Sao Tome and Principe vs South Africa statistics compared

Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 172nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Sao Tome and Principe and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Sao Tome and Principe

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Sao Tome	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	$37,211,826	$21,218,391,513
1971	$37,288,845	$23,411,076,638
1972	$41,430,257	$24,515,919,217
1973	$56,011,245	$33,262,772,008
1974	$57,817,591	$41,389,186,095
1975	$60,101,710	$42,906,905,672
1976	$52,039,421	$41,150,460,288
1977	$49,207,692	$45,328,411,332
1978	$55,044,563	$51,607,412,902
1979	$65,755,928	$63,038,658,089
1980	$81,662,231	$89,411,864,402
1981	$83,499,264	$93,141,472,164
1982	$80,307,763	$85,904,057,409
1983	$75,110,289	$96,204,110,942
1984	$78,213,796	$84,870,163,366
1985	$82,733,069	$64,459,376,087
1986	$115,928,907	$73,354,771,399
1987	$115,952,925	$96,535,763,418
1988	$99,000,764	$103,976,831,871
1989	$98,545,367	$108,055,624,082
1990	$119,297,933	$126,048,140,142
1991	$107,484,143	$135,203,698,238
1992	$94,861,781	$146,956,150,987
1993	$125,742,229	$147,194,747,566
1994	$131,338,415	$153,512,712,382
1995	$103,695,237	$171,735,933,897
1996	$135,188,166	$163,234,925,381
1997	$91,920,274	$168,978,057,328
1998	$72,285,404	$152,982,984,557
1999	$77,302,212	$151,516,957,079
2000	$76,198,395	$151,752,757,215
2001	$75,951,133	$135,429,905,923
2002	$85,171,074	$129,087,556,612
2003	$102,085,769	$197,018,965,309
2004	$114,582,284	$255,806,908,595
2005	$136,450,662	$288,867,217,197
2006	$142,775,104	$303,858,675,364
2007	$149,146,919	$333,077,117,254
2008	$188,021,165	$316,131,258,616
2009	$200,668,065	$329,754,060,647
2010	$190,021,192	$417,363,822,802
2011	$226,455,001	$458,199,494,831
2012	$229,371,348	$434,400,545,086
2013	$267,041,748	$400,886,013,596
2014	$293,119,143	$381,198,869,776
2015	$259,999,643	$346,709,790,459
2016	$292,267,272	$323,585,509,674
2017	$322,002,845	$381,448,814,653
2018	$383,717,328	$405,260,723,893
2019	$412,976,083	$389,330,032,224
2020	$471,229,485	$337,974,655,408
2021	$524,402,456	$420,886,877,629
2022	$540,809,499	$406,920,004,594
2023	$678,976,265	$380,699,271,816
2024	$764,274,043	$400,260,724,226

Sao Tome and Principe and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Sao Tome and Principe

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sao Tome	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$479	$952
1971	$470	$1,020
1972	$511	$1,038
1973	$676	$1,369
1974	$683	$1,656
1975	$693	$1,670
1976	$585	$1,559
1977	$539	$1,671
1978	$587	$1,852
1979	$683	$2,202
1980	$829	$3,029
1981	$830	$3,050
1982	$783	$2,717
1983	$720	$2,938
1984	$735	$2,504
1985	$761	$1,839
1986	$1,043	$2,027
1987	$1,018	$2,586
1988	$847	$2,702
1989	$821	$2,727
1990	$970	$3,093
1991	$855	$3,243
1992	$740	$3,462
1993	$964	$3,400
1994	$990	$3,489
1995	$769	$3,856
1996	$987	$3,618
1997	$662	$3,700
1998	$514	$3,310
1999	$543	$3,242
2000	$529	$3,218
2001	$519	$2,847
2002	$568	$2,688
2003	$664	$4,062
2004	$727	$5,221
2005	$844	$5,837
2006	$862	$6,077
2007	$879	$6,592
2008	$1,082	$6,185
2009	$1,128	$6,375
2010	$1,045	$7,973
2011	$1,220	$8,646
2012	$1,211	$8,077
2013	$1,383	$7,332
2014	$1,490	$6,857
2015	$1,298	$6,112
2016	$1,435	$5,651
2017	$1,556	$6,618
2018	$1,826	$6,914
2019	$1,935	$6,534
2020	$2,167	$5,581
2021	$2,363	$6,843
2022	$2,390	$6,523
2023	$2,941	$6,023
2024	$3,245	$6,253

