Jamaica vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 159th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Sao Tome
1960	$699,064,380	-
1961	$748,043,501	-
1962	$777,727,689	-
1963	$826,706,669	-
1964	$897,949,001	-
1965	$972,159,611	-
1966	$1,096,759,561	-
1967	$1,148,014,311	-
1968	$1,083,839,133	-
1969	$1,191,239,047	-
1970	$1,404,720,442	$37,211,826
1971	$1,539,861,816	$37,288,845
1972	$1,875,146,587	$41,430,257
1973	$1,905,917,553	$56,011,245
1974	$2,375,122,375	$57,817,591
1975	$2,860,442,750	$60,101,710
1976	$2,966,042,856	$52,039,421
1977	$3,249,733,140	$49,207,692
1978	$2,644,527,822	$55,044,563
1979	$2,425,064,229	$65,755,928
1980	$2,679,379,372	$81,662,231
1981	$2,979,027,966	$83,499,264
1982	$3,293,496,312	$80,307,763
1983	$3,619,262,277	$75,110,289
1984	$2,373,564,549	$78,213,796
1985	$2,100,239,019	$82,733,069
1986	$2,754,549,582	$115,928,907
1987	$3,287,007,322	$115,952,925
1988	$3,828,342,820	$99,000,764
1989	$4,404,937,853	$98,545,367
1990	$4,592,208,087	$119,297,933
1991	$4,106,207,649	$107,484,143
1992	$3,535,460,090	$94,861,781
1993	$5,440,075,676	$125,742,229
1994	$5,452,558,947	$131,338,415
1995	$6,577,520,643	$103,695,237
1996	$7,393,891,921	$135,188,166
1997	$8,400,041,724	$91,920,274
1998	$8,787,195,622	$72,285,404
1999	$8,887,057,997	$77,302,212
2000	$9,005,064,475	$76,198,395
2001	$9,194,727,831	$75,951,133
2002	$9,719,009,495	$85,171,074
2003	$9,430,234,811	$102,085,769
2004	$10,174,664,854	$114,582,284
2005	$11,243,865,778	$136,450,662
2006	$11,930,179,090	$142,775,104
2007	$12,799,600,047	$149,146,919
2008	$13,709,401,520	$188,021,165
2009	$12,120,458,115	$200,668,065
2010	$13,220,549,908	$190,021,192
2011	$14,444,661,522	$226,455,001
2012	$14,807,086,556	$229,371,348
2013	$14,264,205,153	$267,041,748
2014	$13,899,217,680	$293,119,143
2015	$14,188,936,918	$259,999,643
2016	$14,077,096,677	$292,267,272
2017	$14,808,985,133	$322,002,845
2018	$15,730,792,876	$383,717,328
2019	$15,830,766,531	$412,976,083
2020	$13,812,421,836	$471,229,485
2021	$14,657,586,159	$524,402,456
2022	$17,097,760,687	$540,809,499
2023	$19,423,355,367	$678,976,265
2024	$19,930,288,337	$764,274,043

Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Sao Tome
1960	$424	-
1961	$447	-
1962	$458	-
1963	$480	-
1964	$514	-
1965	$549	-
1966	$612	-
1967	$633	-
1968	$591	-
1969	$642	-
1970	$748	$479
1971	$809	$470
1972	$971	$511
1973	$972	$676
1974	$1,193	$683
1975	$1,417	$693
1976	$1,450	$585
1977	$1,569	$539
1978	$1,262	$587
1979	$1,144	$683
1980	$1,249	$829
1981	$1,370	$830
1982	$1,494	$783
1983	$1,619	$720
1984	$1,048	$735
1985	$917	$761
1986	$1,191	$1,043
1987	$1,411	$1,018
1988	$1,632	$847
1989	$1,865	$821
1990	$1,930	$970
1991	$1,710	$855
1992	$1,458	$740
1993	$2,221	$964
1994	$2,203	$990
1995	$2,631	$769
1996	$2,929	$987
1997	$3,297	$662
1998	$3,419	$514
1999	$3,432	$543
2000	$3,453	$529
2001	$3,504	$519
2002	$3,681	$568
2003	$3,550	$664
2004	$3,808	$727
2005	$4,184	$844
2006	$4,417	$862
2007	$4,716	$879
2008	$5,030	$1,082
2009	$4,428	$1,128
2010	$4,810	$1,045
2011	$5,233	$1,220
2012	$5,341	$1,211
2013	$5,124	$1,383
2014	$4,975	$1,490
2015	$5,063	$1,298
2016	$5,010	$1,435
2017	$5,259	$1,556
2018	$5,578	$1,826
2019	$5,607	$1,935
2020	$4,879	$2,167
2021	$5,165	$2,363
2022	$6,022	$2,390
2023	$6,840	$2,941
2024	$7,020	$3,245

