Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Seychelles

Rural population in the Seychelles in 2025 — 66,909 people. Ranked 180 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 121.3%.

2025 66,909 people +0.78% vs 2024
World rank 180of 217
Period maximum 66,909 people2025
Period minimum 30,228 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Seychelles, 1960–202530,00040,00050,00060,00070,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 30,228 people1962: 31,605 people1964: 32,382 people1966: 32,772 people1968: 32,879 people1970: 32,850 people1972: 32,650 people1974: 31,423 people1976: 30,913 people1978: 31,443 people1980: 32,012 people1982: 32,611 people1984: 32,788 people1986: 33,293 people1988: 34,927 people1990: 35,512 people1992: 36,517 people1994: 38,818 people1996: 41,688 people1998: 44,190 people2000: 45,922 people2002: 47,643 people2004: 47,074 people2006: 48,401 people2008: 49,829 people2010: 51,474 people2012: 50,575 people2014: 52,131 people2016: 53,699 people2018: 54,440 people2020: 54,850 people2022: 66,040 people2024: 66,393 people2025: 66,909 people
Change over the period: +36,681 (+121.35%) Average annual rate: 1.23 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Seychelles 66,909 people
World 3.46B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 731M people
Eastern Africa computed 349M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 66,909 +516 +0.78%
2024 66,393 +634 +0.96%
2023 65,759 −281 −0.43%
2022 66,040 +11,054 +20.1%
2021 54,986 +136 +0.25%
2020 54,850 +185 +0.34%
2019 54,665 +225 +0.41%
2018 54,440 +286 +0.53%
2017 54,154 +455 +0.85%
2016 53,699 +539 +1.01%
2015 53,160 +1,029 +1.97%
2014 52,131 +694 +1.35%
2013 51,437 +862 +1.7%
2012 50,575 +449 +0.9%
2011 50,126 −1,348 −2.62%
2010 51,474 +1,427 +2.85%
2009 50,047 +218 +0.44%
2008 49,829 +1,136 +2.33%
2007 48,693 +292 +0.6%
2006 48,401 +1,049 +2.22%
2005 47,352 +278 +0.59%
2004 47,074 −107 −0.23%
2003 47,181 −462 −0.97%
2002 47,643 +1,534 +3.33%
2001 46,109 +187 +0.41%
2000 45,922 +603 +1.33%
1999 45,319 +1,129 +2.55%
1998 44,190 +1,183 +2.75%
1997 43,007 +1,319 +3.16%
1996 41,688 +1,665 +4.16%
1995 40,023 +1,205 +3.1%
1994 38,818 +1,290 +3.44%
1993 37,528 +1,011 +2.77%
1992 36,517 +367 +1.02%
1991 36,150 +638 +1.8%
1990 35,512 +294 +0.83%
1989 35,218 +291 +0.83%
1988 34,927 +171 +0.49%
1987 34,756 +1,463 +4.39%
1986 33,293 +223 +0.67%
1985 33,070 +282 +0.86%
1984 32,788 +206 +0.63%
1983 32,582 −29 −0.09%
1982 32,611 +200 +0.62%
1981 32,411 +399 +1.25%
1980 32,012 +295 +0.93%
1979 31,717 +274 +0.87%
1978 31,443 +185 +0.59%
1977 31,258 +345 +1.12%
1976 30,913 −160 −0.51%
1975 31,073 −350 −1.11%
1974 31,423 −602 −1.88%
1973 32,025 −625 −1.91%
1972 32,650 −107 −0.33%
1971 32,757 −93 −0.28%
1970 32,850 −20 −0.06%
1969 32,870 −9 −0.03%
1968 32,879 +27 +0.08%
1967 32,852 +80 +0.24%
1966 32,772 +153 +0.47%
1965 32,619 +237 +0.73%
1964 32,382 +329 +1.03%
1963 32,053 +448 +1.42%
1962 31,605 +601 +1.94%
1961 31,004 +776 +2.57%
1960 30,228

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

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