Sao Tome and Principe vs Switzerland statistics compared

Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 172nd vs. 131st).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Sao Tome and Principe and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Sao Tome and Principe

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Sao Tome	Switzerland
1960	-	$10,412,232,621
1961	-	$11,713,348,834
1962	-	$12,989,649,694
1963	-	$14,283,872,299
1964	-	$15,833,133,858
1965	-	$16,780,226,225
1966	-	$18,019,402,374
1967	-	$19,397,044,714
1968	-	$20,712,102,794
1969	-	$22,442,043,274
1970	$37,211,826	$24,998,066,773
1971	$37,288,845	$30,040,171,751
1972	$41,430,257	$36,844,318,854
1973	$56,011,245	$49,550,006,320
1974	$57,817,591	$57,103,011,446
1975	$60,101,710	$65,466,081,819
1976	$52,039,421	$68,476,524,644
1977	$49,207,692	$73,135,771,167
1978	$55,044,563	$102,280,472,036
1979	$65,755,928	$114,970,094,425
1980	$81,662,231	$122,557,843,886
1981	$83,499,264	$112,244,805,519
1982	$80,307,763	$115,043,365,512
1983	$75,110,289	$114,634,358,535
1984	$78,213,796	$109,455,312,168
1985	$82,733,069	$110,980,314,192
1986	$115,928,907	$159,089,921,063
1987	$115,952,925	$199,236,370,038
1988	$99,000,764	$215,540,625,299
1989	$98,545,367	$208,105,846,934
1990	$119,297,933	$265,763,573,999
1991	$107,484,143	$268,901,693,863
1992	$94,861,781	$279,921,425,828
1993	$125,742,229	$272,237,527,071
1994	$131,338,415	$301,375,055,202
1995	$103,695,237	$352,835,806,342
1996	$135,188,166	$340,103,959,547
1997	$91,920,274	$294,788,198,856
1998	$72,285,404	$303,459,014,347
1999	$77,302,212	$297,873,643,323
2000	$76,198,395	$279,216,033,870
2001	$75,951,133	$286,582,672,434
2002	$85,171,074	$309,301,422,430
2003	$102,085,769	$362,075,086,508
2004	$114,582,284	$403,912,891,033
2005	$136,450,662	$418,284,865,885
2006	$142,775,104	$441,634,672,197
2007	$149,146,919	$490,740,715,595
2008	$188,021,165	$567,267,767,519
2009	$200,668,065	$554,212,916,092
2010	$190,021,192	$598,851,027,948
2011	$226,455,001	$715,888,126,682
2012	$229,371,348	$686,420,221,558
2013	$267,041,748	$706,234,937,371
2014	$293,119,143	$726,537,809,430
2015	$259,999,643	$694,118,186,380
2016	$292,267,272	$687,895,460,903
2017	$322,002,845	$695,200,834,102
2018	$383,717,328	$725,568,717,468
2019	$412,976,083	$721,369,112,727
2020	$471,229,485	$741,999,406,006
2021	$524,402,456	$815,309,330,987
2022	$540,809,499	$828,508,926,958
2023	$678,976,265	$894,424,821,645
2024	$764,274,043	$936,564,198,049

Sao Tome and Principe and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Sao Tome and Principe

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sao Tome	Switzerland
1960	-	$1,954
1961	-	$2,155
1962	-	$2,330
1963	-	$2,508
1964	-	$2,735
1965	-	$2,865
1966	-	$3,045
1967	-	$3,237
1968	-	$3,413
1969	-	$3,657
1970	$479	$4,044
1971	$470	$4,835
1972	$511	$5,885
1973	$676	$7,856
1974	$683	$9,005
1975	$693	$10,328
1976	$585	$10,865
1977	$539	$11,644
1978	$587	$16,282
1979	$683	$18,266
1980	$829	$19,394
1981	$830	$17,665
1982	$783	$18,000
1983	$720	$17,859
1984	$735	$16,991
1985	$761	$17,152
1986	$1,043	$24,460
1987	$1,018	$30,441
1988	$847	$32,690
1989	$821	$31,309
1990	$970	$39,575
1991	$855	$39,544
1992	$740	$40,714
1993	$964	$39,237
1994	$990	$43,092
1995	$769	$50,114
1996	$987	$48,093
1997	$662	$41,584
1998	$514	$42,681
1999	$543	$41,696
2000	$529	$38,865
2001	$519	$39,639
2002	$568	$42,459
2003	$664	$49,336
2004	$727	$54,659
2005	$844	$56,243
2006	$862	$59,011
2007	$879	$64,989
2008	$1,082	$74,175
2009	$1,128	$71,568
2010	$1,045	$76,531
2011	$1,220	$90,477
2012	$1,211	$85,836
2013	$1,383	$87,304
2014	$1,490	$88,725
2015	$1,298	$83,806
2016	$1,435	$82,153
2017	$1,556	$82,254
2018	$1,826	$85,217
2019	$1,935	$84,122
2020	$2,167	$85,898
2021	$2,363	$93,665
2022	$2,390	$94,395
2023	$2,941	$100,632
2024	$3,245	$103,670

