Malta vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 187th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

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Malta and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Malta

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Malta	Sao Tome
1970	$250,728,796	$37,211,826
1971	$264,578,485	$37,288,845
1972	$295,106,628	$41,430,257
1973	$345,616,106	$56,011,245
1974	$376,081,124	$57,817,591
1975	$474,618,321	$60,101,710
1976	$527,936,989	$52,039,421
1977	$625,563,171	$49,207,692
1978	$793,673,402	$55,044,563
1979	$1,001,288,847	$65,755,928
1980	$1,250,198,601	$81,662,231
1981	$1,243,509,394	$83,499,264
1982	$1,234,474,404	$80,307,763
1983	$1,165,729,707	$75,110,289
1984	$1,101,807,023	$78,213,796
1985	$1,117,797,439	$82,733,069
1986	$1,435,038,441	$115,928,907
1987	$1,751,293,461	$115,952,925
1988	$2,019,503,068	$99,000,764
1989	$2,118,655,677	$98,545,367
1990	$2,547,328,748	$119,297,933
1991	$2,750,216,747	$107,484,143
1992	$3,021,942,759	$94,861,781
1993	$2,709,193,538	$125,742,229
1994	$2,998,505,428	$131,338,415
1995	$3,709,360,097	$103,695,237
1996	$3,822,489,746	$135,188,166
1997	$3,787,070,704	$91,920,274
1998	$4,010,092,091	$72,285,404
1999	$4,111,891,845	$77,302,212
2000	$4,036,809,865	$76,198,395
2001	$4,070,867,153	$75,951,133
2002	$4,455,127,398	$85,171,074
2003	$5,418,315,225	$102,085,769
2004	$6,104,141,501	$114,582,284
2005	$6,393,234,965	$136,450,662
2006	$6,749,838,862	$142,775,104
2007	$7,908,412,374	$149,146,919
2008	$9,135,419,490	$188,021,165
2009	$8,734,745,632	$200,668,065
2010	$9,097,044,182	$190,021,192
2011	$9,789,361,705	$226,455,001
2012	$9,609,532,106	$229,371,348
2013	$10,796,782,634	$267,041,748
2014	$11,888,032,862	$293,119,143
2015	$11,340,795,033	$259,999,643
2016	$12,025,782,885	$292,267,272
2017	$14,161,366,733	$322,002,845
2018	$16,153,779,511	$383,717,328
2019	$16,337,793,531	$412,976,083
2020	$16,409,900,599	$471,229,485
2021	$19,723,563,355	$524,402,456
2022	$19,239,187,084	$540,809,499
2023	$22,210,718,401	$678,976,265
2024	$24,322,006,608	$764,274,043

Malta and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Malta

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malta	Sao Tome
1970	$828	$479
1971	$874	$470
1972	$976	$511
1973	$1,144	$676
1974	$1,245	$683
1975	$1,560	$693
1976	$1,727	$585
1977	$2,038	$539
1978	$2,559	$587
1979	$3,196	$683
1980	$3,948	$829
1981	$3,898	$830
1982	$3,788	$783
1983	$3,527	$720
1984	$3,333	$735
1985	$3,322	$761
1986	$4,195	$1,043
1987	$5,084	$1,018
1988	$5,814	$847
1989	$6,041	$821
1990	$7,192	$970
1991	$7,559	$855
1992	$8,220	$740
1993	$7,296	$964
1994	$8,000	$990
1995	$9,828	$769
1996	$10,062	$987
1997	$9,893	$662
1998	$10,408	$514
1999	$10,609	$543
2000	$10,348	$529
2001	$10,358	$519
2002	$11,251	$568
2003	$13,594	$664
2004	$15,212	$727
2005	$15,831	$844
2006	$16,654	$862
2007	$19,444	$879
2008	$22,315	$1,082
2009	$21,176	$1,128
2010	$21,947	$1,045
2011	$23,517	$1,220
2012	$22,878	$1,211
2013	$25,416	$1,383
2014	$27,425	$1,490
2015	$25,530	$1,298
2016	$26,459	$1,435
2017	$30,317	$1,556
2018	$33,382	$1,826
2019	$32,422	$1,935
2020	$31,834	$2,167
2021	$38,065	$2,363
2022	$36,224	$2,390
2023	$40,182	$2,941
2024	$42,347	$3,245

