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Ecuador vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

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Ecuador has a population of 18.1M (ranked 71/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Ecuador's land area is 95,892 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 76th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Ecuador ranks 63/197 ($125B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Ecuador ranks 105/197 ($6,875), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Main facts and rankings

Ecuador Sao Tome
Population
18414090
244055
Population rank 71/197 176/197
GDP
$125B
2024
$764M
2024
GDP rank 63/197 189/197
GDP per capita
$6,875
2024
$3,245
2024
GDP per capita rank 105/197 138/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$15,840
2024
$6,230
2024
Government debt
$68.6B
2024
$332M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
55.1%
2025
37.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$3,784
2024
$1,410
2024
Government debt per person rank 93/185 133/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,020
2025
$2,715
2025
Land area
95,892 sq mi
2025
371 sq mi
2025
Population density
189.1 ppl/mi²
2024
635 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.82
2023
3.64
2023
Median age
29.8 years
2024
20.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Ecuador and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Ecuador and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP
Ecuador

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP
Ecuador Sao Tome
1960 $2,069,464,937 -
1961 $1,753,850,955 -
1962 $1,518,207,703 -
1963 $1,824,343,871 -
1964 $2,244,146,103 -
1965 $2,387,047,396 -
1966 $2,429,308,639 -
1967 $2,553,595,172 -
1968 $2,582,179,864 -
1969 $3,112,165,727 -
1970 $2,862,503,139 $37,211,826
1971 $2,754,219,271 $37,288,845
1972 $3,185,986,087 $41,430,257
1973 $3,891,754,150 $56,011,245
1974 $6,599,257,044 $57,817,591
1975 $7,731,674,472 $60,101,710
1976 $9,091,921,030 $52,039,421
1977 $11,026,342,618 $49,207,692
1978 $11,922,497,876 $55,044,563
1979 $14,175,160,902 $65,755,928
1980 $17,881,508,242 $81,662,231
1981 $21,810,759,354 $83,499,264
1982 $19,929,846,396 $80,307,763
1983 $17,152,477,037 $75,110,289
1984 $16,912,509,092 $78,213,796
1985 $17,149,088,413 $82,733,069
1986 $15,314,138,472 $115,928,907
1987 $13,945,426,859 $115,952,925
1988 $13,051,881,851 $99,000,764
1989 $13,890,823,705 $98,545,367
1990 $15,239,272,612 $119,297,933
1991 $16,988,535,268 $107,484,143
1992 $18,094,238,119 $94,861,781
1993 $18,938,717,359 $125,742,229
1994 $22,708,673,337 $131,338,415
1995 $24,432,884,442 $103,695,237
1996 $25,226,393,197 $135,188,166
1997 $28,162,053,027 $91,920,274
1998 $27,981,896,948 $72,285,404
1999 $19,645,272,636 $77,302,212
2000 $17,539,454,727 $76,198,395
2001 $23,127,055,000 $75,951,133
2002 $27,054,197,000 $85,171,074
2003 $30,965,208,000 $102,085,769
2004 $35,194,947,000 $114,582,284
2005 $40,278,849,000 $136,450,662
2006 $45,690,762,000 $142,775,104
2007 $49,848,725,000 $149,146,919
2008 $61,139,438,000 $188,021,165
2009 $60,094,978,000 $200,668,065
2010 $68,151,329,000 $190,021,192
2011 $78,986,648,000 $226,455,001
2012 $87,735,048,000 $229,371,348
2013 $96,570,334,000 $267,041,748
2014 $102,717,794,000 $293,119,143
2015 $97,209,558,000 $259,999,643
2016 $97,671,433,000 $292,267,272
2017 $104,467,486,000 $322,002,845
2018 $107,478,961,000 $383,717,328
2019 $107,595,830,000 $412,976,083
2020 $95,865,473,000 $471,229,485
2021 $107,179,074,000 $524,402,456
2022 $116,133,121,000 $540,809,499
2023 $121,147,057,000 $678,976,265
2024 $124,676,074,700 $764,274,043

