Cameroon vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 52nd vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Sao Tome
1960	$614,206,068	-
1961	$652,777,608	-
1962	$694,247,864	-
1963	$718,320,845	-
1964	$776,650,177	-
1965	$814,083,266	-
1966	$851,112,535	-
1967	$936,175,260	-
1968	$1,046,191,218	-
1969	$1,100,551,489	-
1970	$1,151,216,993	$37,211,826
1971	$1,236,941,394	$37,288,845
1972	$1,498,251,890	$41,430,257
1973	$1,901,393,361	$56,011,245
1974	$2,157,415,533	$57,817,591
1975	$2,857,037,371	$60,101,710
1976	$2,898,090,002	$52,039,421
1977	$3,394,664,024	$49,207,692
1978	$4,662,852,583	$55,044,563
1979	$5,919,002,983	$65,755,928
1980	$6,674,569,047	$81,662,231
1981	$6,610,938,617	$83,499,264
1982	$6,611,255,964	$80,307,763
1983	$6,870,200,010	$75,110,289
1984	$7,311,938,026	$78,213,796
1985	$8,544,810,498	$82,733,069
1986	$11,857,056,199	$115,928,907
1987	$13,049,659,981	$115,952,925
1988	$12,236,057,362	$99,000,764
1989	$11,012,566,195	$98,545,367
1990	$12,314,482,628	$119,297,933
1991	$11,840,192,296	$107,484,143
1992	$12,071,775,335	$94,861,781
1993	$16,181,814,713	$125,742,229
1994	$8,902,446,252	$131,338,415
1995	$10,864,772,471	$103,695,237
1996	$11,093,538,846	$135,188,166
1997	$10,789,458,433	$91,920,274
1998	$11,298,144,990	$72,285,404
1999	$11,565,826,465	$77,302,212
2000	$10,566,579,295	$76,198,395
2001	$10,953,485,349	$75,951,133
2002	$12,417,251,350	$85,171,074
2003	$15,970,315,035	$102,085,769
2004	$18,826,214,136	$114,582,284
2005	$19,509,852,207	$136,450,662
2006	$20,910,512,975	$142,775,104
2007	$23,928,250,433	$149,146,919
2008	$27,715,142,033	$188,021,165
2009	$27,932,970,317	$200,668,065
2010	$27,507,501,821	$190,021,192
2011	$30,630,910,495	$226,455,001
2012	$30,155,062,329	$229,371,348
2013	$33,728,621,180	$267,041,748
2014	$36,386,544,706	$293,119,143
2015	$32,210,233,020	$259,999,643
2016	$33,814,337,044	$292,267,272
2017	$36,098,547,033	$322,002,845
2018	$39,955,552,190	$383,717,328
2019	$39,667,757,528	$412,976,083
2020	$40,773,241,177	$471,229,485
2021	$45,011,937,347	$524,402,456
2022	$44,347,206,073	$540,809,499
2023	$49,279,410,983	$678,976,265
2024	$51,326,764,685	$764,274,043

Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Sao Tome
1960	$119.1	-
1961	$124.6	-
1962	$130	-
1963	$131.6	-
1964	$139.2	-
1965	$142.7	-
1966	$145.8	-
1967	$156.6	-
1968	$170.8	-
1969	$175.2	-
1970	$178.5	$479
1971	$186.7	$470
1972	$220.1	$511
1973	$271.8	$676
1974	$299.9	$683
1975	$386	$693
1976	$381	$585
1977	$435	$539
1978	$582	$587
1979	$718	$683
1980	$784	$829
1981	$750	$830
1982	$732	$783
1983	$746	$720
1984	$772	$735
1985	$875	$761
1986	$1,179	$1,043
1987	$1,258	$1,018
1988	$1,145	$847
1989	$1,001	$821
1990	$1,087	$970
1991	$1,015	$855
1992	$1,005	$740
1993	$1,310	$964
1994	$701	$990
1995	$832	$769
1996	$827	$987
1997	$783	$662
1998	$799	$514
1999	$796	$543
2000	$709	$529
2001	$715	$519
2002	$790	$568
2003	$988	$664
2004	$1,133	$727
2005	$1,143	$844
2006	$1,191	$862
2007	$1,326	$879
2008	$1,492	$1,082
2009	$1,461	$1,128
2010	$1,399	$1,045
2011	$1,514	$1,220
2012	$1,449	$1,211
2013	$1,576	$1,383
2014	$1,649	$1,490
2015	$1,415	$1,298
2016	$1,442	$1,435
2017	$1,496	$1,556
2018	$1,611	$1,826
2019	$1,555	$1,935
2020	$1,556	$2,167
2021	$1,672	$2,363
2022	$1,605	$2,390
2023	$1,737	$2,941
2024	$1,762	$3,245

