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Norway vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

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Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 62nd vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Main facts and rankings

Norway Sao Tome
Population
5642662
244055
Population rank 119/197 176/197
GDP
$484B
2024
$764M
2024
GDP rank 32/197 189/197
GDP per capita
$86,810
2024
$3,245
2024
GDP per capita rank 8/197 138/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$101,032
2024
$6,230
2024
Government debt
$207B
2024
$332M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.7%
2025
37.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$37,084
2024
$1,410
2024
Government debt per person rank 17/185 133/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,746
2025
$2,715
2025
Land area
140,645 sq mi
2025
371 sq mi
2025
Population density
39.6 ppl/mi²
2024
635 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.4
2023
3.64
2023
Median age
40.7 years
2024
20.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Norway and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Norway and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP
Norway

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP
Norway Sao Tome
1960 $5,197,398,721 -
1961 $5,669,689,210 -
1962 $6,107,076,929 -
1963 $6,553,269,536 -
1964 $7,206,522,122 -
1965 $8,111,945,661 -
1966 $8,753,940,267 -
1967 $9,577,383,653 -
1968 $10,227,087,165 -
1969 $11,136,187,440 -
1970 $12,814,123,115 $37,211,826
1971 $14,583,114,840 $37,288,845
1972 $17,358,610,850 $41,430,257
1973 $22,534,253,703 $56,011,245
1974 $27,145,693,810 $57,817,591
1975 $32,877,805,200 $60,101,710
1976 $35,942,270,686 $52,039,421
1977 $41,508,030,431 $49,207,692
1978 $46,522,900,254 $55,044,563
1979 $53,132,244,624 $65,755,928
1980 $64,439,382,896 $81,662,231
1981 $63,596,654,761 $83,499,264
1982 $62,647,195,538 $80,307,763
1983 $61,627,240,831 $75,110,289
1984 $62,057,955,033 $78,213,796
1985 $65,416,879,914 $82,733,069
1986 $78,693,118,044 $115,928,907
1987 $94,229,907,236 $115,952,925
1988 $101,900,260,856 $99,000,764
1989 $102,633,934,391 $98,545,367
1990 $119,791,843,060 $119,297,933
1991 $121,872,464,483 $107,484,143
1992 $130,838,040,068 $94,861,781
1993 $120,579,213,713 $125,742,229
1994 $127,131,319,429 $131,338,415
1995 $152,029,612,325 $103,695,237
1996 $163,520,109,151 $135,188,166
1997 $161,356,631,888 $91,920,274
1998 $154,230,295,158 $72,285,404
1999 $162,383,706,021 $77,302,212
2000 $171,457,201,936 $76,198,395
2001 $174,239,354,071 $75,951,133
2002 $195,914,852,576 $85,171,074
2003 $229,385,469,337 $102,085,769
2004 $265,268,662,473 $114,582,284
2005 $309,978,579,744 $136,450,662
2006 $346,915,160,682 $142,775,104
2007 $402,643,260,488 $149,146,919
2008 $464,917,553,191 $188,021,165
2009 $387,976,400,617 $200,668,065
2010 $431,052,143,940 $190,021,192
2011 $501,360,549,669 $226,455,001
2012 $512,777,309,841 $229,371,348
2013 $526,014,468,085 $267,041,748
2014 $501,736,471,833 $293,119,143
2015 $388,159,512,246 $259,999,643
2016 $370,956,547,619 $292,267,272
2017 $401,745,275,035 $322,002,845
2018 $439,788,625,884 $383,717,328
2019 $408,742,840,909 $412,976,083
2020 $367,633,418,887 $471,229,485
2021 $503,367,986,030 $524,402,456
2022 $596,297,651,036 $540,809,499
2023 $482,949,731,777 $678,976,265
2024 $483,727,398,216 $764,274,043

