Nigeria vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

Nigeria has a population of 233M (ranked 6/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Nigeria's land area is 351,650 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 30th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Nigeria ranks 58/197 ($188B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Nigeria ranks 186/197 ($807), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Nigeria

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Nigeria	Sao Tome
1960	$4,196,174,502	-
1961	$4,467,287,893	-
1962	$4,909,399,176	-
1963	$5,165,590,254	-
1964	$5,552,931,319	-
1965	$5,874,537,650	-
1966	$6,366,917,453	-
1967	$5,203,237,919	-
1968	$5,200,997,920	-
1969	$6,634,317,346	-
1970	$12,546,094,982	$37,211,826
1971	$9,181,769,912	$37,288,845
1972	$12,274,416,018	$41,430,257
1973	$15,162,871,287	$56,011,245
1974	$24,846,641,318	$57,817,591
1975	$27,778,934,625	$60,101,710
1976	$36,308,883,249	$52,039,421
1977	$36,035,407,725	$49,207,692
1978	$36,527,862,209	$55,044,563
1979	$47,259,911,894	$65,755,928
1980	$64,201,788,123	$81,662,231
1981	$164,475,209,516	$83,499,264
1982	$142,769,363,314	$80,307,763
1983	$97,094,911,792	$75,110,289
1984	$73,484,359,521	$78,213,796
1985	$73,745,821,158	$82,733,069
1986	$54,805,852,581	$115,928,907
1987	$52,676,041,931	$115,952,925
1988	$49,648,470,440	$99,000,764
1989	$44,003,061,108	$98,545,367
1990	$54,035,795,388	$119,297,933
1991	$59,526,833,412	$107,484,143
1992	$52,058,181,854	$94,861,781
1993	$56,721,051,402	$125,742,229
1994	$80,399,613,064	$131,338,415
1995	$140,919,776,986	$103,695,237
1996	$185,730,236,700	$135,188,166
1997	$200,850,397,618	$91,920,274
1998	$218,416,200,673	$72,285,404
1999	$59,145,077,039	$77,302,212
2000	$69,171,451,627	$76,198,395
2001	$73,557,840,064	$75,951,133
2002	$95,054,059,303	$85,171,074
2003	$104,738,954,264	$102,085,769
2004	$135,764,731,646	$114,582,284
2005	$175,670,569,969	$136,450,662
2006	$238,454,997,161	$142,775,104
2007	$278,260,846,800	$149,146,919
2008	$339,476,276,258	$188,021,165
2009	$295,008,835,381	$200,668,065
2010	$366,990,417,129	$190,021,192
2011	$414,466,676,831	$226,455,001
2012	$463,971,018,239	$229,371,348
2013	$520,117,180,314	$267,041,748
2014	$574,183,763,412	$293,119,143
2015	$493,026,682,801	$259,999,643
2016	$404,649,125,252	$292,267,272
2017	$375,745,731,053	$322,002,845
2018	$421,739,251,509	$383,717,328
2019	$474,517,490,844	$412,976,083
2020	$432,198,898,468	$471,229,485
2021	$440,833,635,874	$524,402,456
2022	$477,403,400,101	$540,809,499
2023	$363,846,332,835	$678,976,265
2024	$187,759,703,100	$764,274,043

Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Nigeria

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nigeria	Sao Tome
1960	$93.1	-
1961	$97.1	-
1962	$104.5	-
1963	$107.7	-
1964	$113.3	-
1965	$117.3	-
1966	$124.4	-
1967	$99.5	-
1968	$97.3	-
1969	$121.4	-
1970	$224.5	$479
1971	$160.5	$470
1972	$209.5	$511
1973	$252.4	$676
1974	$403	$683
1975	$438	$693
1976	$556	$585
1977	$536	$539
1978	$527	$587
1979	$661	$683
1980	$870	$829
1981	$2,162	$830
1982	$1,822	$783
1983	$1,207	$720
1984	$890	$735
1985	$869	$761
1986	$628	$1,043
1987	$588	$1,018
1988	$540	$847
1989	$465	$821
1990	$556	$970
1991	$597	$855
1992	$509	$740
1993	$540	$964
1994	$745	$990
1995	$1,272	$769
1996	$1,633	$987
1997	$1,720	$662
1998	$1,822	$514
1999	$481	$543
2000	$547	$529
2001	$566	$519
2002	$712	$568
2003	$763	$664
2004	$962	$727
2005	$1,211	$844
2006	$1,600	$862
2007	$1,816	$879
2008	$2,154	$1,082
2009	$1,820	$1,128
2010	$2,202	$1,045
2011	$2,418	$1,220
2012	$2,633	$1,211
2013	$2,873	$1,383
2014	$3,089	$1,490
2015	$2,586	$1,298
2016	$2,070	$1,435
2017	$1,876	$1,556
2018	$2,058	$1,826
2019	$2,265	$1,935
2020	$2,020	$2,167
2021	$2,017	$2,363
2022	$2,139	$2,390
2023	$1,597	$2,941
2024	$807	$3,245

