ailability:
males 15-49, 2,545,357; NA fit for military service; 96,832 reach military
age (18) annually (est.)
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

:Seychelles Geography

Total area:
455 km2
Land area:
455 km2
Comparative area:
slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
none
Coastline:
491 km
Maritime claims:
Continental shelf:
edge of continental margin or 200 nm
Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
claims Tromelin Island
Climate:
tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to
September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May)
Terrain:
Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are
coral, flat, elevated reefs
Natural resources:
fish, copra, cinnamon trees
Land use:
arable land 4%; permanent crops 18%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
woodland 18%; other 60%
Environment:
lies outside the cyclone belt, so severe storms are rare; short droughts
possible; no fresh water - catchments collect rain; 40 granitic and about 50
coralline islands
Note:
located north-northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean

:Seychelles People

Population:
69,519 (July 1992), growth rate 0.8% (1992)
Birth rate:
23 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
7 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
-8 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
15 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
65 years male, 75 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
2.4 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Seychellois (singular and plural); adjective - Seychelles
Ethnic divisions:
Seychellois (mixture of Asians, Africans, Europeans)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 90%, Anglican 8%, other 2%
Languages:
English and French (official); Creole
Literacy:
85% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
Labor force:
27,700; industry and commerce 31%, services 21%, government 20%,
agriculture, forestry, and fishing 12%, other 16% (1985); 57% of population
of working age (1983)
Organized labor:
three major trade unions

:Seychelles Government

Long-form name:
Republic of Seychelles
Type:
republic
Capital:
Victoria
Administrative divisions:
23 administrative d