Sao Tome and Principe vs South Korea statistics compared

Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 172nd vs. 105th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Sao Tome and Principe and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Sao Tome and Principe

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Sao Tome	South Korea
1960	-	$3,958,811,881
1961	-	$2,417,628,737
1962	-	$2,814,615,385
1963	-	$3,988,461,538
1964	-	$3,459,019,943
1965	-	$3,120,861,499
1966	-	$3,929,055,144
1967	-	$4,855,892,446
1968	-	$6,119,394,892
1969	-	$7,678,698,838
1970	$37,211,826	$9,005,144,969
1971	$37,288,845	$9,903,571,249
1972	$41,430,257	$10,862,211,761
1973	$56,011,245	$13,876,472,208
1974	$57,817,591	$19,543,973,941
1975	$60,101,710	$21,784,297,521
1976	$52,039,421	$29,902,479,339
1977	$49,207,692	$38,446,487,603
1978	$55,044,563	$51,972,107,438
1979	$65,755,928	$66,946,900,826
1980	$81,662,231	$65,398,377,598
1981	$83,499,264	$72,933,533,012
1982	$80,307,763	$78,358,416,171
1983	$75,110,289	$87,760,553,262
1984	$78,213,796	$97,510,744,119
1985	$82,733,069	$101,296,177,099
1986	$115,928,907	$116,836,246,285
1987	$115,952,925	$147,948,709,376
1988	$99,000,764	$199,591,287,825
1989	$98,545,367	$246,928,837,311
1990	$119,297,933	$283,365,844,161
1991	$107,484,143	$330,647,042,837
1992	$94,861,781	$355,524,903,068
1993	$125,742,229	$392,665,710,525
1994	$131,338,415	$463,619,823,515
1995	$103,695,237	$566,581,003,128
1996	$135,188,166	$610,167,053,824
1997	$91,920,274	$569,755,022,973
1998	$72,285,404	$383,331,833,682
1999	$77,302,212	$497,514,040,642
2000	$76,198,395	$576,179,387,820
2001	$75,951,133	$547,656,279,895
2002	$85,171,074	$627,246,933,730
2003	$102,085,769	$702,714,855,194
2004	$114,582,284	$793,175,561,887
2005	$136,450,662	$934,901,071,333
2006	$142,775,104	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$149,146,919	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$188,021,165	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$200,668,065	$943,941,876,219
2010	$190,021,192	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$226,455,001	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$229,371,348	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$267,041,748	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$293,119,143	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$259,999,643	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$292,267,272	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$322,002,845	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$383,717,328	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$412,976,083	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$471,229,485	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$524,402,456	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$540,809,499	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$678,976,265	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$764,274,043	-

Sao Tome and Principe and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Sao Tome and Principe

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sao Tome	South Korea
1960	-	$158.3
1961	-	$93.8
1962	-	$106.2
1963	-	$146.3
1964	-	$123.6
1965	-	$108.7
1966	-	$133.5
1967	-	$161.2
1968	-	$198.4
1969	-	$243.4
1970	$479	$279.3
1971	$470	$301
1972	$511	$324
1973	$676	$407
1974	$683	$563
1975	$693	$617
1976	$585	$834
1977	$539	$1,056
1978	$587	$1,406
1979	$683	$1,784
1980	$829	$1,715
1981	$830	$1,883
1982	$783	$1,993
1983	$720	$2,199
1984	$735	$2,413
1985	$761	$2,482
1986	$1,043	$2,835
1987	$1,018	$3,555
1988	$847	$4,749
1989	$821	$5,817
1990	$970	$6,610
1991	$855	$7,637
1992	$740	$8,127
1993	$964	$8,885
1994	$990	$10,385
1995	$769	$12,565
1996	$987	$13,403
1997	$662	$12,398
1998	$514	$8,282
1999	$543	$10,672
2000	$529	$12,257
2001	$519	$11,561
2002	$568	$13,165
2003	$664	$14,673
2004	$727	$16,496
2005	$844	$19,403
2006	$862	$21,743
2007	$879	$24,086
2008	$1,082	$21,350
2009	$1,128	$19,144
2010	$1,045	$23,079
2011	$1,220	$25,098
2012	$1,211	$25,459
2013	$1,383	$27,180
2014	$1,490	$29,253
2015	$1,298	$28,737
2016	$1,435	$29,280
2017	$1,556	$31,601
2018	$1,826	$33,447
2019	$1,935	$31,902
2020	$2,167	$31,721
2021	$2,363	$35,126
2022	$2,390	$32,395
2023	$2,941	$33,121
2024	$3,245	-

