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Africa — Eastern Africa
UN Member
Independent
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🇸🇨 Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles
aka Sesel — endonym
122.7K
Population
World #193
452 km²
Land Area
World #204
$2.2 billion
GDP (USD)
World #170
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Did You Know?
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Seychelles is the world's #193 most populous country out of 242 tracked nations.
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It has no land borders — an island nation surrounded entirely by water.
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3 languages are officially recognised here.
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Its economy ranks #170 worldwide with a GDP of $2.2 billion USD.
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Population density is 271.5 people per km² — world rank #54.
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Cars drive on the left side of the road — like the UK, Japan and India.
Quick Facts
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Capital
Victoria
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Phone Code
+248
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Internet TLD
.sc
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Nationality
Seychellois
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Week Starts
Monday
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ISO Codes
SC / SYC / 690
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Coordinates
-4.58°, 55.67°
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Driving Side
Left-hand traffic
Economy
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GDP (nominal)
$2.2 billion USD
World rank #170 of 188 tracked economies
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GDP per Capita
$17,909
Total output ÷ total population
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Population Density
271.5 /km²
World density rank #54
₨
Seychellois rupee
SCR • official currency
People & Languages
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Total Population
122,729
World rank #193 of 242 nations
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Official Languages
3
Seychellois Creole • English • French
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Demonym
Seychellois
What its people are called
🗣️ Seychellois Creole
🗣️ English
🗣️ French
Geography & Neighbours
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Land Area
452 km²
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Land Borders
0 countries
🏝️ Island — no land borders
Timezones (1)
UTC+04:00
Indian/Mahe
SCT — Seychelles Time
“Seychelles” Around the World
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سيشل
جمهورية سيشل
bre
Sechelez
Republik Sechelez
ces
Seychely
Seychelská republika
deu
Seychellen
Republik der Seychellen
est
Seišellid
Seišelli Vabariik
fin
Seychellit
Seychellien tasavalta
fra
Seychelles
République des Seychelles
hrv
Sejšeli
Republika Sejšeli
hun
Seychelle-szigetek
Seychelle Köztársaság
ita
Seychelles
Repubblica delle Seychelles
jpn
セーシェル
セーシェル共和国
kor
세이셸
세이셸 공화국
nld
Seychellen
Republiek der Seychellen
per
سیشل
جمهوری سیشل
pol
Seszele
Republika Seszeli
por
Seicheles
República das Seychelles
rus
Сейшельские Острова
Республика Сейшельские Острова
slk
Seychely
Seychelská republika
spa
Seychelles
República de las Seychelles
srp
Sejšeli
Republika Sejšeli
swe
Seychellerna
Republiken Seychellerna
tur
Seyşeller
Seyşeller Cumhuriyeti
urd
سیچیلیس
جمہوریہ سیچیلیس
zho
塞舌尔
塞舌尔共和国
Codes & Identity
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ISO Alpha-2
SC
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ISO Alpha-3
SYC
3️⃣
ISO Numeric
690
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Status
officially-assigned
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WikiData ID
Q1042
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Also Spelled As
SC • Republic of Seychelles • Repiblik Sesel • République des Seychelles
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