Sao Tome and Principe vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sao Tome	South Africa
1950	39.1	43.1
1951	39.1	44.1
1952	39.1	45
1953	39.1	46.1
1954	39.2	47.1
1955	39.3	48.2
1956	39.5	49.2
1957	40.1	50.2
1958	41	51.1
1959	42.1	51.9
1960	43.6	52.6
1961	45.2	53.1
1962	46.8	53.6
1963	48.4	53.9
1964	49.7	54.2
1965	51.1	54.4
1966	52.3	54.7
1967	53.4	55
1968	54.5	55.2
1969	55.4	55.4
1970	56.3	55.7
1971	57	56
1972	57.4	56.4
1973	57.9	56.7
1974	58.3	57.1
1975	58.6	57.6
1976	58.8	58
1977	59	58.5
1978	59.1	59
1979	59.3	59.5
1980	59.4	60
1981	59.4	60.4
1982	59.5	60.9
1983	59.7	61.4
1984	59.9	61.8
1985	60.1	62.2
1986	57.6	62.4
1987	60.7	62.7
1988	60.8	62.9
1989	59.7	63
1990	60.7	62.9
1991	60.8	63
1992	60.7	62.8
1993	60.6	62.6
1994	60.6	62.1
1995	60.5	61.6
1996	60.6	61.1
1997	60.6	60.5
1998	60.8	59.9
1999	61	59.2
2000	61.2	58.4
2001	61.5	57.2
2002	61.8	55.6
2003	62.2	54.2
2004	62.6	54
2005	62.4	53.9
2006	63	54.2
2007	63.3	54.9
2008	63.4	56
2009	63.7	57.4
2010	63.9	58.9
2011	64.1	60.6
2012	64.5	61.7
2013	64.9	62.4
2014	65.5	63.2
2015	66	64.1
2016	66.6	64.7
2017	67.1	65.4
2018	67.6	65.7
2019	68	66.1
2020	68	65.2
2021	68	62
2022	69.2	65.5
2023	69.7	66.1
2024	69.9	66.3
2025	70.1	66.5

Sao Tome and Principe and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Sao Tome and Principe

South Africa

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Year	Population
	Sao Tome	South Africa
1960	68,012	16,440,172
1961	68,707	16,908,035
1962	69,403	17,418,522
1963	70,112	17,954,564
1964	70,865	18,511,361
1965	71,680	19,089,380
1966	72,576	19,690,087
1967	73,596	20,314,066
1968	74,765	20,957,287
1969	76,083	21,614,676
1970	77,626	22,279,984
1971	79,330	22,942,143
1972	81,041	23,609,456
1973	82,798	24,294,263
1974	84,672	24,989,108
1975	86,708	25,690,940
1976	88,922	26,395,450
1977	91,301	27,118,952
1978	93,794	27,869,507
1979	96,252	28,634,162
1980	98,544	29,518,857
1981	100,615	30,541,044
1982	102,508	31,615,339
1983	104,380	32,739,304
1984	106,394	33,892,788
1985	108,658	35,042,093
1986	111,150	36,180,515
1987	113,919	37,326,190
1988	116,939	38,480,649
1989	119,979	39,628,575
1990	122,980	40,746,268
1991	125,697	41,687,898
1992	128,110	42,443,509
1993	130,467	43,297,156
1994	132,732	44,004,139
1995	134,895	44,541,554
1996	136,962	45,123,018
1997	138,922	45,666,838
1998	140,751	46,223,880
1999	142,442	46,730,335
2000	144,018	47,159,719
2001	146,375	47,566,800
2002	149,922	48,019,415
2003	153,814	48,500,348
2004	157,705	48,991,421
2005	161,639	49,490,033
2006	165,638	49,998,277
2007	169,700	50,528,584
2008	173,793	51,114,599
2009	177,853	51,728,516
2010	181,802	52,344,051
2011	185,649	52,995,205
2012	189,439	53,782,567
2013	193,148	54,678,791
2014	196,767	55,594,838
2015	200,291	56,723,537
2016	203,689	57,259,551
2017	206,970	57,635,162
2018	210,187	58,613,001
2019	213,392	59,587,885
2020	217,435	60,562,381
2021	221,961	61,502,603
2022	226,305	62,378,410
2023	230,871	63,212,384
2024	235,536	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and South Africa

