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Seychelles vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 181st vs. 176th).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Seychelles Tonga
Population
125181
103744
Population rank 181/197 183/197
GDP
$2.17B
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 176/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$17,859
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 63/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,239
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$1.25B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.3%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,323
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 59/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,988
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
683 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.02
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
35 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Seychelles and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Seychelles

Tonga
Year GDP
Seychelles Tonga
1960 $12,012,025 -
1961 $11,592,024 -
1962 $12,642,026 -
1963 $13,923,029 -
1964 $15,393,032 -
1965 $15,603,032 -
1966 $16,443,034 -
1967 $16,632,032 -
1968 $16,074,028 -
1969 $16,452,028 -
1970 $18,432,032 -
1971 $21,965,951 -
1972 $30,645,123 -
1973 $36,896,280 -
1974 $43,134,496 -
1975 $47,803,146 $32,506,742
1976 $49,278,982 $30,036,417
1977 $64,526,401 $34,139,388
1978 $85,552,366 $41,567,472
1979 $127,261,099 $44,667,002
1980 $156,783,830 $53,260,077
1981 $163,750,728 $62,242,013
1982 $157,211,790 $62,068,161
1983 $156,098,237 $60,863,964
1984 $160,992,921 $64,248,355
1985 $179,691,483 $60,058,663
1986 $221,147,061 $68,195,856
1987 $265,212,957 $81,667,133
1988 $301,985,618 $106,657,267
1989 $324,333,367 $106,344,855
1990 $392,163,561 $113,563,822
1991 $398,307,170 $132,201,141
1992 $461,409,399 $137,066,291
1993 $504,230,621 $138,489,884
1994 $517,570,058 $195,990,986
1995 $540,733,048 $208,871,666
1996 $535,250,347 $222,100,576
1997 $598,966,982 $214,991,452
1998 $647,287,376 $191,504,893
1999 $662,838,615 $199,208,718
2000 $654,212,394 $204,848,488
2001 $662,064,156 $181,117,230
2002 $742,134,838 $182,764,281
2003 $750,847,230 $202,246,591
2004 $893,012,218 $230,678,011
2005 $977,899,382 $261,823,805
2006 $1,081,441,283 $292,232,703
2007 $1,077,308,814 $298,519,623
2008 $979,597,394 $344,438,844
2009 $850,901,620 $312,415,028
2010 $981,616,542 $366,887,375
2011 $1,058,918,707 $414,143,828
2012 $1,089,407,839 $471,122,971
2013 $1,333,160,407 $451,788,498
2014 $1,387,577,870 $440,997,735
2015 $1,432,403,352 $437,525,539
2016 $1,568,513,348 $420,828,255
2017 $1,675,370,641 $459,976,847
2018 $1,784,313,927 $489,714,530
2019 $1,868,690,097 $494,197,854
2020 $1,382,551,752 $496,856,304
2021 $1,487,173,795 $518,228,029
2022 $2,018,346,589 $518,180,029
2023 $2,187,379,755 $508,735,107
2024 $2,167,239,562 -

Seychelles and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Seychelles

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Seychelles Tonga
1960 $288.1 -
1961 $270.3 -
1962 $287 -
1963 $308 -
1964 $332 -
1965 $328 -
1966 $338 -
1967 $333 -
1968 $314 -
1969 $314 -
1970 $344 -
1971 $402 -
1972 $547 -
1973 $649 -
1974 $745 -
1975 $806 $349
1976 $814 $315
1977 $1,044 $353
1978 $1,377 $428
1979 $2,030 $458
1980 $2,478 $545
1981 $2,557 $636
1982 $2,441 $633
1983 $2,426 $621
1984 $2,488 $656
1985 $2,754 $613
1986 $3,368 $696
1987 $3,872 $830
1988 $4,392 $1,078
1989 $4,689 $1,070
1990 $5,642 $1,139
1991 $5,655 $1,323
1992 $6,520 $1,370
1993 $6,979 $1,383
1994 $6,975 $1,957
1995 $7,181 $2,084
1996 $7,004 $2,215
1997 $7,747 $2,136
1998 $8,210 $1,889
1999 $8,243 $1,952
2000 $8,064 $1,995
2001 $8,153 $1,754
2002 $8,864 $1,759
2003 $9,070 $1,936
2004 $10,828 $2,195
2005 $11,802 $2,478
2006 $12,783 $2,750
2007 $12,669 $2,797
2008 $11,265 $3,218
2009 $9,747 $2,914
2010 $10,935 $3,416
2011 $12,110 $3,850
2012 $12,337 $4,384
2013 $14,821 $4,219
2014 $15,188 $4,137
2015 $15,333 $4,124
2016 $16,567 $3,988
2017 $17,480 $4,366
2018 $18,440 $4,639
2019 $19,142 $4,677
2020 $14,041 $4,700
2021 $14,983 $4,913
2022 $16,837 $4,933
2023 $18,263 $4,864
2024 $17,859 -