Malta vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malta

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malta	Sao Tome
1950	63.5	39.1
1951	63.9	39.1
1952	64.1	39.1
1953	64.3	39.1
1954	65.1	39.2
1955	66.3	39.3
1956	66.8	39.5
1957	67.5	40.1
1958	67.8	41
1959	68.4	42.1
1960	68.4	43.6
1961	68.4	45.2
1962	69.2	46.8
1963	69.2	48.4
1964	69.3	49.7
1965	69.5	51.1
1966	69.7	52.3
1967	69.8	53.4
1968	69.9	54.5
1969	70.1	55.4
1970	70.4	56.3
1971	70.1	57
1972	70.7	57.4
1973	71.3	57.9
1974	71.9	58.3
1975	72.1	58.6
1976	72.2	58.8
1977	72.3	59
1978	72.3	59.1
1979	72.5	59.3
1980	72.3	59.4
1981	72.4	59.4
1982	72.8	59.5
1983	73.1	59.7
1984	73.3	59.9
1985	73.9	60.1
1986	74.5	57.6
1987	75.3	60.7
1988	75.9	60.8
1989	76.2	59.7
1990	76.2	60.7
1991	76.5	60.8
1992	76.7	60.7
1993	76.8	60.6
1994	76.9	60.6
1995	77	60.5
1996	76.3	60.6
1997	77.3	60.6
1998	77.8	60.8
1999	77.8	61
2000	77.9	61.2
2001	78.9	61.5
2002	78.5	61.8
2003	78.7	62.2
2004	79.2	62.6
2005	79.5	62.4
2006	79.6	63
2007	79.7	63.3
2008	79.7	63.4
2009	80.4	63.7
2010	81.4	63.9
2011	80.8	64.1
2012	81.1	64.5
2013	81.8	64.9
2014	82.3	65.5
2015	82.6	66
2016	82.7	66.6
2017	83.1	67.1
2018	82.9	67.6
2019	82.8	68
2020	82.3	68
2021	82.3	68
2022	82.2	69.2
2023	83.3	69.7
2024	83.5	69.9
2025	83.6	70.1

Malta and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Malta

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Population
	Malta	Sao Tome
1960	326,550	68,012
1961	325,250	68,707
1962	323,900	69,403
1963	322,550	70,112
1964	321,250	70,865
1965	318,800	71,680
1966	315,200	72,576
1967	311,550	73,596
1968	307,900	74,765
1969	304,300	76,083
1970	302,650	77,626
1971	302,700	79,330
1972	302,450	81,041
1973	302,200	82,798
1974	301,996	84,672
1975	304,222	86,708
1976	305,774	88,922
1977	306,970	91,301
1978	310,182	93,794
1979	313,342	96,252
1980	316,645	98,544
1981	318,982	100,615
1982	325,898	102,508
1983	330,524	104,380
1984	330,593	106,394
1985	336,452	108,658
1986	342,121	111,150
1987	344,485	113,919
1988	347,325	116,939
1989	350,722	119,979
1990	354,170	122,980
1991	363,845	125,697
1992	367,618	128,110
1993	371,308	130,467
1994	374,797	132,732
1995	377,419	134,895
1996	379,905	136,962
1997	382,791	138,922
1998	385,287	140,751
1999	387,578	142,442
2000	390,087	144,018
2001	393,028	146,375
2002	395,969	149,922
2003	398,582	153,814
2004	401,268	157,705
2005	403,834	161,639
2006	405,308	165,638
2007	406,724	169,700
2008	409,379	173,793
2009	412,477	177,853
2010	414,508	181,802
2011	416,268	185,649
2012	420,028	189,439
2013	424,810	193,148
2014	433,481	196,767
2015	444,220	200,291
2016	454,505	203,689
2017	467,106	206,970
2018	483,903	210,187
2019	503,912	213,392
2020	515,490	217,435
2021	518,150	221,961
2022	531,113	226,305
2023	552,747	230,871
2024	574,346	235,536

