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Seychelles vs Vietnam statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Seychelles has a population of 121K (ranked 181/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). The Seychelles' land area is 177.6 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 181st vs. 67th).

By GDP, The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Seychelles Vietnam
Population
125181
102063551
Population rank 181/197 16/197
GDP
$2.17B
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 176/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$17,859
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 63/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,239
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$1.25B
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.3%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$10,323
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 59/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$9,988
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
177.6 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
683 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.02
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
35 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Seychelles and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Seychelles and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Seychelles

Vietnam
Year GDP
Seychelles Vietnam
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 -
1976 $49,278,982 -
1977 $64,526,401 -
1978 $85,552,366 -
1979 $127,261,099 -
1980 $156,783,830 -
1981 $163,750,728 -
1982 $157,211,790 -
1983 $156,098,237 -
1984 $160,992,921 -
1985 $179,691,483 $14,094,687,821
1986 $221,147,061 $26,336,616,250
1987 $265,212,957 $36,658,108,850
1988 $301,985,618 $25,423,812,649
1989 $324,333,367 $6,293,304,975
1990 $392,163,561 $6,471,740,806
1991 $398,307,170 $9,613,369,520
1992 $461,409,399 $9,866,990,236
1993 $504,230,621 $13,180,953,598
1994 $517,570,058 $16,286,433,533
1995 $540,733,048 $20,736,164,459
1996 $535,250,347 $24,657,470,575
1997 $598,966,982 $26,843,700,442
1998 $647,287,376 $27,209,602,050
1999 $662,838,615 $28,683,659,007
2000 $654,212,394 $31,172,518,403
2001 $662,064,156 $32,685,198,809
2002 $742,134,838 $35,064,105,501
2003 $750,847,230 $39,552,513,232
2004 $893,012,218 $45,427,854,693
2005 $977,899,382 $57,633,255,738
2006 $1,081,441,283 $66,371,664,817
2007 $1,077,308,814 $77,414,425,532
2008 $979,597,394 $99,130,304,099
2009 $850,901,620 $106,014,659,565
2010 $981,616,542 $147,201,173,197
2011 $1,058,918,707 $172,595,049,184
2012 $1,089,407,839 $195,590,661,129
2013 $1,333,160,407 $213,708,811,665
2014 $1,387,577,870 $233,451,469,643
2015 $1,432,403,352 $239,258,328,382
2016 $1,568,513,348 $257,096,001,178
2017 $1,675,370,641 $281,353,605,987
2018 $1,784,313,927 $310,106,478,395
2019 $1,868,690,097 $334,365,270,497
2020 $1,382,551,752 $346,615,738,538
2021 $1,487,173,795 $366,474,752,771
2022 $2,018,346,589 $413,445,230,669
2023 $2,187,379,755 $433,857,681,378
2024 $2,167,239,562 $476,388,230,307

Seychelles and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Seychelles

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Seychelles Vietnam
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 -
1976 $814 -
1977 $1,044 -
1978 $1,377 -
1979 $2,030 -
1980 $2,478 -
1981 $2,557 -
1982 $2,441 -
1983 $2,426 -
1984 $2,488 -
1985 $2,754 $238.6
1986 $3,368 $436
1987 $3,872 $595
1988 $4,392 $405
1989 $4,689 $98.1
1990 $5,642 $98.8
1991 $5,655 $143.7
1992 $6,520 $144.5
1993 $6,979 $189.4
1994 $6,975 $229.9
1995 $7,181 $287.8
1996 $7,004 $337
1997 $7,747 $362
1998 $8,210 $361
1999 $8,243 $376
2000 $8,064 $404
2001 $8,153 $419
2002 $8,864 $445
2003 $9,070 $497
2004 $10,828 $565
2005 $11,802 $711
2006 $12,783 $808
2007 $12,669 $926
2008 $11,265 $1,164
2009 $9,747 $1,226
2010 $10,935 $1,683
2011 $12,110 $1,951
2012 $12,337 $2,185
2013 $14,821 $2,360
2014 $15,188 $2,546
2015 $15,333 $2,578
2016 $16,567 $2,735
2017 $17,480 $2,956
2018 $18,440 $3,222
2019 $19,142 $3,441
2020 $14,041 $3,534
2021 $14,983 $3,704
2022 $16,837 $4,148
2023 $18,263 $4,323
2024 $17,859 $4,717

