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France vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

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France has a population of 68.5M (ranked 23/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). France's land area is 208,090 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 48th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, France ranks 27/197 ($46,150), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Main facts and rankings

France Sao Tome
Population
68701054
244055
Population rank 23/197 176/197
GDP
$3.16T
2024
$764M
2024
GDP rank 7/197 189/197
GDP per capita
$46,150
2024
$3,245
2024
GDP per capita rank 27/197 138/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$61,322
2024
$6,230
2024
Government debt
$3.58T
2024
$332M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
116.3%
2025
37.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$52,199
2024
$1,410
2024
Government debt per person rank 8/185 133/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$33,898
2025
$2,715
2025
Land area
208,090 sq mi
2025
371 sq mi
2025
Population density
329 ppl/mi²
2024
635 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.66
2023
3.64
2023
Median age
43 years
2024
20.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

France and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

France and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP
France

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP
France Sao Tome
1960 $61,756,878,990 -
1961 $66,806,595,975 -
1962 $74,888,595,286 -
1963 $83,957,182,115 -
1964 $93,079,224,076 -
1965 $100,522,559,916 -
1966 $108,928,356,519 -
1967 $117,751,396,249 -
1968 $128,427,504,709 -
1969 $140,361,802,782 -
1970 $146,926,998,937 $37,211,826
1971 $164,238,872,973 $37,288,845
1972 $201,621,751,625 $41,430,257
1973 $262,343,828,816 $56,011,245
1974 $283,102,178,123 $57,817,591
1975 $356,780,728,163 $60,101,710
1976 $368,488,292,816 $52,039,421
1977 $406,736,454,934 $49,207,692
1978 $501,724,418,605 $55,044,563
1979 $608,218,624,730 $65,755,928
1980 $694,529,183,483 $81,662,231
1981 $609,184,791,792 $83,499,264
1982 $578,152,310,610 $80,307,763
1983 $553,356,312,936 $75,110,289
1984 $525,033,325,828 $78,213,796
1985 $547,220,981,165 $82,733,069
1986 $764,946,585,851 $115,928,907
1987 $926,320,855,615 $115,952,925
1988 $1,010,827,662,152 $99,000,764
1989 $1,016,742,237,302 $98,545,367
1990 $1,257,649,439,827 $119,297,933
1991 $1,258,961,748,634 $107,484,143
1992 $1,389,663,073,110 $94,861,781
1993 $1,314,383,368,080 $125,742,229
1994 $1,385,822,778,828 $131,338,415
1995 $1,595,219,345,512 $103,695,237
1996 $1,598,889,216,566 $135,188,166
1997 $1,449,392,222,971 $91,920,274
1998 $1,496,906,382,032 $72,285,404
1999 $1,486,915,879,702 $77,302,212
2000 $1,360,959,069,477 $76,198,395
2001 $1,370,376,677,299 $75,951,133
2002 $1,492,427,756,382 $85,171,074
2003 $1,835,095,983,049 $102,085,769
2004 $2,109,792,297,237 $114,582,284
2005 $2,192,146,403,028 $136,450,662
2006 $2,317,861,544,691 $142,775,104
2007 $2,655,816,911,867 $149,146,919
2008 $2,926,802,941,586 $188,021,165
2009 $2,700,075,882,519 $200,668,065
2010 $2,646,230,027,988 $190,021,192
2011 $2,870,408,553,990 $226,455,001
2012 $2,683,007,095,787 $229,371,348
2013 $2,816,077,607,875 $267,041,748
2014 $2,861,236,112,552 $293,119,143
2015 $2,442,483,452,643 $259,999,643
2016 $2,470,407,619,777 $292,267,272
2017 $2,588,868,323,335 $322,002,845
2018 $2,781,576,320,884 $383,717,328
2019 $2,722,793,515,172 $412,976,083
2020 $2,647,926,055,110 $471,229,485
2021 $2,966,433,692,008 $524,402,456
2022 $2,796,302,210,399 $540,809,499
2023 $3,051,831,611,385 $678,976,265
2024 $3,162,079,073,496 $764,274,043

