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Italy vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

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Italy has a population of 59M (ranked 25/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Italy's land area is 114,178 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 72nd vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Main facts and rankings

Italy Sao Tome
Population
58790597
244055
Population rank 25/197 176/197
GDP
$2.37T
2024
$764M
2024
GDP rank 8/197 189/197
GDP per capita
$40,226
2024
$3,245
2024
GDP per capita rank 29/197 138/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$60,847
2024
$6,230
2024
Government debt
$3.21T
2024
$332M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
137.3%
2025
37.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$54,420
2024
$1,410
2024
Government debt per person rank 6/185 133/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$23,309
2025
$2,715
2025
Land area
114,178 sq mi
2025
371 sq mi
2025
Population density
517 ppl/mi²
2024
635 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.2
2023
3.64
2023
Median age
48.8 years
2024
20.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Italy and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Italy and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP
Italy

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP
Italy Sao Tome
1960 $42,012,422,612 -
1961 $46,649,487,320 -
1962 $52,413,872,628 -
1963 $60,035,924,618 -
1964 $65,720,771,779 -
1965 $70,717,012,186 -
1966 $76,622,444,787 -
1967 $84,401,995,573 -
1968 $91,485,448,148 -
1969 $100,996,667,239 -
1970 $113,656,669,765 $37,211,826
1971 $124,959,712,859 $37,288,845
1972 $145,594,833,997 $41,430,257
1973 $175,896,529,392 $56,011,245
1974 $200,024,444,775 $57,817,591
1975 $228,220,643,535 $60,101,710
1976 $225,235,205,862 $52,039,421
1977 $258,190,019,750 $49,207,692
1978 $315,784,469,541 $55,044,563
1979 $394,584,507,108 $65,755,928
1980 $478,356,755,596 $81,662,231
1981 $431,695,533,981 $83,499,264
1982 $428,257,421,618 $80,307,763
1983 $444,063,496,940 $75,110,289
1984 $438,896,930,791 $78,213,796
1985 $453,259,761,687 $82,733,069
1986 $641,862,313,287 $115,928,907
1987 $807,570,134,449 $115,952,925
1988 $893,663,934,841 $99,000,764
1989 $930,801,709,004 $98,545,367
1990 $1,183,945,130,899 $119,297,933
1991 $1,249,092,439,519 $107,484,143
1992 $1,323,204,350,354 $94,861,781
1993 $1,067,412,587,671 $125,742,229
1994 $1,101,750,159,702 $131,338,415
1995 $1,177,369,428,266 $103,695,237
1996 $1,314,776,508,972 $135,188,166
1997 $1,244,988,176,444 $91,920,274
1998 $1,272,729,786,997 $72,285,404
1999 $1,255,004,736,464 $77,302,212
2000 $1,149,661,363,439 $76,198,395
2001 $1,172,041,488,806 $75,951,133
2002 $1,281,746,271,196 $85,171,074
2003 $1,582,930,016,539 $102,085,769
2004 $1,812,808,753,295 $114,582,284
2005 $1,864,982,261,287 $136,450,662
2006 $1,958,563,654,386 $142,775,104
2007 $2,222,524,108,128 $149,146,919
2008 $2,417,508,414,187 $188,021,165
2009 $2,209,484,319,013 $200,668,065
2010 $2,144,936,254,535 $190,021,192
2011 $2,306,974,020,278 $226,455,001
2012 $2,097,929,495,122 $229,371,348
2013 $2,153,225,581,941 $267,041,748
2014 $2,173,255,507,986 $293,119,143
2015 $1,845,428,048,839 $259,999,643
2016 $1,887,111,188,177 $292,267,272
2017 $1,970,720,904,585 $322,002,845
2018 $2,099,435,266,459 $383,717,328
2019 $2,019,606,796,584 $412,976,083
2020 $1,907,481,094,079 $471,229,485
2021 $2,179,207,773,596 $524,402,456
2022 $2,104,067,630,319 $540,809,499
2023 $2,304,605,139,863 $678,976,265
2024 $2,372,774,547,793 $764,274,043