Seychelles vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Seychelles

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Seychelles Vietnam
1950 57.8 48
1951 58 48.7
1952 58.4 49.4
1953 58.7 50
1954 59 52
1955 59.4 54.8
1956 59.8 55.5
1957 60.2 56.2
1958 60.4 56.8
1959 60.4 57.4
1960 60.5 58
1961 60.6 58.5
1962 60.7 58.2
1963 60.9 56.9
1964 61.2 57.5
1965 61.4 57
1966 61.7 56.9
1967 62.1 56.7
1968 62.6 52.7
1969 63.3 54.8
1970 64 54.9
1971 64.6 55.6
1972 65.3 51.9
1973 65.9 55.7
1974 66.4 54.8
1975 66.8 61.9
1976 67.2 63.7
1977 67.6 64.1
1978 67.9 64.5
1979 68.2 65
1980 68.5 65.3
1981 68.7 65.8
1982 69 66.2
1983 69.3 66.5
1984 69.5 66.9
1985 69.6 67.2
1986 69.8 67.6
1987 69.9 68
1988 70 68.6
1989 70.1 68.8
1990 70.2 69
1991 70.3 69.3
1992 70.3 69.6
1993 70.4 70
1994 70.5 70.4
1995 70.6 70.9
1996 70.8 71.3
1997 70.8 71.7
1998 71.1 72.3
1999 71.2 72.6
2000 71.3 72.7
2001 71.4 73
2002 71.5 73.1
2003 71.7 73.2
2004 71.7 73.1
2005 71.9 73.2
2006 72 73.3
2007 72.2 73.4
2008 72.3 73.5
2009 72.4 73.5
2010 72.5 73.6
2011 72.5 73.7
2012 72.5 73.8
2013 72.4 73.8
2014 72.4 73.9
2015 72.3 74
2016 72.2 74
2017 72.2 74
2018 72.2 74.1
2019 72.1 74.2
2020 74.1 75.4
2021 71.2 74.1
2022 71.2 74.5
2023 72.9 74.6
2024 73 74.7
2025 73.1 74.9

Seychelles and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Seychelles

Vietnam
Year Population
Seychelles Vietnam
1960 41,700 32,531,933
1961 42,889 33,409,059
1962 44,042 34,288,560
1963 45,176 35,249,101
1964 46,322 36,201,563
1965 47,500 37,129,656
1966 48,699 38,024,836
1967 49,911 38,895,080
1968 51,134 39,734,609
1969 52,365 40,582,096
1970 53,600 41,475,230
1971 54,695 42,449,276
1972 56,029 43,429,168
1973 56,892 44,409,861
1974 57,937 45,413,537
1975 59,292 46,482,903
1976 60,504 47,684,931
1977 61,786 48,954,872
1978 62,150 50,249,552
1979 62,686 51,378,211
1980 63,261 52,490,101
1981 64,035 53,738,141
1982 64,413 55,011,289
1983 64,335 56,337,921
1984 64,717 57,706,067
1985 65,244 59,060,622
1986 65,652 60,347,048
1987 68,499 61,584,651
1988 68,755 62,843,228
1989 69,167 64,147,348
1990 69,507 65,504,552
1991 70,439 66,891,775
1992 70,763 68,260,337
1993 72,253 69,586,384
1994 74,205 70,854,391
1995 75,304 72,049,940
1996 76,417 73,156,447
1997 77,319 74,226,889
1998 78,846 75,299,660
1999 80,410 76,287,452
2000 81,131 77,154,011
2001 81,202 77,969,361
2002 83,723 78,772,224
2003 82,781 79,563,777
2004 82,475 80,338,971
2005 82,858 81,088,313
2006 84,600 82,167,897
2007 85,033 83,633,375
2008 86,956 85,175,788
2009 87,298 86,460,018
2010 89,770 87,455,152
2011 87,441 88,468,314
2012 88,303 89,510,356
2013 89,949 90,573,104
2014 91,359 91,679,578
2015 93,419 92,823,254
2016 94,677 94,000,117
2017 95,843 95,176,977
2018 96,762 96,237,319
2019 97,625 97,173,776
2020 98,462 98,079,191
2021 99,258 98,935,098
2022 119,878 99,680,655
2023 119,773 100,352,192
2024 121,354 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Seychelles and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Seychelles