Seychelles vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Seychelles

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Seychelles Tonga
1950 57.8 48.4
1951 58 49.8
1952 58.4 51.2
1953 58.7 52.4
1954 59 53.6
1955 59.4 54.7
1956 59.8 55.7
1957 60.2 56.5
1958 60.4 57.2
1959 60.4 57.8
1960 60.5 58.3
1961 60.6 58.8
1962 60.7 59.3
1963 60.9 59.8
1964 61.2 60.3
1965 61.4 60.7
1966 61.7 61.2
1967 62.1 61.7
1968 62.6 62.2
1969 63.3 62.7
1970 64 63.2
1971 64.6 63.6
1972 65.3 64.1
1973 65.9 64.4
1974 66.4 64.8
1975 66.8 65.1
1976 67.2 65.4
1977 67.6 65.6
1978 67.9 65.9
1979 68.2 66
1980 68.5 66.2
1981 68.7 66.4
1982 69 66.3
1983 69.3 66.7
1984 69.5 66.8
1985 69.6 66.9
1986 69.8 67.1
1987 69.9 67.2
1988 70 67.3
1989 70.1 67.4
1990 70.2 67.5
1991 70.3 67.7
1992 70.3 67.9
1993 70.4 68.2
1994 70.5 68.4
1995 70.6 68.6
1996 70.8 68.8
1997 70.8 69
1998 71.1 69.2
1999 71.2 69.4
2000 71.3 69.6
2001 71.4 69.8
2002 71.5 70
2003 71.7 70.2
2004 71.7 70.4
2005 71.9 70.6
2006 72 70.7
2007 72.2 70.9
2008 72.3 71
2009 72.4 70.9
2010 72.5 71.3
2011 72.5 71.4
2012 72.5 71.5
2013 72.4 71.6
2014 72.4 71.7
2015 72.3 71.9
2016 72.2 72
2017 72.2 72.1
2018 72.2 72.2
2019 72.1 72.3
2020 74.1 72.4
2021 71.2 72.1
2022 71.2 72.6
2023 72.9 72.9
2024 73 73.1
2025 73.1 73.2

Seychelles and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Seychelles

Tonga
Year Population
Seychelles Tonga
1960 41,700 66,170
1961 42,889 68,037
1962 44,042 69,940
1963 45,176 71,885
1964 46,322 73,879
1965 47,500 75,924
1966 48,699 78,002
1967 49,911 79,814
1968 51,134 81,353
1969 52,365 82,885
1970 53,600 84,401
1971 54,695 85,896
1972 56,029 87,356
1973 56,892 88,805
1974 57,937 90,683
1975 59,292 93,017
1976 60,504 95,325
1977 61,786 96,725
1978 62,150 97,204
1979 62,686 97,544
1980 63,261 97,769
1981 64,035 97,909
1982 64,413 97,980
1983 64,335 97,998
1984 64,717 97,990
1985 65,244 97,984
1986 65,652 98,010
1987 68,499 98,376
1988 68,755 98,969
1989 69,167 99,403
1990 69,507 99,700
1991 70,439 99,895
1992 70,763 100,022
1993 72,253 100,103
1994 74,205 100,166
1995 75,304 100,225
1996 76,417 100,275
1997 77,319 100,674
1998 78,846 101,388
1999 80,410 102,046
2000 81,131 102,677
2001 81,202 103,288
2002 83,723 103,874
2003 82,781 104,464
2004 82,475 105,071
2005 82,858 105,671
2006 84,600 106,253
2007 85,033 106,726
2008 86,956 107,020
2009 87,298 107,203
2010 89,770 107,400
2011 87,441 107,570
2012 88,303 107,460
2013 89,949 107,078
2014 91,359 106,609
2015 93,419 106,095
2016 94,677 105,524
2017 95,843 105,356
2018 96,762 105,567
2019 97,625 105,669
2020 98,462 105,704
2021 99,258 105,490
2022 119,878 105,042
2023 119,773 104,597
2024 121,354 104,175

