Demographics of Seychelles

The total population of Seychelles is 95,235 people. People in Seychelles speak the French, English, and Seselwa languages. The linguistic diversity of Seychelles is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Seychelles is 0.1606. The median age is approximately 33.9 years. Life expectancy in Seychelles is 74. The female fertility rate in Seychelles is 2.4. Around 24% of the population of Seychelles are obese. The ethnic diversity is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale which for Seychelles is 0.2025. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Seychelles see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population

In Seychelles, the population density is 200 people per square kilometer (520 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be densely populated. The total population of Seychelles is 95,235 people. Seychelles has approximately 12,079 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Seychelles represent 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Seychelles represent 13 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Seychelles is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Seychelles is 0.2025. This means that the people living in Seychelles are coming from a narrow group of ethnicities, all of which are related to one another. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Seychelles on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age

The median age is approximately 33.9 years. The median age for men is 33.4, while the median age for women is 34.5.

Gender

The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.03. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.05; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1.08; sex ratio over 64 - 0.59; total sex ratio - 1.03. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion

The majority religion of Seychelles is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 94% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Seychelles are Islam, Hinduism, folk religions. The religious diversity of Seychelles is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Seychelles. The index of religious fractionalization in Seychelles is 0.2323. This score means that within the country there is one major with a few other minor beliefs.

General development

Seychelles is considered to be a developing nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developing nation, Seychelles may not be able to offer consistent social services to its citizens. These social services may include things like public education, reliable healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developing nations may have lower life expectancies than citizens of developed nations. In Seychelles, 47.08 in every 100 people use internet. Seychelles has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.756. Seychelles has a high HDI score. This indicates that the majority of citizens will be able to attain a desirable life while providing substantial aid and assistance to citizens with lower living standards. The migration rate in Seychelles is 1%. In Seychelles, 0.3% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Seychelles is low, indicating that it has a stable economy. Investors should consider Seychelles to be a safe location for investments and other financial ventures.

Language

People in Seychelles speak the French, English, and Seselwa languages. The linguistic diversity of Seychelles is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Seychelles. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Seychelles is 0.1606. This means that within the country there is one major language and several minor languages. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.