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Canada vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

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Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 4th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Main facts and rankings

Canada Sao Tome
Population
41972421
244055
Population rank 38/197 176/197
GDP
$2.24T
2024
$764M
2024
GDP rank 9/197 189/197
GDP per capita
$54,283
2024
$3,245
2024
GDP per capita rank 19/197 138/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$65,463
2024
$6,230
2024
Government debt
$2.48T
2024
$332M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
112.5%
2025
37.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$60,128
2024
$1,410
2024
Government debt per person rank 4/185 133/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$34,544
2025
$2,715
2025
Land area
3,393,336 sq mi
2025
371 sq mi
2025
Population density
12.2 ppl/mi²
2024
635 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.26
2023
3.64
2023
Median age
41.5 years
2024
20.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Canada and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Canada and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP
Canada

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP
Canada Sao Tome
1960 $40,563,768,947 -
1961 $41,038,192,838 -
1962 $42,336,211,556 -
1963 $45,140,337,827 -
1964 $49,503,663,836 -
1965 $54,649,410,479 -
1966 $61,252,415,405 -
1967 $65,856,924,424 -
1968 $72,048,833,006 -
1969 $79,405,011,125 -
1970 $88,192,257,632 $37,211,826
1971 $99,606,454,744 $37,288,845
1972 $113,463,848,874 $41,430,257
1973 $131,764,343,566 $56,011,245
1974 $160,949,188,139 $57,817,591
1975 $174,419,757,177 $60,101,710
1976 $207,271,612,576 $52,039,421
1977 $212,325,176,305 $49,207,692
1978 $219,369,542,386 $55,044,563
1979 $243,891,124,296 $65,755,928
1980 $274,776,566,028 $81,662,231
1981 $307,246,642,756 $83,499,264
1982 $314,647,807,409 $80,307,763
1983 $341,866,277,183 $75,110,289
1984 $356,718,400,124 $78,213,796
1985 $366,186,012,450 $82,733,069
1986 $379,006,836,992 $115,928,907
1987 $433,134,238,311 $115,952,925
1988 $509,380,027,627 $99,000,764
1989 $567,211,993,243 $98,545,367
1990 $596,075,591,361 $119,297,933
1991 $612,527,712,316 $107,484,143
1992 $594,387,358,319 $94,861,781
1993 $579,053,561,739 $125,742,229
1994 $579,944,346,807 $131,338,415
1995 $605,961,090,061 $103,695,237
1996 $630,607,994,133 $135,188,166
1997 $654,986,999,856 $91,920,274
1998 $634,000,000,000 $72,285,404
1999 $678,412,196,271 $77,302,212
2000 $744,773,415,932 $76,198,395
2001 $738,981,792,355 $75,951,133
2002 $760,649,334,098 $85,171,074
2003 $895,540,646,635 $102,085,769
2004 $1,026,690,238,278 $114,582,284
2005 $1,173,108,598,779 $136,450,662
2006 $1,319,264,809,591 $142,775,104
2007 $1,468,820,407,783 $149,146,919
2008 $1,552,989,690,722 $188,021,165
2009 $1,374,625,142,157 $200,668,065
2010 $1,617,343,367,486 $190,021,192
2011 $1,793,326,630,175 $226,455,001
2012 $1,828,366,481,522 $229,371,348
2013 $1,846,597,421,835 $267,041,748
2014 $1,805,749,878,440 $293,119,143
2015 $1,556,508,816,217 $259,999,643
2016 $1,527,994,741,907 $292,267,272
2017 $1,649,265,644,244 $322,002,845
2018 $1,725,329,192,783 $383,717,328
2019 $1,743,725,183,673 $412,976,083
2020 $1,655,684,730,000 $471,229,485
2021 $2,022,378,748,423 $524,402,456
2022 $2,190,411,080,134 $540,809,499
2023 $2,173,339,670,064 $678,976,265
2024 $2,241,253,230,970 $764,274,043

