Gabon vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

Gabon has a population of 2.54M (ranked 142/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Gabon's land area is 99,487 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 75th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Gabon ranks 126/197 ($20.9B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Gabon ranks 96/197 ($8,219), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Gabon	Sao Tome
1960	$141,468,978	-
1961	$167,637,907	-
1962	$182,796,536	-
1963	$154,480,244	-
1964	$215,679,855	-
1965	$226,474,286	-
1966	$245,849,781	-
1967	$271,543,680	-
1968	$294,468,564	-
1969	$318,124,701	-
1970	$323,802,476	$37,211,826
1971	$381,687,073	$37,288,845
1972	$430,508,359	$41,430,257
1973	$722,780,701	$56,011,245
1974	$1,544,216,002	$57,817,591
1975	$2,157,592,940	$60,101,710
1976	$3,009,409,974	$52,039,421
1977	$2,809,349,069	$49,207,692
1978	$2,389,479,272	$55,044,563
1979	$3,030,251,120	$65,755,928
1980	$4,279,637,942	$81,662,231
1981	$3,862,269,121	$83,499,264
1982	$3,618,007,841	$80,307,763
1983	$3,391,275,732	$75,110,289
1984	$3,561,451,561	$78,213,796
1985	$3,339,914,757	$82,733,069
1986	$3,403,638,189	$115,928,907
1987	$3,281,797,043	$115,952,925
1988	$3,834,503,376	$99,000,764
1989	$4,186,411,464	$98,545,367
1990	$5,952,293,765	$119,297,933
1991	$5,402,919,785	$107,484,143
1992	$5,592,390,827	$94,861,781
1993	$4,378,645,081	$125,742,229
1994	$4,190,819,344	$131,338,415
1995	$4,958,845,648	$103,695,237
1996	$5,694,040,003	$135,188,166
1997	$5,326,817,115	$91,920,274
1998	$4,483,417,310	$72,285,404
1999	$4,662,992,036	$77,302,212
2000	$5,080,483,629	$76,198,395
2001	$5,023,265,413	$75,951,133
2002	$5,335,451,100	$85,171,074
2003	$6,511,903,365	$102,085,769
2004	$7,770,219,008	$114,582,284
2005	$9,582,783,991	$136,450,662
2006	$10,327,598,306	$142,775,104
2007	$12,455,409,587	$149,146,919
2008	$15,571,348,344	$188,021,165
2009	$12,113,699,068	$200,668,065
2010	$14,372,593,020	$190,021,192
2011	$18,210,307,744	$226,455,001
2012	$17,170,464,016	$229,371,348
2013	$17,595,744,798	$267,041,748
2014	$18,203,966,896	$293,119,143
2015	$14,383,107,763	$259,999,643
2016	$14,023,890,265	$292,267,272
2017	$14,929,487,485	$322,002,845
2018	$16,867,326,402	$383,717,328
2019	$16,874,405,465	$412,976,083
2020	$15,342,236,164	$471,229,485
2021	$19,444,935,097	$524,402,456
2022	$20,440,655,695	$540,809,499
2023	$20,055,720,403	$678,976,265
2024	$20,867,044,936	$764,274,043

Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gabon	Sao Tome
1960	$276.1	-
1961	$323	-
1962	$348	-
1963	$290.7	-
1964	$400	-
1965	$415	-
1966	$443	-
1967	$482	-
1968	$515	-
1969	$545	-
1970	$543	$479
1971	$627	$470
1972	$693	$511
1973	$1,140	$676
1974	$2,384	$683
1975	$3,258	$693
1976	$4,441	$585
1977	$4,048	$539
1978	$3,360	$587
1979	$4,155	$683
1980	$5,718	$829
1981	$5,026	$830
1982	$4,584	$783
1983	$4,182	$720
1984	$4,273	$735
1985	$3,898	$761
1986	$3,865	$1,043
1987	$3,624	$1,018
1988	$4,119	$847
1989	$4,374	$821
1990	$6,051	$970
1991	$5,345	$855
1992	$5,386	$740
1993	$4,106	$964
1994	$3,828	$990
1995	$4,415	$769
1996	$4,943	$987
1997	$4,509	$662
1998	$3,700	$514
1999	$3,751	$543
2000	$3,983	$529
2001	$3,836	$519
2002	$3,966	$568
2003	$4,711	$664
2004	$5,466	$727
2005	$6,548	$844
2006	$6,847	$862
2007	$8,004	$879
2008	$9,689	$1,082
2009	$7,291	$1,128
2010	$8,357	$1,045
2011	$10,219	$1,220
2012	$9,297	$1,211
2013	$9,198	$1,383
2014	$9,201	$1,490
2015	$7,047	$1,298
2016	$6,677	$1,435
2017	$6,922	$1,556
2018	$7,624	$1,826
2019	$7,441	$1,935
2020	$6,606	$2,167
2021	$8,181	$2,363
2022	$8,409	$2,390
2023	$8,071	$2,941
2024	$8,219	$3,245