Norway and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita
Norway

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP per capita
Norway Sao Tome
1960 $1,451 -
1961 $1,571 -
1962 $1,678 -
1963 $1,787 -
1964 $1,951 -
1965 $2,179 -
1966 $2,333 -
1967 $2,531 -
1968 $2,680 -
1969 $2,894 -
1970 $3,306 $479
1971 $3,736 $470
1972 $4,414 $511
1973 $5,690 $676
1974 $6,812 $683
1975 $8,204 $693
1976 $8,927 $585
1977 $10,266 $539
1978 $11,463 $587
1979 $13,047 $683
1980 $15,772 $829
1981 $15,513 $830
1982 $15,225 $783
1983 $14,928 $720
1984 $14,989 $735
1985 $15,754 $761
1986 $18,883 $1,043
1987 $22,506 $1,018
1988 $24,207 $847
1989 $24,281 $821
1990 $28,243 $970
1991 $28,597 $855
1992 $30,524 $740
1993 $27,964 $964
1994 $29,316 $990
1995 $34,876 $769
1996 $37,322 $987
1997 $36,629 $662
1998 $34,803 $514
1999 $36,393 $543
2000 $38,178 $529
2001 $38,602 $519
2002 $43,171 $568
2003 $50,250 $664
2004 $57,769 $727
2005 $67,047 $844
2006 $74,434 $862
2007 $85,502 $879
2008 $97,504 $1,082
2009 $80,348 $1,128
2010 $88,163 $1,045
2011 $101,222 $1,220
2012 $102,176 $1,211
2013 $103,554 $1,383
2014 $97,667 $1,490
2015 $74,810 $1,298
2016 $70,867 $1,435
2017 $76,132 $1,556
2018 $82,793 $1,826
2019 $76,431 $1,935
2020 $68,340 $2,167
2021 $93,073 $2,363
2022 $109,270 $2,390
2023 $87,497 $2,941
2024 $86,810 $3,245

Norway vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Norway

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Life expectancy, years
Norway Sao Tome
1950 71.6 39.1
1951 72.5 39.1
1952 72.7 39.1
1953 73.1 39.1
1954 73.2 39.2
1955 73.4 39.3
1956 73.5 39.5
1957 73.4 40.1
1958 73.4 41
1959 73.6 42.1
1960 73.6 43.6
1961 73.6 45.2
1962 73.5 46.8
1963 73.1 48.4
1964 73.6 49.7
1965 73.7 51.1
1966 74 52.3
1967 74.1 53.4
1968 73.9 54.5
1969 73.7 55.4
1970 74.1 56.3
1971 74.2 57
1972 74.3 57.4
1973 74.4 57.9
1974 74.8 58.3
1975 74.8 58.6
1976 75 58.8
1977 75.4 59
1978 75.4 59.1
1979 75.4 59.3
1980 75.7 59.4
1981 75.9 59.4
1982 76 59.5
1983 76.1 59.7
1984 76.2 59.9
1985 75.9 60.1
1986 76.3 57.6
1987 76.1 60.7
1988 76.3 60.8
1989 76.5 59.7
1990 76.6 60.7
1991 77 60.8
1992 77.2 60.7
1993 77.2 60.6
1994 77.8 60.6
1995 77.8 60.5
1996 78.2 60.6
1997 78.2 60.6
1998 78.4 60.8
1999 78.4 61
2000 78.7 61.2
2001 78.9 61.5
2002 79 61.8
2003 79.5 62.2
2004 80 62.6
2005 80.2 62.4
2006 80.4 63
2007 80.5 63.3
2008 80.7 63.4
2009 80.9 63.7
2010 81 63.9
2011 81.2 64.1
2012 81.4 64.5
2013 81.7 64.9
2014 82.1 65.5
2015 82.3 66
2016 82.4 66.6
2017 82.6 67.1
2018 82.8 67.6
2019 83 68
2020 83.2 68
2021 83.2 68
2022 82.6 69.2
2023 83.3 69.7
2024 83.5 69.9
2025 83.6 70.1

