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Population in the Seychelles compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Seychelles was 121,354 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Seychelles' population is 125,181 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.

Population statistics:

  • The United Arab Emirates' population is 90.9 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
  • The Seychelles is ranked the 181st most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
  • The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.002% for the Seychelles vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
  • For the last 10 years, the Seychelles has had an average growth rate of +2.9% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Seychelles has increased from 82.9K people to 125K (51.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
  • The Seychelles is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 133K people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.

Seychelles vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter

Seychelles UAE
Current population
125181
11372700
Population rank 181/197 86/197
Percent of world population 0.002% 0.14%
One net population change
5.54 hours
1.34 minutes
One birth every
5.63 hours
5.13 minutes
One death every
10 hours
53.8 minutes
One migration net change every
5.01 hours
1.89 minutes
Annual migration change +1,747 +278,439
Daily growth/decline +4 +1,077
Annual growth/decline +1,581 +393,230
Annual growth/decline rate +1.32% +3.75%
Population growth rate rank 83/197 8/197

the Seychelles and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Seychelles
Population

Growth rate
United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Seychelles UAE Seychelles UAE
1960 41,700 131,334 - -
1961 42,889 137,989 2.85% 5.07%
1962 44,042 144,946 2.69% 5.04%
1963 45,176 152,211 2.57% 5.01%
1964 46,322 159,692 2.54% 4.91%
1965 47,500 167,103 2.54% 4.64%
1966 48,699 173,976 2.52% 4.11%
1967 49,911 179,700 2.49% 3.29%
1968 51,134 199,416 2.45% 11%
1969 52,365 239,660 2.41% 20.2%
1970 53,600 286,536 2.36% 19.6%
1971 54,695 335,027 2.04% 16.9%
1972 56,029 385,014 2.44% 14.9%
1973 56,892 436,399 1.54% 13.3%
1974 57,937 489,087 1.84% 12.1%
1975 59,292 542,856 2.34% 11%
1976 60,504 615,866 2.04% 13.4%
1977 61,786 710,209 2.12% 15.3%
1978 62,150 809,274 0.59% 13.9%
1979 62,686 912,010 0.86% 12.7%
1980 63,261 1,015,700 0.92% 11.4%
1981 64,035 1,099,855 1.22% 8.29%
1982 64,413 1,166,370 0.59% 6.05%
1983 64,335 1,235,305 -0.12% 5.91%
1984 64,717 1,305,996 0.59% 5.72%
1985 65,244 1,377,911 0.81% 5.51%
1986 65,652 1,467,383 0.63% 6.49%
1987 68,499 1,574,244 4.34% 7.28%
1988 68,755 1,681,788 0.37% 6.83%
1989 69,167 1,789,851 0.6% 6.43%
1990 69,507 1,898,220 0.49% 6.05%
1991 70,439 2,006,626 1.34% 5.71%
1992 70,763 2,114,730 0.46% 5.39%
1993 72,253 2,222,093 2.11% 5.08%
1994 74,205 2,328,188 2.7% 4.77%
1995 75,304 2,434,662 1.48% 4.57%
1996 76,417 2,597,564 1.48% 6.69%
1997 77,319 2,817,410 1.18% 8.46%
1998 78,846 3,040,421 1.97% 7.92%
1999 80,410 3,266,009 1.98% 7.42%
2000 81,131 3,493,575 0.9% 6.97%
2001 81,202 3,723,590 0.09% 6.58%
2002 83,723 3,956,826 3.1% 6.26%
2003 82,781 4,192,457 -1.13% 5.96%
2004 82,475 4,428,967 -0.37% 5.64%
2005 82,858 4,664,790 0.46% 5.32%
2006 84,600 5,009,100 2.1% 7.38%
2007 85,033 5,624,635 0.51% 12.3%
2008 86,956 6,302,664 2.26% 12.1%
2009 87,298 6,707,058 0.39% 6.42%
2010 89,770 6,869,838 2.83% 2.43%
2011 87,441 7,104,538 -2.59% 3.42%
2012 88,303 7,391,448 0.99% 4.04%
2013 89,949 7,693,031 1.86% 4.08%
2014 91,359 8,059,440 1.57% 4.76%
2015 93,419 8,505,237 2.25% 5.53%
2016 94,677 8,935,095 1.35% 5.05%
2017 95,843 9,223,225 1.23% 3.22%
2018 96,762 9,346,701 0.96% 1.34%
2019 97,625 9,445,785 0.89% 1.06%
2020 98,462 9,401,038 0.86% -0.47%
2021 99,258 9,575,152 0.81% 1.85%
2022 119,878 10,074,977 20.8% 5.22%
2023 119,773 10,483,751 -0.09% 4.06%
2024 121,354 10,876,981 1.32% 3.75%
2025 123,549 11,191,510 1.81% 2.89%
2026 125,581 11,417,074 1.64% 2.02%
2027 127,380 11,595,528 1.43% 1.56%
2028 128,883 11,750,055 1.18% 1.33%
2029 130,011 11,890,496 0.87% 1.2%
2030 130,635 12,024,613 0.48% 1.13%
2031 130,989 12,159,255 0.27% 1.12%
2032 131,305 12,298,043 0.24% 1.14%
2033 131,578 12,440,531 0.21% 1.16%
2034 131,816 12,586,327 0.18% 1.17%
2035 132,027 12,734,906 0.16% 1.18%
2036 132,202 12,885,831 0.13% 1.19%
2037 132,348 13,038,803 0.11% 1.19%
2038 132,467 13,193,613 0.09% 1.19%
2039 132,552 13,349,897 0.06% 1.18%
2040 132,631 13,507,317 0.06% 1.18%
2041 132,681 13,665,875 0.04% 1.17%
2042 132,700 13,825,473 0.01% 1.17%
2043 132,698 13,986,029 -0.001% 1.16%
2044 132,665 14,147,509 -0.03% 1.15%
2045 132,613 14,309,823 -0.04% 1.15%
2046 132,531 14,473,950 -0.06% 1.15%
2047 132,415 14,641,700 -0.09% 1.16%
2048 132,264 14,812,411 -0.11% 1.17%
2049 132,085 14,984,754 -0.14% 1.16%
2050 131,885 15,158,142 -0.15% 1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Seychelles increased by 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Seychelles gained 31,762 (a 34% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

The Seychelles was ranked 184th most populous country in 2005 and is 181st in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.

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