France and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita
France

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP per capita
France Sao Tome
1960 $1,303 -
1961 $1,395 -
1962 $1,548 -
1963 $1,718 -
1964 $1,884 -
1965 $2,015 -
1966 $2,165 -
1967 $2,321 -
1968 $2,513 -
1969 $2,724 -
1970 $2,825 $479
1971 $3,128 $470
1972 $3,807 $511
1973 $4,914 $676
1974 $5,267 $683
1975 $6,607 $693
1976 $6,795 $585
1977 $7,465 $539
1978 $9,167 $587
1979 $11,063 $683
1980 $12,565 $829
1981 $10,956 $830
1982 $10,360 $783
1983 $9,862 $720
1984 $9,312 $735
1985 $9,657 $761
1986 $13,430 $1,043
1987 $16,176 $1,018
1988 $17,550 $847
1989 $17,547 $821
1990 $21,586 $970
1991 $21,501 $855
1992 $23,615 $740
1993 $22,239 $964
1994 $23,360 $990
1995 $26,792 $769
1996 $26,758 $987
1997 $24,169 $662
1998 $24,869 $514
1999 $24,576 $543
2000 $22,341 $529
2001 $22,332 $519
2002 $24,145 $568
2003 $29,480 $664
2004 $33,645 $727
2005 $34,696 $844
2006 $36,432 $862
2007 $41,486 $879
2008 $45,465 $1,082
2009 $41,728 $1,128
2010 $40,695 $1,045
2011 $43,930 $1,220
2012 $40,864 $1,211
2013 $42,669 $1,383
2014 $43,148 $1,490
2015 $36,702 $1,298
2016 $37,024 $1,435
2017 $38,687 $1,556
2018 $41,418 $1,826
2019 $40,408 $1,935
2020 $39,170 $2,167
2021 $43,725 $2,363
2022 $41,083 $2,390
2023 $44,691 $2,941
2024 $46,150 $3,245

France vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
France

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Life expectancy, years
France Sao Tome
1950 66.4 39.1
1951 66.1 39.1
1952 67.4 39.1
1953 67.3 39.1
1954 68.2 39.2
1955 68.4 39.3
1956 68.5 39.5
1957 68.9 40.1
1958 70.1 41
1959 70.2 42.1
1960 70.4 43.6
1961 71 45.2
1962 70.5 46.8
1963 70.3 48.4
1964 71.3 49.7
1965 71.1 51.1
1966 71.5 52.3
1967 71.5 53.4
1968 71.5 54.5
1969 71.2 55.4
1970 72.1 56.3
1971 72.1 57
1972 72.3 57.4
1973 72.5 57.9
1974 72.8 58.3
1975 72.9 58.6
1976 73.1 58.8
1977 73.7 59
1978 73.8 59.1
1979 74.1 59.3
1980 74.2 59.4
1981 74.4 59.4
1982 74.8 59.5
1983 74.7 59.7
1984 75.2 59.9
1985 75.3 60.1
1986 75.6 57.6
1987 76.1 60.7
1988 76.4 60.8
1989 76.5 59.7
1990 76.8 60.7
1991 77 60.8
1992 77.3 60.7
1993 77.3 60.6
1994 77.8 60.6
1995 77.9 60.5
1996 78.1 60.6
1997 78.4 60.6
1998 78.6 60.8
1999 78.7 61
2000 79 61.2
2001 79.2 61.5
2002 79.4 61.8
2003 79.4 62.2
2004 80.3 62.6
2005 80.3 62.4
2006 80.7 63
2007 81 63.3
2008 81 63.4
2009 81.2 63.7
2010 81.4 63.9
2011 81.8 64.1
2012 81.7 64.5
2013 82 64.9
2014 82.4 65.5
2015 82.1 66
2016 82.4 66.6
2017 82.4 67.1
2018 82.6 67.6
2019 82.7 68
2020 82.2 68
2021 82.3 68
2022 82.5 69.2
2023 83.3 69.7
2024 83.5 69.9
2025 83.6 70.1

