Digital 2021: The Seychelles
You’ll find our complete #Digital2021 report for the Seychelles in the SlideShare embed above (click here if that’s not working for you).
This report contains all the latest internet stats, mobile stats, and social media stats for the Seychelles, but read on below for essential insights into digital use in the Seychelles in 2021.
The Seychelles’s population
The Seychelles had a population of 98.6 thousand in January 2021.
The Seychelles’s population increased by 584 (+0.6%) between January 2020 and January 2021.
48.7% of the Seychelles’s population is female, while 51.3% of its population is male [note: the United Nations does not publish data for genders other than ‘female’ and ‘male’].
57.8% of the Seychelles’s population lives in urban centres, while 42.2% lives in rural areas.
Internet users in the Seychelles
There were 58.0 thousand internet users in the Seychelles in January 2021.
The number of internet users in the Seychelles increased by 343 (+0.6%) between 2020 and 2021.
Internet penetration in the Seychelles stood at 58.8% in January 2021.
Note: we no longer include data sourced from social media platforms in our internet user numbers, so the numbers shown above and in our complete Digital 2021 reports are not comparable with numbers published in our reports from previous years.
Social media statistics for the Seychelles
There were 75.0 thousand social media users in the Seychelles in January 2021.
The number of social media users in the Seychelles increased by 2,000 (+2.7%) between 2020 and 2021.
The number of social media users in the Seychelles was equivalent to 76.0% of the total population in January 2021.
Note: Figures for social media users shown here and in our complete Digital 2021 reports may not equate to unique individuals. We have also included new sources in this year’s social media figures, so numbers shown here and in our Digital 2021 reports will not be comparable with numbers published in our previous reports.
Mobile connections in the Seychelles
There were 174.4 thousand mobile connections in the Seychelles in January 2021.
The number of mobile connections in the Seychelles increased by 1,558 (+0.9%) between January 2020 and January 2021.
The number of mobile connections in the Seychelles in January 2021 was equivalent to 176.9% of the total population.
Note: many people have more than one mobile connection, so figures for mobile connections may exceed 100% of the total population.
Additional resources
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