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Poland vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

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Poland has a population of 36.6M (ranked 42/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Poland's land area is 118,252 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 69th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Main facts and rankings

Poland Sao Tome
Population
36176920
244055
Population rank 46/197 176/197
GDP
$915B
2024
$764M
2024
GDP rank 21/197 189/197
GDP per capita
$25,023
2024
$3,245
2024
GDP per capita rank 48/197 138/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$50,378
2024
$6,230
2024
Government debt
$506B
2024
$332M
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
60.7%
2025
37.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$13,833
2024
$1,410
2024
Government debt per person rank 41/185 133/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$19,229
2025
$2,715
2025
Land area
118,252 sq mi
2025
371 sq mi
2025
Population density
309 ppl/mi²
2024
635 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.16
2023
3.64
2023
Median age
42.9 years
2024
20.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
79 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Poland and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Poland and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP
Poland

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP
Poland Sao Tome
1970 - $37,211,826
1971 - $37,288,845
1972 - $41,430,257
1973 - $56,011,245
1974 - $57,817,591
1975 - $60,101,710
1976 - $52,039,421
1977 - $49,207,692
1978 - $55,044,563
1979 - $65,755,928
1980 - $81,662,231
1981 - $83,499,264
1982 - $80,307,763
1983 - $75,110,289
1984 - $78,213,796
1985 - $82,733,069
1986 - $115,928,907
1987 - $115,952,925
1988 - $99,000,764
1989 - $98,545,367
1990 $65,977,748,211 $119,297,933
1991 $85,500,935,935 $107,484,143
1992 $94,337,050,693 $94,861,781
1993 $96,043,157,273 $125,742,229
1994 $110,803,635,288 $131,338,415
1995 $142,838,527,115 $103,695,237
1996 $160,813,026,223 $135,188,166
1997 $159,893,964,917 $91,920,274
1998 $175,282,269,667 $72,285,404
1999 $170,704,452,715 $77,302,212
2000 $172,953,527,033 $76,198,395
2001 $191,823,200,371 $75,951,133
2002 $199,694,463,256 $85,171,074
2003 $218,561,225,998 $102,085,769
2004 $256,268,656,145 $114,582,284
2005 $306,999,913,151 $136,450,662
2006 $345,897,630,736 $142,775,104
2007 $429,715,132,138 $149,146,919
2008 $535,612,030,672 $188,021,165
2009 $440,891,472,247 $200,668,065
2010 $478,111,630,684 $190,021,192
2011 $527,848,543,023 $226,455,001
2012 $498,148,649,703 $229,371,348
2013 $518,179,836,405 $267,041,748
2014 $542,134,167,179 $293,119,143
2015 $480,054,118,583 $259,999,643
2016 $473,259,623,976 $292,267,272
2017 $528,356,723,263 $322,002,845
2018 $594,616,632,477 $383,717,328
2019 $602,683,770,145 $412,976,083
2020 $605,914,186,118 $471,229,485
2021 $689,170,171,187 $524,402,456
2022 $695,607,522,885 $540,809,499
2023 $812,451,128,979 $678,976,265
2024 $914,696,430,325 $764,274,043

Poland and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita
Poland

Sao Tome and Principe
Year GDP per capita
Poland Sao Tome
1970 - $479
1971 - $470
1972 - $511
1973 - $676
1974 - $683
1975 - $693
1976 - $585
1977 - $539
1978 - $587
1979 - $683
1980 - $829
1981 - $830
1982 - $783
1983 - $720
1984 - $735
1985 - $761
1986 - $1,043
1987 - $1,018
1988 - $847
1989 - $821
1990 $1,731 $970
1991 $2,236 $855
1992 $2,459 $740
1993 $2,497 $964
1994 $2,875 $990
1995 $3,701 $769
1996 $4,164 $987
1997 $4,137 $662
1998 $4,534 $514
1999 $4,416 $543
2000 $4,521 $529
2001 $5,015 $519
2002 $5,223 $568
2003 $5,721 $664
2004 $6,712 $727
2005 $8,044 $844
2006 $9,069 $862
2007 $11,273 $879
2008 $14,049 $1,082
2009 $11,556 $1,128
2010 $12,568 $1,045
2011 $13,868 $1,220
2012 $13,087 $1,211
2013 $13,622 $1,383
2014 $14,262 $1,490
2015 $12,638 $1,298
2016 $12,464 $1,435
2017 $13,913 $1,556
2018 $15,658 $1,826
2019 $15,875 $1,935
2020 $16,151 $2,167
2021 $18,636 $2,363
2022 $18,891 $2,390
2023 $22,145 $2,941
2024 $25,023 $3,245