Gabon vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gabon	Sao Tome
1950	39.3	39.1
1951	40	39.1
1952	40.7	39.1
1953	41.5	39.1
1954	42.2	39.2
1955	42.9	39.3
1956	43.7	39.5
1957	44.4	40.1
1958	45.1	41
1959	45.8	42.1
1960	46.4	43.6
1961	47.1	45.2
1962	47.8	46.8
1963	48.4	48.4
1964	49	49.7
1965	49.7	51.1
1966	50.3	52.3
1967	50.9	53.4
1968	51.5	54.5
1969	52.1	55.4
1970	52.7	56.3
1971	53.3	57
1972	53.8	57.4
1973	54.4	57.9
1974	54.9	58.3
1975	55.5	58.6
1976	56	58.8
1977	56.5	59
1978	57	59.1
1979	57.4	59.3
1980	57.9	59.4
1981	58.3	59.4
1982	58.6	59.5
1983	59	59.7
1984	59.3	59.9
1985	59.7	60.1
1986	60	57.6
1987	60.2	60.7
1988	60.4	60.8
1989	60.6	59.7
1990	60.7	60.7
1991	60.9	60.8
1992	61	60.7
1993	61.1	60.6
1994	61.2	60.6
1995	61.3	60.5
1996	61.3	60.6
1997	61.4	60.6
1998	61.5	60.8
1999	61.7	61
2000	61.8	61.2
2001	62	61.5
2002	62.2	61.8
2003	62.5	62.2
2004	62.7	62.6
2005	63	62.4
2006	63.3	63
2007	63.6	63.3
2008	64	63.4
2009	64.4	63.7
2010	64.7	63.9
2011	65.1	64.1
2012	65.4	64.5
2013	65.8	64.9
2014	66.1	65.5
2015	66.3	66
2016	66.6	66.6
2017	66.8	67.1
2018	67	67.6
2019	67.3	68
2020	67.1	68
2021	67.1	68
2022	67.7	69.2
2023	68.3	69.7
2024	68.5	69.9
2025	68.7	70.1

Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Population
	Gabon	Sao Tome
1960	512,316	68,012
1961	518,266	68,707
1962	524,649	69,403
1963	531,452	70,112
1964	538,657	70,865
1965	546,308	71,680
1966	554,463	72,576
1967	563,108	73,596
1968	572,257	74,765
1969	583,276	76,083
1970	595,846	77,626
1971	608,348	79,330
1972	620,960	81,041
1973	633,995	82,798
1974	647,691	84,672
1975	662,197	86,708
1976	677,628	88,922
1977	693,984	91,301
1978	711,245	93,794
1979	729,375	96,252
1980	748,389	98,544
1981	768,385	100,615
1982	789,286	102,508
1983	811,005	104,380
1984	833,501	106,394
1985	856,726	108,658
1986	880,705	111,150
1987	905,479	113,919
1988	931,020	116,939
1989	957,138	119,979
1990	983,734	122,980
1991	1,010,818	125,697
1992	1,038,380	128,110
1993	1,066,405	130,467
1994	1,094,720	132,732
1995	1,123,213	134,895
1996	1,152,015	136,962
1997	1,181,439	138,922
1998	1,211,736	140,751
1999	1,243,016	142,442
2000	1,275,572	144,018
2001	1,309,589	146,375
2002	1,345,135	149,922
2003	1,382,350	153,814
2004	1,421,609	157,705
2005	1,463,495	161,639
2006	1,508,337	165,638
2007	1,556,237	169,700
2008	1,607,175	173,793
2009	1,661,556	177,853
2010	1,719,879	181,802
2011	1,781,985	185,649
2012	1,846,889	189,439
2013	1,913,059	193,148
2014	1,978,399	196,767
2015	2,040,989	200,291
2016	2,100,306	203,689
2017	2,156,900	206,970
2018	2,212,318	210,187
2019	2,267,706	213,392
2020	2,322,539	217,435
2021	2,376,722	221,961
2022	2,430,747	226,305
2023	2,484,789	230,871
2024	2,538,952	235,536

