ACOG - Seychelles  - IBM

Geography

Location: Eastern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar

Area:
total area: 455 sq km
land area: 455 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 491 km


People

Population: 72,709 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 32% (female 11,630; male 11,811)
15-64 years: 62% (female 23,229; male 21,679)
65 years and over: 6% (female 2,875; male 1,485)

Population growth rate: 0.81% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 21.35 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 6.7 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -6.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 11.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.08 years
male: 66.54 years
female: 73.73 years

Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans, Europeans)

Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%

Languages: English (official), French (official), Creole

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1971)
total population: 58%
male: 56%
female: 60%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Seychelles
conventional short form: Seychelles

Type: republic

Capital: Victoria

Independence: 29 June 1976 (from UK)

Constitution: 18 June 1993


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $430 million

National product real growth rate: -2%

National product per capita: $6,000

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.9%

Unemployment rate: 9%

Electricity:
capacity: 30,000 kW
production: 110 million kWh
consumption per capita: 1,399 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.