Sao Tome and Principe vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 172nd vs. 116th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($822M) and Sierra Leone ranks 160/197 ($6.97B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 134/197 ($3,491), while Sierra Leone ranks 186/197 ($807).

Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Sao Tome and Principe

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$322,009,962
1961	-	$327,834,191
1962	-	$342,721,416
1963	-	$348,547,279
1964	-	$371,847,461
1965	-	$359,379,856
1966	-	$375,479,850
1967	-	$348,795,303
1968	-	$329,859,732
1969	-	$408,690,163
1970	$37,211,826	$434,410,974
1971	$37,288,845	$419,549,305
1972	$41,430,257	$465,381,340
1973	$56,011,245	$575,230,724
1974	$57,817,591	$648,590,643
1975	$60,101,710	$679,336,344
1976	$52,039,421	$594,895,942
1977	$49,207,692	$691,777,584
1978	$55,044,563	$960,728,339
1979	$65,755,928	$1,109,374,911
1980	$81,662,231	$1,100,685,845
1981	$83,499,264	$1,114,830,472
1982	$80,307,763	$1,295,361,886
1983	$75,110,289	$995,104,305
1984	$78,213,796	$1,087,471,862
1985	$82,733,069	$856,890,459
1986	$115,928,907	$490,181,457
1987	$115,952,925	$660,106,336
1988	$99,000,764	$1,055,083,933
1989	$98,545,367	$932,974,420
1990	$119,297,933	$649,644,098
1991	$107,484,143	$779,981,987
1992	$94,861,781	$679,940,814
1993	$125,742,229	$768,867,883
1994	$131,338,415	$911,853,802
1995	$103,695,237	$870,740,292
1996	$135,188,166	$941,709,423
1997	$91,920,274	$850,232,760
1998	$72,285,404	$672,368,187
1999	$77,302,212	$669,386,624
2000	$76,198,395	$635,866,404
2001	$75,951,133	$1,681,473,894
2002	$85,171,074	$1,933,863,911
2003	$102,085,769	$2,142,618,046
2004	$114,582,284	$2,237,350,687
2005	$136,450,662	$2,545,275,313
2006	$142,775,104	$3,263,697,467
2007	$149,146,919	$3,632,957,611
2008	$188,021,165	$4,157,895,298
2009	$200,668,065	$3,953,403,098
2010	$190,021,192	$4,262,805,967
2011	$226,455,001	$4,861,632,885
2012	$225,815,132	$6,141,666,509
2013	$267,041,748	$7,502,762,863
2014	$293,119,143	$7,686,138,791
2015	$259,999,643	$6,788,352,975
2016	$292,267,272	$6,084,297,211
2017	$322,002,845	$5,749,846,528
2018	$383,717,328	$6,390,514,689
2019	$412,976,083	$6,523,577,594
2020	$471,229,485	$6,688,307,703
2021	$524,402,456	$7,166,931,485
2022	$540,809,499	$7,121,125,278
2023	$690,456,807	$6,415,852,767
2024	$822,154,621	$6,971,127,235

Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Sao Tome and Principe

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone
1960	-	$142
1961	-	$142.3
1962	-	$146.3
1963	-	$146.3
1964	-	$153.4
1965	-	$145.6
1966	-	$149.3
1967	-	$136.1
1968	-	$126.3
1969	-	$153.6
1970	$479	$160.2
1971	$470	$151.8
1972	$511	$165.4
1973	$676	$200.6
1974	$683	$222.1
1975	$693	$228.4
1976	$585	$196.4
1977	$539	$224.2
1978	$587	$305
1979	$683	$346
1980	$829	$336
1981	$830	$334
1982	$783	$380
1983	$720	$285.8
1984	$735	$306
1985	$761	$235.5
1986	$1,043	$131.5
1987	$1,018	$172.4
1988	$847	$268.2
1989	$821	$231.3
1990	$970	$154.8
1991	$855	$183.7
1992	$740	$163.2
1993	$964	$185
1994	$990	$218.5
1995	$769	$208.4
1996	$987	$224.3
1997	$662	$199.9
1998	$514	$156.5
1999	$543	$155
2000	$529	$143.7
2001	$519	$358
2002	$568	$389
2003	$664	$414
2004	$727	$418
2005	$844	$463
2006	$862	$580
2007	$879	$632
2008	$1,082	$705
2009	$1,128	$653
2010	$1,045	$685
2011	$1,220	$761
2012	$1,192	$938
2013	$1,383	$1,117
2014	$1,490	$1,118
2015	$1,298	$965
2016	$1,435	$844
2017	$1,556	$779
2018	$1,826	$846
2019	$1,935	$844
2020	$2,167	$845
2021	$2,363	$885
2022	$2,390	$860
2023	$2,991	$758
2024	$3,491	$807

