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Morocco vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

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Morocco has a population of 38.1M (ranked 39/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Morocco's land area is 172,317 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 55th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Morocco ranks 60/197 ($154B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Morocco ranks 128/197 ($4,055), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Main facts and rankings

Morocco Sao Tome
Population
38697192
244055
Population rank 41/197 176/197
GDP
$154B
2024
$764M
2024
GDP rank 60/197 189/197
GDP per capita
$4,055
2024
$3,245
2024
GDP per capita rank 128/197 138/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$10,305
2024
$6,230
2024
Government debt
$108B
2024
$332M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
68.9%
2025
37.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,840
2024
$1,410
2024
Government debt per person rank 105/185 133/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,043
2025
$2,715
2025
Land area
172,317 sq mi
2025
371 sq mi
2025
Population density
221 ppl/mi²
2024
635 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.23
2023
3.64
2023
Median age
30.5 years
2024
20.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
75.7 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP
Morocco

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP
Morocco Sao Tome
1960 $2,037,154,742 -
1961 $2,025,693,540 -
1962 $2,379,611,125 -
1963 $2,657,252,578 -
1964 $2,798,345,299 -
1965 $2,948,331,090 -
1966 $2,876,401,297 -
1967 $3,046,345,314 -
1968 $3,271,422,333 -
1969 $3,651,622,669 -
1970 $3,956,336,244 $37,211,826
1971 $4,356,669,034 $37,288,845
1972 $5,074,117,545 $41,430,257
1973 $6,242,145,880 $56,011,245
1974 $7,675,466,449 $57,817,591
1975 $8,984,853,005 $60,101,710
1976 $9,584,297,284 $52,039,421
1977 $11,049,783,872 $49,207,692
1978 $13,236,946,234 $55,044,563
1979 $15,911,994,817 $65,755,928
1980 $21,728,516,153 $81,662,231
1981 $17,788,185,479 $83,499,264
1982 $17,692,276,734 $80,307,763
1983 $16,251,408,128 $75,110,289
1984 $14,824,667,954 $78,213,796
1985 $14,991,283,216 $82,733,069
1986 $19,462,085,540 $115,928,907
1987 $21,765,195,948 $115,952,925
1988 $25,705,296,184 $99,000,764
1989 $26,314,313,191 $98,545,367
1990 $30,179,954,775 $119,297,933
1991 $32,285,573,574 $107,484,143
1992 $33,711,069,431 $94,861,781
1993 $31,655,473,664 $125,742,229
1994 $35,604,137,423 $131,338,415
1995 $39,030,285,468 $103,695,237
1996 $43,161,571,528 $135,188,166
1997 $39,147,844,526 $91,920,274
1998 $46,497,608,725 $72,285,404
1999 $46,266,428,648 $77,302,212
2000 $43,017,455,402 $76,198,395
2001 $43,831,480,208 $75,951,133
2002 $47,077,192,188 $85,171,074
2003 $58,029,363,354 $102,085,769
2004 $66,114,145,451 $114,582,284
2005 $68,852,658,069 $136,450,662
2006 $75,883,823,301 $142,775,104
2007 $86,947,913,287 $149,146,919
2008 $101,822,906,949 $188,021,165
2009 $101,154,952,241 $200,668,065
2010 $100,865,329,473 $190,021,192
2011 $110,080,631,332 $226,455,001
2012 $106,937,392,311 $229,371,348
2013 $115,739,287,305 $267,041,748
2014 $119,130,841,412 $293,119,143
2015 $110,413,823,842 $259,999,643
2016 $111,572,947,005 $292,267,272
2017 $118,540,573,368 $322,002,845
2018 $127,341,147,582 $383,717,328
2019 $128,920,266,409 $412,976,083
2020 $121,353,645,057 $471,229,485
2021 $142,022,058,447 $524,402,456
2022 $130,951,926,351 $540,809,499
2023 $144,417,103,250 $678,976,265
2024 $154,430,996,473 $764,274,043

Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita
Morocco

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP per capita
Morocco Sao Tome
1960 $175.2 -
1961 $169.8 -
1962 $194.2 -
1963 $211.3 -
1964 $216.9 -
1965 $222.7 -
1966 $211.5 -
1967 $218.1 -
1968 $228 -
1969 $247.8 -
1970 $261.5 $479
1971 $280.6 $470
1972 $319 $511
1973 $382 $676
1974 $459 $683
1975 $524 $693
1976 $545 $585
1977 $613 $539
1978 $716 $587
1979 $839 $683
1980 $1,117 $829
1981 $890 $830
1982 $862 $783
1983 $772 $720
1984 $687 $735
1985 $678 $761
1986 $861 $1,043
1987 $944 $1,018
1988 $1,094 $847
1989 $1,099 $821
1990 $1,238 $970
1991 $1,302 $855
1992 $1,337 $740
1993 $1,236 $964
1994 $1,369 $990
1995 $1,478 $769
1996 $1,610 $987
1997 $1,439 $662
1998 $1,683 $514
1999 $1,651 $543
2000 $1,513 $529
2001 $1,521 $519
2002 $1,612 $568
2003 $1,962 $664
2004 $2,207 $727
2005 $2,268 $844
2006 $2,466 $862
2007 $2,788 $879
2008 $3,222 $1,082
2009 $3,158 $1,128
2010 $3,107 $1,045
2011 $3,345 $1,220
2012 $3,206 $1,211
2013 $3,425 $1,383
2014 $3,483 $1,490
2015 $3,190 $1,298
2016 $3,186 $1,435
2017 $3,344 $1,556
2018 $3,553 $1,826
2019 $3,560 $1,935
2020 $3,317 $2,167
2021 $3,843 $2,363
2022 $3,508 $2,390
2023 $3,829 $2,941
2024 $4,055 $3,245

Morocco vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Morocco

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Life expectancy, years
Morocco Sao Tome
1950 38.8 39.1
1951 39.1 39.1
1952 39.6 39.1
1953 40 39.1
1954 40.4 39.2
1955 40.8 39.3
1956 41.2 39.5
1957 41.7 40.1
1958 42.2 41
1959 42.7 42.1
1960 41.7 43.6
1961 43.7 45.2
1962 44.2 46.8
1963 44.8 48.4
1964 45.3 49.7
1965 45.9 51.1
1966 46.5 52.3
1967 47.1 53.4
1968 47.7 54.5
1969 48.2 55.4
1970 48.7 56.3
1971 49.2 57
1972 49.7 57.4
1973 50.2 57.9
1974 50.8 58.3
1975 51.4 58.6
1976 52 58.8
1977 52.8 59
1978 53.6 59.1
1979 54.4 59.3
1980 55.2 59.4
1981 56 59.4
1982 56.9 59.5
1983 57.7 59.7
1984 58.4 59.9
1985 59.2 60.1
1986 60 57.6
1987 60.6 60.7
1988 61.2 60.8
1989 61.8 59.7
1990 62.4 60.7
1991 62.9 60.8
1992 63.4 60.7
1993 63.9 60.6
1994 64.3 60.6
1995 64.7 60.5
1996 65.2 60.6
1997 65.6 60.6
1998 66 60.8
1999 66.4 61
2000 66.8 61.2
2001 67.2 61.5
2002 67.6 61.8
2003 68 62.2
2004 68.3 62.6
2005 68.7 62.4
2006 69.2 63
2007 69.6 63.3
2008 70.1 63.4
2009 70.5 63.7
2010 70.8 63.9
2011 71.3 64.1
2012 71.7 64.5
2013 72.1 64.9
2014 72.5 65.5
2015 72.9 66
2016 73.2 66.6
2017 73.6 67.1
2018 73.9 67.6
2019 74.2 68
2020 73.1 68
2021 73.4 68
2022 75.2 69.2
2023 75.3 69.7
2024 75.5 69.9
2025 75.7 70.1

Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population
Morocco

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Population
Morocco Sao Tome
1960 11,624,933 68,012
1961 11,931,085 68,707
1962 12,253,092 69,403
1963 12,577,502 70,112
1964 12,898,886 70,865
1965 13,239,171 71,680
1966 13,597,065 72,576
1967 13,968,175 73,596
1968 14,347,899 74,765
1969 14,734,255 76,083
1970 15,129,449 77,626
1971 15,527,225 79,330
1972 15,924,692 81,041
1973 16,326,269 82,798
1974 16,733,842 84,672
1975 17,150,786 86,708
1976 17,574,182 88,922
1977 18,014,756 91,301
1978 18,477,385 93,794
1979 18,955,589 96,252
1980 19,459,943 98,544
1981 19,985,401 100,615
1982 20,520,318 102,508
1983 21,060,696 104,380
1984 21,593,778 106,394
1985 22,113,953 108,658
1986 22,600,803 111,150
1987 23,054,392 113,919
1988 23,500,524 116,939
1989 23,939,414 119,979
1990 24,375,551 122,980
1991 24,799,014 125,697
1992 25,212,468 128,110
1993 25,614,586 130,467
1994 26,000,822 132,732
1995 26,399,429 134,895
1996 26,808,107 136,962
1997 27,213,337 138,922
1998 27,621,648 140,751
1999 28,027,179 142,442
2000 28,423,435 144,018
2001 28,814,643 146,375
2002 29,198,142 149,922
2003 29,571,415 153,814
2004 29,953,018 157,705
2005 30,358,144 161,639
2006 30,771,178 165,638
2007 31,186,468 169,700
2008 31,606,767 173,793
2009 32,030,778 177,853
2010 32,467,016 181,802
2011 32,912,588 185,649
2012 33,355,241 189,439
2013 33,787,571 193,148
2014 34,204,780 196,767
2015 34,607,588 200,291
2016 35,023,457 203,689
2017 35,446,392 206,970
2018 35,839,760 210,187
2019 36,210,898 213,392
2020 36,584,208 217,435
2021 36,954,442 221,961
2022 37,329,064 226,305
2023 37,712,505 230,871
2024 38,081,173 235,536

Fertility rates in Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate
Morocco

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Fertility rate
Morocco Sao Tome
1960 6.89 6.24
1961 6.97 6.26
1962 7.05 6.28
1963 7.01 6.31
1964 6.97 6.33
1965 6.93 6.35
1966 6.89 6.37
1967 6.85 6.39
1968 6.79 6.42
1969 6.73 6.44
1970 6.68 6.47
1971 6.62 6.49
1972 6.55 6.51
1973 6.48 6.53
1974 6.4 6.53
1975 6.3 6.53
1976 6.18 6.52
1977 6.04 6.5
1978 5.91 6.47
1979 5.85 6.43
1980 5.78 6.39
1981 5.71 6.33
1982 5.6 6.28
1983 5.41 6.22
1984 5.2 6.16
1985 4.99 6.1
1986 4.77 6.05
1987 4.58 5.99
1988 4.39 5.94
1989 4.22 5.88
1990 4.06 5.83
1991 3.95 5.77
1992 3.76 5.7
1993 3.55 5.64
1994 3.41 5.56
1995 3.3 5.55
1996 3.23 5.47
1997 3.15 5.4
1998 3.04 5.3
1999 2.88 5.23
2000 2.77 5.16
2001 2.69 5.1
2002 2.62 5.06
2003 2.61 5.01
2004 2.61 4.96
2005 2.61 4.94
2006 2.61 4.93
2007 2.62 4.96
2008 2.61 4.91
2009 2.62 4.84
2010 2.63 4.77
2011 2.6 4.72
2012 2.54 4.66
2013 2.48 4.58
2014 2.42 4.49
2015 2.41 4.35
2016 2.4 4.2
2017 2.38 4.07
2018 2.35 3.98
2019 2.34 3.9
2020 2.32 3.83
2021 2.29 3.76
2022 2.26 3.7
2023 2.23 3.64