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sao Tome and Principe

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sao Tome	Switzerland
1950	39.1	68.9
1951	39.1	68.7
1952	39.1	69.6
1953	39.1	69.5
1954	39.2	70
1955	39.3	70.1
1956	39.5	70.2
1957	40.1	70.5
1958	41	71.3
1959	42.1	71.5
1960	43.6	71.4
1961	45.2	71.7
1962	46.8	71.3
1963	48.4	71.3
1964	49.7	72.2
1965	51.1	72.3
1966	52.3	72.4
1967	53.4	72.7
1968	54.5	72.7
1969	55.4	72.7
1970	56.3	73.1
1971	57	73.2
1972	57.4	73.8
1973	57.9	74.1
1974	58.3	74.4
1975	58.6	74.8
1976	58.8	74.9
1977	59	75.4
1978	59.1	75.3
1979	59.3	75.6
1980	59.4	75.6
1981	59.4	75.8
1982	59.5	76.2
1983	59.7	76.2
1984	59.9	76.8
1985	60.1	76.9
1986	57.6	77
1987	60.7	77.3
1988	60.8	77.4
1989	59.7	77.6
1990	60.7	77.4
1991	60.8	77.6
1992	60.7	77.9
1993	60.6	78.2
1994	60.6	78.5
1995	60.5	78.6
1996	60.6	79
1997	60.6	79.2
1998	60.8	79.5
1999	61	79.7
2000	61.2	79.8
2001	61.5	80.3
2002	61.8	80.4
2003	62.2	80.5
2004	62.6	81.1
2005	62.4	81.2
2006	63	81.5
2007	63.3	81.7
2008	63.4	82
2009	63.7	82
2010	63.9	82.3
2011	64.1	82.6
2012	64.5	82.6
2013	64.9	82.7
2014	65.5	83.1
2015	66	82.8
2016	66.6	83.4
2017	67.1	83.4
2018	67.6	83.6
2019	68	83.8
2020	68	83.1
2021	68	83.6
2022	69.2	83.2
2023	69.7	84
2024	69.9	84.1
2025	70.1	84.2

Sao Tome and Principe and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Sao Tome and Principe

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Sao Tome	Switzerland
1960	68,012	5,327,827
1961	68,707	5,434,294
1962	69,403	5,573,815
1963	70,112	5,694,247
1964	70,865	5,789,228
1965	71,680	5,856,472
1966	72,576	5,918,002
1967	73,596	5,991,785
1968	74,765	6,067,714
1969	76,083	6,136,387
1970	77,626	6,180,877
1971	79,330	6,213,399
1972	81,041	6,260,956
1973	82,798	6,307,347
1974	84,672	6,341,405
1975	86,708	6,338,632
1976	88,922	6,302,504
1977	91,301	6,281,174
1978	93,794	6,281,738
1979	96,252	6,294,365
1980	98,544	6,319,408
1981	100,615	6,354,074
1982	102,508	6,391,309
1983	104,380	6,418,773
1984	106,394	6,441,865
1985	108,658	6,470,365
1986	111,150	6,504,124
1987	113,919	6,545,106
1988	116,939	6,593,386
1989	119,979	6,646,912
1990	122,980	6,715,519
1991	125,697	6,799,978
1992	128,110	6,875,364
1993	130,467	6,938,265
1994	132,732	6,993,795
1995	134,895	7,040,687
1996	136,962	7,071,850
1997	138,922	7,088,906
1998	140,751	7,110,001
1999	142,442	7,143,991
2000	144,018	7,184,250
2001	146,375	7,229,854
2002	149,922	7,284,753
2003	153,814	7,339,001
2004	157,705	7,389,625
2005	161,639	7,437,115
2006	165,638	7,483,934
2007	169,700	7,551,117
2008	173,793	7,647,675
2009	177,853	7,743,831
2010	181,802	7,824,909
2011	185,649	7,912,398
2012	189,439	7,996,861
2013	193,148	8,089,346
2014	196,767	8,188,649
2015	200,291	8,282,396
2016	203,689	8,373,338
2017	206,970	8,451,840
2018	210,187	8,514,329
2019	213,392	8,575,280
2020	217,435	8,638,167
2021	221,961	8,704,546
2022	226,305	8,777,088
2023	230,871	8,888,093
2024	235,536	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Sao Tome and Principe

