Seychelles 
Facts
Population:
79,715 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
28.27% (male 11,367; female 11,167)
15-64 years:
65.47% (male 25,453; female 26,737)
65 years and over:
6.26% (male 1,673; female 3,318) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.49% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
17.66 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
6.65 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-6.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.5 male(s)/female
total population:
0.93 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
17.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
70.69 years
male:
65.17 years
female:
76.37 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.83 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Seychellois (singular and plural)
adjective:
Seychelles
Ethnic groups:
Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans, Europeans)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%
Languages:
English (official), French (official), Creole
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
58%
male:
56%
female:
60% (1971 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $610 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
1.5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
3.1%
industry:
26.3%
services:
70.6% (1999)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
6% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
30,900 (1996)
Labor force - by occupation:
industry 19%, services 71%, agriculture 10% (1989)
Unemployment rate:
NA%
Budget:
revenues:
$249 million
expenditures:
$262 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:
fishing; tourism; processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages
Industrial production growth rate:
NA%
Electricity - production:
160 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
148.8 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coconuts, cinnamon, vanilla, sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), bananas; broiler chickens; tuna fish
Exports:
$111 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:
fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports)
Exports - partners:
France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, China, Germany, Japan
Imports:
$440 million (c.i.f., 1999)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products, chemicals
Imports - partners:
South Africa, UK, China, Singapore, France, Italy
Debt - external:
$240 million (1999 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$16.4 million (1995)
Currency:
Seychelles rupee (SCR)
Currency code:
SCR
Exchange rates:
Seychelles rupees per US dollar - 6.0397 (November 2000), 5.6009 (2000), 5,3426 (1999), 5.2622 (1998), 5.0263 (1997), 4.9700 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Seychelles Nation
(Govt.-owned, English, French and Seselwa), Mahe, Victoria
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