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone
1950	39.1	28.9
1951	39.1	29.3
1952	39.1	29.7
1953	39.1	30.1
1954	39.2	30.5
1955	39.3	30.9
1956	39.5	31.3
1957	40.1	31.8
1958	41	32.1
1959	42.1	32.6
1960	43.6	33.1
1961	45.2	33.6
1962	46.8	34.2
1963	48.4	34.7
1964	49.7	35.3
1965	51.1	35.9
1966	52.3	36.6
1967	53.4	37.3
1968	54.5	37.8
1969	55.4	38.2
1970	56.3	38.6
1971	57	39.1
1972	57.4	39.5
1973	57.9	40
1974	58.3	40.4
1975	58.6	41
1976	58.8	41.4
1977	59	41.8
1978	59.1	42.2
1979	59.3	42.5
1980	59.4	42.8
1981	59.4	43.1
1982	59.5	43.3
1983	59.7	43.5
1984	59.9	43.6
1985	60.1	43.6
1986	57.6	43.5
1987	60.7	43.7
1988	60.8	43.8
1989	59.7	43.7
1990	60.7	43.7
1991	60.8	43.3
1992	60.7	43.5
1993	60.6	43.4
1994	60.6	42.8
1995	60.5	42.6
1996	60.6	43.5
1997	60.6	43.6
1998	60.8	42.7
1999	61	42
2000	61.2	44.8
2001	61.5	45.4
2002	61.8	46.2
2003	62.2	46.8
2004	62.6	47.5
2005	62.4	48.3
2006	63	49.5
2007	63.3	50
2008	63.4	50.7
2009	63.7	51.3
2010	63.9	51.9
2011	64.1	52.6
2012	64.5	53.2
2013	64.9	54.1
2014	65.5	54.3
2015	66	55.5
2016	66.6	56.9
2017	67.1	57.8
2018	67.6	59.1
2019	68	59.6
2020	68	59.7
2021	68	60.3
2022	69.2	61.3
2023	69.7	61.8
2024	69.9	62
2025	70.1	62.2
2026	70.3	62.3

Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Sao Tome and Principe

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone
1960	68,012	2,268,356
1961	68,707	2,304,227
1962	69,403	2,342,242
1963	70,112	2,382,258
1964	70,865	2,424,390
1965	71,680	2,468,666
1966	72,576	2,514,638
1967	73,596	2,562,384
1968	74,765	2,611,532
1969	76,083	2,661,365
1970	77,626	2,712,286
1971	79,330	2,763,222
1972	81,041	2,814,388
1973	82,798	2,866,955
1974	84,672	2,920,459
1975	86,708	2,974,657
1976	88,922	3,028,820
1977	91,301	3,085,354
1978	93,794	3,145,517
1979	96,252	3,207,499
1980	98,544	3,272,089
1981	100,615	3,338,940
1982	102,508	3,408,183
1983	104,380	3,481,646
1984	106,394	3,558,758
1985	108,658	3,638,438
1986	111,150	3,728,380
1987	113,919	3,829,718
1988	116,939	3,934,517
1989	119,979	4,034,037
1990	122,980	4,196,828
1991	125,697	4,246,267
1992	128,110	4,166,366
1993	130,467	4,157,130
1994	132,732	4,173,105
1995	134,895	4,179,179
1996	136,962	4,199,210
1997	138,922	4,253,716
1998	140,751	4,295,785
1999	142,442	4,318,043
2000	144,018	4,423,611
2001	146,375	4,692,716
2002	149,922	4,971,435
2003	153,814	5,177,687
2004	157,705	5,355,717
2005	161,639	5,501,712
2006	165,638	5,624,466
2007	169,700	5,749,352
2008	173,793	5,894,722
2009	177,853	6,055,646
2010	181,802	6,222,714
2011	185,649	6,387,251
2012	189,439	6,551,080
2013	193,148	6,714,051
2014	196,767	6,876,385
2015	200,291	7,037,655
2016	203,689	7,205,328
2017	206,970	7,379,299
2018	210,187	7,554,563
2019	213,392	7,731,991
2020	217,435	7,912,558
2021	221,961	8,094,602
2022	226,305	8,276,807
2023	230,871	8,460,512
2024	235,536	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Sao Tome and Principe