Norway and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population
Norway

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Population
Norway Sao Tome
1960 3,581,239 68,012
1961 3,609,800 68,707
1962 3,638,918 69,403
1963 3,666,537 70,112
1964 3,694,339 70,865
1965 3,723,168 71,680
1966 3,753,012 72,576
1967 3,784,539 73,596
1968 3,816,486 74,765
1969 3,847,707 76,083
1970 3,875,763 77,626
1971 3,903,039 79,330
1972 3,933,004 81,041
1973 3,960,612 82,798
1974 3,985,258 84,672
1975 4,007,313 86,708
1976 4,026,152 88,922
1977 4,043,205 91,301
1978 4,058,671 93,794
1979 4,072,517 96,252
1980 4,085,620 98,544
1981 4,099,702 100,615
1982 4,114,787 102,508
1983 4,128,432 104,380
1984 4,140,099 106,394
1985 4,152,516 108,658
1986 4,167,354 111,150
1987 4,186,905 113,919
1988 4,209,488 116,939
1989 4,226,901 119,979
1990 4,241,473 122,980
1991 4,261,732 125,697
1992 4,286,401 128,110
1993 4,311,991 130,467
1994 4,336,613 132,732
1995 4,359,184 134,895
1996 4,381,336 136,962
1997 4,405,157 138,922
1998 4,431,464 140,751
1999 4,461,913 142,442
2000 4,490,967 144,018
2001 4,513,751 146,375
2002 4,538,159 149,922
2003 4,564,855 153,814
2004 4,591,910 157,705
2005 4,623,291 161,639
2006 4,660,677 165,638
2007 4,709,153 169,700
2008 4,768,212 173,793
2009 4,828,726 177,853
2010 4,889,252 181,802
2011 4,953,088 185,649
2012 5,018,573 189,439
2013 5,079,623 193,148
2014 5,137,232 196,767
2015 5,188,607 200,291
2016 5,234,519 203,689
2017 5,276,968 206,970
2018 5,311,916 210,187
2019 5,347,896 213,392
2020 5,379,475 217,435
2021 5,408,320 221,961
2022 5,457,127 226,305
2023 5,519,594 230,871
2024 5,572,272 235,536

Fertility rates in Norway and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate
Norway

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Fertility rate
Norway Sao Tome
1960 2.85 6.24
1961 2.94 6.26
1962 2.91 6.28
1963 2.93 6.31
1964 2.98 6.33
1965 2.94 6.35
1966 2.9 6.37
1967 2.81 6.39
1968 2.75 6.42
1969 2.7 6.44
1970 2.5 6.47
1971 2.49 6.49
1972 2.38 6.51
1973 2.23 6.53
1974 2.13 6.53
1975 1.98 6.53
1976 1.86 6.52
1977 1.75 6.5
1978 1.77 6.47
1979 1.75 6.43
1980 1.72 6.39
1981 1.7 6.33
1982 1.71 6.28
1983 1.66 6.22
1984 1.66 6.16
1985 1.68 6.1
1986 1.71 6.05
1987 1.74 5.99
1988 1.84 5.94
1989 1.89 5.88
1990 1.93 5.83
1991 1.92 5.77
1992 1.88 5.7
1993 1.86 5.64
1994 1.87 5.56
1995 1.87 5.55
1996 1.89 5.47
1997 1.86 5.4
1998 1.81 5.3
1999 1.85 5.23
2000 1.85 5.16
2001 1.78 5.1
2002 1.75 5.06
2003 1.8 5.01
2004 1.83 4.96
2005 1.84 4.94
2006 1.9 4.93
2007 1.9 4.96
2008 1.96 4.91
2009 1.98 4.84
2010 1.95 4.77
2011 1.88 4.72
2012 1.85 4.66
2013 1.78 4.58
2014 1.75 4.49
2015 1.72 4.35
2016 1.71 4.2
2017 1.62 4.07
2018 1.56 3.98
2019 1.53 3.9
2020 1.48 3.83
2021 1.55 3.76
2022 1.41 3.7
2023 1.4 3.64

