_#_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
_*People #_Population: 68,932 (July 1991), growth rate 0.9% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 23 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 8 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 15 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 65 years male, 75 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 2.5 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Seychellois (sing. and pl.); adjective—Seychelles