Cameroon vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Sao Tome
1950	33.1	39.1
1951	33.9	39.1
1952	34.6	39.1
1953	35.5	39.1
1954	36.5	39.2
1955	37.5	39.3
1956	38.4	39.5
1957	38.3	40.1
1958	39.1	41
1959	39.8	42.1
1960	34.7	43.6
1961	35.2	45.2
1962	42.6	46.8
1963	43.1	48.4
1964	43.6	49.7
1965	44.2	51.1
1966	44.8	52.3
1967	45.6	53.4
1968	46.4	54.5
1969	47.2	55.4
1970	48	56.3
1971	48.6	57
1972	49.1	57.4
1973	49.5	57.9
1974	49.7	58.3
1975	49.9	58.6
1976	50	58.8
1977	50.1	59
1978	50.3	59.1
1979	50.5	59.3
1980	50.9	59.4
1981	51.2	59.4
1982	51.8	59.5
1983	52.4	59.7
1984	52.9	59.9
1985	53.5	60.1
1986	53.6	57.6
1987	54.2	60.7
1988	54.4	60.8
1989	54.4	59.7
1990	54.3	60.7
1991	54.2	60.8
1992	54.1	60.7
1993	53.9	60.6
1994	53.5	60.6
1995	53.3	60.5
1996	53.2	60.6
1997	53.1	60.6
1998	53	60.8
1999	53.2	61
2000	53.3	61.2
2001	53.6	61.5
2002	53.9	61.8
2003	54.3	62.2
2004	54.6	62.6
2005	54.9	62.4
2006	55.3	63
2007	55.7	63.3
2008	56.1	63.4
2009	56.5	63.7
2010	57	63.9
2011	57.5	64.1
2012	58.2	64.5
2013	58.7	64.9
2014	59.1	65.5
2015	59.7	66
2016	60.3	66.6
2017	60.8	67.1
2018	61.2	67.6
2019	61.7	68
2020	61.7	68
2021	61.1	68
2022	62.4	69.2
2023	63.7	69.7
2024	64	69.9
2025	64.2	70.1

Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Sao Tome
1960	5,159,057	68,012
1961	5,239,273	68,707
1962	5,338,620	69,403
1963	5,456,623	70,112
1964	5,578,257	70,865
1965	5,704,686	71,680
1966	5,837,295	72,576
1967	5,977,318	73,596
1968	6,125,863	74,765
1969	6,283,462	76,083
1970	6,449,793	77,626
1971	6,624,408	79,330
1972	6,806,872	81,041
1973	6,996,660	82,798
1974	7,193,583	84,672
1975	7,397,120	86,708
1976	7,597,962	88,922
1977	7,796,501	91,301
1978	8,011,921	93,794
1979	8,239,641	96,252
1980	8,512,219	98,544
1981	8,816,377	100,615
1982	9,028,678	102,508
1983	9,215,397	104,380
1984	9,475,078	106,394
1985	9,761,730	108,658
1986	10,060,342	111,150
1987	10,370,749	113,919
1988	10,684,968	116,939
1989	11,002,745	119,979
1990	11,331,821	122,980
1991	11,667,180	125,697
1992	12,006,353	128,110
1993	12,353,131	130,467
1994	12,704,903	132,732
1995	13,058,516	134,895
1996	13,414,757	136,962
1997	13,775,214	138,922
1998	14,144,860	140,751
1999	14,525,140	142,442
2000	14,912,631	144,018
2001	15,309,490	146,375
2002	15,725,528	149,922
2003	16,160,340	153,814
2004	16,610,487	157,705
2005	17,074,594	161,639
2006	17,550,407	165,638
2007	18,049,896	169,700
2008	18,574,056	173,793
2009	19,113,974	177,853
2010	19,668,066	181,802
2011	20,232,304	185,649
2012	20,809,529	189,439
2013	21,402,376	193,148
2014	22,059,893	196,767
2015	22,763,414	200,291
2016	23,454,161	203,689
2017	24,128,601	206,970
2018	24,806,383	210,187
2019	25,506,095	213,392
2020	26,210,558	217,435
2021	26,915,758	221,961
2022	27,632,771	226,305
2023	28,372,687	230,871
2024	29,123,744	235,536