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone
1960	6.24	6.18
1961	6.26	6.21
1962	6.28	6.22
1963	6.31	6.26
1964	6.33	6.29
1965	6.35	6.31
1966	6.37	6.35
1967	6.39	6.38
1968	6.42	6.39
1969	6.44	6.39
1970	6.47	6.41
1971	6.49	6.43
1972	6.51	6.45
1973	6.53	6.47
1974	6.53	6.53
1975	6.53	6.55
1976	6.52	6.55
1977	6.5	6.57
1978	6.47	6.59
1979	6.43	6.58
1980	6.39	6.56
1981	6.33	6.55
1982	6.28	6.56
1983	6.22	6.57
1984	6.16	6.59
1985	6.1	6.59
1986	6.05	6.6
1987	5.99	6.61
1988	5.94	6.59
1989	5.88	6.57
1990	5.83	6.57
1991	5.77	6.55
1992	5.7	6.56
1993	5.64	6.57
1994	5.56	6.56
1995	5.55	6.56
1996	5.47	6.55
1997	5.4	6.53
1998	5.3	6.5
1999	5.23	6.42
2000	5.16	6.36
2001	5.1	6.31
2002	5.06	6.23
2003	5.01	6.09
2004	4.96	5.92
2005	4.94	5.81
2006	4.93	5.74
2007	4.96	5.64
2008	4.91	5.56
2009	4.84	5.45
2010	4.77	5.33
2011	4.72	5.21
2012	4.66	5.06
2013	4.58	4.87
2014	4.49	4.7
2015	4.35	4.55
2016	4.2	4.47
2017	4.07	4.39
2018	3.98	4.29
2019	3.9	4.19
2020	3.83	4.08
2021	3.76	3.98
2022	3.7	3.88
2023	3.64	3.79

Sao Tome and Principe and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Sao Tome and Principe

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sao Tome	Sierra Leone
1960	24.2	21.1
1961	24.3	21.1
1962	24.1	21.1
1963	23.5	21
1964	22.4	21
1965	21	20.9
1966	19.5	20.9
1967	18.5	20.8
1968	17.7	20.7
1969	17.2	20.6
1970	16.9	20.4
1971	16.9	20.2
1972	17	20.1
1973	17	19.9
1974	17.1	19.8
1975	17.1	19.6
1976	17.1	19.5
1977	17.2	19.4
1978	17.2	19.3
1979	17.3	19.2
1980	17.3	19.1
1981	17.4	19.1
1982	17.4	19
1983	17.4	18.9
1984	17.4	18.9
1985	17.4	18.8
1986	17.4	18.7
1987	17.4	18.7
1988	17.4	18.6
1989	17.4	18.6
1990	17.4	18.5
1991	17.3	18.5
1992	17.3	18.4
1993	17.2	18.4
1994	17.2	18.3
1995	17.3	18.2
1996	17.3	18.2
1997	17.4	18.1
1998	17.5	18.1
1999	17.7	18
2000	17.9	18
2001	18	18
2002	18.1	17.9
2003	18.3	17.9
2004	18.4	17.9
2005	18.5	18
2006	18.6	18
2007	18.7	18
2008	18.7	18.1
2009	18.7	18.1
2010	18.8	18.2
2011	18.9	18.3
2012	18.9	18.4
2013	18.9	18.5
2014	18.9	18.6
2015	19	18.7
2016	19	18.9
2017	19.1	19.1
2018	19.3	19.2
2019	19.4	19.4
2020	19.5	19.6
2021	19.7	19.8
2022	19.9	20
2023	20.1	20.3
2024	20.3	20.5

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