Seychelles

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Government: Unitary Presidential Republic

Current President: Danny Faure

Economy:

• Economic growth has been fueled by the tourist sector, which employs about 30% of the labor force and provides more than 70% of hard currency earnings, and by tuna fishing.

Population: 191,650 (2014)

Land Size: 455 sq km (176 sq miles)

Major Ethic Groups:

• Mixed French
• African
• Indian
• Chinese
• Arab

• Roman Catholic: 82.3%
• Protestant: 7.5% (Anglican: 6.4%, Seventh-Day Adventist: 1.1%)
• Other Christian: 3.4%
• Hindu: 2.1%
• Muslim: 1.1%
• Other non-Christian: 1.5%
• Unspecified: 1.5%
• None: 0.6%

Language(s):

• Creole: 91.8%
• English (official): 4.9%
• Other: 3.1%
• Unspecified: 0.2%

Links:

• CIA World Fact Book: Seychelles
• U.S. Department of State: Seychelles
• BBC News: Seychelles
• The People 
• Seychelles Nation