Canada and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita
Canada

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP per capita
Canada Sao Tome
1960 $2,265 -
1961 $2,246 -
1962 $2,274 -
1963 $2,380 -
1964 $2,562 -
1965 $2,777 -
1966 $3,055 -
1967 $3,226 -
1968 $3,473 -
1969 $3,776 -
1970 $4,136 $479
1971 $4,535 $470
1972 $5,107 $511
1973 $5,858 $676
1974 $7,057 $683
1975 $7,537 $693
1976 $8,839 $585
1977 $8,949 $539
1978 $9,154 $587
1979 $10,078 $683
1980 $11,208 $829
1981 $12,379 $830
1982 $12,527 $783
1983 $13,477 $720
1984 $13,930 $735
1985 $14,170 $761
1986 $14,521 $1,043
1987 $16,378 $1,018
1988 $19,013 $847
1989 $20,795 $821
1990 $21,526 $970
1991 $21,847 $855
1992 $20,950 $740
1993 $20,187 $964
1994 $19,998 $990
1995 $20,680 $769
1996 $21,297 $987
1997 $21,902 $662
1998 $21,025 $514
1999 $22,315 $543
2000 $24,271 $529
2001 $23,822 $519
2002 $24,256 $568
2003 $28,302 $664
2004 $32,146 $727
2005 $36,384 $844
2006 $40,504 $862
2007 $44,660 $879
2008 $46,710 $1,082
2009 $40,875 $1,128
2010 $47,561 $1,045
2011 $52,224 $1,220
2012 $52,670 $1,211
2013 $52,638 $1,383
2014 $50,961 $1,490
2015 $43,594 $1,298
2016 $42,314 $1,435
2017 $45,130 $1,556
2018 $46,539 $1,826
2019 $46,353 $1,935
2020 $43,538 $2,167
2021 $52,887 $2,363
2022 $56,257 $2,390
2023 $54,220 $2,941
2024 $54,283 $3,245

Canada vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Canada

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Life expectancy, years
Canada Sao Tome
1950 68.2 39.1
1951 68.5 39.1
1952 68.7 39.1
1953 69.1 39.1
1954 69.9 39.2
1955 70 39.3
1956 70 39.5
1957 69.9 40.1
1958 70.6 41
1959 70.6 42.1
1960 71 43.6
1961 71.2 45.2
1962 71.2 46.8
1963 71.3 48.4
1964 71.6 49.7
1965 71.7 51.1
1966 71.9 52.3
1967 72.1 53.4
1968 72.2 54.5
1969 72.4 55.4
1970 72.6 56.3
1971 72.9 57
1972 72.8 57.4
1973 73.1 57.9
1974 73.1 58.3
1975 73.4 58.6
1976 73.9 58.8
1977 74.2 59
1978 74.5 59.1
1979 74.8 59.3
1980 75.1 59.4
1981 75.5 59.4
1982 75.7 59.5
1983 76.1 59.7
1984 76.4 59.9
1985 76.3 60.1
1986 76.5 57.6
1987 76.8 60.7
1988 76.9 60.8
1989 77.1 59.7
1990 77.4 60.7
1991 77.6 60.8
1992 77.9 60.7
1993 77.7 60.6
1994 77.9 60.6
1995 78 60.5
1996 78.3 60.6
1997 78.5 60.6
1998 78.7 60.8
1999 78.9 61
2000 79.2 61.2
2001 79.4 61.5
2002 79.6 61.8
2003 79.7 62.2
2004 80 62.6
2005 80.1 62.4
2006 80.5 63
2007 80.5 63.3
2008 80.7 63.4
2009 81.1 63.7
2010 81.3 63.9
2011 81.5 64.1
2012 81.7 64.5
2013 81.8 64.9
2014 81.8 65.5
2015 81.9 66
2016 82 66.6
2017 81.9 67.1
2018 81.9 67.6
2019 82.3 68
2020 81.7 68
2021 82 68
2022 81.2 69.2
2023 82.6 69.7
2024 82.7 69.9
2025 82.9 70.1