Italy and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita
Italy

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP per capita
Italy Sao Tome
1960 $837 -
1961 $923 -
1962 $1,030 -
1963 $1,171 -
1964 $1,272 -
1965 $1,357 -
1966 $1,459 -
1967 $1,595 -
1968 $1,718 -
1969 $1,886 -
1970 $2,112 $479
1971 $2,311 $470
1972 $2,677 $511
1973 $3,213 $676
1974 $3,629 $683
1975 $4,116 $693
1976 $4,042 $585
1977 $4,614 $539
1978 $5,623 $587
1979 $7,006 $683
1980 $8,476 $829
1981 $7,640 $830
1982 $7,574 $783
1983 $7,851 $720
1984 $7,758 $735
1985 $8,009 $761
1986 $11,341 $1,043
1987 $14,268 $1,018
1988 $15,781 $847
1989 $16,424 $821
1990 $20,874 $970
1991 $22,007 $855
1992 $23,297 $740
1993 $18,782 $964
1994 $19,382 $990
1995 $20,712 $769
1996 $23,123 $987
1997 $21,884 $662
1998 $22,365 $514
1999 $22,050 $543
2000 $20,190 $529
2001 $20,570 $519
2002 $22,451 $568
2003 $27,578 $664
2004 $31,348 $727
2005 $32,063 $844
2006 $33,537 $862
2007 $37,826 $879
2008 $40,829 $1,082
2009 $37,100 $1,128
2010 $35,857 $1,045
2011 $38,432 $1,220
2012 $34,854 $1,211
2013 $35,702 $1,383
2014 $36,028 $1,490
2015 $30,640 $1,298
2016 $31,392 $1,435
2017 $32,844 $1,556
2018 $34,904 $1,826
2019 $33,813 $1,935
2020 $32,091 $2,167
2021 $36,853 $2,363
2022 $35,654 $2,390
2023 $39,065 $2,941
2024 $40,226 $3,245

Italy vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Italy

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Life expectancy, years
Italy Sao Tome
1950 65.7 39.1
1951 65.3 39.1
1952 65.9 39.1
1953 66.6 39.1
1954 67.9 39.2
1955 68.3 39.3
1956 67.6 39.5
1957 67.8 40.1
1958 68.9 41
1959 69.3 42.1
1960 69.2 43.6
1961 69.8 45.2
1962 69.2 46.8
1963 69.3 48.4
1964 70.4 49.7
1965 70.3 51.1
1966 71 52.3
1967 71 53.4
1968 70.9 54.5
1969 70.9 55.4
1970 71.6 56.3
1971 71.9 57
1972 72.1 57.4
1973 72.1 57.9
1974 72.8 58.3
1975 72.7 58.6
1976 73.1 58.8
1977 73.4 59
1978 73.8 59.1
1979 74.1 59.3
1980 74.1 59.4
1981 74.4 59.4
1982 74.9 59.5
1983 74.7 59.7
1984 75.5 59.9
1985 75.6 60.1
1986 75.9 57.6
1987 76.3 60.7
1988 76.5 60.8
1989 76.9 59.7
1990 77 60.7
1991 77 60.8
1992 77.4 60.7
1993 77.7 60.6
1994 77.9 60.6
1995 78.1 60.5
1996 78.4 60.6
1997 78.7 60.6
1998 78.8 60.8
1999 79.2 61
2000 79.6 61.2
2001 79.9 61.5
2002 80.1 61.8
2003 80.2 62.2
2004 81 62.6
2005 81 62.4
2006 81.4 63
2007 81.5 63.3
2008 81.6 63.4
2009 81.8 63.7
2010 82.1 63.9
2011 82.2 64.1
2012 82.3 64.5
2013 82.7 64.9
2014 82.9 65.5
2015 82.5 66
2016 83 66.6
2017 82.7 67.1
2018 83.2 67.6
2019 83.3 68
2020 82.2 68
2021 82.9 68
2022 82.1 69.2
2023 83.7 69.7
2024 83.9 69.9
2025 84 70.1