Poland vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Poland

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Life expectancy, years
Poland Sao Tome
1950 58.3 39.1
1951 58.9 39.1
1952 59.7 39.1
1953 61.3 39.1
1954 62.3 39.2
1955 63.1 39.3
1956 63.4 39.5
1957 64.4 40.1
1958 64.9 41
1959 66.4 42.1
1960 67.1 43.6
1961 67.8 45.2
1962 68 46.8
1963 68.3 48.4
1964 68.9 49.7
1965 69.4 51.1
1966 69.7 52.3
1967 69.9 53.4
1968 69.8 54.5
1969 69.8 55.4
1970 69.6 56.3
1971 69.8 57
1972 70.1 57.4
1973 70.7 57.9
1974 70.7 58.3
1975 70.6 58.6
1976 70.4 58.8
1977 70.3 59
1978 70.4 59.1
1979 70.2 59.3
1980 70.5 59.4
1981 70.6 59.4
1982 70.9 59.5
1983 70.8 59.7
1984 70.6 59.9
1985 70.5 60.1
1986 70.6 57.6
1987 70.8 60.7
1988 70.8 60.8
1989 70.8 59.7
1990 70.6 60.7
1991 70.7 60.8
1992 70.9 60.7
1993 71.3 60.6
1994 71.7 60.6
1995 72 60.5
1996 72.3 60.6
1997 72.6 60.6
1998 72.8 60.8
1999 73.2 61
2000 73.6 61.2
2001 74.2 61.5
2002 74.5 61.8
2003 74.8 62.2
2004 74.9 62.6
2005 75.1 62.4
2006 75.3 63
2007 75.4 63.3
2008 75.6 63.4
2009 75.9 63.7
2010 76.3 63.9
2011 76.6 64.1
2012 76.8 64.5
2013 77.1 64.9
2014 77.3 65.5
2015 77.6 66
2016 77.6 66.6
2017 77.7 67.1
2018 77.6 67.6
2019 77.9 68
2020 76.6 68
2021 75.6 68
2022 77.9 69.2
2023 78.6 69.7
2024 78.8 69.9
2025 79 70.1

Poland and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population
Poland

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Population
Poland Sao Tome
1960 29,637,450 68,012
1961 29,964,000 68,707
1962 30,308,500 69,403
1963 30,712,000 70,112
1964 31,139,450 70,865
1965 31,444,950 71,680
1966 31,681,000 72,576
1967 31,987,155 73,596
1968 32,294,655 74,765
1969 32,548,300 76,083
1970 32,664,300 77,626
1971 32,783,500 79,330
1972 33,055,650 81,041
1973 33,357,200 82,798
1974 33,678,899 84,672
1975 34,015,199 86,708
1976 34,356,300 88,922
1977 34,689,050 91,301
1978 34,965,600 93,794
1979 35,247,217 96,252
1980 35,574,150 98,544
1981 35,898,587 100,615
1982 36,230,481 102,508
1983 36,571,808 104,380
1984 36,904,134 106,394
1985 37,201,885 108,658
1986 37,456,119 111,150
1987 37,668,045 113,919
1988 37,824,487 116,939
1989 37,961,529 119,979
1990 38,110,782 122,980
1991 38,246,193 125,697
1992 38,363,667 128,110
1993 38,461,408 130,467
1994 38,542,652 132,732
1995 38,594,998 134,895
1996 38,624,370 136,962
1997 38,649,660 138,922
1998 38,663,481 140,751
1999 38,660,271 142,442
2000 38,258,629 144,018
2001 38,248,076 146,375
2002 38,230,364 149,922
2003 38,204,570 153,814
2004 38,182,222 157,705
2005 38,165,445 161,639
2006 38,141,267 165,638
2007 38,120,560 169,700
2008 38,125,759 173,793
2009 38,151,603 177,853
2010 38,042,794 181,802
2011 38,063,255 185,649
2012 38,063,164 189,439
2013 38,040,196 193,148
2014 38,011,735 196,767
2015 37,986,412 200,291
2016 37,970,087 203,689
2017 37,974,826 206,970
2018 37,974,750 210,187
2019 37,965,475 213,392
2020 37,515,748 217,435
2021 36,981,559 221,961
2022 36,821,749 226,305
2023 36,687,353 230,871
2024 36,554,707 235,536

Fertility rates in Poland and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate
Poland

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Fertility rate
Poland Sao Tome
1960 2.98 6.24
1961 2.83 6.26
1962 2.72 6.28
1963 2.7 6.31
1964 2.57 6.33
1965 2.52 6.35
1966 2.34 6.37
1967 2.33 6.39
1968 2.24 6.42
1969 2.2 6.44
1970 2.2 6.47
1971 2.25 6.49
1972 2.24 6.51
1973 2.26 6.53
1974 2.26 6.53
1975 2.27 6.53
1976 2.3 6.52
1977 2.23 6.5
1978 2.21 6.47
1979 2.28 6.43
1980 2.28 6.39
1981 2.24 6.33
1982 2.34 6.28
1983 2.42 6.22
1984 2.37 6.16
1985 2.33 6.1
1986 2.22 6.05
1987 2.15 5.99
1988 2.13 5.94
1989 2.08 5.88
1990 2.06 5.83
1991 2.07 5.77
1992 1.95 5.7
1993 1.87 5.64
1994 1.81 5.56
1995 1.62 5.55
1996 1.59 5.47
1997 1.51 5.4
1998 1.44 5.3
1999 1.37 5.23
2000 1.37 5.16
2001 1.31 5.1
2002 1.25 5.06
2003 1.22 5.01
2004 1.23 4.96
2005 1.24 4.94
2006 1.27 4.93
2007 1.31 4.96
2008 1.39 4.91
2009 1.4 4.84
2010 1.41 4.77
2011 1.33 4.72
2012 1.33 4.66
2013 1.29 4.58
2014 1.32 4.49
2015 1.32 4.35
2016 1.39 4.2
2017 1.48 4.07
2018 1.46 3.98
2019 1.44 3.9
2020 1.39 3.83
2021 1.33 3.76
2022 1.29 3.7
2023 1.16 3.64

