Seychelles Population Growth in the 1950s (1950 to 1959)

Seychelles Population Growth from 1950 to 1959

This page shows Seychelles population growth in the 1950s from 1950 to 1959. Seychelles’s official name is the Republic of Seychelles. The country is an archipelago island nation located in the east of Africa in the Indian Ocean. Additionally, it borders no African country but is off the coast of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania and Kenya.  Eventually, Seychelles declared independence on June 29, 1976.

The chart and review show the total population growth of Seychelles from 1950 to 1959. Furthermore, this was two decades before Seychelles’s independence in 1976. Click here to review Seychelles country overview.

Chart of Seychelles Population Growth in the 1950s (1950 to 1959)

**Bar chart data are medium statistical estimates.

Conclusion

Seychelles’s population grew steadily from 1950 to 1959 for the decade. The population grew from 36,325 people in 1950 to 40,904 people in 1959. As a result, the population grew by 12.6% in the 1950s (1950 to 1959). Additionally, the total life expectancy in Seychelles is approximately 73.6 years (2019). Lastly, around 55% of Seychelles’s population lives in urban areas.

Most importantly, the life expectancy in Seychelles has increased from 69.5 years in 1960 to 73.6 years in 2019. To conclude, Seychelles maintained sustained population growth despite having similar challenges as most countries on the African continent. Click here for Seychelles’s population growth in the 1960s.