France and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population
France

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Population
France Sao Tome
1960 47,412,964 68,012
1961 47,905,982 68,707
1962 48,389,516 69,403
1963 48,877,567 70,112
1964 49,401,492 70,865
1965 49,877,725 71,680
1966 50,311,637 72,576
1967 50,722,791 73,596
1968 51,112,980 74,765
1969 51,536,014 76,083
1970 52,007,169 77,626
1971 52,499,553 79,330
1972 52,962,356 81,041
1973 53,392,161 82,798
1974 53,746,571 84,672
1975 54,002,853 86,708
1976 54,232,383 88,922
1977 54,486,467 91,301
1978 54,734,030 93,794
1979 54,979,851 96,252
1980 55,274,184 98,544
1981 55,603,353 100,615
1982 55,806,789 102,508
1983 56,108,330 104,380
1984 56,383,085 106,394
1985 56,665,619 108,658
1986 56,956,002 111,150
1987 57,266,167 113,919
1988 57,598,186 116,939
1989 57,943,062 119,979
1990 58,261,012 122,980
1991 58,554,242 125,697
1992 58,846,584 128,110
1993 59,103,094 130,467
1994 59,324,863 132,732
1995 59,541,294 134,895
1996 59,754,504 136,962
1997 59,968,066 138,922
1998 60,190,684 140,751
1999 60,501,986 142,442
2000 60,918,661 144,018
2001 61,364,377 146,375
2002 61,812,142 149,922
2003 62,249,855 153,814
2004 62,707,588 157,705
2005 63,180,854 161,639
2006 63,622,342 165,638
2007 64,016,890 169,700
2008 64,375,116 173,793
2009 64,706,436 177,853
2010 65,026,211 181,802
2011 65,340,830 185,649
2012 65,657,659 189,439
2013 65,997,932 193,148
2014 66,312,067 196,767
2015 66,548,272 200,291
2016 66,724,104 203,689
2017 66,918,020 206,970
2018 67,158,348 210,187
2019 67,382,061 213,392
2020 67,601,110 217,435
2021 67,842,811 221,961
2022 68,065,015 226,305
2023 68,287,487 230,871
2024 68,516,699 235,536

Fertility rates in France and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate
France

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Fertility rate
France Sao Tome
1960 2.85 6.24
1961 2.87 6.26
1962 2.89 6.28
1963 2.89 6.31
1964 2.87 6.33
1965 2.84 6.35
1966 2.8 6.37
1967 2.75 6.39
1968 2.69 6.42
1969 2.62 6.44
1970 2.55 6.47
1971 2.47 6.49
1972 2.38 6.51
1973 2.28 6.53
1974 2.18 6.53
1975 2.09 6.53
1976 2.01 6.52
1977 1.94 6.5
1978 1.89 6.47
1979 1.87 6.43
1980 1.85 6.39
1981 1.85 6.33
1982 1.86 6.28
1983 1.86 6.22
1984 1.86 6.16
1985 1.86 6.1
1986 1.85 6.05
1987 1.83 5.99
1988 1.81 5.94
1989 1.79 5.88
1990 1.77 5.83
1991 1.75 5.77
1992 1.74 5.7
1993 1.73 5.64
1994 1.73 5.56
1995 1.74 5.55
1996 1.75 5.47
1997 1.77 5.4
1998 1.78 5.3
1999 1.81 5.23
2000 1.89 5.16
2001 1.9 5.1
2002 1.88 5.06
2003 1.89 5.01
2004 1.92 4.96
2005 1.94 4.94
2006 2 4.93
2007 1.98 4.96
2008 2.01 4.91
2009 2 4.84
2010 2.03 4.77
2011 2.01 4.72
2012 2.01 4.66
2013 1.99 4.58
2014 2 4.49
2015 1.96 4.35
2016 1.92 4.2
2017 1.89 4.07
2018 1.87 3.98
2019 1.86 3.9
2020 1.83 3.83
2021 1.84 3.76
2022 1.79 3.7
2023 1.66 3.64

