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Population in the Seychelles compared to South Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Seychelles was 121,354 in 2024 vs 51,751,065 people in South Korea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Seychelles' population is 125,181 people compared to 51,700,480 in South Korea.

Population statistics:

  • South Korea's population is 413 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
  • The Seychelles is ranked the 181st most populous country in the world, while South Korea is the 31st.
  • The countries together account for 0.63% of the world: 0.002% for the Seychelles vs 0.63% for South Korea.
  • For the last 10 years, the Seychelles has had an average growth rate of +2.9% per year vs +0.24% in South Korea.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Seychelles has increased from 82.9K people to 125K (51.1% growth), while South Korea has grown from 48.2M to 51.7M (7.3% growth).
  • The Seychelles is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 133K people, while South Korea's population already peaked in 2020 at 51.8M people and is projected to decrease to 21.9M people by 2100.

Seychelles vs South Korea: live population counter

Seychelles South Korea
Current population
125181
51700480
Population rank 181/197 31/197
Percent of world population 0.002% 0.63%
One net population change
5.54 hours
13.7 minutes
One birth every
5.63 hours
2.26 minutes
One death every
10 hours
1.69 minutes
One migration net change every
5.01 hours
6.92 minutes
Annual migration change +1,747 +75,963
Daily growth/decline +4 +105
Annual growth/decline +1,581 +38,446
Annual growth/decline rate +1.32% +0.07%
Population growth rate rank 83/197 159/197

the Seychelles and South Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Seychelles
Population

Growth rate
South Korea
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Seychelles South Korea Seychelles South Korea
1960 41,700 25,012,374 - -
1961 42,889 25,765,673 2.85% 3.01%
1962 44,042 26,513,030 2.69% 2.9%
1963 45,176 27,261,747 2.57% 2.82%
1964 46,322 27,984,155 2.54% 2.65%
1965 47,500 28,704,674 2.54% 2.57%
1966 48,699 29,435,571 2.52% 2.55%
1967 49,911 30,130,983 2.49% 2.36%
1968 51,134 30,838,302 2.45% 2.35%
1969 52,365 31,544,266 2.41% 2.29%
1970 53,600 32,240,827 2.36% 2.21%
1971 54,695 32,882,704 2.04% 1.99%
1972 56,029 33,505,406 2.44% 1.89%
1973 56,892 34,103,149 1.54% 1.78%
1974 57,937 34,692,266 1.84% 1.73%
1975 59,292 35,280,725 2.34% 1.7%
1976 60,504 35,848,523 2.04% 1.61%
1977 61,786 36,411,795 2.12% 1.57%
1978 62,150 36,969,185 0.59% 1.53%
1979 62,686 37,534,236 0.86% 1.53%
1980 63,261 38,123,775 0.92% 1.57%
1981 64,035 38,723,248 1.22% 1.57%
1982 64,413 39,326,352 0.59% 1.56%
1983 64,335 39,910,403 -0.12% 1.49%
1984 64,717 40,405,956 0.59% 1.24%
1985 65,244 40,805,744 0.81% 0.99%
1986 65,652 41,213,674 0.63% 1%
1987 68,499 41,621,690 4.34% 0.99%
1988 68,755 42,031,247 0.37% 0.98%
1989 69,167 42,449,038 0.6% 0.99%
1990 69,507 42,869,283 0.49% 0.99%
1991 70,439 43,295,704 1.34% 0.99%
1992 70,763 43,747,962 0.46% 1.04%
1993 72,253 44,194,628 2.11% 1.02%
1994 74,205 44,641,540 2.7% 1.01%
1995 75,304 45,092,991 1.48% 1.01%
1996 76,417 45,524,681 1.48% 0.96%
1997 77,319 45,953,580 1.18% 0.94%
1998 78,846 46,286,503 1.97% 0.72%
1999 80,410 46,616,677 1.98% 0.71%
2000 81,131 47,008,111 0.9% 0.84%
2001 81,202 47,370,164 0.09% 0.77%
2002 83,723 47,644,736 3.1% 0.58%
2003 82,781 47,892,330 -1.13% 0.52%
2004 82,475 48,082,519 -0.37% 0.4%
2005 82,858 48,184,561 0.46% 0.21%
2006 84,600 48,438,292 2.1% 0.53%
2007 85,033 48,683,638 0.51% 0.51%
2008 86,956 49,054,708 2.26% 0.76%
2009 87,298 49,307,835 0.39% 0.52%
2010 89,770 49,554,112 2.83% 0.5%
2011 87,441 49,936,638 -2.59% 0.77%
2012 88,303 50,199,853 0.99% 0.53%
2013 89,949 50,428,893 1.86% 0.46%
2014 91,359 50,746,659 1.57% 0.63%
2015 93,419 51,014,947 2.25% 0.53%
2016 94,677 51,217,803 1.35% 0.4%
2017 95,843 51,361,911 1.23% 0.28%
2018 96,762 51,585,058 0.96% 0.43%
2019 97,625 51,764,822 0.89% 0.35%
2020 98,462 51,836,239 0.86% 0.14%
2021 99,258 51,769,539 0.81% -0.13%
2022 119,878 51,672,569 20.8% -0.19%
2023 119,773 51,712,619 -0.09% 0.08%
2024 121,354 51,751,065 1.32% 0.07%
2025 123,549 51,700,480 1.81% -0.1%
2026 125,581 51,633,793 1.64% -0.13%
2027 127,380 51,552,198 1.43% -0.16%
2028 128,883 51,456,707 1.18% -0.19%
2029 130,011 51,347,230 0.87% -0.21%
2030 130,635 51,221,713 0.48% -0.24%
2031 130,989 51,081,220 0.27% -0.27%
2032 131,305 50,924,233 0.24% -0.31%
2033 131,578 50,747,132 0.21% -0.35%
2034 131,816 50,549,508 0.18% -0.39%
2035 132,027 50,333,286 0.16% -0.43%
2036 132,202 50,098,951 0.13% -0.47%
2037 132,348 49,845,669 0.11% -0.51%
2038 132,467 49,573,234 0.09% -0.55%
2039 132,552 49,283,770 0.06% -0.58%
2040 132,631 48,980,369 0.06% -0.62%
2041 132,681 48,661,905 0.04% -0.65%
2042 132,700 48,331,004 0.01% -0.68%
2043 132,698 47,990,085 -0.001% -0.71%
2044 132,665 47,634,183 -0.03% -0.74%
2045 132,613 47,263,526 -0.04% -0.78%
2046 132,531 46,881,228 -0.06% -0.81%
2047 132,415 46,482,133 -0.09% -0.85%
2048 132,264 46,063,595 -0.11% -0.9%
2049 132,085 45,626,805 -0.14% -0.95%
2050 131,885 45,172,356 -0.15% -1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Seychelles increased by 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Seychelles gained 31,762 (a 34% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

The Seychelles was ranked 184th most populous country in 2005 and is 181st in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Seychelles' population will grow by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st. The population of South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.

Biggest cities by population

Seychelles
City Population
Victoria 24.7K
South Korea
City Population
Seoul 9.67M
Busan 3.45M
Incheon 2.94M
Daegu 2.38M
Gwangju 1.49M
Daejeon 1.48M
Suwon 1.23M
Ulsan 1.13M
Yongin 1.08M
Goyang 1.06M

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