Ecuador and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita
Ecuador

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP per capita
Ecuador Sao Tome
1960 $451 -
1961 $371 -
1962 $312 -
1963 $365 -
1964 $436 -
1965 $450 -
1966 $445 -
1967 $454 -
1968 $445 -
1969 $521 -
1970 $465 $479
1971 $434 $470
1972 $488 $511
1973 $579 $676
1974 $954 $683
1975 $1,086 $693
1976 $1,242 $585
1977 $1,465 $539
1978 $1,541 $587
1979 $1,783 $683
1980 $2,190 $829
1981 $2,601 $830
1982 $2,314 $783
1983 $1,940 $720
1984 $1,864 $735
1985 $1,842 $761
1986 $1,604 $1,043
1987 $1,426 $1,018
1988 $1,304 $847
1989 $1,356 $821
1990 $1,455 $970
1991 $1,587 $855
1992 $1,655 $740
1993 $1,698 $964
1994 $1,997 $990
1995 $2,108 $769
1996 $2,136 $987
1997 $2,341 $662
1998 $2,284 $514
1999 $1,575 $543
2000 $1,382 $529
2001 $1,791 $519
2002 $2,059 $568
2003 $2,316 $664
2004 $2,586 $727
2005 $2,909 $844
2006 $3,244 $862
2007 $3,479 $879
2008 $4,195 $1,082
2009 $4,053 $1,128
2010 $4,520 $1,045
2011 $5,154 $1,220
2012 $5,634 $1,211
2013 $6,109 $1,383
2014 $6,406 $1,490
2015 $5,976 $1,298
2016 $5,918 $1,435
2017 $6,233 $1,556
2018 $6,304 $1,826
2019 $6,205 $1,935
2020 $5,464 $2,167
2021 $6,061 $2,363
2022 $6,516 $2,390
2023 $6,738 $2,941
2024 $6,875 $3,245

Ecuador vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Ecuador

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Life expectancy, years
Ecuador Sao Tome
1950 48.4 39.1
1951 48.9 39.1
1952 49.2 39.1
1953 49.6 39.1
1954 50 39.2
1955 50.4 39.3
1956 50.9 39.5
1957 51.5 40.1
1958 52.1 41
1959 52.7 42.1
1960 53.4 43.6
1961 54.1 45.2
1962 54.7 46.8
1963 55.3 48.4
1964 56 49.7
1965 56.5 51.1
1966 57 52.3
1967 57.5 53.4
1968 57.9 54.5
1969 58.3 55.4
1970 58.8 56.3
1971 59.3 57
1972 59.8 57.4
1973 60.3 57.9
1974 60.7 58.3
1975 61.1 58.6
1976 61.4 58.8
1977 61.9 59
1978 62.4 59.1
1979 62.9 59.3
1980 63.3 59.4
1981 63.8 59.4
1982 64.3 59.5
1983 64.7 59.7
1984 65.2 59.9
1985 65.6 60.1
1986 66.1 57.6
1987 66.6 60.7
1988 67 60.8
1989 67.8 59.7
1990 68.4 60.7
1991 69 60.8
1992 69.5 60.7
1993 70.1 60.6
1994 70.9 60.6
1995 71.3 60.5
1996 71.8 60.6
1997 72 60.6
1998 71.9 60.8
1999 71.9 61
2000 72.1 61.2
2001 72.6 61.5
2002 73.2 61.8
2003 73.6 62.2
2004 73.9 62.6
2005 73.9 62.4
2006 74 63
2007 74.2 63.3
2008 74.7 63.4
2009 74.9 63.7
2010 75.2 63.9
2011 75.2 64.1
2012 75.5 64.5
2013 75.8 64.9
2014 76.1 65.5
2015 76.2 66
2016 76.1 66.6
2017 76.2 67.1
2018 77.2 67.6
2019 77.3 68
2020 72 68
2021 72.7 68
2022 76.6 69.2
2023 77.4 69.7
2024 77.6 69.9
2025 77.8 70.1

Ecuador and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population
Ecuador