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sao Tome	Switzerland
1960	6.24	2.44
1961	6.26	2.52
1962	6.28	2.58
1963	6.31	2.65
1964	6.33	2.66
1965	6.35	2.59
1966	6.37	2.5
1967	6.39	2.39
1968	6.42	2.29
1969	6.44	2.19
1970	6.47	2.1
1971	6.49	2.04
1972	6.51	1.91
1973	6.53	1.81
1974	6.53	1.73
1975	6.53	1.61
1976	6.52	1.55
1977	6.5	1.53
1978	6.47	1.51
1979	6.43	1.52
1980	6.39	1.55
1981	6.33	1.55
1982	6.28	1.56
1983	6.22	1.52
1984	6.16	1.53
1985	6.1	1.52
1986	6.05	1.53
1987	5.99	1.52
1988	5.94	1.57
1989	5.88	1.56
1990	5.83	1.58
1991	5.77	1.58
1992	5.7	1.58
1993	5.64	1.51
1994	5.56	1.49
1995	5.55	1.48
1996	5.47	1.5
1997	5.4	1.48
1998	5.3	1.47
1999	5.23	1.48
2000	5.16	1.5
2001	5.1	1.38
2002	5.06	1.39
2003	5.01	1.39
2004	4.96	1.42
2005	4.94	1.42
2006	4.93	1.44
2007	4.96	1.46
2008	4.91	1.48
2009	4.84	1.5
2010	4.77	1.52
2011	4.72	1.52
2012	4.66	1.52
2013	4.58	1.52
2014	4.49	1.54
2015	4.35	1.54
2016	4.2	1.54
2017	4.07	1.52
2018	3.98	1.52
2019	3.9	1.48
2020	3.83	1.46
2021	3.76	1.52
2022	3.7	1.39
2023	3.64	1.33

Sao Tome and Principe and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Sao Tome and Principe

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sao Tome	Switzerland
1960	24.2	32.6
1961	24.3	32.4
1962	24.1	32
1963	23.5	31.7
1964	22.4	31.5
1965	21	31.6
1966	19.5	31.6
1967	18.5	31.6
1968	17.7	31.7
1969	17.2	31.7
1970	16.9	32
1971	16.9	32.2
1972	17	32.3
1973	17	32.5
1974	17.1	32.7
1975	17.1	33.1
1976	17.1	33.5
1977	17.2	33.8
1978	17.2	34.2
1979	17.3	34.5
1980	17.3	34.8
1981	17.4	35
1982	17.4	35.3
1983	17.4	35.6
1984	17.4	35.9
1985	17.4	36.1
1986	17.4	36.3
1987	17.4	36.5
1988	17.4	36.7
1989	17.4	36.8
1990	17.4	36.9
1991	17.3	36.9
1992	17.3	36.9
1993	17.2	37
1994	17.2	37.1
1995	17.3	37.3
1996	17.3	37.6
1997	17.4	37.9
1998	17.5	38.2
1999	17.7	38.4
2000	17.9	38.7
2001	18	39
2002	18.1	39.3
2003	18.3	39.6
2004	18.4	39.9
2005	18.5	40.3
2006	18.6	40.6
2007	18.7	40.9
2008	18.7	41.1
2009	18.7	41.3
2010	18.8	41.5
2011	18.9	41.6
2012	18.9	41.8
2013	18.9	42
2014	18.9	42.1
2015	19	42.2
2016	19	42.3
2017	19.1	42.4
2018	19.3	42.5
2019	19.4	42.6
2020	19.5	42.7
2021	19.7	42.8
2022	19.9	43
2023	20.1	43.4
2024	20.3	43.7

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