Fertility rates in Malta and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Malta

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malta	Sao Tome
1960	3.62	6.24
1961	3.27	6.26
1962	3.24	6.28
1963	2.9	6.31
1964	2.79	6.33
1965	2.52	6.35
1966	2.33	6.37
1967	2.24	6.39
1968	2.12	6.42
1969	2.02	6.44
1970	2.03	6.47
1971	2.06	6.49
1972	2.01	6.51
1973	1.65	6.53
1974	1.64	6.53
1975	2.27	6.53
1976	2.21	6.52
1977	2.14	6.5
1978	2.05	6.47
1979	2.1	6.43
1980	1.99	6.39
1981	1.87	6.33
1982	1.9	6.28
1983	1.92	6.22
1984	1.95	6.16
1985	1.95	6.1
1986	1.93	6.05
1987	1.97	5.99
1988	2.06	5.94
1989	2.1	5.88
1990	2.02	5.83
1991	1.99	5.77
1992	2.07	5.7
1993	1.96	5.64
1994	1.84	5.56
1995	1.77	5.55
1996	1.99	5.47
1997	1.93	5.4
1998	1.84	5.3
1999	1.73	5.23
2000	1.68	5.16
2001	1.48	5.1
2002	1.45	5.06
2003	1.48	5.01
2004	1.4	4.96
2005	1.38	4.94
2006	1.36	4.93
2007	1.35	4.96
2008	1.43	4.91
2009	1.42	4.84
2010	1.36	4.77
2011	1.45	4.72
2012	1.42	4.66
2013	1.36	4.58
2014	1.38	4.49
2015	1.37	4.35
2016	1.37	4.2
2017	1.26	4.07
2018	1.23	3.98
2019	1.14	3.9
2020	1.13	3.83
2021	1.13	3.76
2022	1.08	3.7
2023	1.06	3.64

Malta and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Malta

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malta	Sao Tome
1960	23.6	24.2
1961	23.8	24.3
1962	24	24.1
1963	24.2	23.5
1964	24.4	22.4
1965	24.5	21
1966	24.6	19.5
1967	24.8	18.5
1968	25	17.7
1969	25.5	17.2
1970	25.9	16.9
1971	26.3	16.9
1972	26.8	17
1973	27.2	17
1974	27.6	17.1
1975	28	17.1
1976	28.4	17.1
1977	28.7	17.2
1978	29.2	17.2
1979	29.6	17.3
1980	30	17.3
1981	30.3	17.4
1982	30.6	17.4
1983	30.9	17.4
1984	31.2	17.4
1985	31.4	17.4
1986	31.7	17.4
1987	32	17.4
1988	32.4	17.4
1989	32.7	17.4
1990	33	17.4
1991	33.3	17.3
1992	33.7	17.3
1993	34	17.2
1994	34.3	17.2
1995	34.7	17.3
1996	35.1	17.3
1997	35.5	17.4
1998	35.8	17.5
1999	36.1	17.7
2000	36.4	17.9
2001	36.7	18
2002	37	18.1
2003	37.4	18.3
2004	37.7	18.4
2005	38.1	18.5
2006	38.4	18.6
2007	38.7	18.7
2008	39	18.7
2009	39.3	18.7
2010	39.6	18.8
2011	39.9	18.9
2012	40.2	18.9
2013	40.4	18.9
2014	40.6	18.9
2015	40.6	19
2016	40.6	19
2017	40.5	19.1
2018	40.2	19.3
2019	39.9	19.4
2020	39.9	19.5
2021	40.2	19.7
2022	40.8	19.9
2023	41.4	20.1
2024	41.8	20.3

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