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Population
Ecuador Sao Tome
1960 4,590,891 68,012
1961 4,722,331 68,707
1962 4,859,269 69,403
1963 5,001,716 70,112
1964 5,149,918 70,865
1965 5,303,963 71,680
1966 5,463,748 72,576
1967 5,629,057 73,596
1968 5,799,680 74,765
1969 5,975,236 76,083
1970 6,155,387 77,626
1971 6,340,052 79,330
1972 6,529,034 81,041
1973 6,722,033 82,798
1974 6,918,573 84,672
1975 7,118,251 86,708
1976 7,320,912 88,922
1977 7,526,819 91,301
1978 7,736,167 93,794
1979 7,948,869 96,252
1980 8,165,877 98,544
1981 8,386,910 100,615
1982 8,611,298 102,508
1983 8,840,417 104,380
1984 9,074,782 106,394
1985 9,311,154 108,658
1986 9,545,998 111,150
1987 9,779,290 113,919
1988 10,010,808 116,939
1989 10,241,852 119,979
1990 10,473,673 122,980
1991 10,702,380 125,697
1992 10,930,128 128,110
1993 11,154,274 130,467
1994 11,372,197 132,732
1995 11,590,514 134,895
1996 11,810,950 136,962
1997 12,031,127 138,922
1998 12,251,184 140,751
1999 12,470,795 142,442
2000 12,689,206 144,018
2001 12,910,740 146,375
2002 13,138,472 149,922
2003 13,372,306 153,814
2004 13,608,701 157,705
2005 13,846,163 161,639
2006 14,086,131 165,638
2007 14,328,773 169,700
2008 14,575,202 173,793
2009 14,825,954 177,853
2010 15,076,695 181,802
2011 15,326,227 185,649
2012 15,572,194 189,439
2013 15,807,128 193,148
2014 16,035,124 196,767
2015 16,266,225 200,291
2016 16,505,139 203,689
2017 16,759,519 206,970
2018 17,049,547 210,187
2019 17,340,021 213,392
2020 17,546,065 217,435
2021 17,682,454 221,961
2022 17,823,897 226,305
2023 17,980,083 230,871
2024 18,135,478 235,536

Fertility rates in Ecuador and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate
Ecuador

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Fertility rate
Ecuador Sao Tome
1960 6.72 6.24
1961 6.7 6.26
1962 6.68 6.28
1963 6.65 6.31
1964 6.61 6.33
1965 6.56 6.35
1966 6.51 6.37
1967 6.44 6.39
1968 6.35 6.42
1969 6.25 6.44
1970 6.14 6.47
1971 6.01 6.49
1972 5.87 6.51
1973 5.73 6.53
1974 5.58 6.53
1975 5.43 6.53
1976 5.28 6.52
1977 5.13 6.5
1978 4.99 6.47
1979 4.86 6.43
1980 4.73 6.39
1981 4.61 6.33
1982 4.5 6.28
1983 4.39 6.22
1984 4.31 6.16
1985 4.14 6.1
1986 4 6.05
1987 3.87 5.99
1988 3.79 5.94
1989 3.74 5.88
1990 3.68 5.83
1991 3.63 5.77
1992 3.58 5.7
1993 3.49 5.64
1994 3.42 5.56
1995 3.38 5.55
1996 3.35 5.47
1997 3.29 5.4
1998 3.23 5.3
1999 3.17 5.23
2000 3.1 5.16
2001 3.04 5.1
2002 2.97 5.06
2003 2.91 5.01
2004 2.85 4.96
2005 2.8 4.94
2006 2.75 4.93
2007 2.7 4.96
2008 2.69 4.91
2009 2.68 4.84
2010 2.62 4.77
2011 2.61 4.72
2012 2.51 4.66
2013 2.36 4.58
2014 2.27 4.49
2015 2.21 4.35
2016 2.12 4.2
2017 2.13 4.07
2018 2.11 3.98
2019 2.04 3.9
2020 1.97 3.83
2021 1.91 3.76
2022 1.86 3.7
2023 1.82 3.64