Jamaica vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Sao Tome
1950	56.6	39.1
1951	57.1	39.1
1952	58.1	39.1
1953	58.9	39.1
1954	59.6	39.2
1955	60.4	39.3
1956	61.2	39.5
1957	61.9	40.1
1958	62.6	41
1959	63.2	42.1
1960	63.8	43.6
1961	64.3	45.2
1962	64.6	46.8
1963	65	48.4
1964	65.3	49.7
1965	65.7	51.1
1966	65.9	52.3
1967	66.1	53.4
1968	66.3	54.5
1969	66.5	55.4
1970	66.7	56.3
1971	67	57
1972	67.3	57.4
1973	67.6	57.9
1974	67.9	58.3
1975	68.2	58.6
1976	68.4	58.8
1977	68.6	59
1978	68.7	59.1
1979	68.8	59.3
1980	69	59.4
1981	69.1	59.4
1982	69.3	59.5
1983	69.5	59.7
1984	69.8	59.9
1985	70.1	60.1
1986	70.4	57.6
1987	70.9	60.7
1988	71.2	60.8
1989	71.5	59.7
1990	71.7	60.7
1991	71.8	60.8
1992	71.8	60.7
1993	71.8	60.6
1994	71.6	60.6
1995	71.5	60.5
1996	71.3	60.6
1997	71.2	60.6
1998	71.2	60.8
1999	71.2	61
2000	71.3	61.2
2001	71.3	61.5
2002	71.5	61.8
2003	71.6	62.2
2004	71.5	62.6
2005	71.5	62.4
2006	71.4	63
2007	71.4	63.3
2008	71.5	63.4
2009	71.7	63.7
2010	72	63.9
2011	72.2	64.1
2012	72.4	64.5
2013	72.4	64.9
2014	72.4	65.5
2015	72.2	66
2016	72.1	66.6
2017	71.9	67.1
2018	71.6	67.6
2019	71.5	68
2020	71.5	68
2021	69.1	68
2022	71.5	69.2
2023	71.5	69.7
2024	71.6	69.9
2025	71.7	70.1

Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Sao Tome
1960	1,650,005	68,012
1961	1,673,261	68,707
1962	1,696,932	69,403
1963	1,721,099	70,112
1964	1,745,568	70,865
1965	1,769,192	71,680
1966	1,791,475	72,576
1967	1,812,865	73,596
1968	1,833,765	74,765
1969	1,855,127	76,083
1970	1,878,196	77,626
1971	1,903,728	79,330
1972	1,931,542	81,041
1973	1,961,219	82,798
1974	1,990,906	84,672
1975	2,018,981	86,708
1976	2,045,578	88,922
1977	2,070,657	91,301
1978	2,094,836	93,794
1979	2,119,486	96,252
1980	2,145,658	98,544
1981	2,173,818	100,615
1982	2,203,889	102,508
1983	2,234,832	104,380
1984	2,264,562	106,394
1985	2,290,656	108,658
1986	2,312,125	111,150
1987	2,329,813	113,919
1988	2,345,777	116,939
1989	2,361,916	119,979
1990	2,379,877	122,980
1991	2,400,869	125,697
1992	2,424,701	128,110
1993	2,449,916	130,467
1994	2,475,220	132,732
1995	2,500,151	134,895
1996	2,524,463	136,962
1997	2,547,848	138,922
1998	2,569,736	140,751
1999	2,589,795	142,442
2000	2,607,826	144,018
2001	2,624,403	146,375
2002	2,640,572	149,922
2003	2,656,623	153,814
2004	2,672,225	157,705
2005	2,687,066	161,639
2006	2,700,968	165,638
2007	2,713,800	169,700
2008	2,725,635	173,793
2009	2,736,995	177,853
2010	2,748,568	181,802
2011	2,760,494	185,649
2012	2,772,430	189,439
2013	2,783,687	193,148
2014	2,793,749	196,767
2015	2,802,534	200,291
2016	2,809,915	203,689
2017	2,815,764	206,970
2018	2,820,097	210,187
2019	2,823,271	213,392
2020	2,830,739	217,435
2021	2,837,682	221,961
2022	2,839,144	226,305
2023	2,839,786	230,871
2024	2,839,175	235,536