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Sao Tome
1960	5.73	6.24
1961	5.73	6.26
1962	5.73	6.28
1963	5.73	6.31
1964	5.74	6.33
1965	5.8	6.35
1966	5.85	6.37
1967	5.95	6.39
1968	6.04	6.42
1969	6.14	6.44
1970	6.2	6.47
1971	6.26	6.49
1972	6.29	6.51
1973	6.33	6.53
1974	6.36	6.53
1975	6.4	6.53
1976	6.45	6.52
1977	6.51	6.5
1978	6.55	6.47
1979	6.58	6.43
1980	6.61	6.39
1981	6.61	6.33
1982	6.59	6.28
1983	6.58	6.22
1984	6.56	6.16
1985	6.56	6.1
1986	6.57	6.05
1987	6.54	5.99
1988	6.48	5.94
1989	6.41	5.88
1990	6.36	5.83
1991	6.32	5.77
1992	6.26	5.7
1993	6.16	5.64
1994	6.04	5.56
1995	5.92	5.55
1996	5.8	5.47
1997	5.71	5.4
1998	5.66	5.3
1999	5.6	5.23
2000	5.51	5.16
2001	5.44	5.1
2002	5.44	5.06
2003	5.43	5.01
2004	5.44	4.96
2005	5.42	4.94
2006	5.37	4.93
2007	5.34	4.96
2008	5.29	4.91
2009	5.24	4.84
2010	5.15	4.77
2011	5.05	4.72
2012	4.98	4.66
2013	4.91	4.58
2014	4.84	4.49
2015	4.84	4.35
2016	4.84	4.2
2017	4.8	4.07
2018	4.74	3.98
2019	4.65	3.9
2020	4.56	3.83
2021	4.47	3.76
2022	4.4	3.7
2023	4.32	3.64

Cameroon and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Sao Tome
1960	20.5	24.2
1961	20.3	24.3
1962	20.1	24.1
1963	20.1	23.5
1964	20	22.4
1965	19.9	21
1966	19.8	19.5
1967	19.7	18.5
1968	19.5	17.7
1969	19.4	17.2
1970	19.2	16.9
1971	19	16.9
1972	18.9	17
1973	18.8	17
1974	18.6	17.1
1975	18.5	17.1
1976	18.3	17.1
1977	18.2	17.2
1978	18	17.2
1979	17.9	17.3
1980	17.8	17.3
1981	17.8	17.4
1982	17.5	17.4
1983	17.3	17.4
1984	17.1	17.4
1985	17.1	17.4
1986	17	17.4
1987	16.9	17.4
1988	16.9	17.4
1989	16.8	17.4
1990	16.8	17.4
1991	16.8	17.3
1992	16.8	17.3
1993	16.8	17.2
1994	16.9	17.2
1995	16.9	17.3
1996	17	17.3
1997	17.1	17.4
1998	17.1	17.5
1999	17.2	17.7
2000	17.3	17.9
2001	17.4	18
2002	17.5	18.1
2003	17.5	18.3
2004	17.6	18.4
2005	17.6	18.5
2006	17.7	18.6
2007	17.7	18.7
2008	17.8	18.7
2009	17.8	18.7
2010	17.9	18.8
2011	17.9	18.9
2012	18	18.9
2013	18.1	18.9
2014	18.2	18.9
2015	18.3	19
2016	18.3	19
2017	18.4	19.1
2018	18.4	19.3
2019	18.5	19.4
2020	18.5	19.5
2021	18.6	19.7
2022	18.7	19.9
2023	18.8	20.1
2024	19	20.3

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