Ecuador and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age
Ecuador

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Median age, years
Ecuador Sao Tome
1960 18.2 24.2
1961 18 24.3
1962 17.9 24.1
1963 17.8 23.5
1964 17.8 22.4
1965 17.7 21
1966 17.7 19.5
1967 17.7 18.5
1968 17.7 17.7
1969 17.7 17.2
1970 17.7 16.9
1971 17.8 16.9
1972 17.8 17
1973 17.9 17
1974 17.9 17.1
1975 18 17.1
1976 18.1 17.1
1977 18.2 17.2
1978 18.3 17.2
1979 18.4 17.3
1980 18.5 17.3
1981 18.6 17.4
1982 18.8 17.4
1983 18.9 17.4
1984 19.1 17.4
1985 19.2 17.4
1986 19.4 17.4
1987 19.6 17.4
1988 19.8 17.4
1989 20 17.4
1990 20.2 17.4
1991 20.4 17.3
1992 20.6 17.3
1993 20.8 17.2
1994 21 17.2
1995 21.2 17.3
1996 21.4 17.3
1997 21.6 17.4
1998 21.8 17.5
1999 22 17.7
2000 22.2 17.9
2001 22.4 18
2002 22.7 18.1
2003 22.9 18.3
2004 23.2 18.4
2005 23.4 18.5
2006 23.7 18.6
2007 24 18.7
2008 24.2 18.7
2009 24.5 18.7
2010 24.8 18.8
2011 25.1 18.9
2012 25.4 18.9
2013 25.7 18.9
2014 26 18.9
2015 26.4 19
2016 26.8 19
2017 27.2 19.1
2018 27.5 19.3
2019 27.9 19.4
2020 28.3 19.5
2021 28.6 19.7
2022 29 19.9
2023 29.4 20.1
2024 29.8 20.3

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Finance

Ecuador Sao Tome
GNI, Atlas method
$117B
2024
$653M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
37.8%
2025
24.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.89%
2023
5.03%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.3%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
42,000
2020
1,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.95%
2025
+2.56%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.45%
2024
8.81%
2017
Services, % of GDP
57.2%
2024
76.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26.5%
2024
2.91%
2024
Economic freedom index
55.8
2025
60.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
33.4%
2024
32.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
1.5%
2024
2.6%
2017
Listed domestic companies
26
2000
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$747M
2000
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$6.91B
2024
$46.2M
2023
Personal remittances received
$6.54B
2024
$10M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,108,000
2019
33,400
2018
International tourism as share of exports
3.12%
2020
73.2%
2018
Banked people share
64.5%
2024
n/a

Energy

Ecuador Sao Tome
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
905 kg
2022
259.3 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.8
2022
$10.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
45.3 megatons
2023
0.21 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.52 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
84%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
18.9%
2021
42.5%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
13.2%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-69.4%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
1,589 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
80.9%
2021
6.06%
2021
Hydroelectric share
74.6%
2022
5.85%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.7%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Ecuador Sao Tome
% of world population
0.22%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
-19,704
2024
-604
2024
Urban population
65%
2024
77%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.49 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
36.7
2025
32.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
32
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
49
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
45.7
2023
3.23
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
20.1
2019
27.9
2019
Visa free countries
104
2025
71
2025
Adult literacy rate
96.3%
2022
93.8%
2022
English speaking
1.24%
2023
4.9%
2025
People using the Internet
77.2%
2024
61.5%
2023

Health

Ecuador Sao Tome
Government health expenditure per capita
$493
2022
$180.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$160
2022
$21.6
2022
Life expectancy
77.8 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.32%
2022
30.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.31
2020
0.49
2019
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
55
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.1
2023
13.9
2023
Obesity rate
28.3%
2022
17.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.9%
2024
12.1%
2024
Air quality index
67
2025
24
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
10.2%
2022
7.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.54 liters
2020
4.79 liters
2020

Territory

Ecuador Sao Tome
% of world land
0.17%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Land area per capita
5,288 sq mi
2024
1,574 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
20,656 sq mi
2025
166 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,510 sq mi
2025
193.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length
26,853 mi
2015
808 mi
2018

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