Nigeria vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nigeria

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nigeria	Sao Tome
1950	35.5	39.1
1951	35.7	39.1
1952	35.9	39.1
1953	36	39.1
1954	36.2	39.2
1955	36.3	39.3
1956	36.5	39.5
1957	36.6	40.1
1958	36.8	41
1959	37	42.1
1960	37.2	43.6
1961	37.4	45.2
1962	37.6	46.8
1963	37.8	48.4
1964	38	49.7
1965	38.2	51.1
1966	38.4	52.3
1967	37.5	53.4
1968	38.6	54.5
1969	38.9	55.4
1970	40	56.3
1971	40.6	57
1972	41.3	57.4
1973	41.8	57.9
1974	42.5	58.3
1975	43.1	58.6
1976	44.2	58.8
1977	44.8	59
1978	45.3	59.1
1979	45.7	59.3
1980	46	59.4
1981	46.3	59.4
1982	46.4	59.5
1983	46.4	59.7
1984	46.3	59.9
1985	46.2	60.1
1986	46	57.6
1987	45.9	60.7
1988	45.8	60.8
1989	45.8	59.7
1990	45.7	60.7
1991	45.5	60.8
1992	45.6	60.7
1993	45.8	60.6
1994	45.7	60.6
1995	45.9	60.5
1996	45.8	60.6
1997	46	60.6
1998	46.1	60.8
1999	46.6	61
2000	47.1	61.2
2001	47.5	61.5
2002	48	61.8
2003	48.6	62.2
2004	49.1	62.6
2005	49.5	62.4
2006	49.9	63
2007	50.4	63.3
2008	50.7	63.4
2009	51.1	63.7
2010	51.3	63.9
2011	51.5	64.1
2012	51.7	64.5
2013	51.8	64.9
2014	51.9	65.5
2015	51.9	66
2016	52.2	66.6
2017	52.4	67.1
2018	52.7	67.6
2019	53	68
2020	53.1	68
2021	53.5	68
2022	54.1	69.2
2023	54.5	69.7
2024	54.6	69.9
2025	54.8	70.1

Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Nigeria

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Population
	Nigeria	Sao Tome
1960	45,053,782	68,012
1961	45,989,310	68,707
1962	46,965,292	69,403
1963	47,973,575	70,112
1964	49,012,016	70,865
1965	50,086,764	71,680
1966	51,188,234	72,576
1967	52,293,065	73,596
1968	53,432,783	74,765
1969	54,631,914	76,083
1970	55,893,838	77,626
1971	57,214,684	79,330
1972	58,601,748	81,041
1973	60,082,139	82,798
1974	61,679,144	84,672
1975	63,410,815	86,708
1976	65,258,009	88,922
1977	67,234,590	91,301
1978	69,326,532	93,794
1979	71,498,242	96,252
1980	73,764,641	98,544
1981	76,068,103	100,615
1982	78,378,701	102,508
1983	80,438,260	104,380
1984	82,526,443	106,394
1985	84,897,973	108,658
1986	87,235,953	111,150
1987	89,591,716	113,919
1988	92,020,090	116,939
1989	94,531,014	119,979
1990	97,120,925	122,980
1991	99,720,162	125,697
1992	102,372,770	128,110
1993	105,122,069	130,467
1994	107,935,714	132,732
1995	110,819,428	134,895
1996	113,754,779	136,962
1997	116,754,792	138,922
1998	119,846,254	140,751
1999	123,047,320	142,442
2000	126,382,494	144,018
2001	129,862,595	146,375
2002	133,471,989	149,922
2003	137,202,644	153,814
2004	141,057,045	157,705
2005	145,017,253	161,639
2006	149,077,334	165,638
2007	153,267,261	169,700
2008	157,595,014	173,793
2009	162,049,464	177,853
2010	166,642,886	181,802
2011	171,379,598	185,649
2012	176,200,625	189,439
2013	181,049,443	193,148
2014	185,896,915	196,767
2015	190,671,878	200,291
2016	195,443,700	203,689
2017	200,254,579	206,970
2018	204,938,755	210,187
2019	209,485,641	213,392
2020	213,996,181	217,435
2021	218,529,286	221,961
2022	223,150,896	226,305
2023	227,882,945	230,871
2024	232,679,478	235,536

