Seychelles - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Seychelles was 56,661 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56,661 in 2020 and a minimum value of 11,540 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 11,540
1961 12,316
1962 13,118
1963 13,949
1964 14,819
1965 15,733
1966 16,693
1967 17,693
1968 18,736
1969 19,818
1970 20,940
1971 22,062
1972 23,421
1973 24,621
1974 25,937
1975 27,432
1976 28,905
1977 30,449
1978 30,700
1979 30,955
1980 31,229
1981 31,603
1982 31,779
1983 31,731
1984 31,910
1985 32,160
1986 32,351
1987 33,744
1988 33,860
1989 34,065
1990 34,246
1991 34,731
1992 34,930
1993 35,718
1994 36,750
1995 37,376
1996 38,024
1997 38,583
1998 39,471
1999 40,396
2000 40,917
2001 41,126
2002 42,595
2003 42,320
2004 42,382
2005 42,813
2006 43,966
2007 44,460
2008 45,755
2009 46,241
2010 47,880
2011 46,973
2012 47,790
2013 49,055
2014 50,219
2015 51,754
2016 52,859
2017 53,922
2018 54,855
2019 55,762
2020 56,661

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Seychelles was 57.55 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 57.55 in 2020, while its lowest value was 27.67 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 27.67
1961 28.72
1962 29.79
1963 30.88
1964 31.99
1965 33.12
1966 34.28
1967 35.45
1968 36.64
1969 37.85
1970 39.07
1971 40.34
1972 41.80
1973 43.28
1974 44.77
1975 46.27
1976 47.77
1977 49.28
1978 49.40
1979 49.38
1980 49.37
1981 49.35
1982 49.34
1983 49.32
1984 49.31
1985 49.29
1986 49.28
1987 49.26
1988 49.25
1989 49.25
1990 49.27
1991 49.31
1992 49.36
1993 49.44
1994 49.53
1995 49.63
1996 49.76
1997 49.90
1998 50.06
1999 50.24
2000 50.43
2001 50.65
2002 50.88
2003 51.12
2004 51.39
2005 51.67
2006 51.97
2007 52.29
2008 52.62
2009 52.97
2010 53.34
2011 53.72
2012 54.12
2013 54.54
2014 54.97
2015 55.40
2016 55.83
2017 56.26
2018 56.69
2019 57.12
2020 57.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization