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Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles
The Seychelles is a country in Eastern Africa. About 97 000 people live there, in an area of 452 square kilometres. Its capital city is Victoria.
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Where is the Seychelles?
The Seychelles lies in Eastern Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 510 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 491 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is the Seychelles?
The Seychelles covers 452 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 5.7 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 180th largest.
Spread everybody out evenly and you get about 214.1 people on every square kilometre.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in the Seychelles?
About 97 000 people live in the Seychelles.
That is the 182nd biggest population in the world.
People here speak Seychellois Creole, English and French.
They pay with the Seychellois rupee (₨).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 70 years.
The land of the Seychelles
Its coast runs for about 491 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 25 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes the Seychelles different?
Websites from here often end in .sc.
The Seychelles and the rest of the world
Fewer than one person in every thousand on Earth lives in the Seychelles.
It takes up less than a hundredth of one per cent of all the land in the world.
Within Africa the country ranks 54th of 54 by size, and 54th by population.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, one lives wild in the Seychelles: Coconut crab. The highest mountain in the country is Morne Seychellois, at 905 metres.
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Where this country lands in the record lists
How big is the Seychelles compared with the United States?
- The United States is about 20 736 times as big as the Seychelles: 9 372 610 km² against 452 km².
- The United Kingdom is about 537 times as big as the Seychelles: 242 900 km² against 452 km².
Questions children ask
What is the capital of the Seychelles?
The capital of the Seychelles is Victoria. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in the Seychelles?
About 97 000 people live in the Seychelles, which makes it the 182nd most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is the Seychelles?
The Seychelles covers 452 square kilometres, making it the 180th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 5.7 times bigger.
What is the highest mountain in the Seychelles?
The highest mountain in the Seychelles is Morne Seychellois, 905 metres above sea level. It is the country's highest point.
Are there rivers in the Seychelles?
The Seychelles has no river long enough for a map of the world's rivers. Short streams run down the hills to the sea, and that is all the running water there is.
Which continent is the Seychelles in?
The Seychelles is in Africa, in the part called Eastern Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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