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Population in the Seychelles compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Seychelles was 121,354 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Seychelles' population is 125,181 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 390 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
  • The Seychelles is ranked the 181st most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.59% of the world: 0.002% for the Seychelles vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, the Seychelles has had an average growth rate of +2.9% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Seychelles has increased from 82.9K people to 125K (51.1% growth), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • The Seychelles is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 133K people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.7M people by 2100.

Seychelles vs Spain: live population counter

Seychelles Spain
Current population
125181
48786181
Population rank 181/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.002% 0.59%
One net population change
5.54 hours
1.14 minutes
One birth every
5.63 hours
1.62 minutes
One death every
10 hours
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
5.01 hours
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change +1,747 +111,674
Daily growth/decline +4 +1,258
Annual growth/decline +1,581 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate +1.32% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 83/197 108/197

the Seychelles and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Seychelles
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Seychelles Spain Seychelles Spain
1960 41,700 30,455,000 - -
1961 42,889 30,739,250 2.85% 0.93%
1962 44,042 31,023,366 2.69% 0.92%
1963 45,176 31,296,651 2.57% 0.88%
1964 46,322 31,609,195 2.54% 1%
1965 47,500 31,954,292 2.54% 1.09%
1966 48,699 32,283,194 2.52% 1.03%
1967 49,911 32,682,947 2.49% 1.24%
1968 51,134 33,113,134 2.45% 1.32%
1969 52,365 33,441,054 2.41% 0.99%
1970 53,600 33,814,531 2.36% 1.12%
1971 54,695 34,224,490 2.04% 1.21%
1972 56,029 34,604,469 2.44% 1.11%
1973 56,892 34,988,947 1.54% 1.11%
1974 57,937 35,373,335 1.84% 1.1%
1975 59,292 35,757,900 2.34% 1.09%
1976 60,504 36,137,812 2.04% 1.06%
1977 61,786 36,511,638 2.12% 1.03%
1978 62,150 36,864,898 0.59% 0.97%
1979 62,686 37,191,330 0.86% 0.89%
1980 63,261 37,491,165 0.92% 0.81%
1981 64,035 37,758,631 1.22% 0.71%
1982 64,413 37,986,012 0.59% 0.6%
1983 64,335 38,171,525 -0.12% 0.49%
1984 64,717 38,330,364 0.59% 0.42%
1985 65,244 38,469,512 0.81% 0.36%
1986 65,652 38,584,624 0.63% 0.3%
1987 68,499 38,684,815 4.34% 0.26%
1988 68,755 38,766,939 0.37% 0.21%
1989 69,167 38,827,764 0.6% 0.16%
1990 69,507 38,867,322 0.49% 0.1%
1991 70,439 38,966,376 1.34% 0.25%
1992 70,763 39,157,685 0.46% 0.49%
1993 72,253 39,361,262 2.11% 0.52%
1994 74,205 39,549,108 2.7% 0.48%
1995 75,304 39,724,050 1.48% 0.44%
1996 76,417 39,889,852 1.48% 0.42%
1997 77,319 40,057,389 1.18% 0.42%
1998 78,846 40,223,509 1.97% 0.41%
1999 80,410 40,386,875 1.98% 0.41%
2000 81,131 40,567,864 0.9% 0.45%
2001 81,202 40,850,412 0.09% 0.7%
2002 83,723 41,431,558 3.1% 1.42%
2003 82,781 42,187,645 -1.13% 1.82%
2004 82,475 42,921,895 -0.37% 1.74%
2005 82,858 43,653,155 0.46% 1.7%
2006 84,600 44,397,319 2.1% 1.7%
2007 85,033 45,226,803 0.51% 1.87%
2008 86,956 45,954,106 2.26% 1.61%
2009 87,298 46,362,946 0.39% 0.89%
2010 89,770 46,576,897 2.83% 0.46%
2011 87,441 46,742,697 -2.59% 0.36%
2012 88,303 46,773,055 0.99% 0.06%
2013 89,949 46,604,197 1.86% -0.36%
2014 91,359 46,460,733 1.57% -0.31%
2015 93,419 46,422,303 2.25% -0.08%
2016 94,677 46,458,139 1.35% 0.08%
2017 95,843 46,571,232 1.23% 0.24%
2018 96,762 46,782,011 0.96% 0.45%
2019 97,625 47,118,501 0.89% 0.72%
2020 98,462 47,359,424 0.86% 0.51%
2021 99,258 47,443,821 0.81% 0.18%
2022 119,878 47,786,102 20.8% 0.72%
2023 119,773 48,347,910 -0.09% 1.18%
2024 121,354 48,807,137 1.32% 0.95%
2025 123,549 48,786,181 1.81% -0.04%
2026 125,581 48,746,279 1.64% -0.08%
2027 127,380 48,696,847 1.43% -0.1%
2028 128,883 48,642,132 1.18% -0.11%
2029 130,011 48,578,166 0.87% -0.13%
2030 130,635 48,501,513 0.48% -0.16%
2031 130,989 48,412,854 0.27% -0.18%
2032 131,305 48,321,195 0.24% -0.19%
2033 131,578 48,230,054 0.21% -0.19%
2034 131,816 48,136,421 0.18% -0.19%
2035 132,027 48,036,650 0.16% -0.21%
2036 132,202 47,929,957 0.13% -0.22%
2037 132,348 47,819,257 0.11% -0.23%
2038 132,467 47,706,580 0.09% -0.24%
2039 132,552 47,588,878 0.06% -0.25%
2040 132,631 47,463,597 0.06% -0.26%
2041 132,681 47,332,618 0.04% -0.28%
2042 132,700 47,194,588 0.01% -0.29%
2043 132,698 47,052,293 -0.001% -0.3%
2044 132,665 46,902,636 -0.03% -0.32%
2045 132,613 46,738,565 -0.04% -0.35%
2046 132,531 46,564,383 -0.06% -0.37%
2047 132,415 46,381,681 -0.09% -0.39%
2048 132,264 46,190,642 -0.11% -0.41%
2049 132,085 45,985,428 -0.14% -0.44%
2050 131,885 45,769,362 -0.15% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Seychelles increased by 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Seychelles gained 31,762 (a 34% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

The Seychelles was ranked 184th most populous country in 2005 and is 181st in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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