Norway and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age
Norway

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Median age, years
Norway Sao Tome
1960 34.3 24.2
1961 34.4 24.3
1962 34.4 24.1
1963 34.3 23.5
1964 34.2 22.4
1965 34.1 21
1966 33.9 19.5
1967 33.7 18.5
1968 33.5 17.7
1969 33.2 17.2
1970 32.9 16.9
1971 32.7 16.9
1972 32.5 17
1973 32.4 17
1974 32.4 17.1
1975 32.5 17.1
1976 32.6 17.1
1977 32.7 17.2
1978 32.9 17.2
1979 33.1 17.3
1980 33.3 17.3
1981 33.6 17.4
1982 33.9 17.4
1983 34.1 17.4
1984 34.4 17.4
1985 34.6 17.4
1986 34.8 17.4
1987 34.9 17.4
1988 35.1 17.4
1989 35.2 17.4
1990 35.4 17.4
1991 35.5 17.3
1992 35.7 17.3
1993 35.8 17.2
1994 35.9 17.2
1995 36.1 17.3
1996 36.2 17.3
1997 36.4 17.4
1998 36.5 17.5
1999 36.7 17.7
2000 36.9 17.9
2001 37.1 18
2002 37.3 18.1
2003 37.5 18.3
2004 37.7 18.4
2005 37.9 18.5
2006 38.1 18.6
2007 38.3 18.7
2008 38.4 18.7
2009 38.5 18.7
2010 38.6 18.8
2011 38.7 18.9
2012 38.8 18.9
2013 38.9 18.9
2014 39 18.9
2015 39.2 19
2016 39.3 19
2017 39.4 19.1
2018 39.6 19.3
2019 39.8 19.4
2020 40 19.5
2021 40.3 19.7
2022 40.4 19.9
2023 40.5 20.1
2024 40.7 20.3

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Finance

Norway Sao Tome
GNI, Atlas method
$548B
2024
$653M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
47.9%
2025
24.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.46%
2022
5.03%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.61%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
25,000
2020
1,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+13.2%
2025
+2.56%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.98%
2024
8.81%
2017
Services, % of GDP
51.8%
2024
76.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
37%
2024
2.91%
2024
Economic freedom index
78.3
2025
60.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
21.6%
2023
32.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2023
2.6%
2017
Number of millionaires
253,085
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
5.84%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
17
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0004%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
180
2017
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$296B
2019
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$81.2B
2024
$46.2M
2023
Personal remittances received
$621M
2024
$10M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,397,000
2020
33,400
2018
International tourism as share of exports
1.86%
2020
73.2%
2018
Banked people share
98.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Norway Sao Tome
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,885 kg
2023
259.3 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$20.6
2023
$10.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
44.1 megatons
2023
0.21 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.98 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
46.3%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
61.4%
2021
42.5%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
48.2%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-704%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
23,520 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
99.1%
2021
6.06%
2021
Hydroelectric share
89.1%
2023
5.85%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Norway Sao Tome
% of world population
0.07%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
+44,356
2024
-604
2024
Urban population
84.3%
2024
77%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.92 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.46 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
92.4
2025
32.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
81
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
94
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
0.73
2023
3.23
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
2.1
2019
27.9
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
71
2025
Adult literacy rate
95%
2013
93.8%
2022
English speaking
87.6%
2023
4.9%
2025
People using the Internet
99%
2023
61.5%
2023

Health

Norway Sao Tome
Government health expenditure per capita
$8,693
2022
$180.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,224
2022
$21.6
2022
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
30.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
5.17
2021
0.49
2019
Age at first childbirth
30.1 years
2023
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
1
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
2.4
2023
13.9
2023
Obesity rate
19.5%
2022
17.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.8%
2024
12.1%
2024
Air quality index
87
2025
24
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
14.2%
2022
7.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.38 liters
2020
4.79 liters
2020

Territory

Norway Sao Tome
% of world land
0.24%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Land area per capita
25,240 sq mi
2024
1,574 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
3,792 sq mi
2025
166 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,118 sq mi
2025
193.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
808 mi
2018

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