Fertility rates in Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gabon	Sao Tome
1960	4.42	6.24
1961	4.5	6.26
1962	4.59	6.28
1963	4.65	6.31
1964	4.71	6.33
1965	4.79	6.35
1966	4.86	6.37
1967	4.92	6.39
1968	4.98	6.42
1969	5.05	6.44
1970	5.1	6.47
1971	5.16	6.49
1972	5.24	6.51
1973	5.29	6.53
1974	5.33	6.53
1975	5.39	6.53
1976	5.46	6.52
1977	5.52	6.5
1978	5.57	6.47
1979	5.61	6.43
1980	5.66	6.39
1981	5.73	6.33
1982	5.74	6.28
1983	5.76	6.22
1984	5.73	6.16
1985	5.71	6.1
1986	5.69	6.05
1987	5.67	5.99
1988	5.62	5.94
1989	5.55	5.88
1990	5.46	5.83
1991	5.37	5.77
1992	5.29	5.7
1993	5.19	5.64
1994	5.04	5.56
1995	4.88	5.55
1996	4.74	5.47
1997	4.66	5.4
1998	4.58	5.3
1999	4.5	5.23
2000	4.47	5.16
2001	4.42	5.1
2002	4.36	5.06
2003	4.3	5.01
2004	4.25	4.96
2005	4.21	4.94
2006	4.17	4.93
2007	4.14	4.96
2008	4.12	4.91
2009	4.14	4.84
2010	4.15	4.77
2011	4.15	4.72
2012	4.09	4.66
2013	4.02	4.58
2014	3.95	4.49
2015	3.92	4.35
2016	3.92	4.2
2017	3.91	4.07
2018	3.91	3.98
2019	3.88	3.9
2020	3.83	3.83
2021	3.78	3.76
2022	3.71	3.7
2023	3.65	3.64

Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gabon	Sao Tome
1960	27.2	24.2
1961	27	24.3
1962	26.8	24.1
1963	26.5	23.5
1964	26.2	22.4
1965	25.9	21
1966	25.6	19.5
1967	25.2	18.5
1968	24.8	17.7
1969	24.5	17.2
1970	24.2	16.9
1971	23.9	16.9
1972	23.5	17
1973	23.2	17
1974	22.9	17.1
1975	22.5	17.1
1976	22.2	17.1
1977	21.9	17.2
1978	21.6	17.2
1979	21.3	17.3
1980	21	17.3
1981	20.7	17.4
1982	20.4	17.4
1983	20.1	17.4
1984	19.9	17.4
1985	19.7	17.4
1986	19.5	17.4
1987	19.3	17.4
1988	19.2	17.4
1989	19	17.4
1990	18.9	17.4
1991	18.9	17.3
1992	18.8	17.3
1993	18.8	17.2
1994	18.8	17.2
1995	18.8	17.3
1996	18.9	17.3
1997	18.9	17.4
1998	19	17.5
1999	19.1	17.7
2000	19.3	17.9
2001	19.4	18
2002	19.6	18.1
2003	19.7	18.3
2004	19.9	18.4
2005	20.1	18.5
2006	20.3	18.6
2007	20.6	18.7
2008	20.8	18.7
2009	21	18.7
2010	21.2	18.8
2011	21.4	18.9
2012	21.7	18.9
2013	21.9	18.9
2014	22.1	18.9
2015	22.2	19
2016	22.3	19
2017	22.4	19.1
2018	22.4	19.3
2019	22.5	19.4
2020	22.5	19.5
2021	22.5	19.7
2022	22.5	19.9
2023	22.6	20.1
2024	22.6	20.3

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