Saint Helena vs Seychelles
Seychelles is 16% larger than Saint Helena.
Saint HelenaSeychellesSaint Helena moved onto Seychelles · Equal-area projection
Remote islands and overseas parts not drawn; the figures include them
0.86×
Saint Helena is 0.86× the area of Seychelles. Put the other way, Seychelles is 1.16× the size of Saint Helena.
 Saint Helena |  Seychelles | |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| AreaSeychelles: 1.16× the area | 394 km² | 459 km²#181 of 194 |
| Coastline | Coast, no land border | Coast, no land border |
| Land neighbours | 0 | 0 |
| People | ||
| PopulationSeychelles: 21.8× the population | 5,6332016 | 122,730#179 of 194 · 2025 |
| DensitySeychelles: 18.7× the density | 14 / km² | 267 / km²#33 of 194 |
| Urban population | — | 46%#137 of 192 · 2025 |
| Fertility rate | — | 1.85 per woman#104 of 192 · 2024 |
| Population growth | — | +1.13%#90 of 192 · 2025 |
| Birth rate | — | 11.0 per 1,000#125 of 192 · 2024 |
| Death rate | — | 7.0 per 1,000#102 of 192 · 2024 |
| Children under 15 | — | 19.8%#116 of 192 · 2025 |
| People over 65 | — | 8.7%#86 of 192 · 2025 |
| Net migration | — | +13.0 per 1,000#5 of 192 · 2025 |
| Refugees abroad | — | 0.08 per 1,000#122 of 190 · 2025 |
| Health & education | ||
| Life expectancy | — | 76.3 years#75 of 192 · 2024 |
| Infant mortality | — | 12.9 per 1,000 births#93 of 191 · 2024 |
| Doctors | — | 6.60 per 1,000#3 of 178 · 2022 |
| University enrolment | — | 14.5%#124 of 145 · 2024 |
| Human Development Index | — | 0.848#53 of 190 · 2023 |
| Economy | ||
| GNI per capita | — | $19,200#56 of 185 · 2025 |
| GDP | — | $2.39B2025 |
| Income group | — | High income |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | — | $35,854#60 of 184 · 2025 |
| GDP growth | — | +5.8%#35 of 187 · 2025 |
| Inflation | — | +0.3%#156 of 176 · 2025 |
| Extreme poverty | — | 0.7%#98 of 149 · 2018 |
| Income inequality (Gini) | — | 32.1#102 of 149 · 2018 |
| Foreign investment | — | 10.0% of GDP#17 of 184 · 2025 |
| Exports | — | 79.6% of GDP#13 of 168 · 2025 |
| Military spending | — | 1.2% of GDP#102 of 155 · 2025 |
| Internet users | — | 88%#68 of 184 · 2024 |
| Mobile subscriptions | — | 126 per 100#64 of 191 · 2024 |
| Energy & environment | ||
| Forest area | — | 59% of land#29 of 192 · 2024 |
| CO₂ per person | — | 7.24 t a year#29 of 185 · 2024 |
| Renewable energy | — | 1.9%#168 of 190 · 2022 |
| Access to electricity | — | 100.0%#1 of 192 · 2024 |
| Air pollution (PM2.5) | — | 9.3 µg/m³#159 of 191 · 2023 |
| Protected land | — | 68.1% of land#1 of 191 · 2025 |
| Arable land | — | 0.3% of land#186 of 190 · 2024 |
| Precipitation | — | 2,330 mm#20 of 180 · 2022 |
| Governance & safety | ||
| Political stability | — | +1.17#25 of 193 · 2025 |
| Control of corruption | — | +1.23#24 of 193 · 2025 |
| Homicide rate | — | 8.0 per 100,000#34 of 146 · 2022 |
| State | ||
| Status | Territory of United Kingdom | Independent state |
| Government | Dependent territoryparliamentary democracy | Presidential republic |
| Capital | Jamestown | Victoria |
| Currency | Pound sterling (GBP), Saint Helena pound (SHP) | Seychellois rupee (SCR) |
| Official languages | English | English, French, Seychellois Creole |
| Traffic drives | On the left | On the left |
| Time zone | UTC | UTC+4 |
| Calling code | +290, +247 | +248 |
| Region | Western Africa, Africa | Eastern Africa, Africa |
Area: Wikidata. Population, income, health, economy, environment and governance: World Bank. Human Development Index: UNDP. Government: CIA World Factbook. Ranks among the 194 independent states. All sources
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Saint Helena sits at about 12° S and is stretched to 1.05× its true area; Seychelles at 5° S is stretched to 1.01×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Saint Helena bigger than Seychelles?
- No. Saint Helena is 14% smaller than Seychelles. Saint Helena covers 394 km² and Seychelles covers 459 km².
- How many times does Saint Helena fit into Seychelles?
- About 1.2 times: Seychelles has 1.16× the area of Saint Helena.
- Why do Saint Helena and Seychelles look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Saint Helena is drawn about 1.05× its true area there and Seychelles about 1.01×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Saint Helena or Seychelles?
- Seychelles: 122,730 people against 5,633. Density: Saint Helena 14 per km², Seychelles 267 per km².
- What kind of government do Saint Helena and Seychelles have?
- By constitution, as the CIA World Factbook describes them — Saint Helena: dependent territory; Seychelles: presidential republic.