France and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age
France

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Median age, years
France Sao Tome
1960 32.8 24.2
1961 32.8 24.3
1962 32.9 24.1
1963 32.8 23.5
1964 32.8 22.4
1965 32.7 21
1966 32.7 19.5
1967 32.7 18.5
1968 32.6 17.7
1969 32.5 17.2
1970 32.4 16.9
1971 32.2 16.9
1972 32 17
1973 31.8 17
1974 31.7 17.1
1975 31.6 17.1
1976 31.7 17.1
1977 31.9 17.2
1978 32.1 17.2
1979 32.3 17.3
1980 32.4 17.3
1981 32.6 17.4
1982 32.8 17.4
1983 33 17.4
1984 33.3 17.4
1985 33.5 17.4
1986 33.7 17.4
1987 34 17.4
1988 34.2 17.4
1989 34.5 17.4
1990 34.7 17.4
1991 35 17.3
1992 35.3 17.3
1993 35.6 17.2
1994 35.9 17.2
1995 36.2 17.3
1996 36.5 17.3
1997 36.8 17.4
1998 37.1 17.5
1999 37.4 17.7
2000 37.7 17.9
2001 37.9 18
2002 38.2 18.1
2003 38.4 18.3
2004 38.6 18.4
2005 38.9 18.5
2006 39.1 18.6
2007 39.4 18.7
2008 39.6 18.7
2009 39.8 18.7
2010 40 18.8
2011 40.3 18.9
2012 40.5 18.9
2013 40.8 18.9
2014 41 18.9
2015 41.2 19
2016 41.4 19
2017 41.6 19.1
2018 41.9 19.3
2019 42.1 19.4
2020 42.3 19.5
2021 42.4 19.7
2022 42.6 19.9
2023 42.8 20.1
2024 43 20.3

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Finance

France Sao Tome
GNI, Atlas method
$3.1T
2024
$653M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
57.3%
2025
24.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2022
5.03%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.06%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
304,000
2020
1,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.46%
2025
+2.56%
2025
Unemployment rate
7.39%
2024
8.81%
2017
Services, % of GDP
70.4%
2024
76.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.5%
2024
2.91%
2024
Economic freedom index
64.4
2025
60.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25%
2023
32.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
3%
2023
2.6%
2017
Number of millionaires
2,868,031
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
5.42%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
52
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
457
2018
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$2.37T
2018
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$283B
2024
$46.2M
2023
Personal remittances received
$38.8B
2024
$10M
2024
International tourist arrivals
117,109,000
2020
33,400
2018
International tourism as share of exports
4.8%
2020
73.2%
2018
Banked people share
99.2%
2024
n/a

Energy

France Sao Tome
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
3,140 kg
2023
259.3 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$18.6
2023
$10.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
282.4 megatons
2023
0.21 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.14 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.5%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
16.2%
2021
42.5%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
46.7%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
47.1%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
6,423 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
22.8%
2021
6.06%
2021
Hydroelectric share
11.6%
2023
5.85%
2021
Nuclear share
64.3%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

France Sao Tome
% of world population
0.84%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
+90,527
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
85.5
2025
32.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
67
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
85
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
1.34
2023
3.23
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.1
2019
27.9
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
71
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
93.8%
2022
English speaking
57.3%
2023
4.9%
2025
People using the Internet
88.7%
2024
61.5%
2023

Health

France Sao Tome
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,865
2022
$180.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$434
2022
$21.6
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
30.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.34
2021
0.49
2019
Age at first childbirth
29.1 years
2023
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.3
2023
13.9
2023
Obesity rate
10%
2022
17.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.5%
2024
12.1%
2024
Air quality index
80
2025
24
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
34.6%
2022
7.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
4.79 liters
2020

Territory

France Sao Tome
% of world land
0.36%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Land area per capita
3,037 sq mi
2024
1,574 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
109,256 sq mi
2025
166 sq mi
2025
Forest area
67,580 sq mi
2025
193.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length
654,437 mi
2011
808 mi
2018

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