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Seychelles Vietnam
1960 5.31 6.27
1961 5.42 5.48
1962 5.51 6.26
1963 5.61 6.39
1964 5.69 6.29
1965 5.72 6.16
1966 6.13 5.97
1967 5.9 5.88
1968 5.61 6.03
1969 5.48 6.01
1970 5.31 6.02
1971 5.69 6.07
1972 5.16 6.1
1973 4.78 6.11
1974 5.1 5.78
1975 4.75 5.62
1976 4.09 5.46
1977 3.75 5.29
1978 3.92 5.1
1979 3.66 4.94
1980 3.79 4.8
1981 3.67 4.67
1982 3.13 4.59
1983 3.22 4.52
1984 3.24 4.41
1985 3.09 4.21
1986 3.07 3.96
1987 2.92 3.72
1988 2.79 3.62
1989 2.67 3.64
1990 2.61 3.6
1991 2.69 3.52
1992 2.53 3.35
1993 2.58 3.17
1994 2.6 2.94
1995 2.36 2.7
1996 2.31 2.47
1997 2.1 2.27
1998 2.04 2.1
1999 2.04 2
2000 2.08 2.03
2001 1.98 2.02
2002 2.04 2.01
2003 2.06 2
2004 2.01 1.97
2005 2.2 1.89
2006 2.11 1.87
2007 2.24 1.91
2008 2.33 1.93
2009 2.38 1.92
2010 2.16 1.91
2011 2.33 1.93
2012 2.37 1.97
2013 2.26 1.98
2014 2.25 2.09
2015 2.31 2.1
2016 2.39 2
2017 2.41 1.99
2018 2.41 1.88
2019 2.36 1.94
2020 2.29 1.96
2021 2.46 1.94
2022 2.01 1.93
2023 2.02 1.91

Seychelles and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Seychelles

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Seychelles Vietnam
1960 21.9 21.2
1961 21.6 20.7
1962 21.3 20.2
1963 21 19.7
1964 20.6 19.2
1965 20.2 18.9
1966 19.8 18.7
1967 19.4 18.5
1968 19 18.4
1969 18.7 18.4
1970 18.5 18.4
1971 18.4 18.4
1972 18.5 18.5
1973 18.6 18.5
1974 18.7 18.6
1975 18.9 18.7
1976 19 18.8
1977 19.3 19
1978 19.6 19.1
1979 19.9 19.3
1980 20.4 19.4
1981 20.7 19.5
1982 21.1 19.6
1983 21.4 19.7
1984 21.7 19.8
1985 22 19.9
1986 22.3 20
1987 22.5 20.1
1988 22.9 20.2
1989 23.3 20.4
1990 23.6 20.5
1991 24 20.7
1992 24.5 20.9
1993 24.8 21.1
1994 25.2 21.4
1995 25.4 21.7
1996 25.7 22
1997 26.1 22.4
1998 26.4 22.9
1999 26.8 23.3
2000 27.3 23.7
2001 27.7 24.2
2002 28.1 24.6
2003 28.5 25
2004 28.9 25.4
2005 29.3 25.8
2006 29.6 26.3
2007 30 26.9
2008 30.4 27.4
2009 30.8 27.9
2010 31.2 28.3
2011 31.4 28.7
2012 31.5 29
2013 31.6 29.4
2014 31.8 29.8
2015 32.1 30.2
2016 32.3 30.5
2017 32.6 30.8
2018 32.9 31.2
2019 33.2 31.6
2020 33.6 32.1
2021 34 32.5
2022 34.4 33
2023 34.7 33.4
2024 35 33.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Seychelles Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$2.12B
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2023
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.71%
2023
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.19%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.59%
2024
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
65.8%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
12.3%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.4
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
23.9%
2018
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2018
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
23
2024
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$811M
2024
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$774M
2024
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$11.4M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
124,500
2020
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
18.4%
2020
1.11%
2020
Banked people share n/a
70.6%
2024

Energy

Seychelles Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,411 kg
2007
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.08
2007
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.24 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
10.3 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
1.9%
2022
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
4.51%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Seychelles Vietnam
% of world population
0.001%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
+1,747
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
59.2%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.33 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.5
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
7
2025
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.34
2022
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.3
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
149
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.2%
2020
96.1%
2022
English speaking
37.9%
2023
16%
2025
People using the Internet
87.4%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Seychelles Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$695
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$169.6
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
73.1 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.82
2022
0.83
2016
Maternal mortality per 100K births
42
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
14.3
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
30.2%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.3%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
52
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.2%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.2 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Seychelles Vietnam
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
1,464 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5.98 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
130.1 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
327 mi
2015
354,460 mi
2019

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