Fertility rates in Seychelles and Tonga

Fertility rate
Seychelles

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Seychelles Tonga
1960 5.31 6.65
1961 5.42 6.61
1962 5.51 6.57
1963 5.61 6.52
1964 5.69 6.46
1965 5.72 6.41
1966 6.13 6.35
1967 5.9 6.29
1968 5.61 6.23
1969 5.48 6.17
1970 5.31 6.07
1971 5.69 5.96
1972 5.16 5.86
1973 4.78 5.8
1974 5.1 5.77
1975 4.75 5.75
1976 4.09 5.73
1977 3.75 5.7
1978 3.92 5.68
1979 3.66 5.65
1980 3.79 5.6
1981 3.67 5.55
1982 3.13 5.5
1983 3.22 5.45
1984 3.24 5.41
1985 3.09 5.34
1986 3.07 5.27
1987 2.92 5.19
1988 2.79 5.1
1989 2.67 5.01
1990 2.61 4.93
1991 2.69 4.85
1992 2.53 4.79
1993 2.58 4.73
1994 2.6 4.66
1995 2.36 4.56
1996 2.31 4.46
1997 2.1 4.38
1998 2.04 4.31
1999 2.04 4.23
2000 2.08 4.16
2001 1.98 4.13
2002 2.04 4.14
2003 2.06 4.18
2004 2.01 4.19
2005 2.2 4.2
2006 2.11 4.14
2007 2.24 4.09
2008 2.33 4.01
2009 2.38 3.95
2010 2.16 3.88
2011 2.33 3.83
2012 2.37 3.77
2013 2.26 3.7
2014 2.25 3.62
2015 2.31 3.54
2016 2.39 3.46
2017 2.41 3.39
2018 2.41 3.33
2019 2.36 3.27
2020 2.29 3.23
2021 2.46 3.2
2022 2.01 3.17
2023 2.02 3.13

Seychelles and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Seychelles

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Seychelles Tonga
1960 21.9 17.1
1961 21.6 17.1
1962 21.3 17.1
1963 21 17
1964 20.6 17
1965 20.2 17
1966 19.8 17
1967 19.4 17
1968 19 16.9
1969 18.7 16.8
1970 18.5 16.8
1971 18.4 16.7
1972 18.5 16.7
1973 18.6 16.8
1974 18.7 16.8
1975 18.9 16.7
1976 19 16.7
1977 19.3 16.8
1978 19.6 17.1
1979 19.9 17.3
1980 20.4 17.4
1981 20.7 17.6
1982 21.1 17.8
1983 21.4 17.9
1984 21.7 18
1985 22 18.1
1986 22.3 18.2
1987 22.5 18.3
1988 22.9 18.6
1989 23.3 18.9
1990 23.6 19.1
1991 24 19.3
1992 24.5 19.5
1993 24.8 19.6
1994 25.2 19.6
1995 25.4 19.6
1996 25.7 19.6
1997 26.1 19.7
1998 26.4 19.9
1999 26.8 20.1
2000 27.3 20.3
2001 27.7 20.5
2002 28.1 20.7
2003 28.5 20.8
2004 28.9 20.8
2005 29.3 20.8
2006 29.6 20.8
2007 30 20.9
2008 30.4 21
2009 30.8 21.1
2010 31.2 21.2
2011 31.4 21.2
2012 31.5 21.4
2013 31.6 21.6
2014 31.8 21.7
2015 32.1 21.8
2016 32.3 21.9
2017 32.6 21.9
2018 32.9 22
2019 33.2 22
2020 33.6 22.1
2021 34 22.1
2022 34.4 22
2023 34.7 21.9
2024 35 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Seychelles Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$2.12B
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2023
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.71%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.19%
2025
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.59%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
65.8%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
12.3%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
66.4
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2018
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2018
4%
2021
Listed domestic companies
23
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$811M
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$774M
2024
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$11.4M
2024
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
124,500
2020
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
18.4%
2020
47.8%
2020

Energy

Seychelles Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,411 kg
2007
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.08
2007
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.24 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
10.3 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
2.3%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.51%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Seychelles Tonga
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,747
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.5
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
7
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
9.34
2022
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.3
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
149
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.2%
2020
99.4%
2021
English speaking
37.9%
2023
30%
2023
People using the Internet
87.4%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Seychelles Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$695
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$169.6
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.82
2022
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
42
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.3
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
30.2%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.3%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
52
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.2%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.2 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Seychelles Tonga
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
1,464 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5.98 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
130.1 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
327 mi
2015
423 mi
2011

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