Canada and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population
Canada

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Population
Canada Sao Tome
1960 17,909,356 68,012
1961 18,271,000 68,707
1962 18,614,000 69,403
1963 18,964,000 70,112
1964 19,325,000 70,865
1965 19,678,000 71,680
1966 20,048,000 72,576
1967 20,412,000 73,596
1968 20,744,000 74,765
1969 21,028,000 76,083
1970 21,324,000 77,626
1971 21,962,032 79,330
1972 22,218,463 81,041
1973 22,491,777 82,798
1974 22,807,969 84,672
1975 23,143,275 86,708
1976 23,449,808 88,922
1977 23,725,843 91,301
1978 23,963,203 93,794
1979 24,201,544 96,252
1980 24,515,667 98,544
1981 24,819,915 100,615
1982 25,116,942 102,508
1983 25,366,451 104,380
1984 25,607,053 106,394
1985 25,842,116 108,658
1986 26,100,278 111,150
1987 26,446,601 113,919
1988 26,791,747 116,939
1989 27,276,781 119,979
1990 27,691,138 122,980
1991 28,037,420 125,697
1992 28,371,264 128,110
1993 28,684,764 130,467
1994 29,000,663 132,732
1995 29,302,311 134,895
1996 29,610,218 136,962
1997 29,905,948 138,922
1998 30,155,173 140,751
1999 30,401,286 142,442
2000 30,685,730 144,018
2001 31,020,855 146,375
2002 31,359,199 149,922
2003 31,642,461 153,814
2004 31,938,807 157,705
2005 32,242,732 161,639
2006 32,571,193 165,638
2007 32,888,886 169,700
2008 33,247,298 173,793
2009 33,630,069 177,853
2010 34,005,902 181,802
2011 34,339,221 185,649
2012 34,713,395 189,439
2013 35,080,992 193,148
2014 35,434,066 196,767
2015 35,704,498 200,291
2016 36,110,803 203,689
2017 36,545,075 206,970
2018 37,072,620 210,187
2019 37,618,495 213,392
2020 38,028,638 217,435
2021 38,239,864 221,961
2022 38,935,934 226,305
2023 40,083,484 230,871
2024 41,288,599 235,536

Fertility rates in Canada and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate
Canada

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Fertility rate
Canada Sao Tome
1960 3.81 6.24
1961 3.75 6.26
1962 3.68 6.28
1963 3.61 6.31
1964 3.46 6.33
1965 3.12 6.35
1966 2.75 6.37
1967 2.53 6.39
1968 2.39 6.42
1969 2.33 6.44
1970 2.26 6.47
1971 2.14 6.49
1972 1.98 6.51
1973 1.89 6.53
1974 1.84 6.53
1975 1.82 6.53
1976 1.8 6.52
1977 1.78 6.5
1978 1.77 6.47
1979 1.75 6.43
1980 1.74 6.39
1981 1.7 6.33
1982 1.69 6.28
1983 1.68 6.22
1984 1.65 6.16
1985 1.67 6.1
1986 1.68 6.05
1987 1.68 5.99
1988 1.68 5.94
1989 1.77 5.88
1990 1.83 5.83
1991 1.72 5.77
1992 1.71 5.7
1993 1.69 5.64
1994 1.69 5.56
1995 1.67 5.55
1996 1.63 5.47
1997 1.57 5.4
1998 1.56 5.3
1999 1.55 5.23
2000 1.51 5.16
2001 1.54 5.1
2002 1.52 5.06
2003 1.55 5.01
2004 1.56 4.96
2005 1.58 4.94
2006 1.63 4.93
2007 1.67 4.96
2008 1.7 4.91
2009 1.69 4.84
2010 1.65 4.77
2011 1.63 4.72
2012 1.63 4.66
2013 1.61 4.58
2014 1.61 4.49
2015 1.6 4.35
2016 1.59 4.2
2017 1.55 4.07
2018 1.51 3.98
2019 1.47 3.9
2020 1.41 3.83
2021 1.44 3.76
2022 1.33 3.7
2023 1.26 3.64