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Sao Tome
1960	5.54	6.24
1961	5.6	6.26
1962	5.64	6.28
1963	5.73	6.31
1964	5.79	6.33
1965	5.72	6.35
1966	5.69	6.37
1967	5.67	6.39
1968	5.58	6.42
1969	5.47	6.44
1970	5.35	6.47
1971	5.21	6.49
1972	5.06	6.51
1973	5	6.53
1974	4.67	6.53
1975	4.44	6.53
1976	4.21	6.52
1977	4	6.5
1978	3.84	6.47
1979	3.72	6.43
1980	3.59	6.39
1981	3.51	6.33
1982	3.46	6.28
1983	3.41	6.22
1984	3.32	6.16
1985	3.21	6.1
1986	3.11	6.05
1987	3.02	5.99
1988	2.98	5.94
1989	2.93	5.88
1990	2.96	5.83
1991	3	5.77
1992	3.03	5.7
1993	2.99	5.64
1994	2.93	5.56
1995	2.85	5.55
1996	2.77	5.47
1997	2.68	5.4
1998	2.57	5.3
1999	2.47	5.23
2000	2.35	5.16
2001	2.3	5.1
2002	2.27	5.06
2003	2.24	5.01
2004	2.2	4.96
2005	2.15	4.94
2006	2.09	4.93
2007	2.02	4.96
2008	1.95	4.91
2009	1.88	4.84
2010	1.8	4.77
2011	1.72	4.72
2012	1.65	4.66
2013	1.59	4.58
2014	1.54	4.49
2015	1.51	4.35
2016	1.46	4.2
2017	1.43	4.07
2018	1.4	3.98
2019	1.39	3.9
2020	1.38	3.83
2021	1.38	3.76
2022	1.37	3.7
2023	1.36	3.64

Jamaica and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Sao Tome
1960	19.8	24.2
1961	19.5	24.3
1962	19.3	24.1
1963	19	23.5
1964	18.8	22.4
1965	18.5	21
1966	18.3	19.5
1967	18.1	18.5
1968	17.9	17.7
1969	17.8	17.2
1970	17.7	16.9
1971	17.7	16.9
1972	17.8	17
1973	17.9	17
1974	18	17.1
1975	18.2	17.1
1976	18.4	17.1
1977	18.6	17.2
1978	18.9	17.2
1979	19.1	17.3
1980	19.4	17.3
1981	19.6	17.4
1982	19.9	17.4
1983	20.1	17.4
1984	20.4	17.4
1985	20.6	17.4
1986	20.8	17.4
1987	21.1	17.4
1988	21.3	17.4
1989	21.6	17.4
1990	21.8	17.4
1991	22	17.3
1992	22.2	17.3
1993	22.3	17.2
1994	22.4	17.2
1995	22.5	17.3
1996	22.6	17.3
1997	22.7	17.4
1998	22.9	17.5
1999	23.1	17.7
2000	23.3	17.9
2001	23.6	18
2002	23.8	18.1
2003	24.1	18.3
2004	24.4	18.4
2005	24.6	18.5
2006	24.9	18.6
2007	25.3	18.7
2008	25.7	18.7
2009	26.1	18.7
2010	26.5	18.8
2011	27	18.9
2012	27.4	18.9
2013	27.9	18.9
2014	28.3	18.9
2015	28.8	19
2016	29.3	19
2017	29.8	19.1
2018	30.3	19.3
2019	30.8	19.4
2020	31.3	19.5
2021	31.7	19.7
2022	32.2	19.9
2023	32.8	20.1
2024	33.3	20.3

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