Sao Tome and Principe vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 172nd vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Sao Tome and Principe and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Sao Tome and Principe

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka
1960	-	$1,409,873,950
1961	-	$1,444,327,731
1962	-	$1,434,156,379
1963	-	$1,240,672,269
1964	-	$1,309,747,899
1965	-	$1,698,319,328
1966	-	$1,751,470,588
1967	-	$1,859,465,021
1968	-	$1,801,344,538
1969	-	$1,965,546,218
1970	$37,211,826	$2,296,470,588
1971	$37,288,845	$2,369,308,600
1972	$41,430,257	$2,553,936,348
1973	$56,011,245	$2,875,625,000
1974	$57,817,591	$3,574,586,466
1975	$60,101,710	$3,791,298,146
1976	$52,039,421	$3,591,319,857
1977	$49,207,692	$4,104,509,583
1978	$55,044,563	$2,733,183,857
1979	$65,755,928	$3,364,611,432
1980	$81,662,231	$4,024,621,900
1981	$83,499,264	$4,415,844,156
1982	$80,307,763	$4,768,765,017
1983	$75,110,289	$5,167,913,302
1984	$78,213,796	$6,043,474,843
1985	$82,733,069	$5,978,460,972
1986	$115,928,907	$6,405,210,564
1987	$115,952,925	$6,682,167,120
1988	$99,000,764	$6,978,371,581
1989	$98,545,367	$6,987,267,684
1990	$119,297,933	$8,032,551,173
1991	$107,484,143	$9,000,362,582
1992	$94,861,781	$9,703,011,636
1993	$125,742,229	$10,338,679,636
1994	$131,338,415	$11,717,604,209
1995	$103,695,237	$13,029,697,561
1996	$135,188,166	$13,897,738,375
1997	$91,920,274	$15,091,913,884
1998	$72,285,404	$15,794,972,847
1999	$77,302,212	$15,656,327,860
2000	$76,198,395	$16,330,814,180
2001	$75,951,133	$15,749,753,805
2002	$85,171,074	$16,536,535,647
2003	$102,085,769	$18,881,765,437
2004	$114,582,284	$20,662,525,941
2005	$136,450,662	$24,405,791,045
2006	$142,775,104	$28,279,802,406
2007	$149,146,919	$32,350,238,760
2008	$188,021,165	$40,713,826,215
2009	$200,668,065	$42,066,224,093
2010	$190,021,192	$58,636,161,082
2011	$226,455,001	$67,753,284,044
2012	$229,371,348	$70,447,216,891
2013	$267,041,748	$77,000,578,167
2014	$293,119,143	$82,528,535,714
2015	$259,999,643	$85,090,301,052
2016	$292,267,272	$88,000,211,172
2017	$322,002,845	$94,369,350,286
2018	$383,717,328	$94,450,015,983
2019	$412,976,083	$88,998,706,297
2020	$471,229,485	$84,335,574,582
2021	$524,402,456	$88,556,698,938
2022	$540,809,499	$74,143,020,263
2023	$678,976,265	$83,716,142,582
2024	$764,274,043	$98,963,185,510

Sao Tome and Principe and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Sao Tome and Principe

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka
1960	-	$145.9
1961	-	$145.9
1962	-	$141.4
1963	-	$119.4
1964	-	$122.9
1965	-	$155.6
1966	-	$156.6
1967	-	$162.3
1968	-	$153.5
1969	-	$163.6
1970	$479	$186.9
1971	$470	$188.8
1972	$511	$199.4
1973	$676	$220.2
1974	$683	$268.7
1975	$693	$279.8
1976	$585	$260.3
1977	$539	$292.1
1978	$587	$191
1979	$683	$230.8
1980	$829	$271.1
1981	$830	$292.5
1982	$783	$312
1983	$720	$336
1984	$735	$391
1985	$761	$385
1986	$1,043	$407
1987	$1,018	$420
1988	$847	$434
1989	$821	$430
1990	$970	$491
1991	$855	$546
1992	$740	$580
1993	$964	$607
1994	$990	$678
1995	$769	$742
1996	$987	$776
1997	$662	$827
1998	$514	$849
1999	$543	$826
2000	$529	$846
2001	$519	$804
2002	$568	$835
2003	$664	$946
2004	$727	$1,029
2005	$844	$1,207
2006	$862	$1,390
2007	$879	$1,579
2008	$1,082	$1,974
2009	$1,128	$2,027
2010	$1,045	$2,808
2011	$1,220	$3,225
2012	$1,211	$3,328
2013	$1,383	$3,741
2014	$1,490	$3,972
2015	$1,298	$4,058
2016	$1,435	$4,149
2017	$1,556	$4,399
2018	$1,826	$4,359
2019	$1,935	$4,082
2020	$2,167	$3,848
2021	$2,363	$3,997
2022	$2,390	$3,343
2023	$2,941	$3,799
2024	$3,245	$4,516

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka
1950	39.1	53.2
1951	39.1	54
1952	39.1	54.9
1953	39.1	55.6
1954	39.2	56.4
1955	39.3	57.2
1956	39.5	57.9
1957	40.1	58.5
1958	41	59.3
1959	42.1	60
1960	43.6	60.6
1961	45.2	61.2
1962	46.8	61.6
1963	48.4	62
1964	49.7	62.4
1965	51.1	62.8
1966	52.3	63.2
1967	53.4	63.6
1968	54.5	63.9
1969	55.4	64.1
1970	56.3	64.4
1971	57	64.2
1972	57.4	64.6
1973	57.9	64.8
1974	58.3	65
1975	58.6	65.4
1976	58.8	65.8
1977	59	66.4
1978	59.1	66.8
1979	59.3	67.5
1980	59.4	68
1981	59.4	68.4
1982	59.5	68.7
1983	59.7	68.7
1984	59.9	68.8
1985	60.1	68.9
1986	57.6	69
1987	60.7	69
1988	60.8	69
1989	59.7	67.3
1990	60.7	69.2
1991	60.8	69.1
1992	60.7	69.6
1993	60.6	70
1994	60.6	70.2
1995	60.5	69.7
1996	60.6	69.8
1997	60.6	69.9
1998	60.8	70.1
1999	61	70.4
2000	61.2	71.2
2001	61.5	71.8
2002	61.8	72.3
2003	62.2	72.4
2004	62.6	68
2005	62.4	73.1
2006	63	72.8
2007	63.3	73
2008	63.4	72.6
2009	63.7	70.3
2010	63.9	74.5
2011	64.1	74.7
2012	64.5	75.2
2013	64.9	75.5
2014	65.5	75.8
2015	66	76
2016	66.6	76.1
2017	67.1	76.2
2018	67.6	76.5
2019	68	76.7
2020	68	76.9
2021	68	76.3
2022	69.2	77.3
2023	69.7	77.5
2024	69.9	77.7
2025	70.1	77.9

Sao Tome and Principe and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Sao Tome and Principe

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka
1960	68,012	9,661,389
1961	68,707	9,899,372
1962	69,403	10,143,754
1963	70,112	10,395,040
1964	70,865	10,653,397
1965	71,680	10,916,965
1966	72,576	11,183,928
1967	73,596	11,457,328
1968	74,765	11,736,088
1969	76,083	12,013,858
1970	77,626	12,287,110
1971	79,330	12,551,910
1972	81,041	12,809,205
1973	82,798	13,060,916
1974	84,672	13,305,693
1975	86,708	13,548,984
1976	88,922	13,796,770
1977	91,301	14,049,371
1978	93,794	14,310,128
1979	96,252	14,579,614
1980	98,544	14,847,974
1981	100,615	15,099,414
1982	102,508	15,286,567
1983	104,380	15,388,794
1984	106,394	15,441,860
1985	108,658	15,544,154
1986	111,150	15,731,256
1987	113,919	15,916,576
1988	116,939	16,078,621
1989	119,979	16,248,557
1990	122,980	16,352,458
1991	125,697	16,475,354
1992	128,110	16,739,284
1993	130,467	17,025,918
1994	132,732	17,275,773
1995	134,895	17,564,068
1996	136,962	17,905,018
1997	138,922	18,248,200
1998	140,751	18,596,003
1999	142,442	18,944,731
2000	144,018	19,293,054
2001	146,375	19,600,362
2002	149,922	19,805,752
2003	153,814	19,951,521
2004	157,705	20,087,605
2005	161,639	20,216,524
2006	165,638	20,352,411
2007	169,700	20,492,545
2008	173,793	20,629,378
2009	177,853	20,756,435
2010	181,802	20,879,089
2011	185,649	21,009,048
2012	189,439	21,169,458
2013	193,148	20,585,000
2014	196,767	20,778,000
2015	200,291	20,970,000
2016	203,689	21,209,000
2017	206,970	21,453,000
2018	210,187	21,670,000
2019	213,392	21,803,000
2020	217,435	21,919,000
2021	221,961	22,156,000
2022	226,305	22,181,000
2023	230,871	22,037,000
2024	235,536	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Sao Tome and Principe