Italy and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population
Italy

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Population
Italy Sao Tome
1960 50,199,700 68,012
1961 50,536,350 68,707
1962 50,879,450 69,403
1963 51,252,000 70,112
1964 51,675,350 70,865
1965 52,112,350 71,680
1966 52,519,000 72,576
1967 52,900,500 73,596
1968 53,235,750 74,765
1969 53,537,950 76,083
1970 53,821,850 77,626
1971 54,073,490 79,330
1972 54,381,345 81,041
1973 54,751,406 82,798
1974 55,110,868 84,672
1975 55,441,001 86,708
1976 55,718,260 88,922
1977 55,955,411 91,301
1978 56,155,143 93,794
1979 56,317,749 96,252
1980 56,433,883 98,544
1981 56,501,675 100,615
1982 56,543,548 102,508
1983 56,564,074 104,380
1984 56,576,718 106,394
1985 56,593,071 108,658
1986 56,596,155 111,150
1987 56,601,931 113,919
1988 56,629,288 116,939
1989 56,671,781 119,979
1990 56,719,240 122,980
1991 56,758,521 125,697
1992 56,797,087 128,110
1993 56,831,821 130,467
1994 56,843,400 132,732
1995 56,844,303 134,895
1996 56,860,281 136,962
1997 56,890,372 138,922
1998 56,906,744 140,751
1999 56,916,317 142,442
2000 56,942,108 144,018
2001 56,976,981 146,375
2002 57,089,824 149,922
2003 57,399,184 153,814
2004 57,828,179 157,705
2005 58,166,682 161,639
2006 58,399,861 165,638
2007 58,756,247 169,700
2008 59,211,181 173,793
2009 59,555,454 177,853
2010 59,819,407 181,802
2011 60,026,841 185,649
2012 60,191,247 189,439
2013 60,311,613 193,148
2014 60,320,707 196,767
2015 60,229,605 200,291
2016 60,115,223 203,689
2017 60,002,252 206,970
2018 60,148,658 210,187
2019 59,729,081 213,392
2020 59,438,851 217,435
2021 59,133,173 221,961
2022 59,013,667 226,305
2023 58,993,475 230,871
2024 58,986,023 235,536

Fertility rates in Italy and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate
Italy

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Fertility rate
Italy Sao Tome
1960 2.4 6.24
1961 2.44 6.26
1962 2.46 6.28
1963 2.51 6.31
1964 2.66 6.33
1965 2.6 6.35
1966 2.58 6.37
1967 2.5 6.39
1968 2.46 6.42
1969 2.47 6.44
1970 2.38 6.47
1971 2.4 6.49
1972 2.35 6.51
1973 2.3 6.53
1974 2.28 6.53
1975 2.17 6.53
1976 2.04 6.52
1977 1.93 6.5
1978 1.84 6.47
1979 1.73 6.43
1980 1.64 6.39
1981 1.58 6.33
1982 1.56 6.28
1983 1.51 6.22
1984 1.46 6.16
1985 1.42 6.1
1986 1.35 6.05
1987 1.33 5.99
1988 1.36 5.94
1989 1.33 5.88
1990 1.33 5.83
1991 1.3 5.77
1992 1.3 5.7
1993 1.25 5.64
1994 1.21 5.56
1995 1.19 5.55
1996 1.2 5.47
1997 1.22 5.4
1998 1.22 5.3
1999 1.23 5.23
2000 1.26 5.16
2001 1.25 5.1
2002 1.27 5.06
2003 1.29 5.01
2004 1.34 4.96
2005 1.33 4.94
2006 1.37 4.93
2007 1.39 4.96
2008 1.44 4.91
2009 1.44 4.84
2010 1.44 4.77
2011 1.42 4.72
2012 1.42 4.66
2013 1.39 4.58
2014 1.38 4.49
2015 1.36 4.35
2016 1.36 4.2
2017 1.34 4.07
2018 1.31 3.98
2019 1.27 3.9
2020 1.24 3.83
2021 1.25 3.76
2022 1.24 3.7
2023 1.2 3.64

