Sao Tome and Principe vs Solomon Islands statistics compared

Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 819K in The Solomon Islands (ranked 162/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 10,807 sq mi for The Solomon Islands (ranked 172nd vs. 141st).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and The Solomon Islands ranks 182/197 ($1.76B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while The Solomon Islands ranks 153/197 ($2,149).

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Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP

Sao Tome and Principe

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP
	Sao Tome	Solomon Islands
1967	-	$25,203,524
1968	-	$28,084,253
1969	-	$28,606,411
1970	$37,211,826	-
1971	$37,288,845	$50,056,883
1972	$41,430,257	$40,606,712
1973	$56,011,245	$55,272,109
1974	$57,817,591	$84,539,332
1975	$60,101,710	$74,620,320
1976	$52,039,421	$83,100,834
1977	$49,207,692	$93,145,283
1978	$55,044,563	$111,027,427
1979	$65,755,928	$151,276,496
1980	$81,662,231	$182,852,107
1981	$83,499,264	$193,750,541
1982	$80,307,763	$192,902,019
1983	$75,110,289	$181,220,399
1984	$78,213,796	$181,570,474
1985	$82,733,069	$165,524,943
1986	$115,928,907	$147,620,048
1987	$115,952,925	$155,128,542
1988	$99,000,764	$176,494,394
1989	$98,545,367	$172,882,411
1990	$119,297,933	$214,877,667
1991	$107,484,143	$227,540,473
1992	$94,861,781	$269,034,596
1993	$125,742,229	$300,746,361
1994	$131,338,415	$402,837,005
1995	$103,695,237	$469,443,202
1996	$135,188,166	$510,586,430
1997	$91,920,274	$526,554,006
1998	$72,285,404	$457,579,840
1999	$77,302,212	$488,024,514
2000	$76,198,395	$419,842,674
2001	$75,951,133	$409,508,553
2002	$85,171,074	$346,406,739
2003	$102,085,769	$417,668,983
2004	$114,582,284	$468,005,319
2005	$136,450,662	$552,864,570
2006	$142,775,104	$617,258,154
2007	$149,146,919	$695,295,348
2008	$188,021,165	$776,337,692
2009	$200,668,065	$805,557,563
2010	$190,021,192	$898,133,685
2011	$226,455,001	$1,063,895,361
2012	$229,371,348	$1,185,215,418
2013	$267,041,748	$1,285,911,586
2014	$293,119,143	$1,335,571,421
2015	$259,999,643	$1,307,909,888
2016	$292,267,272	$1,379,490,304
2017	$322,002,845	$1,469,789,119
2018	$383,717,328	$1,615,478,393
2019	$412,976,083	$1,619,155,017
2020	$471,229,485	$1,536,145,814
2021	$524,402,456	$1,522,794,913
2022	$540,809,499	$1,566,360,686
2023	$678,976,265	$1,660,896,531
2024	$764,274,043	$1,760,767,447

Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP per capita

Sao Tome and Principe

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sao Tome	Solomon Islands
1967	-	$153.5
1968	-	$166.9
1969	-	$165.9
1970	$479	$162
1971	$470	$277.1
1972	$511	$219.5
1973	$676	$291.3
1974	$683	$433
1975	$693	$372
1976	$585	$401
1977	$539	$434
1978	$587	$500
1979	$683	$658
1980	$829	$768
1981	$830	$786
1982	$783	$756
1983	$720	$686
1984	$735	$665
1985	$761	$586
1986	$1,043	$506
1987	$1,018	$515
1988	$847	$567
1989	$821	$538
1990	$970	$648
1991	$855	$666
1992	$740	$764
1993	$964	$829
1994	$990	$1,078
1995	$769	$1,220
1996	$987	$1,289
1997	$662	$1,292
1998	$514	$1,092
1999	$543	$1,134
2000	$529	$953
2001	$519	$912
2002	$568	$757
2003	$664	$896
2004	$727	$986
2005	$844	$1,144
2006	$862	$1,256
2007	$879	$1,390
2008	$1,082	$1,526
2009	$1,128	$1,555
2010	$1,045	$1,685
2011	$1,220	$1,924
2012	$1,211	$2,066
2013	$1,383	$2,161
2014	$1,490	$2,165
2015	$1,298	$2,045
2016	$1,435	$2,083
2017	$1,556	$2,144
2018	$1,826	$2,278
2019	$1,935	$2,224
2020	$2,167	$2,063
2021	$2,363	$1,997
2022	$2,390	$2,005
2023	$2,941	$2,076
2024	$3,245	$2,149