Canada and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age
Canada

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Median age, years
Canada Sao Tome
1960 26.4 24.2
1961 26.3 24.3
1962 26 24.1
1963 25.8 23.5
1964 25.6 22.4
1965 25.5 21
1966 25.5 19.5
1967 25.5 18.5
1968 25.7 17.7
1969 25.8 17.2
1970 26 16.9
1971 26.3 16.9
1972 26.6 17
1973 26.9 17
1974 27.2 17.1
1975 27.4 17.1
1976 27.7 17.1
1977 28.1 17.2
1978 28.5 17.2
1979 28.8 17.3
1980 29.2 17.3
1981 29.5 17.4
1982 29.8 17.4
1983 30.2 17.4
1984 30.6 17.4
1985 31 17.4
1986 31.4 17.4
1987 31.8 17.4
1988 32.2 17.4
1989 32.5 17.4
1990 32.9 17.4
1991 33.2 17.3
1992 33.6 17.3
1993 33.9 17.2
1994 34.3 17.2
1995 34.7 17.3
1996 35.1 17.3
1997 35.5 17.4
1998 36 17.5
1999 36.4 17.7
2000 36.7 17.9
2001 37.1 18
2002 37.4 18.1
2003 37.8 18.3
2004 38.1 18.4
2005 38.5 18.5
2006 38.8 18.6
2007 39.1 18.7
2008 39.3 18.7
2009 39.5 18.7
2010 39.7 18.8
2011 39.9 18.9
2012 40.1 18.9
2013 40.3 18.9
2014 40.5 18.9
2015 40.6 19
2016 40.7 19
2017 40.8 19.1
2018 40.8 19.3
2019 40.8 19.4
2020 40.9 19.5
2021 41.1 19.7
2022 41.3 19.9
2023 41.4 20.1
2024 41.5 20.3

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Finance

Canada Sao Tome
GNI, Atlas method
$2.2T
2024
$653M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.2%
2025
24.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.88%
2022
5.03%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.29%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
72,000
2020
1,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.87%
2025
+2.56%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.35%
2024
8.81%
2017
Services, % of GDP
66.4%
2021
76.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.3%
2021
2.91%
2024
Economic freedom index
75.5
2025
60.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.1%
2021
32.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
3.3%
2021
2.6%
2017
Number of millionaires
1,991,416
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
6.07%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
76
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
4,226
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$3.37T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$120B
2024
$46.2M
2023
Personal remittances received
$851M
2024
$10M
2024
International tourist arrivals
32,430,000
2019
33,400
2018
International tourism as share of exports
3.66%
2011
73.2%
2018
Banked people share
98.4%
2024
n/a

Energy

Canada Sao Tome
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
7,336 kg
2023
259.3 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.79
2023
$10.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
575 megatons
2023
0.21 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14.3 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
76.8%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
23.8%
2021
42.5%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
19.8%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-89.6%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
14,460 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
67%
2021
6.06%
2021
Hydroelectric share
57%
2023
5.85%
2021
Nuclear share
14.1%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Canada Sao Tome
% of world population
0.51%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
+368,599
2024
-604
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
77%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
89.6
2025
32.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
75
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
99
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
2.27
2022
3.23
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.3
2019
27.9
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
71
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
93.8%
2022
English speaking
82.1%
2023
4.9%
2025
People using the Internet
94%
2023
61.5%
2023

Health

Canada Sao Tome
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,112
2023
$180.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$935
2023
$21.6
2022
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2023
30.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.5
2022
0.49
2019
Age at first childbirth
30 years
2021
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.1
2023
13.9
2023
Obesity rate
26.7%
2022
17.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.7%
2024
12.1%
2024
Air quality index
85
2025
24
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12%
2022
7.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.89 liters
2020
4.79 liters
2020

Territory

Canada Sao Tome
% of world land
5.9%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Land area per capita
82,186 sq mi
2024
1,574 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
219,596 sq mi
2025
166 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,339,068 sq mi
2025
193.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length
647,655 mi
2014
808 mi
2018

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