Italy and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age
Italy

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Median age, years
Italy Sao Tome
1960 31.6 24.2
1961 31.8 24.3
1962 32 24.1
1963 32.1 23.5
1964 32.2 22.4
1965 32.3 21
1966 32.4 19.5
1967 32.5 18.5
1968 32.7 17.7
1969 32.8 17.2
1970 33 16.9
1971 33.1 16.9
1972 33.2 17
1973 33.3 17
1974 33.4 17.1
1975 33.5 17.1
1976 33.6 17.1
1977 33.7 17.2
1978 33.9 17.2
1979 34 17.3
1980 34.1 17.3
1981 34.3 17.4
1982 34.6 17.4
1983 34.9 17.4
1984 35.3 17.4
1985 35.6 17.4
1986 35.8 17.4
1987 36.1 17.4
1988 36.4 17.4
1989 36.8 17.4
1990 37.1 17.4
1991 37.5 17.3
1992 37.9 17.3
1993 38.2 17.2
1994 38.6 17.2
1995 38.9 17.3
1996 39.1 17.3
1997 39.4 17.4
1998 39.6 17.5
1999 39.9 17.7
2000 40.3 17.9
2001 40.6 18
2002 41 18.1
2003 41.3 18.3
2004 41.6 18.4
2005 41.9 18.5
2006 42.3 18.6
2007 42.6 18.7
2008 42.8 18.7
2009 43.1 18.7
2010 43.5 18.8
2011 43.9 18.9
2012 44.2 18.9
2013 44.6 18.9
2014 45 18.9
2015 45.4 19
2016 45.8 19
2017 46.2 19.1
2018 46.6 19.3
2019 47 19.4
2020 47.4 19.5
2021 47.7 19.7
2022 48.1 19.9
2023 48.4 20.1
2024 48.8 20.3

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Finance

Italy Sao Tome
GNI, Atlas method
$2.26T
2024
$653M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
50.8%
2025
24.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.07%
2022
5.03%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.61%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
338,000
2020
1,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.26%
2025
+2.56%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.5%
2024
8.81%
2017
Services, % of GDP
65.6%
2024
76.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
21.7%
2024
2.91%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.9
2025
60.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.8%
2023
32.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
2.3%
2023
2.6%
2017
Number of millionaires
1,338,142
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
2.73%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
74
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
290
2014
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$587B
2014
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$291B
2024
$46.2M
2023
Personal remittances received
$11.2B
2024
$10M
2024
International tourist arrivals
38,419,000
2020
33,400
2018
International tourism as share of exports
3.65%
2020
73.2%
2018
Banked people share
86%
2024
n/a

Energy

Italy Sao Tome
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,298 kg
2023
259.3 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$25.2
2023
$10.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
305 megatons
2023
0.21 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
5.18 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
76.8%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
17.5%
2021
42.5%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
9.95%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
79.6%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
5,047 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
41%
2021
6.06%
2021
Hydroelectric share
15.9%
2023
5.85%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Italy Sao Tome
% of world population
0.72%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
+95,246
2024
-604
2024
Urban population
72.3%
2024
77%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.31 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
79.6
2025
32.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
54
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
91
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
0.55
2022
3.23
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.3
2019
27.9
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
71
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.3%
2019
93.8%
2022
English speaking
13.6%
2023
4.9%
2025
People using the Internet
89.2%
2024
61.5%
2023

Health

Italy Sao Tome
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,228
2023
$180.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$745
2023
$21.6
2022
Life expectancy
84 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure n/a
30.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.25
2022
0.49
2019
Age at first childbirth
31.8 years
2023
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
6
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.8
2023
13.9
2023
Obesity rate
17.8%
2022
17.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.7%
2024
12.1%
2024
Air quality index
61
2025
24
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
22.4%
2022
7.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.97 liters
2020
4.79 liters
2020

Territory

Italy Sao Tome
% of world land
0.2%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Land area per capita
1,936 sq mi
2024
1,574 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
50,531 sq mi
2025
166 sq mi
2025
Forest area
37,558 sq mi
2025
193.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length
303,043 mi
2007
808 mi
2018

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