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Solomon Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sao Tome	Solomon Islands
1950	39.1	41.4
1951	39.1	42
1952	39.1	42.6
1953	39.1	43.2
1954	39.2	43.7
1955	39.3	44.3
1956	39.5	42.8
1957	40.1	45.7
1958	41	46.3
1959	42.1	47
1960	43.6	47.7
1961	45.2	48.3
1962	46.8	49
1963	48.4	49.8
1964	49.7	50.6
1965	51.1	51.4
1966	52.3	52.3
1967	53.4	53.1
1968	54.5	54.1
1969	55.4	55.1
1970	56.3	56.1
1971	57	57
1972	57.4	57.9
1973	57.9	58.8
1974	58.3	59.6
1975	58.6	58.4
1976	58.8	61.2
1977	59	61.5
1978	59.1	62.5
1979	59.3	63.1
1980	59.4	63.7
1981	59.4	64.1
1982	59.5	64.5
1983	59.7	64.8
1984	59.9	65
1985	60.1	65.3
1986	57.6	64.7
1987	60.7	65.7
1988	60.8	65.9
1989	59.7	66.1
1990	60.7	66.2
1991	60.8	66.4
1992	60.7	66.5
1993	60.6	66.6
1994	60.6	66.7
1995	60.5	66.7
1996	60.6	66.7
1997	60.6	66.8
1998	60.8	66.9
1999	61	67
2000	61.2	67.1
2001	61.5	67.2
2002	61.8	67.4
2003	62.2	67.5
2004	62.6	67.6
2005	62.4	67.8
2006	63	68
2007	63.3	67.8
2008	63.4	68.3
2009	63.7	68.4
2010	63.9	68.7
2011	64.1	68.8
2012	64.5	69
2013	64.9	69
2014	65.5	69
2015	66	69.3
2016	66.6	69.5
2017	67.1	69.7
2018	67.6	69.8
2019	68	70
2020	68	69.3
2021	68	68.9
2022	69.2	70.4
2023	69.7	70.5
2024	69.9	70.7
2025	70.1	70.8

Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands population clocks and comparison

Population

Sao Tome and Principe

Solomon Islands

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Year	Population
	Sao Tome	Solomon Islands
1960	68,012	139,688
1961	68,707	142,912
1962	69,403	146,201
1963	70,112	149,589
1964	70,865	153,085
1965	71,680	156,686
1966	72,576	160,393
1967	73,596	164,245
1968	74,765	168,282
1969	76,083	172,476
1970	77,626	176,579
1971	79,330	180,637
1972	81,041	184,994
1973	82,798	189,774
1974	84,672	195,041
1975	86,708	200,744
1976	88,922	207,194
1977	91,301	214,418
1978	93,794	222,029
1979	96,252	229,953
1980	98,544	238,135
1981	100,615	246,555
1982	102,508	255,200
1983	104,380	264,068
1984	106,394	273,163
1985	108,658	282,455
1986	111,150	291,842
1987	113,919	301,414
1988	116,939	311,265
1989	119,979	321,282
1990	122,980	331,435
1991	125,697	341,738
1992	128,110	352,205
1993	130,467	362,839
1994	132,732	373,675
1995	134,895	384,733
1996	136,962	396,009
1997	138,922	407,474
1998	140,751	419,071
1999	142,442	430,500
2000	144,018	440,469
2001	146,375	449,125
2002	149,922	457,671
2003	153,814	466,154
2004	157,705	474,611
2005	161,639	483,080
2006	165,638	491,594
2007	169,700	500,156
2008	173,793	508,790
2009	177,853	518,141
2010	181,802	532,968
2011	185,649	552,945
2012	189,439	573,606
2013	193,148	594,945
2014	196,767	616,908
2015	200,291	639,415
2016	203,689	662,379
2017	206,970	685,672
2018	210,187	709,101
2019	213,392	728,147
2020	217,435	744,498
2021	221,961	762,591
2022	226,305	781,066
2023	230,871	800,005
2024	235,536	819,198

