Seychelles Population Growth in the 1970s (1970 to 1979)

Seychelles Population Growth from 1970 to 1979

This page shows Seychelles population growth in the 1970s from 1970 to 1979. 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 1970 to 1979. Furthermore, this was the decade during Seychelles’s independence in 1976. Click here to review Seychelles country overview.

Chart of Seychelles Population Growth in the 1970s (1970 to 1979)

**Bar chart data are medium statistical estimates.

Conclusion

Seychelles’s population grew steadily from 1970 to 1979 for the decade. The population grew from 52,371 people in 1970 to 65,114 people in 1979. As a result, the population grew by 24.3% in the 1970s (1970 to 1979). 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 1980s.