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Sao Tome and Principe vs Seychelles statistics compared

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Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 121K in The Seychelles (ranked 181/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 177.6 sq mi for The Seychelles (ranked 172nd vs. 181st).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and The Seychelles ranks 176/197 ($2.17B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while The Seychelles ranks 63/197 ($17,859).

Main facts and rankings

Sao Tome Seychelles
Population
244055
125181
Population rank 176/197 181/197
GDP
$764M
2024
$2.17B
2024
GDP rank 189/197 176/197
GDP per capita
$3,245
2024
$17,859
2024
GDP per capita rank 138/197 63/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,230
2024
$33,239
2024
Government debt
$332M
2024
$1.25B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
37.3%
2025
59.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,410
2024
$10,323
2024
Government debt per person rank 133/185 59/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,715
2025
$9,988
2025
Land area
371 sq mi
2025
177.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
635 ppl/mi²
2024
683 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.64
2023
2.02
2023
Median age
20.3 years
2024
35 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
73.1 years
2025

Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles economies compared

GDP
Sao Tome and Principe

Seychelles
Year GDP
Sao Tome Seychelles
1960 - $12,012,025
1961 - $11,592,024
1962 - $12,642,026
1963 - $13,923,029
1964 - $15,393,032
1965 - $15,603,032
1966 - $16,443,034
1967 - $16,632,032
1968 - $16,074,028
1969 - $16,452,028
1970 $37,211,826 $18,432,032
1971 $37,288,845 $21,965,951
1972 $41,430,257 $30,645,123
1973 $56,011,245 $36,896,280
1974 $57,817,591 $43,134,496
1975 $60,101,710 $47,803,146
1976 $52,039,421 $49,278,982
1977 $49,207,692 $64,526,401
1978 $55,044,563 $85,552,366
1979 $65,755,928 $127,261,099
1980 $81,662,231 $156,783,830
1981 $83,499,264 $163,750,728
1982 $80,307,763 $157,211,790
1983 $75,110,289 $156,098,237
1984 $78,213,796 $160,992,921
1985 $82,733,069 $179,691,483
1986 $115,928,907 $221,147,061
1987 $115,952,925 $265,212,957
1988 $99,000,764 $301,985,618
1989 $98,545,367 $324,333,367
1990 $119,297,933 $392,163,561
1991 $107,484,143 $398,307,170
1992 $94,861,781 $461,409,399
1993 $125,742,229 $504,230,621
1994 $131,338,415 $517,570,058
1995 $103,695,237 $540,733,048
1996 $135,188,166 $535,250,347
1997 $91,920,274 $598,966,982
1998 $72,285,404 $647,287,376
1999 $77,302,212 $662,838,615
2000 $76,198,395 $654,212,394
2001 $75,951,133 $662,064,156
2002 $85,171,074 $742,134,838
2003 $102,085,769 $750,847,230
2004 $114,582,284 $893,012,218
2005 $136,450,662 $977,899,382
2006 $142,775,104 $1,081,441,283
2007 $149,146,919 $1,077,308,814
2008 $188,021,165 $979,597,394
2009 $200,668,065 $850,901,620
2010 $190,021,192 $981,616,542
2011 $226,455,001 $1,058,918,707
2012 $229,371,348 $1,089,407,839
2013 $267,041,748 $1,333,160,407
2014 $293,119,143 $1,387,577,870
2015 $259,999,643 $1,432,403,352
2016 $292,267,272 $1,568,513,348
2017 $322,002,845 $1,675,370,641
2018 $383,717,328 $1,784,313,927
2019 $412,976,083 $1,868,690,097
2020 $471,229,485 $1,382,551,752
2021 $524,402,456 $1,487,173,795
2022 $540,809,499 $2,018,346,589
2023 $678,976,265 $2,187,379,755
2024 $764,274,043 $2,167,239,562

Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles economies compared

GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe

Seychelles
Year GDP per capita
Sao Tome Seychelles
1960 - $288.1
1961 - $270.3
1962 - $287
1963 - $308
1964 - $332
1965 - $328
1966 - $338
1967 - $333
1968 - $314
1969 - $314
1970 $479 $344
1971 $470 $402
1972 $511 $547
1973 $676 $649
1974 $683 $745
1975 $693 $806
1976 $585 $814
1977 $539 $1,044
1978 $587 $1,377
1979 $683 $2,030
1980 $829 $2,478
1981 $830 $2,557
1982 $783 $2,441
1983 $720 $2,426
1984 $735 $2,488
1985 $761 $2,754
1986 $1,043 $3,368
1987 $1,018 $3,872
1988 $847 $4,392
1989 $821 $4,689
1990 $970 $5,642
1991 $855 $5,655
1992 $740 $6,520
1993 $964 $6,979
1994 $990 $6,975
1995 $769 $7,181
1996 $987 $7,004
1997 $662 $7,747
1998 $514 $8,210
1999 $543 $8,243
2000 $529 $8,064
2001 $519 $8,153
2002 $568 $8,864
2003 $664 $9,070
2004 $727 $10,828
2005 $844 $11,802
2006 $862 $12,783
2007 $879 $12,669
2008 $1,082 $11,265
2009 $1,128 $9,747
2010 $1,045 $10,935
2011 $1,220 $12,110
2012 $1,211 $12,337
2013 $1,383 $14,821
2014 $1,490 $15,188
2015 $1,298 $15,333
2016 $1,435 $16,567
2017 $1,556 $17,480
2018 $1,826 $18,440
2019 $1,935 $19,142
2020 $2,167 $14,041
2021 $2,363 $14,983
2022 $2,390 $16,837
2023 $2,941 $18,263
2024 $3,245 $17,859

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Seychelles life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sao Tome and Principe

Seychelles
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Seychelles
1950 39.1 57.8
1951 39.1 58
1952 39.1 58.4
1953 39.1 58.7
1954 39.2 59
1955 39.3 59.4
1956 39.5 59.8
1957 40.1 60.2
1958 41 60.4
1959 42.1 60.4
1960 43.6 60.5
1961 45.2 60.6
1962 46.8 60.7
1963 48.4 60.9
1964 49.7 61.2
1965 51.1 61.4
1966 52.3 61.7
1967 53.4 62.1
1968 54.5 62.6
1969 55.4 63.3
1970 56.3 64
1971 57 64.6
1972 57.4 65.3
1973 57.9 65.9
1974 58.3 66.4
1975 58.6 66.8
1976 58.8 67.2
1977 59 67.6
1978 59.1 67.9
1979 59.3 68.2
1980 59.4 68.5
1981 59.4 68.7
1982 59.5 69
1983 59.7 69.3
1984 59.9 69.5
1985 60.1 69.6
1986 57.6 69.8
1987 60.7 69.9
1988 60.8 70
1989 59.7 70.1
1990 60.7 70.2
1991 60.8 70.3
1992 60.7 70.3
1993 60.6 70.4
1994 60.6 70.5
1995 60.5 70.6
1996 60.6 70.8
1997 60.6 70.8
1998 60.8 71.1
1999 61 71.2
2000 61.2 71.3
2001 61.5 71.4
2002 61.8 71.5
2003 62.2 71.7
2004 62.6 71.7
2005 62.4 71.9
2006 63 72
2007 63.3 72.2
2008 63.4 72.3
2009 63.7 72.4
2010 63.9 72.5
2011 64.1 72.5
2012 64.5 72.5
2013 64.9 72.4
2014 65.5 72.4
2015 66 72.3
2016 66.6 72.2
2017 67.1 72.2
2018 67.6 72.2
2019 68 72.1
2020 68 74.1
2021 68 71.2
2022 69.2 71.2
2023 69.7 72.9
2024 69.9 73
2025 70.1 73.1

Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles population clocks and comparison

Population
Sao Tome and Principe

Seychelles
Year Population
Sao Tome Seychelles
1960 68,012 41,700
1961 68,707 42,889
1962 69,403 44,042
1963 70,112 45,176
1964 70,865 46,322
1965 71,680 47,500
1966 72,576 48,699
1967 73,596 49,911
1968 74,765 51,134
1969 76,083 52,365
1970 77,626 53,600
1971 79,330 54,695
1972 81,041 56,029
1973 82,798 56,892
1974 84,672 57,937
1975 86,708 59,292
1976 88,922 60,504
1977 91,301 61,786
1978 93,794 62,150
1979 96,252 62,686
1980 98,544 63,261
1981 100,615 64,035
1982 102,508 64,413
1983 104,380 64,335
1984 106,394 64,717
1985 108,658 65,244
1986 111,150 65,652
1987 113,919 68,499
1988 116,939 68,755
1989 119,979 69,167
1990 122,980 69,507
1991 125,697 70,439
1992 128,110 70,763
1993 130,467 72,253
1994 132,732 74,205
1995 134,895 75,304
1996 136,962 76,417
1997 138,922 77,319
1998 140,751 78,846
1999 142,442 80,410
2000 144,018 81,131
2001 146,375 81,202
2002 149,922 83,723
2003 153,814 82,781
2004 157,705 82,475
2005 161,639 82,858
2006 165,638 84,600
2007 169,700 85,033
2008 173,793 86,956
2009 177,853 87,298
2010 181,802 89,770
2011 185,649 87,441
2012 189,439 88,303
2013 193,148 89,949
2014 196,767 91,359
2015 200,291 93,419
2016 203,689 94,677
2017 206,970 95,843
2018 210,187 96,762
2019 213,392 97,625
2020 217,435 98,462
2021 221,961 99,258
2022 226,305 119,878
2023 230,871 119,773
2024 235,536 121,354

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles

Fertility rate
Sao Tome and Principe

Seychelles
Year Fertility rate
Sao Tome Seychelles
1960 6.24 5.31
1961 6.26 5.42
1962 6.28 5.51
1963 6.31 5.61
1964 6.33 5.69
1965 6.35 5.72
1966 6.37 6.13
1967 6.39 5.9
1968 6.42 5.61
1969 6.44 5.48
1970 6.47 5.31
1971 6.49 5.69
1972 6.51 5.16
1973 6.53 4.78
1974 6.53 5.1
1975 6.53 4.75
1976 6.52 4.09
1977 6.5 3.75
1978 6.47 3.92
1979 6.43 3.66
1980 6.39 3.79
1981 6.33 3.67
1982 6.28 3.13
1983 6.22 3.22
1984 6.16 3.24
1985 6.1 3.09
1986 6.05 3.07
1987 5.99 2.92
1988 5.94 2.79
1989 5.88 2.67
1990 5.83 2.61
1991 5.77 2.69
1992 5.7 2.53
1993 5.64 2.58
1994 5.56 2.6
1995 5.55 2.36
1996 5.47 2.31
1997 5.4 2.1
1998 5.3 2.04
1999 5.23 2.04
2000 5.16 2.08
2001 5.1 1.98
2002 5.06 2.04
2003 5.01 2.06
2004 4.96 2.01
2005 4.94 2.2
2006 4.93 2.11
2007 4.96 2.24
2008 4.91 2.33
2009 4.84 2.38
2010 4.77 2.16
2011 4.72 2.33
2012 4.66 2.37
2013 4.58 2.26
2014 4.49 2.25
2015 4.35 2.31
2016 4.2 2.39
2017 4.07 2.41
2018 3.98 2.41
2019 3.9 2.36
2020 3.83 2.29
2021 3.76 2.46
2022 3.7 2.01
2023 3.64 2.02

Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles demographics compared

Median age
Sao Tome and Principe

Seychelles
Year Median age, years
Sao Tome Seychelles
1960 24.2 21.9
1961 24.3 21.6
1962 24.1 21.3
1963 23.5 21
1964 22.4 20.6
1965 21 20.2
1966 19.5 19.8
1967 18.5 19.4
1968 17.7 19
1969 17.2 18.7
1970 16.9 18.5
1971 16.9 18.4
1972 17 18.5
1973 17 18.6
1974 17.1 18.7
1975 17.1 18.9
1976 17.1 19
1977 17.2 19.3
1978 17.2 19.6
1979 17.3 19.9
1980 17.3 20.4
1981 17.4 20.7
1982 17.4 21.1
1983 17.4 21.4
1984 17.4 21.7
1985 17.4 22
1986 17.4 22.3
1987 17.4 22.5
1988 17.4 22.9
1989 17.4 23.3
1990 17.4 23.6
1991 17.3 24
1992 17.3 24.5
1993 17.2 24.8
1994 17.2 25.2
1995 17.3 25.4
1996 17.3 25.7
1997 17.4 26.1
1998 17.5 26.4
1999 17.7 26.8
2000 17.9 27.3
2001 18 27.7
2002 18.1 28.1
2003 18.3 28.5
2004 18.4 28.9
2005 18.5 29.3
2006 18.6 29.6
2007 18.7 30
2008 18.7 30.4
2009 18.7 30.8
2010 18.8 31.2
2011 18.9 31.4
2012 18.9 31.5
2013 18.9 31.6
2014 18.9 31.8
2015 19 32.1
2016 19 32.3
2017 19.1 32.6
2018 19.3 32.9
2019 19.4 33.2
2020 19.5 33.6
2021 19.7 34
2022 19.9 34.4
2023 20.1 34.7
2024 20.3 35

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sao Tome Seychelles
GNI, Atlas method
$653M
2024
$2.12B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.5%
2025
36%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.03%
2023
4.45%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.71%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
1999
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.56%
2025
-1.19%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.81%
2017
2.59%
2024
Services, % of GDP
76.6%
2024
65.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
2.91%
2024
12.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.4
2025
66.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.8%
2017
23.9%
2018
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
2.6%
2018
Listed domestic companies n/a
23
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$811M
2024
Total reserves including gold
$46.2M
2023
$774M
2024
Personal remittances received
$10M
2024
$11.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
33,400
2018
124,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
73.2%
2018
18.4%
2020

Energy

Sao Tome Seychelles
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
259.3 kg
2007
2,411 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2007
$8.08
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.21 megatons
2023
1.24 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
10.3 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
42.5%
2022
1.9%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.06%
2021
4.51%
2021
Hydroelectric share
5.85%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
81.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Sao Tome Seychelles
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-604
2024
+1,747
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
59.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.33 ft
2025
Quality of life index
32.1
2025
61.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
72
2024
Higher education index n/a
7
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2011
9.34
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.9
2019
11.3
2019
Visa free countries
71
2025
149
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.8%
2022
96.2%
2020
English speaking
4.9%
2025
37.9%
2023
People using the Internet
61.5%
2023
87.4%
2023

Health

Sao Tome Seychelles
Government health expenditure per capita
$180.3
2022
$695
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.6
2022
$169.6
2022
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
73.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
30.9%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.49
2019
3.82
2022
Age at first childbirth
19.4 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
42
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.9
2023
14.3
2023
Obesity rate
17.2%
2022
30.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.1%
2024
9.3%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
52
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.8%
2022
20.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.79 liters
2020
10.2 liters
2020

Territory

Sao Tome Seychelles
% of world land
0.0006%
2025
0.0003%
2025
Land area per capita
1,574 sq mi
2024
1,464 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
166 sq mi
2025
5.98 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193.2 sq mi
2025
130.1 sq mi
2025
Roads length
808 mi
2018
327 mi
2015

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