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate

Sao Tome and Principe

Solomon Islands

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Year	Fertility rate
	Sao Tome	Solomon Islands
1960	6.24	7.07
1961	6.26	7.05
1962	6.28	7.04
1963	6.31	7.03
1964	6.33	7.05
1965	6.35	7.02
1966	6.37	7
1967	6.39	6.97
1968	6.42	6.95
1969	6.44	6.97
1970	6.47	6.98
1971	6.49	6.99
1972	6.51	6.99
1973	6.53	7
1974	6.53	7.01
1975	6.53	6.99
1976	6.52	6.95
1977	6.5	6.92
1978	6.47	6.87
1979	6.43	6.82
1980	6.39	6.77
1981	6.33	6.71
1982	6.28	6.64
1983	6.22	6.57
1984	6.16	6.49
1985	6.1	6.38
1986	6.05	6.26
1987	5.99	6.12
1988	5.94	5.99
1989	5.88	5.87
1990	5.83	5.74
1991	5.77	5.62
1992	5.7	5.51
1993	5.64	5.45
1994	5.56	5.4
1995	5.55	5.34
1996	5.47	5.22
1997	5.4	5.09
1998	5.3	4.98
1999	5.23	4.86
2000	5.16	4.76
2001	5.1	4.67
2002	5.06	4.6
2003	5.01	4.54
2004	4.96	4.47
2005	4.94	4.41
2006	4.93	4.39
2007	4.96	4.37
2008	4.91	4.36
2009	4.84	4.35
2010	4.77	4.34
2011	4.72	4.34
2012	4.66	4.33
2013	4.58	4.33
2014	4.49	4.36
2015	4.35	4.29
2016	4.2	4.2
2017	4.07	4.06
2018	3.98	3.93
2019	3.9	3.8
2020	3.83	3.75
2021	3.76	3.69
2022	3.7	3.62
2023	3.64	3.56

Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands demographics compared

Median age

Sao Tome and Principe

Solomon Islands

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Year	Median age, years
	Sao Tome	Solomon Islands
1960	24.2	16.8
1961	24.3	16.9
1962	24.1	16.9
1963	23.5	17
1964	22.4	17
1965	21	17
1966	19.5	17
1967	18.5	16.9
1968	17.7	16.8
1969	17.2	16.8
1970	16.9	16.7
1971	16.9	16.6
1972	17	16.6
1973	17	16.4
1974	17.1	16.3
1975	17.1	16.1
1976	17.1	15.9
1977	17.2	15.9
1978	17.2	15.8
1979	17.3	15.8
1980	17.3	15.8
1981	17.4	15.9
1982	17.4	15.9
1983	17.4	16
1984	17.4	16.1
1985	17.4	16.2
1986	17.4	16.3
1987	17.4	16.4
1988	17.4	16.5
1989	17.4	16.7
1990	17.4	16.8
1991	17.3	17
1992	17.3	17.1
1993	17.2	17.2
1994	17.2	17.4
1995	17.3	17.5
1996	17.3	17.7
1997	17.4	17.8
1998	17.5	17.9
1999	17.7	18.1
2000	17.9	18.3
2001	18	18.4
2002	18.1	18.6
2003	18.3	18.8
2004	18.4	19
2005	18.5	19.1
2006	18.6	19.2
2007	18.7	19.4
2008	18.7	19.4
2009	18.7	19.5
2010	18.8	19.6
2011	18.9	19.6
2012	18.9	19.7
2013	18.9	19.7
2014	18.9	19.8
2015	19	19.9
2016	19	20
2017	19.1	20.2
2018	19.3	20.4
2019	19.4	20.5
2020	19.5	20.7
2021	19.7	20.9
2022	19.9	21.1
2023	20.1	21.3
2024	20.3	21.5

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