Seychelles
Median age in Seychelles
Median age in Seychelles: 26.3 years in 1950 and 33.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 33.7 years
- Since 1950
- +7.4 years
- Rank, 2023
- 104 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 45.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 45.6 years in 2100, between 38.2 years and 56.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 33.7 years in 2023, the lowest 17.2 years in 1971.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Seychelles | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 33.7 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 33.4 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 33.1 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 32.6 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 32.2 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 31.9 | 29 |
| 2017 | 31.6 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 31.3 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 31 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 30.8 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 30.7 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 30.5 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 30.4 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 30.1 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 29.8 | 27 |
| 2008 | 29.4 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 29 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 28.6 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 28.2 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 27.9 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 27.5 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 27.1 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 26.7 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 26.3 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 25.8 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 25.4 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 25.1 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 24.7 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 24.5 | 24 |
| 1994 | 24.2 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 23.9 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 23.5 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 23.1 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 22.6 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 22.2 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 21.9 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 21.5 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 21.2 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 21 | 22 |
| 1984 | 20.7 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 20.3 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 20 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 19.7 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 19.3 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 18.9 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 18.5 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 18.2 | 21 |
| 1976 | 17.9 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 17.7 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 17.5 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 17.4 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 17.3 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 17.2 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 17.4 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.6 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 17.9 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 18.3 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 18.7 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 19.2 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 19.6 | 21 |
| 1963 | 20 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 20.3 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 20.5 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 20.8 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 21.2 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 21.7 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 22.3 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 22.8 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 23.4 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 23.9 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 24.5 | 22 |
| 1952 | 25.1 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 25.7 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 26.3 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Seychelles | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3433.9–34 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 34.334.1–34.5 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 34.634.3–34.9 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 3534.4–35.4 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 35.334.7–36 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 35.734.9–36.5 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 36.235.2–37.2 | 32 |
| 2031 | 36.735.5–37.8 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 37.235.7–38.5 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 37.635.9–39.2 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 38.136.1–39.9 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 38.636.3–40.7 | 33 |
| 2036 | 3936.4–41.3 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 39.436.5–42 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 39.836.6–42.7 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 40.236.6–43.4 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 40.536.6–44 | 34 |
| 2041 | 40.836.6–44.6 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 41.236.5–45.3 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 41.436.5–45.9 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 41.736.4–46.5 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 41.936.4–47.1 | 35 |
| 2046 | 42.136.4–47.6 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 42.236.4–48.1 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 42.336.4–48.6 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 42.436.4–49.1 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 42.536.4–49.5 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 42.636.3–49.9 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 42.636.3–50.3 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 42.636.3–50.6 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 42.636.3–50.9 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 42.736.3–51.1 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 42.736.4–51.4 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 42.736.4–51.6 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 42.836.4–51.7 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 42.836.4–51.8 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 42.836.5–51.8 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 42.936.5–51.8 | 38 |
| 2062 | 42.936.5–51.7 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 4336.5–51.7 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 43.136.6–51.6 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 43.236.6–51.6 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 43.336.7–51.5 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 43.336.8–51.4 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 43.436.8–51.4 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 43.536.8–51.4 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 43.536.8–51.5 | 39 |
| 2071 | 43.636.8–51.6 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 43.736.8–51.6 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 43.736.9–51.7 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 43.836.9–51.8 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 43.937–52 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 43.937.1–52.1 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 4437.1–52.2 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 4437.1–52.3 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 4437.1–52.4 | 40 |
| 2080 | 44.137.1–52.6 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 44.137.1–52.7 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 44.137–52.9 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 44.137–53.2 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 44.237–53.4 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 44.236.9–53.6 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 44.236.9–53.8 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 44.336.9–53.8 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 44.336.9–53.8 | 41 |
| 2089 | 44.437–53.8 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 44.437–53.9 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 44.537.2–54 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 44.637.3–54.2 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 44.737.5–54.5 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 44.837.6–54.7 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 44.937.7–55 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 45.137.8–55.4 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 45.238–55.8 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 45.338–56.1 | 42 |
| 2099 | 45.438.1–56.5 | 42 |
| 2100 | 45.638.2–56.8 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending1.24% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$28M in 2025
- Military spending per person$216 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel0 people in 2020
- National power0% of world capability in 2022
- Arms imports19 million TIV in 2021
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 1995