Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Seychelles

Urban population share in the Seychelles in 2025 — 45.5%. Ranked 160 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18 pp.

2025 45.5% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 160of 217
Period maximum 49.4%1977
Period minimum 27.5%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Seychelles, 1960–20252030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 27.5%1962: 28.2%1964: 30.1%1966: 32.7%1968: 35.7%1970: 38.7%1972: 41.7%1974: 45.8%1976: 48.9%1978: 49.4%1980: 49.4%1982: 49.4%1984: 49.3%1986: 49.3%1988: 49.2%1990: 48.9%1992: 48.4%1994: 47.7%1996: 45.4%1998: 44%2000: 43.4%2002: 43.1%2004: 42.9%2006: 42.8%2008: 42.7%2010: 42.7%2012: 42.7%2014: 42.9%2016: 43.3%2018: 43.7%2020: 44.3%2022: 44.9%2024: 45.3%2025: 45.5%
Change over the period: +18 pp Annual average: 0.28 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Seychelles 45.5%
World 57.8%
Eastern Africa computed 31.8%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Seychelles, by year Seychelles All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.5 +0.2 pp
2024 45.3 +0.2 pp
2023 45.1 +0.2 pp
2022 44.9 +0.3 pp
2021 44.6 +0.3 pp
2020 44.3 +0.3 pp
2019 44 +0.3 pp
2018 43.7 +0.2 pp
2017 43.5 +0.2 pp
2016 43.3 +0.2 pp
2015 43.1 +0.2 pp
2014 42.9 +0.1 pp
2013 42.8 +0.1 pp
2012 42.7 +0.1 pp
2011 42.7 +0 pp
2010 42.7 −0 pp
2009 42.7 −0 pp
2008 42.7 −0 pp
2007 42.7 −0.1 pp
2006 42.8 −0.1 pp
2005 42.9 −0.1 pp
2004 42.9 −0.1 pp
2003 43 −0.1 pp
2002 43.1 −0.1 pp
2001 43.2 −0.2 pp
2000 43.4 −0.2 pp
1999 43.6 −0.3 pp
1998 44 −0.4 pp
1997 44.4 −1.1 pp
1996 45.4 −1.4 pp
1995 46.9 −0.8 pp
1994 47.7 −0.4 pp
1993 48.1 −0.3 pp
1992 48.4 −0.3 pp
1991 48.7 −0.2 pp
1990 48.9 −0.2 pp
1989 49.1 −0.1 pp
1988 49.2 −0.1 pp
1987 49.3 −0 pp
1986 49.3 −0 pp
1985 49.3 −0 pp
1984 49.3 −0 pp
1983 49.4 −0 pp
1982 49.4 −0 pp
1981 49.4 −0 pp
1980 49.4 −0 pp
1979 49.4 −0 pp
1978 49.4 −0 pp
1977 49.4 +0.5 pp
1976 48.9 +1.3 pp
1975 47.6 +1.8 pp
1974 45.8 +2.1 pp
1973 43.7 +2 pp
1972 41.7 +1.6 pp
1971 40.1 +1.4 pp
1970 38.7 +1.5 pp
1969 37.2 +1.5 pp
1968 35.7 +1.5 pp
1967 34.2 +1.5 pp
1966 32.7 +1.4 pp
1965 31.3 +1.2 pp
1964 30.1 +1 pp
1963 29 +0.8 pp
1962 28.2 +0.5 pp
1961 27.7 +0.2 pp
1960 27.5

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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