Sao Tome and Principe vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sao Tome	South Korea
1950	39.1	22.2
1951	39.1	26.6
1952	39.1	36.6
1953	39.1	40.5
1954	39.2	46.1
1955	39.3	48.4
1956	39.5	50.2
1957	40.1	51.6
1958	41	51.8
1959	42.1	52.9
1960	43.6	53.8
1961	45.2	54.4
1962	46.8	55
1963	48.4	55
1964	49.7	55.3
1965	51.1	55.8
1966	52.3	55.4
1967	53.4	60.9
1968	54.5	60.9
1969	55.4	61.4
1970	56.3	62.2
1971	57	62.7
1972	57.4	63.2
1973	57.9	63.8
1974	58.3	64.2
1975	58.6	64.7
1976	58.8	65
1977	59	64.6
1978	59.1	65
1979	59.3	66.1
1980	59.4	64.8
1981	59.4	67.1
1982	59.5	67.1
1983	59.7	66.7
1984	59.9	68.1
1985	60.1	68.4
1986	57.6	69
1987	60.7	69.3
1988	60.8	70.2
1989	59.7	70.7
1990	60.7	71
1991	60.8	71.4
1992	60.7	72.2
1993	60.6	72.7
1994	60.6	72.9
1995	60.5	73.4
1996	60.6	74
1997	60.6	74.5
1998	60.8	75
1999	61	75.6
2000	61.2	76.2
2001	61.5	76.9
2002	61.8	77.2
2003	62.2	77.5
2004	62.6	78
2005	62.4	78.4
2006	63	79
2007	63.3	79.4
2008	63.4	80
2009	63.7	80.6
2010	63.9	80.7
2011	64.1	81.2
2012	64.5	81.3
2013	64.9	81.8
2014	65.5	82.4
2015	66	82.5
2016	66.6	82.9
2017	67.1	83.3
2018	67.6	83.3
2019	68	83.7
2020	68	83.7
2021	68	83.9
2022	69.2	82.7
2023	69.7	84.3
2024	69.9	84.4
2025	70.1	84.5

Sao Tome and Principe and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Sao Tome and Principe

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Sao Tome	South Korea
1960	68,012	25,012,374
1961	68,707	25,765,673
1962	69,403	26,513,030
1963	70,112	27,261,747
1964	70,865	27,984,155
1965	71,680	28,704,674
1966	72,576	29,435,571
1967	73,596	30,130,983
1968	74,765	30,838,302
1969	76,083	31,544,266
1970	77,626	32,240,827
1971	79,330	32,882,704
1972	81,041	33,505,406
1973	82,798	34,103,149
1974	84,672	34,692,266
1975	86,708	35,280,725
1976	88,922	35,848,523
1977	91,301	36,411,795
1978	93,794	36,969,185
1979	96,252	37,534,236
1980	98,544	38,123,775
1981	100,615	38,723,248
1982	102,508	39,326,352
1983	104,380	39,910,403
1984	106,394	40,405,956
1985	108,658	40,805,744
1986	111,150	41,213,674
1987	113,919	41,621,690
1988	116,939	42,031,247
1989	119,979	42,449,038
1990	122,980	42,869,283
1991	125,697	43,295,704
1992	128,110	43,747,962
1993	130,467	44,194,628
1994	132,732	44,641,540
1995	134,895	45,092,991
1996	136,962	45,524,681
1997	138,922	45,953,580
1998	140,751	46,286,503
1999	142,442	46,616,677
2000	144,018	47,008,111
2001	146,375	47,370,164
2002	149,922	47,644,736
2003	153,814	47,892,330
2004	157,705	48,082,519
2005	161,639	48,184,561
2006	165,638	48,438,292
2007	169,700	48,683,638
2008	173,793	49,054,708
2009	177,853	49,307,835
2010	181,802	49,554,112
2011	185,649	49,936,638
2012	189,439	50,199,853
2013	193,148	50,428,893
2014	196,767	50,746,659
2015	200,291	51,014,947
2016	203,689	51,217,803
2017	206,970	51,361,911
2018	210,187	51,585,058
2019	213,392	51,764,822
2020	217,435	51,836,239
2021	221,961	51,769,539
2022	226,305	51,672,569
2023	230,871	51,712,619
2024	235,536	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and South Korea