Fertility rates in Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Nigeria

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nigeria	Sao Tome
1960	6.36	6.24
1961	6.35	6.26
1962	6.36	6.28
1963	6.35	6.31
1964	6.36	6.33
1965	6.37	6.35
1966	6.39	6.37
1967	6.4	6.39
1968	6.42	6.42
1969	6.44	6.44
1970	6.47	6.47
1971	6.53	6.49
1972	6.58	6.51
1973	6.63	6.53
1974	6.7	6.53
1975	6.77	6.53
1976	6.81	6.52
1977	6.86	6.5
1978	6.92	6.47
1979	6.89	6.43
1980	6.85	6.39
1981	6.82	6.33
1982	6.8	6.28
1983	6.78	6.22
1984	6.7	6.16
1985	6.62	6.1
1986	6.56	6.05
1987	6.5	5.99
1988	6.5	5.94
1989	6.49	5.88
1990	6.46	5.83
1991	6.43	5.77
1992	6.39	5.7
1993	6.35	5.64
1994	6.32	5.56
1995	6.27	5.55
1996	6.22	5.47
1997	6.14	5.4
1998	6.07	5.3
1999	6.08	5.23
2000	6.12	5.16
2001	6.13	5.1
2002	6.12	5.06
2003	6.1	5.01
2004	6.09	4.96
2005	6.06	4.94
2006	6.05	4.93
2007	6.03	4.96
2008	6.02	4.91
2009	5.99	4.84
2010	5.95	4.77
2011	5.89	4.72
2012	5.8	4.66
2013	5.69	4.58
2014	5.62	4.49
2015	5.5	4.35
2016	5.34	4.2
2017	5.18	4.07
2018	5.02	3.98
2019	4.86	3.9
2020	4.7	3.83
2021	4.64	3.76
2022	4.55	3.7
2023	4.48	3.64

Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Nigeria

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nigeria	Sao Tome
1960	19.3	24.2
1961	19.3	24.3
1962	19.3	24.1
1963	19.3	23.5
1964	19.3	22.4
1965	19.3	21
1966	19.3	19.5
1967	19.2	18.5
1968	19.2	17.7
1969	19.1	17.2
1970	18.9	16.9
1971	18.8	16.9
1972	18.7	17
1973	18.6	17
1974	18.5	17.1
1975	18.4	17.1
1976	18.3	17.1
1977	18.2	17.2
1978	18	17.2
1979	17.9	17.3
1980	17.8	17.3
1981	17.7	17.4
1982	17.6	17.4
1983	17.5	17.4
1984	17.4	17.4
1985	17.3	17.4
1986	17.3	17.4
1987	17.3	17.4
1988	17.3	17.4
1989	17.3	17.4
1990	17.3	17.4
1991	17.3	17.3
1992	17.4	17.3
1993	17.4	17.2
1994	17.5	17.2
1995	17.6	17.3
1996	17.6	17.3
1997	17.7	17.4
1998	17.8	17.5
1999	17.9	17.7
2000	17.9	17.9
2001	17.9	18
2002	17.9	18.1
2003	17.9	18.3
2004	17.9	18.4
2005	17.9	18.5
2006	17.9	18.6
2007	17.9	18.7
2008	17.8	18.7
2009	17.8	18.7
2010	17.8	18.8
2011	17.7	18.9
2012	17.7	18.9
2013	17.7	18.9
2014	17.7	18.9
2015	17.8	19
2016	17.8	19
2017	17.9	19.1
2018	18	19.3
2019	18.2	19.4
2020	18.3	19.5
2021	18.5	19.7
2022	18.7	19.9
2023	18.8	20.1
2024	19	20.3

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