Poland and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age
Poland

Sao Tome and Principe
Year Median age, years
Poland Sao Tome
1960 26.6 24.2
1961 26.8 24.3
1962 26.9 24.1
1963 27.1 23.5
1964 27.3 22.4
1965 27.5 21
1966 27.7 19.5
1967 27.8 18.5
1968 28 17.7
1969 28.1 17.2
1970 28.2 16.9
1971 28.4 16.9
1972 28.5 17
1973 28.5 17
1974 28.6 17.1
1975 28.6 17.1
1976 28.7 17.1
1977 28.9 17.2
1978 29.1 17.2
1979 29.3 17.3
1980 29.5 17.3
1981 29.8 17.4
1982 30.1 17.4
1983 30.3 17.4
1984 30.6 17.4
1985 30.8 17.4
1986 31.1 17.4
1987 31.4 17.4
1988 31.7 17.4
1989 32.1 17.4
1990 32.4 17.4
1991 32.6 17.3
1992 32.9 17.3
1993 33.2 17.2
1994 33.5 17.2
1995 33.9 17.3
1996 34.2 17.3
1997 34.4 17.4
1998 34.7 17.5
1999 35 17.7
2000 35.2 17.9
2001 35.5 18
2002 35.8 18.1
2003 36 18.3
2004 36.3 18.4
2005 36.6 18.5
2006 36.9 18.6
2007 37.2 18.7
2008 37.5 18.7
2009 37.8 18.7
2010 38.1 18.8
2011 38.2 18.9
2012 38.4 18.9
2013 38.7 18.9
2014 39 18.9
2015 39.3 19
2016 39.7 19
2017 40 19.1
2018 40.4 19.3
2019 40.8 19.4
2020 41.1 19.5
2021 41.5 19.7
2022 41.9 19.9
2023 42.4 20.1
2024 42.9 20.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Poland Sao Tome
GNI, Atlas method
$788B
2024
$653M
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
50.1%
2025
24.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.31%
2022
5.03%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.83%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
189,000
2020
1,000
1999
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-6.16%
2025
+2.56%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.81%
2024
8.81%
2017
Services, % of GDP
59.9%
2024
76.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26.4%
2024
2.91%
2024
Economic freedom index
67.1
2025
60.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.9%
2023
32.8%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
3.3%
2023
2.6%
2017
Number of billionaires
10
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.00003%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
749
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$197B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$223B
2024
$46.2M
2023
Personal remittances received
$8.69B
2024
$10M
2024
International tourist arrivals
88,515,000
2019
33,400
2018
International tourism as share of exports
2.63%
2020
73.2%
2018
Banked people share
86.1%
2024
n/a

Energy

Poland Sao Tome
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,639 kg
2023
259.3 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$17.7
2023
$10.2
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
286.9 megatons
2023
0.21 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.82 tons
2023
0.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
84.6%
2023
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
15.2%
2021
42.5%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.47%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
48.8%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
4,382 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
17.5%
2021
6.06%
2021
Hydroelectric share
2.23%
2023
5.85%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
81.3%
2023

Society

Poland Sao Tome
% of world population
0.45%
2024
0.003%
2024
Annual migration change
-238,062
2024
-604
2024
Urban population
60.3%
2024
77%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.93 ft
2025
5.59 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.24 ft
2025
Quality of life index
74.1
2025
32.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
53
2024
45
2024
Higher education index
82
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
0.8
2023
3.23
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
9.4
2019
27.9
2019
Visa free countries
174
2025
71
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.8%
2021
93.8%
2022
English speaking
49.1%
2023
4.9%
2025
People using the Internet
88.6%
2024
61.5%
2023

Health

Poland Sao Tome
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,544
2023
$180.3
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$249.9
2023
$21.6
2022
Life expectancy
79 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.07%
2022
30.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.39
2021
0.49
2019
Age at first childbirth
28.4 years
2023
19.4 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
75
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
4.4
2023
13.9
2023
Obesity rate
28.3%
2022
17.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
12.1%
2024
Air quality index
51
2025
24
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
23.6%
2022
7.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.7 liters
2020
4.79 liters
2020

Territory

Poland Sao Tome
% of world land
0.21%
2025
0.0006%
2025
Land area per capita
3,235 sq mi
2024
1,574 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
56,294 sq mi
2025
166 sq mi
2025
Forest area
36,753 sq mi
2025
193.2 sq mi
2025
Roads length
267,065 mi
2024
808 mi
2018

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