Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Seychelles

Net migration in the Seychelles in 2025 — 1,590 people. Ranked 61 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 983.3%.

2025 1,590 people −8.99% vs 2024
World rank 61of 217
Period maximum 2,086 people2021
Period minimum -587 people1978

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Seychelles, 1960–2025-1,00001,0002,0003,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -180 people1962: -128 people1964: -74 people1966: -94 people1968: 54 people1970: 69 people1972: 266 people1974: 174 people1976: 472 people1978: -587 people1980: -587 people1982: -357 people1984: -493 people1986: -487 people1988: -196 people1990: -228 people1992: -289 people1994: -231 people1996: -266 people1998: 512 people2000: 461 people2002: 425 people2004: 317 people2006: 264 people2008: 105 people2010: 740 people2012: 1,538 people2014: 1,742 people2016: 1,682 people2018: 1,733 people2020: 1,726 people2022: 1,788 people2024: 1,747 people2025: 1,590 people
Change over the period: +1,770 (+983.33%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Seychelles

Seychelles 1,590 people
World 0 people
Sub-Saharan Africa -223,909 people
Eastern Africa computed -277,309 people
High-income countries computed 2.41M people
Net migration — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1,590 −157 −8.99%
2024 1,747 −62 −3.43%
2023 1,809 +21 +1.17%
2022 1,788 −298 −14.29%
2021 2,086 +360 +20.86%
2020 1,726 −44 −2.49%
2019 1,770 +37 +2.14%
2018 1,733 +40 +2.36%
2017 1,693 +11 +0.65%
2016 1,682 −37 −2.15%
2015 1,719 −23 −1.32%
2014 1,742 +25 +1.46%
2013 1,717 +179 +11.64%
2012 1,538 −13 −0.84%
2011 1,551 +811 +109.59%
2010 740 +635 +604.76%
2009 105 +0 +0%
2008 105 −68 −39.31%
2007 173 −91 −34.47%
2006 264 +50 +23.36%
2005 214 −103 −32.49%
2004 317 +1 +0.32%
2003 316 −109 −25.65%
2002 425 −84 −16.5%
2001 509 +48 +10.41%
2000 461 −30 −6.11%
1999 491 −21 −4.1%
1998 512 +523 +4,754.55%
1997 -11 +255 +95.86%
1996 -266 −95 −55.56%
1995 -171 +60 +25.97%
1994 -231 +85 +26.9%
1993 -316 −27 −9.34%
1992 -289 +53 +15.5%
1991 -342 −114 −50%
1990 -228 −22 −10.68%
1989 -206 −10 −5.1%
1988 -196 +167 +46.01%
1987 -363 +124 +25.46%
1986 -487 −29 −6.33%
1985 -458 +35 +7.1%
1984 -493 −54 −12.3%
1983 -439 −82 −22.97%
1982 -357 +208 +36.81%
1981 -565 +22 +3.75%
1980 -587 −78 −15.32%
1979 -509 +78 +13.29%
1978 -587 −727 −519.29%
1977 140 −332 −70.34%
1976 472 +213 +82.24%
1975 259 +85 +48.85%
1974 174 −153 −46.79%
1973 327 +61 +22.93%
1972 266 +164 +160.78%
1971 102 +33 +47.83%
1970 69 +26 +60.47%
1969 43 −11 −20.37%
1968 54 +69 +460%
1967 -15 +79 +84.04%
1966 -94 −74 −370%
1965 -20 +54 +72.97%
1964 -74 +33 +30.84%
1963 -107 +21 +16.41%
1962 -128 +25 +16.34%
1961 -153 +27 +15%
1960 -180

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.