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka
1960	6.24	5.35
1961	6.26	5.24
1962	6.28	5.18
1963	6.31	5.12
1964	6.33	5.06
1965	6.35	4.93
1966	6.37	4.83
1967	6.39	4.79
1968	6.42	4.66
1969	6.44	4.5
1970	6.47	4.39
1971	6.49	4.27
1972	6.51	4.16
1973	6.53	4
1974	6.53	3.86
1975	6.53	3.82
1976	6.52	3.78
1977	6.5	3.74
1978	6.47	3.81
1979	6.43	3.82
1980	6.39	3.73
1981	6.33	3.65
1982	6.28	3.32
1983	6.22	3.11
1984	6.16	3.01
1985	6.1	2.9
1986	6.05	2.74
1987	5.99	2.64
1988	5.94	2.57
1989	5.88	2.58
1990	5.83	2.54
1991	5.77	2.51
1992	5.7	2.49
1993	5.64	2.44
1994	5.56	2.4
1995	5.55	2.35
1996	5.47	2.29
1997	5.4	2.22
1998	5.3	2.14
1999	5.23	2.14
2000	5.16	2.21
2001	5.1	2.28
2002	5.06	2.31
2003	5.01	2.3
2004	4.96	2.27
2005	4.94	2.26
2006	4.93	2.29
2007	4.96	2.3
2008	4.91	2.23
2009	4.84	2.18
2010	4.77	2.13
2011	4.72	2.14
2012	4.66	2.17
2013	4.58	2.18
2014	4.49	2.13
2015	4.35	2.09
2016	4.2	2.06
2017	4.07	2.04
2018	3.98	2.03
2019	3.9	2.02
2020	3.83	2.01
2021	3.76	2
2022	3.7	1.98
2023	3.64	1.97

Sao Tome and Principe and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Sao Tome and Principe

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka
1960	24.2	19.5
1961	24.3	19.5
1962	24.1	19.5
1963	23.5	19.5
1964	22.4	19.5
1965	21	19.5
1966	19.5	19.6
1967	18.5	19.7
1968	17.7	19.8
1969	17.2	19.9
1970	16.9	20
1971	16.9	20.1
1972	17	20.2
1973	17	20.4
1974	17.1	20.6
1975	17.1	20.7
1976	17.1	20.9
1977	17.2	21
1978	17.2	21.2
1979	17.3	21.3
1980	17.3	21.5
1981	17.4	21.6
1982	17.4	21.7
1983	17.4	21.9
1984	17.4	22
1985	17.4	22.2
1986	17.4	22.5
1987	17.4	22.8
1988	17.4	23.1
1989	17.4	23.4
1990	17.4	23.6
1991	17.3	23.9
1992	17.3	24.3
1993	17.2	24.6
1994	17.2	24.9
1995	17.3	25.3
1996	17.3	25.8
1997	17.4	26.2
1998	17.5	26.5
1999	17.7	26.9
2000	17.9	27.2
2001	18	27.6
2002	18.1	27.9
2003	18.3	28.2
2004	18.4	28.5
2005	18.5	28.8
2006	18.6	29
2007	18.7	29.3
2008	18.7	29.6
2009	18.7	29.9
2010	18.8	30.2
2011	18.9	30.5
2012	18.9	30.8
2013	18.9	31.1
2014	18.9	31.4
2015	19	31.7
2016	19	32
2017	19.1	32.3
2018	19.3	32.5
2019	19.4	32.8
2020	19.5	33.1
2021	19.7	33.3
2022	19.9	33.6
2023	20.1	33.8
2024	20.3	34.1

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