Congo vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 64th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Congo and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Congo and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Congo

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Congo	Sao Tome
1960	$131,731,863	-
1961	$151,675,739	-
1962	$166,521,240	-
1963	$172,233,431	-
1964	$185,693,725	-
1965	$198,318,064	-
1966	$220,613,582	-
1967	$237,397,428	-
1968	$251,247,458	-
1969	$265,040,036	-
1970	$274,960,700	$37,211,826
1971	$322,128,019	$37,288,845
1972	$410,669,264	$41,430,257
1973	$541,973,363	$56,011,245
1974	$585,364,634	$57,817,591
1975	$767,102,680	$60,101,710
1976	$754,549,601	$52,039,421
1977	$765,224,029	$49,207,692
1978	$878,771,772	$55,044,563
1979	$1,198,749,667	$65,755,928
1980	$1,705,796,853	$81,662,231
1981	$1,993,512,323	$83,499,264
1982	$2,160,640,565	$80,307,763
1983	$2,097,274,290	$75,110,289
1984	$2,193,581,365	$78,213,796
1985	$2,160,872,540	$82,733,069
1986	$1,849,268,212	$115,928,907
1987	$2,297,753,652	$115,952,925
1988	$2,212,536,312	$99,000,764
1989	$2,389,593,026	$98,545,367
1990	$2,798,746,050	$119,297,933
1991	$2,724,853,506	$107,484,143
1992	$2,933,222,703	$94,861,781
1993	$2,684,323,623	$125,742,229
1994	$1,769,365,438	$131,338,415
1995	$2,116,003,868	$103,695,237
1996	$2,540,697,539	$135,188,166
1997	$2,322,719,103	$91,920,274
1998	$1,949,481,379	$72,285,404
1999	$2,354,772,960	$77,302,212
2000	$3,227,927,698	$76,198,395
2001	$2,796,704,604	$75,951,133
2002	$3,034,250,924	$85,171,074
2003	$3,503,723,088	$102,085,769
2004	$4,656,974,940	$114,582,284
2005	$6,650,001,680	$136,450,662
2006	$8,072,305,029	$142,775,104
2007	$8,782,703,437	$149,146,919
2008	$11,649,857,673	$188,021,165
2009	$9,723,299,915	$200,668,065
2010	$13,148,396,212	$190,021,192
2011	$15,655,383,577	$226,455,001
2012	$17,692,911,296	$229,371,348
2013	$17,958,720,699	$267,041,748
2014	$17,919,321,078	$293,119,143
2015	$12,434,793,867	$259,999,643
2016	$10,931,328,151	$292,267,272
2017	$11,834,473,039	$322,002,845
2018	$14,773,900,289	$383,717,328
2019	$13,976,637,780	$412,976,083
2020	$11,468,687,464	$471,229,485
2021	$14,825,690,211	$524,402,456
2022	$15,817,030,157	$540,809,499
2023	$15,321,055,818	$678,976,265
2024	$15,719,985,776	$764,274,043

Congo and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Congo

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Congo	Sao Tome
1960	$124.7	-
1961	$139.9	-
1962	$149.6	-
1963	$150.7	-
1964	$158.1	-
1965	$164.2	-
1966	$177.6	-
1967	$185.7	-
1968	$190.8	-
1969	$195.4	-
1970	$196.7	$479
1971	$223.5	$470
1972	$276.3	$511
1973	$353	$676
1974	$370	$683
1975	$471	$693
1976	$453	$585
1977	$448	$539
1978	$503	$587
1979	$670	$683
1980	$933	$829
1981	$1,066	$830
1982	$1,131	$783
1983	$1,075	$720
1984	$1,097	$735
1985	$1,049	$761
1986	$872	$1,043
1987	$1,052	$1,018
1988	$984	$847
1989	$1,033	$821
1990	$1,176	$970
1991	$1,113	$855
1992	$1,164	$740
1993	$1,034	$964
1994	$662	$990
1995	$770	$769
1996	$899	$987
1997	$804	$662
1998	$660	$514
1999	$776	$543
2000	$1,024	$529
2001	$855	$519
2002	$906	$568
2003	$1,017	$664
2004	$1,306	$727
2005	$1,799	$844
2006	$2,104	$862
2007	$2,206	$879
2008	$2,832	$1,082
2009	$2,271	$1,128
2010	$2,947	$1,045
2011	$3,396	$1,220
2012	$3,732	$1,211
2013	$3,697	$1,383
2014	$3,601	$1,490
2015	$2,439	$1,298
2016	$2,093	$1,435
2017	$2,212	$1,556
2018	$2,694	$1,826
2019	$2,488	$1,935
2020	$1,994	$2,167
2021	$2,516	$2,363
2022	$2,621	$2,390
2023	$2,478	$2,941
2024	$2,482	$3,245