Morocco and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age
Morocco

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Median age, years
Morocco Sao Tome
1960 17.9 24.2
1961 17.6 24.3
1962 17.4 24.1
1963 17.2 23.5
1964 17 22.4
1965 16.9 21
1966 16.8 19.5
1967 16.7 18.5
1968 16.6 17.7
1969 16.6 17.2
1970 16.6 16.9
1971 16.7 16.9
1972 16.7 17
1973 16.8 17
1974 16.9 17.1
1975 16.9 17.1
1976 17.1 17.1
1977 17.2 17.2
1978 17.3 17.2
1979 17.4 17.3
1980 17.6 17.3
1981 17.7 17.4
1982 17.8 17.4
1983 18 17.4
1984 18.1 17.4
1985 18.3 17.4
1986 18.5 17.4
1987 18.7 17.4
1988 18.9 17.4
1989 19.2 17.4
1990 19.4 17.4
1991 19.7 17.3
1992 20 17.3
1993 20.3 17.2
1994 20.6 17.2
1995 21 17.3
1996 21.3 17.3
1997 21.6 17.4
1998 21.9 17.5
1999 22.2 17.7
2000 22.5 17.9
2001 22.8 18
2002 23.1 18.1
2003 23.4 18.3
2004 23.7 18.4
2005 24 18.5
2006 24.3 18.6
2007 24.7 18.7
2008 25 18.7
2009 25.4 18.7
2010 25.7 18.8
2011 26.1 18.9
2012 26.4 18.9
2013 26.7 18.9
2014 27.1 18.9
2015 27.5 19
2016 27.8 19
2017 28.2 19.1
2018 28.5 19.3
2019 28.9 19.4
2020 29.2 19.5
2021 29.5 19.7
2022 29.9 19.9
2023 30.2 20.1
2024 30.5 20.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Morocco Sao Tome
GNI, Atlas method
$145B
2024
$653M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
34.3%
2025
24.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.02%
2023
5.03%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.64%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
246,000
2020
1,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.89%
2025
+2.56%
2025
Unemployment rate
11.8%
2022
8.81%
2017
Services, % of GDP
54.1%
2024
76.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
24.1%
2024
2.91%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.3
2025
60.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.9%
2013
32.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2013
2.6%
2017
Number of billionaires
3
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
76
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$74.5B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$37.1B
2024
$46.2M
2023
Personal remittances received
$12.5B
2024
$10M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,802,000
2020
33,400
2018
International tourism as share of exports
12%
2020
73.2%
2018
Banked people share
44.4%
2024
n/a

Energy

Morocco Sao Tome
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
601 kg
2023
259.3 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.6
2023
$10.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
69.9 megatons
2023
0.21 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.85 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.1%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
10.9%
2021
42.5%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
4.92%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
93.6%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
997 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
19.3%
2021
6.06%
2021
Hydroelectric share
1.18%
2023
5.85%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Morocco Sao Tome
% of world population
0.47%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
-46,802
2024
-604
2024
Urban population
65.6%
2024
77%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.79 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.29 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.7
2025
32.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
37
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
56
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
1.71
2023
3.23
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
17
2019
27.9
2019
Visa free countries
85
2025
71
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.3%
2022
93.8%
2022
English speaking
18.4%
2023
4.9%
2025
People using the Internet
91%
2023
61.5%
2023

Health

Morocco Sao Tome
Government health expenditure per capita
$199.2
2022
$180.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$85.7
2022
$21.6
2022
Life expectancy
75.7 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.12%
2022
30.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.73
2017
0.49
2019
Age at first childbirth n/a
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
70
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
16.6
2023
13.9
2023
Obesity rate
22.5%
2022
17.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.9%
2024
12.1%
2024
Air quality index
75
2025
24
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13%
2022
7.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.5 liters
2020
4.79 liters
2020

Territory

Morocco Sao Tome
% of world land
0.3%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Land area per capita
4,525 sq mi
2024
1,574 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
115,013 sq mi
2025
166 sq mi
2025
Forest area
22,293 sq mi
2025
193.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length
35,626 mi
2022
808 mi
2018

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