Samoa vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 168th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Samoa	Sao Tome
1970	$45,208,338	$37,211,826
1971	$53,719,569	$37,288,845
1972	$62,566,116	$41,430,257
1973	$82,452,985	$56,011,245
1974	$93,549,611	$57,817,591
1975	$93,489,283	$60,101,710
1976	$85,003,078	$52,039,421
1977	$98,295,671	$49,207,692
1978	$108,223,444	$55,044,563
1979	$122,257,393	$65,755,928
1980	$125,747,038	$81,662,231
1981	$118,190,655	$83,499,264
1982	$121,221,652	$80,307,763
1983	$111,862,824	$75,110,289
1984	$109,200,934	$78,213,796
1985	$95,572,173	$82,733,069
1986	$100,947,849	$115,928,907
1987	$111,713,922	$115,952,925
1988	$133,016,065	$99,000,764
1989	$122,888,610	$98,545,367
1990	$125,766,270	$119,297,933
1991	$125,597,205	$107,484,143
1992	$132,303,041	$94,861,781
1993	$133,122,897	$125,742,229
1994	$221,098,107	$131,338,415
1995	$224,865,731	$103,695,237
1996	$249,907,869	$135,188,166
1997	$285,475,592	$91,920,274
1998	$269,485,244	$72,285,404
1999	$255,408,060	$77,302,212
2000	$258,856,140	$76,198,395
2001	$266,299,591	$75,951,133
2002	$281,790,134	$85,171,074
2003	$333,426,188	$102,085,769
2004	$407,747,565	$114,582,284
2005	$476,801,793	$136,450,662
2006	$499,923,758	$142,775,104
2007	$573,548,460	$149,146,919
2008	$641,346,192	$188,021,165
2009	$628,006,115	$200,668,065
2010	$680,260,907	$190,021,192
2011	$744,097,050	$226,455,001
2012	$773,141,661	$229,371,348
2013	$797,736,334	$267,041,748
2014	$796,683,520	$293,119,143
2015	$824,150,499	$259,999,643
2016	$843,924,797	$292,267,272
2017	$884,844,384	$322,002,845
2018	$878,448,433	$383,717,328
2019	$912,950,466	$412,976,083
2020	$868,898,358	$471,229,485
2021	$843,923,639	$524,402,456
2022	$832,945,206	$540,809,499
2023	$938,189,444	$678,976,265
2024	$1,068,025,244	$764,274,043

Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Samoa	Sao Tome
1970	$322	$479
1971	$377	$470
1972	$433	$511
1973	$563	$676
1974	$626	$683
1975	$610	$693
1976	$541	$585
1977	$615	$539
1978	$671	$587
1979	$751	$683
1980	$765	$829
1981	$713	$830
1982	$728	$783
1983	$671	$720
1984	$655	$735
1985	$573	$761
1986	$604	$1,043
1987	$666	$1,018
1988	$790	$847
1989	$728	$821
1990	$744	$970
1991	$742	$855
1992	$777	$740
1993	$775	$964
1994	$1,277	$990
1995	$1,288	$769
1996	$1,419	$987
1997	$1,608	$662
1998	$1,506	$514
1999	$1,417	$543
2000	$1,425	$529
2001	$1,454	$519
2002	$1,528	$568
2003	$1,798	$664
2004	$2,189	$727
2005	$2,550	$844
2006	$2,663	$862
2007	$3,039	$879
2008	$3,374	$1,082
2009	$3,279	$1,128
2010	$3,524	$1,045
2011	$3,822	$1,220
2012	$3,935	$1,211
2013	$4,024	$1,383
2014	$3,983	$1,490
2015	$4,084	$1,298
2016	$4,147	$1,435
2017	$4,308	$1,556
2018	$4,232	$1,826
2019	$4,352	$1,935
2020	$4,100	$2,167
2021	$3,948	$2,363
2022	$3,869	$2,390
2023	$4,330	$2,941
2024	$4,899	$3,245

Samoa vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

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Year	Life expectancy, years
	Samoa	Sao Tome
1950	49.2	39.1
1951	49.8	39.1
1952	50.4	39.1
1953	51	39.1
1954	51.6	39.2
1955	52.2	39.3
1956	52.8	39.5
1957	53.4	40.1
1958	54	41
1959	54.6	42.1
1960	55.2	43.6
1961	55.7	45.2
1962	56.3	46.8
1963	56.9	48.4
1964	54	49.7
1965	57.9	51.1
1966	58.2	52.3
1967	58.9	53.4
1968	59.4	54.5
1969	59.9	55.4
1970	60.4	56.3
1971	60.9	57
1972	61.4	57.4
1973	61.9	57.9
1974	62.3	58.3
1975	62.8	58.6
1976	63.3	58.8
1977	63.7	59
1978	64.1	59.1
1979	64.5	59.3
1980	65	59.4
1981	65.3	59.4
1982	65.6	59.5
1983	66	59.7
1984	66.3	59.9
1985	66.6	60.1
1986	66.8	57.6
1987	67	60.7
1988	67.3	60.8
1989	67.6	59.7
1990	67.8	60.7
1991	68	60.8
1992	68.5	60.7
1993	68.8	60.6
1994	69.2	60.6
1995	69.5	60.5
1996	69.8	60.6
1997	70	60.6
1998	70.3	60.8
1999	70.6	61
2000	70.8	61.2
2001	71	61.5
2002	71.2	61.8
2003	71.4	62.2
2004	71.5	62.6
2005	71.5	62.4
2006	71.6	63
2007	71.6	63.3
2008	71.5	63.4
2009	69.5	63.7
2010	71.5	63.9
2011	71.4	64.1
2012	71.2	64.5
2013	71.2	64.9
2014	71.1	65.5
2015	71.1	66
2016	71	66.6
2017	71	67.1
2018	71.1	67.6
2019	70.3	68
2020	70.7	68
2021	71.1	68
2022	71.6	69.2
2023	71.7	69.7
2024	71.8	69.9
2025	71.9	70.1

Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

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Year	Population
	Samoa	Sao Tome
1960	112,490	68,012
1961	115,496	68,707
1962	118,597	69,403
1963	121,764	70,112
1964	124,894	70,865
1965	127,978	71,680
1966	131,073	72,576
1967	133,764	73,596
1968	136,020	74,765
1969	138,233	76,083
1970	140,400	77,626
1971	142,503	79,330
1972	144,538	81,041
1973	146,516	82,798
1974	149,431	84,672
1975	153,344	86,708
1976	157,113	88,922
1977	159,753	91,301
1978	161,375	93,794
1979	162,882	96,252
1980	164,322	98,544
1981	165,678	100,615
1982	166,484	102,508
1983	166,714	104,380
1984	166,796	106,394
1985	166,849	108,658
1986	167,061	111,150
1987	167,661	113,919
1988	168,346	116,939
1989	168,768	119,979
1990	169,042	122,980
1991	169,368	125,697
1992	170,331	128,110
1993	171,774	130,467
1994	173,159	132,732
1995	174,571	134,895
1996	176,071	136,962
1997	177,547	138,922
1998	178,905	140,751
1999	180,275	142,442
2000	181,685	144,018
2001	183,166	146,375
2002	184,471	149,922
2003	185,430	153,814
2004	186,249	157,705
2005	186,978	161,639
2006	187,709	165,638
2007	188,753	169,700
2008	190,107	173,793
2009	191,513	177,853
2010	193,023	181,802
2011	194,713	185,649
2012	196,498	189,439
2013	198,268	193,148
2014	200,037	196,767
2015	201,782	200,291
2016	203,499	203,689
2017	205,415	206,970
2018	207,582	210,187
2019	209,780	213,392
2020	211,944	217,435
2021	213,779	221,961
2022	215,261	226,305
2023	216,663	230,871
2024	218,019	235,536

Fertility rates in Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	Sao Tome
1960	7.78	6.24
1961	7.77	6.26
1962	7.76	6.28
1963	7.73	6.31
1964	7.7	6.33
1965	7.65	6.35
1966	7.6	6.37
1967	7.55	6.39
1968	7.5	6.42
1969	7.43	6.44
1970	7.34	6.47
1971	7.22	6.49
1972	7.07	6.51
1973	6.91	6.53
1974	6.75	6.53
1975	6.61	6.53
1976	6.47	6.52
1977	6.31	6.5
1978	6.15	6.47
1979	5.99	6.43
1980	5.86	6.39
1981	5.75	6.33
1982	5.68	6.28
1983	5.62	6.22
1984	5.55	6.16
1985	5.49	6.1
1986	5.42	6.05
1987	5.32	5.99
1988	5.21	5.94
1989	5.11	5.88
1990	5.01	5.83
1991	4.91	5.77
1992	4.87	5.7
1993	4.83	5.64
1994	4.79	5.56
1995	4.77	5.55
1996	4.74	5.47
1997	4.7	5.4
1998	4.64	5.3
1999	4.57	5.23
2000	4.52	5.16
2001	4.48	5.1
2002	4.44	5.06
2003	4.39	5.01
2004	4.34	4.96
2005	4.32	4.94
2006	4.32	4.93
2007	4.36	4.96
2008	4.42	4.91
2009	4.47	4.84
2010	4.52	4.77
2011	4.56	4.72
2012	4.55	4.66
2013	4.49	4.58
2014	4.42	4.49
2015	4.34	4.35
2016	4.26	4.2
2017	4.2	4.07
2018	4.14	3.98
2019	4.06	3.9
2020	4	3.83
2021	3.94	3.76
2022	3.88	3.7
2023	3.83	3.64

Samoa and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Samoa

Sao Tome and Principe

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Year	Median age, years
	Samoa	Sao Tome
1960	15	24.2
1961	14.9	24.3
1962	14.8	24.1
1963	14.6	23.5
1964	14.6	22.4
1965	14.5	21
1966	14.5	19.5
1967	14.5	18.5
1968	14.5	17.7
1969	14.5	17.2
1970	14.6	16.9
1971	14.7	16.9
1972	14.8	17
1973	14.9	17
1974	15	17.1
1975	15.3	17.1
1976	15.5	17.1
1977	15.8	17.2
1978	16	17.2
1979	16.2	17.3
1980	16.4	17.3
1981	16.6	17.4
1982	16.8	17.4
1983	17.1	17.4
1984	17.4	17.4
1985	17.6	17.4
1986	17.8	17.4
1987	18	17.4
1988	18.2	17.4
1989	18.3	17.4
1990	18.4	17.4
1991	18.5	17.3
1992	18.7	17.3
1993	19	17.2
1994	19.3	17.2
1995	19.6	17.3
1996	19.7	17.3
1997	19.8	17.4
1998	19.9	17.5
1999	19.9	17.7
2000	19.8	17.9
2001	19.7	18
2002	19.7	18.1
2003	19.9	18.3
2004	20.1	18.4
2005	20.3	18.5
2006	20.4	18.6
2007	20.6	18.7
2008	20.7	18.7
2009	20.8	18.7
2010	20.8	18.8
2011	20.8	18.9
2012	20.8	18.9
2013	21	18.9
2014	21.1	18.9
2015	21.2	19
2016	21.3	19
2017	21.4	19.1
2018	21.4	19.3
2019	21.5	19.4
2020	21.4	19.5
2021	21.4	19.7
2022	21.1	19.9
2023	21	20.1
2024	20.9	20.3

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