Fertility rate

Sao Tome and Principe

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sao Tome	South Africa
1960	6.24	6.11
1961	6.26	6.08
1962	6.28	6.05
1963	6.31	6.01
1964	6.33	5.96
1965	6.35	5.89
1966	6.37	5.91
1967	6.39	5.85
1968	6.42	5.78
1969	6.44	5.72
1970	6.47	5.63
1971	6.49	5.57
1972	6.51	5.49
1973	6.53	5.41
1974	6.53	5.3
1975	6.53	5.19
1976	6.52	5.07
1977	6.5	4.94
1978	6.47	4.85
1979	6.43	4.82
1980	6.39	4.78
1981	6.33	4.71
1982	6.28	4.7
1983	6.22	4.63
1984	6.16	4.57
1985	6.1	4.5
1986	6.05	4.41
1987	5.99	4.35
1988	5.94	4.18
1989	5.88	3.98
1990	5.83	3.72
1991	5.77	3.62
1992	5.7	3.48
1993	5.64	3.37
1994	5.56	3.26
1995	5.55	3.17
1996	5.47	2.99
1997	5.4	2.73
1998	5.3	2.63
1999	5.23	2.56
2000	5.16	2.41
2001	5.1	2.37
2002	5.06	2.32
2003	5.01	2.36
2004	4.96	2.44
2005	4.94	2.51
2006	4.93	2.55
2007	4.96	2.55
2008	4.91	2.68
2009	4.84	2.5
2010	4.77	2.44
2011	4.72	2.44
2012	4.66	2.45
2013	4.58	2.43
2014	4.49	2.42
2015	4.35	2.36
2016	4.2	2.26
2017	4.07	2.28
2018	3.98	2.27
2019	3.9	2.26
2020	3.83	2.26
2021	3.76	2.25
2022	3.7	2.23
2023	3.64	2.22

Sao Tome and Principe and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Sao Tome and Principe

South Africa

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Year	Median age, years
	Sao Tome	South Africa
1960	24.2	19
1961	24.3	19
1962	24.1	18.9
1963	23.5	18.9
1964	22.4	18.9
1965	21	18.8
1966	19.5	18.8
1967	18.5	18.8
1968	17.7	18.8
1969	17.2	18.8
1970	16.9	18.8
1971	16.9	18.8
1972	17	18.8
1973	17	18.8
1974	17.1	18.9
1975	17.1	18.9
1976	17.1	19
1977	17.2	19.1
1978	17.2	19.2
1979	17.3	19.3
1980	17.3	19.4
1981	17.4	19.6
1982	17.4	19.8
1983	17.4	20
1984	17.4	20.2
1985	17.4	20.4
1986	17.4	20.5
1987	17.4	20.7
1988	17.4	20.9
1989	17.4	21.1
1990	17.4	21.3
1991	17.3	21.5
1992	17.3	21.5
1993	17.2	21.9
1994	17.2	22
1995	17.3	21.5
1996	17.3	21.2
1997	17.4	21.2
1998	17.5	21.4
1999	17.7	21.6
2000	17.9	21.9
2001	18	22.2
2002	18.1	22.4
2003	18.3	22.8
2004	18.4	23.1
2005	18.5	23.3
2006	18.6	23.5
2007	18.7	23.8
2008	18.7	24
2009	18.7	24.3
2010	18.8	24.6
2011	18.9	25
2012	18.9	25.3
2013	18.9	25.7
2014	18.9	26
2015	19	26.4
2016	19	26.7
2017	19.1	27
2018	19.3	27.5
2019	19.4	27.9
2020	19.5	28.3
2021	19.7	28.6
2022	19.9	28.9
2023	20.1	29.2
2024	20.3	29.5

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