Congo vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Congo

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Congo	Sao Tome
1950	39.6	39.1
1951	40.3	39.1
1952	41.1	39.1
1953	41.9	39.1
1954	42.6	39.2
1955	43.4	39.3
1956	44.3	39.5
1957	45.1	40.1
1958	46	41
1959	46.8	42.1
1960	47.6	43.6
1961	48.4	45.2
1962	49	46.8
1963	49.7	48.4
1964	50.4	49.7
1965	51	51.1
1966	51.6	52.3
1967	51.9	53.4
1968	52.6	54.5
1969	53.1	55.4
1970	53.6	56.3
1971	54	57
1972	54.4	57.4
1973	54.7	57.9
1974	55.1	58.3
1975	55.4	58.6
1976	55.7	58.8
1977	56	59
1978	56.2	59.1
1979	56.5	59.3
1980	56.8	59.4
1981	57.1	59.4
1982	57.2	59.5
1983	57.4	59.7
1984	57.5	59.9
1985	57.6	60.1
1986	57.6	57.6
1987	57.6	60.7
1988	57.5	60.8
1989	57.3	59.7
1990	57.1	60.7
1991	56.8	60.8
1992	56.5	60.7
1993	56	60.6
1994	55.6	60.6
1995	55.5	60.5
1996	55.2	60.6
1997	48.6	60.6
1998	52.6	60.8
1999	54.4	61
2000	55.4	61.2
2001	55.9	61.5
2002	56.4	61.8
2003	57.1	62.2
2004	58	62.6
2005	58.7	62.4
2006	59.5	63
2007	60.1	63.3
2008	60.8	63.4
2009	61.2	63.7
2010	61.7	63.9
2011	62.3	64.1
2012	62.7	64.5
2013	63	64.9
2014	63.3	65.5
2015	63.7	66
2016	63.9	66.6
2017	64.2	67.1
2018	64.5	67.6
2019	63.2	68
2020	64.4	68
2021	64.2	68
2022	65	69.2
2023	65.8	69.7
2024	66	69.9
2025	66.2	70.1

Congo and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Congo

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Population
	Congo	Sao Tome
1960	1,056,732	68,012
1961	1,084,389	68,707
1962	1,113,175	69,403
1963	1,143,263	70,112
1964	1,174,816	70,865
1965	1,207,880	71,680
1966	1,242,534	72,576
1967	1,278,691	73,596
1968	1,316,519	74,765
1969	1,356,182	76,083
1970	1,397,638	77,626
1971	1,441,039	79,330
1972	1,486,468	81,041
1973	1,533,680	82,798
1974	1,582,301	84,672
1975	1,627,032	86,708
1976	1,667,225	88,922
1977	1,707,568	91,301
1978	1,748,089	93,794
1979	1,788,524	96,252
1980	1,828,985	98,544
1981	1,869,759	100,615
1982	1,910,430	102,508
1983	1,950,321	104,380
1984	1,999,528	106,394
1985	2,059,311	108,658
1986	2,120,602	111,150
1987	2,183,473	113,919
1988	2,247,653	116,939
1989	2,313,558	119,979
1990	2,380,560	122,980
1991	2,449,229	125,697
1992	2,519,465	128,110
1993	2,595,124	130,467
1994	2,673,144	132,732
1995	2,749,461	134,895
1996	2,826,785	136,962
1997	2,887,862	138,922
1998	2,952,061	140,751
1999	3,032,874	142,442
2000	3,151,345	144,018
2001	3,272,537	146,375
2002	3,350,771	149,922
2003	3,445,753	153,814
2004	3,565,554	157,705
2005	3,696,393	161,639
2006	3,837,409	165,638
2007	3,980,430	169,700
2008	4,113,517	173,793
2009	4,281,219	177,853
2010	4,462,290	181,802
2011	4,609,724	185,649
2012	4,740,450	189,439
2013	4,857,099	193,148
2014	4,975,880	196,767
2015	5,097,581	200,291
2016	5,222,536	203,689
2017	5,351,011	206,970
2018	5,483,118	210,187
2019	5,616,661	213,392
2020	5,752,791	217,435
2021	5,892,183	221,961
2022	6,035,104	226,305
2023	6,182,885	230,871
2024	6,332,961	235,536