Fertility rate

Sao Tome and Principe

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sao Tome	South Korea
1960	6.24	5.99
1961	6.26	5.8
1962	6.28	5.56
1963	6.31	5.33
1964	6.33	5.07
1965	6.35	4.89
1966	6.37	4.78
1967	6.39	4.62
1968	6.42	4.51
1969	6.44	4.45
1970	6.47	4.53
1971	6.49	4.54
1972	6.51	4.12
1973	6.53	4.07
1974	6.53	3.77
1975	6.53	3.43
1976	6.52	3
1977	6.5	2.99
1978	6.47	2.64
1979	6.43	2.9
1980	6.39	2.82
1981	6.33	2.57
1982	6.28	2.39
1983	6.22	2.06
1984	6.16	1.74
1985	6.1	1.66
1986	6.05	1.58
1987	5.99	1.53
1988	5.94	1.55
1989	5.88	1.56
1990	5.83	1.57
1991	5.77	1.71
1992	5.7	1.76
1993	5.64	1.65
1994	5.56	1.66
1995	5.55	1.63
1996	5.47	1.57
1997	5.4	1.54
1998	5.3	1.46
1999	5.23	1.43
2000	5.16	1.48
2001	5.1	1.31
2002	5.06	1.18
2003	5.01	1.19
2004	4.96	1.16
2005	4.94	1.09
2006	4.93	1.13
2007	4.96	1.26
2008	4.91	1.19
2009	4.84	1.15
2010	4.77	1.23
2011	4.72	1.24
2012	4.66	1.3
2013	4.58	1.19
2014	4.49	1.21
2015	4.35	1.24
2016	4.2	1.17
2017	4.07	1.05
2018	3.98	0.98
2019	3.9	0.92
2020	3.83	0.84
2021	3.76	0.81
2022	3.7	0.78
2023	3.64	0.72

Sao Tome and Principe and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Sao Tome and Principe

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sao Tome	South Korea
1960	24.2	19.3
1961	24.3	19.2
1962	24.1	19.1
1963	23.5	19
1964	22.4	18.8
1965	21	18.6
1966	19.5	18.5
1967	18.5	18.6
1968	17.7	18.7
1969	17.2	18.8
1970	16.9	18.9
1971	16.9	19
1972	17	19.1
1973	17	19.3
1974	17.1	19.6
1975	17.1	19.9
1976	17.1	20.2
1977	17.2	20.7
1978	17.2	21.1
1979	17.3	21.6
1980	17.3	22.1
1981	17.4	22.5
1982	17.4	22.8
1983	17.4	23.3
1984	17.4	23.7
1985	17.4	24.2
1986	17.4	24.8
1987	17.4	25.3
1988	17.4	25.8
1989	17.4	26.3
1990	17.4	26.7
1991	17.3	27.2
1992	17.3	27.8
1993	17.2	28.3
1994	17.2	28.9
1995	17.3	29.4
1996	17.3	29.8
1997	17.4	30.2
1998	17.5	30.7
1999	17.7	31.2
2000	17.9	31.7
2001	18	32.3
2002	18.1	32.8
2003	18.3	33.4
2004	18.4	33.9
2005	18.5	34.5
2006	18.6	35.2
2007	18.7	35.8
2008	18.7	36.4
2009	18.7	37
2010	18.8	37.6
2011	18.9	38.2
2012	18.9	38.8
2013	18.9	39.5
2014	18.9	40.2
2015	19	40.8
2016	19	41.4
2017	19.1	41.9
2018	19.3	42.5
2019	19.4	43.1
2020	19.5	43.8
2021	19.7	44.4
2022	19.9	44.9
2023	20.1	45.5
2024	20.3	46.1

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