016 2.39 1.17
2017 2.41 1.13
2018 2.41 1.06
2019 2.36 1.05
2020 2.29 0.99
2021 2.46 0.98
2022 2.01 0.87
2023 2.02 0.87
2024 - 0.89

Seychelles and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age
Seychelles

Taiwan
Year Median age, years
Seychelles Taiwan
1960 21.9 -
1961 21.6 -
1962 21.3 -
1963 21 -
1964 20.6 -
1965 20.2 -
1966 19.8 -
1967 19.4 -
1968 19 -
1969 18.7 -
1970 18.5 -
1971 18.4 -
1972 18.5 -
1973 18.6 -
1974 18.7 20.8
1975 18.9 21.2
1976 19 21.5
1977 19.3 21.9
1978 19.6 22.3
1979 19.9 22.6
1980 20.4 23
1981 20.7 23.4
1982 21.1 23.8
1983 21.4 24.1
1984 21.7 24.6
1985 22 25.1
1986 22.3 25.6
1987 22.5 26.1
1988 22.9 26.5
1989 23.3 27
1990 23.6 27.5
1991 24 28
1992 24.5 28.4
1993 24.8 28.9
1994 25.2 29.4
1995 25.4 29.8
1996 25.7 30.3
1997 26.1 30.7
1998 26.4 31.2
1999 26.8 31.6
2000 27.3 32.1
2001 27.7 32.6
2002 28.1 33.1
2003 28.5 33.6
2004 28.9 34.1
2005 29.3 34.7
2006 29.6 35.2
2007 30 35.8
2008 30.4 36.3
2009 30.8 36.8
2010 31.2 37.4
2011 31.4 37.9
2012 31.5 38.3
2013 31.6 38.9
2014 31.8 39.3
2015 32.1 39.9
2016 32.3 40.4
2017 32.6 41
2018 32.9 41.5
2019 33.2 42.1
2020 33.6 42.7
2021 34 43.3
2022 34.4 43.9
2023 34.7 44.5
2024 35 45.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Seychelles Taiwan
GNI, Atlas method
$2.12B
2024
$825B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36%
2025
15.9%
2024
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2023
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.71%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.19%
2025
+0.43%
2024
Unemployment rate
2.59%
2024
3.38%
2024
Services, % of GDP
65.8%
2024
58.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
12.3%
2024
39.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.4
2025
79.7
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2018
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2018
n/a
Number of millionaires n/a
788,799
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
4.01%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
54
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
23
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$811M
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$774M
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$11.4M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
124,500
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
18.4%
2020
n/a

Energy

Seychelles Taiwan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,411 kg
2007
2,308 kg
2024
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.08
2007
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.24 megatons
2023
273.7 megatons
2022
CO2 emissions per capita
10.3 tons
2023
11.7 tons
2022
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
n/a
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
4.51%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Seychelles Taiwan
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.29%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,747
2024
+47,029
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.69 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.5
2025
78.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
67
2024
Higher education index
7
2025
88
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.34
2022
0.8
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.3
2019
2
2024
Visa free countries
149
2025
129
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.2%
2020
98.5%
2014
English speaking
37.9%
2023
30%
2025
People using the Internet
87.4%
2023
n/a

Health

Seychelles Taiwan
Government health expenditure per capita
$695
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$169.6
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
80.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.82
2022
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
42
2023
14
2024
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.3
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
30.2%
2022
11.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.3%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
52
2025
55
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.2%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.2 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Seychelles Taiwan
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
1,464 sq mi
2024
597 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5.98 sq mi
2025
3,000 sq mi
2025
Forest area
130.1 sq mi
2025
8,495 sq mi
2025
Roads length
327 mi
2015
25,771 mi
2019

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