Fertility rates in Congo and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Congo

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Sao Tome
1960	6.09	6.24
1961	6.09	6.26
1962	6.1	6.28
1963	6.15	6.31
1964	6.18	6.33
1965	6.23	6.35
1966	6.27	6.37
1967	6.29	6.39
1968	6.33	6.42
1969	6.35	6.44
1970	6.38	6.47
1971	6.42	6.49
1972	6.44	6.51
1973	6.42	6.53
1974	6.39	6.53
1975	6.36	6.53
1976	6.32	6.52
1977	6.27	6.5
1978	6.21	6.47
1979	6.14	6.43
1980	6.07	6.39
1981	5.98	6.33
1982	5.85	6.28
1983	5.76	6.22
1984	5.66	6.16
1985	5.59	6.1
1986	5.51	6.05
1987	5.46	5.99
1988	5.39	5.94
1989	5.33	5.88
1990	5.27	5.83
1991	5.22	5.77
1992	5.18	5.7
1993	5.13	5.64
1994	5.1	5.56
1995	5.07	5.55
1996	5.03	5.47
1997	5	5.4
1998	4.91	5.3
1999	4.81	5.23
2000	4.72	5.16
2001	4.67	5.1
2002	4.7	5.06
2003	4.7	5.01
2004	4.69	4.96
2005	4.67	4.94
2006	4.65	4.93
2007	4.65	4.96
2008	4.73	4.91
2009	4.81	4.84
2010	4.85	4.77
2011	4.83	4.72
2012	4.79	4.66
2013	4.73	4.58
2014	4.67	4.49
2015	4.61	4.35
2016	4.55	4.2
2017	4.5	4.07
2018	4.44	3.98
2019	4.38	3.9
2020	4.33	3.83
2021	4.28	3.76
2022	4.22	3.7
2023	4.16	3.64

Congo and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Congo

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Congo	Sao Tome
1960	18.8	24.2
1961	18.7	24.3
1962	18.6	24.1
1963	18.4	23.5
1964	18.3	22.4
1965	18.2	21
1966	18.1	19.5
1967	17.9	18.5
1968	17.8	17.7
1969	17.7	17.2
1970	17.6	16.9
1971	17.5	16.9
1972	17.4	17
1973	17.4	17
1974	17.3	17.1
1975	17.2	17.1
1976	17.1	17.1
1977	17	17.2
1978	17	17.2
1979	17	17.3
1980	17	17.3
1981	17	17.4
1982	17.1	17.4
1983	17.2	17.4
1984	17.2	17.4
1985	17.3	17.4
1986	17.4	17.4
1987	17.4	17.4
1988	17.5	17.4
1989	17.6	17.4
1990	17.7	17.4
1991	17.7	17.3
1992	17.8	17.3
1993	17.9	17.2
1994	18	17.2
1995	18.1	17.3
1996	18.1	17.3
1997	18.1	17.4
1998	18.1	17.5
1999	18.2	17.7
2000	18.5	17.9
2001	18.8	18
2002	18.8	18.1
2003	18.9	18.3
2004	19	18.4
2005	19.2	18.5
2006	19.3	18.6
2007	19.5	18.7
2008	19.5	18.7
2009	19.7	18.7
2010	19.8	18.8
2011	19.7	18.9
2012	19.6	18.9
2013	19.5	18.9
2014	19.4	18.9
2015	19.3	19
2016	19.2	19
2017	19.2	19.1
2018	19.1	19.3
2019	19.1	19.4
2020	19.2	19.5
2021	19.2	19.7
2022	19.3	19.9
2023	19.4	20.1
2024	19.5	20.3

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