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Sao Tome and Principe vs Syria statistics compared

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Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 172nd vs. 87th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Main facts and rankings

Sao Tome Syria
Population
244055
26304877
Population rank 176/197 57/197
GDP
$764M
2024
$20B
2023
GDP rank 189/197 129/197
GDP per capita
$3,245
2024
$847
2023
GDP per capita rank 138/197 184/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,230
2024
$4,650
2023
Government debt
$332M
2024
$18.4B
2010
Debt-to-GDP ratio
37.3%
2025
30%
2010
Government debt per person
$1,410
2024
$820
2010
Government debt per person rank 133/185 148/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,715
2025
$731
2025
Land area
371 sq mi
2025
70,900 sq mi
2025
Population density
635 ppl/mi²
2024
348 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.64
2023
2.71
2023
Median age
20.3 years
2024
23.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
73 years
2025

Sao Tome and Principe and Syria: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Syria economies compared

GDP
Sao Tome and Principe

Syria
Year GDP
Sao Tome Syria
1960 - $857,704,413
1961 - $945,244,972
1962 - $1,110,565,881
1963 - $1,200,447,408
1964 - $1,339,494,267
1965 - $1,472,036,540
1966 - $1,342,287,553
1967 - $1,580,229,799
1968 - $1,753,746,430
1969 - $2,245,011,515
1970 $37,211,826 $2,140,384,010
1971 $37,288,845 $2,589,851,325
1972 $41,430,257 $3,059,681,698
1973 $56,011,245 $3,239,487,516
1974 $57,817,591 $5,159,557,148
1975 $60,101,710 $6,826,980,444
1976 $52,039,421 $7,633,528,867
1977 $49,207,692 $7,696,011,396
1978 $55,044,563 $9,275,200,458
1979 $65,755,928 $9,929,681,529
1980 $81,662,231 $13,062,420,382
1981 $83,499,264 $15,518,201,335
1982 $80,307,763 $16,298,929,011
1983 $75,110,289 $17,589,277,143
1984 $78,213,796 $17,503,078,174
1985 $82,733,069 $16,403,539,893
1986 $115,928,907 $13,293,205,278
1987 $115,952,925 $11,356,215,543
1988 $99,000,764 $10,577,041,645
1989 $98,545,367 $9,853,395,762
1990 $119,297,933 $12,308,624,418
1991 $107,484,143 $12,981,833,333
1992 $94,861,781 $13,253,565,861
1993 $125,742,229 $13,695,962,055
1994 $131,338,415 $10,122,020,000
1995 $103,695,237 $11,396,706,587
1996 $135,188,166 $13,789,560,878
1997 $91,920,274 $14,505,233,463
1998 $72,285,404 $15,200,846,154
1999 $77,302,212 $15,873,875,969
2000 $76,198,395 $18,937,052,543
2001 $75,951,133 $20,237,024,725
2002 $85,171,074 $20,669,357,462
2003 $102,085,769 $21,828,144,686
2004 $114,582,284 $25,086,950,495
2005 $136,450,662 $28,858,965,517
2006 $142,775,104 $33,751,788,856
2007 $149,146,919 $40,465,318,382
2008 $188,021,165 $52,557,913,569
2009 $200,668,065 $54,111,735,629
2010 $190,021,192 $61,390,830,875
2011 $226,455,001 $67,539,428,159
2012 $229,371,348 $43,190,318,033
2013 $267,041,748 $21,361,254,635
2014 $293,119,143 $21,502,061,466
2015 $259,999,643 $16,466,863,117
2016 $292,267,272 $12,597,854,877
2017 $322,002,845 $16,369,843,352
2018 $383,717,328 $21,497,782,868
2019 $412,976,083 $22,583,045,060
2020 $471,229,485 $12,047,752,036
2021 $524,402,456 $14,353,205,678
2022 $540,809,499 $23,622,827,080
2023 $678,976,265 $19,993,439,950
2024 $764,274,043 -

Sao Tome and Principe and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe

Syria
Year GDP per capita
Sao Tome Syria
1960 - $183.5
1961 - $196.3
1962 - $223.9
1963 - $234.9
1964 - $254.2
1965 - $270.8
1966 - $239.3
1967 - $272.9
1968 - $293.3
1969 - $364
1970 $479 $335
1971 $470 $393
1972 $511 $448
1973 $676 $459
1974 $683 $707
1975 $693 $904
1976 $585 $976
1977 $539 $951
1978 $587 $1,108
1979 $683 $1,146
1980 $829 $1,458
1981 $830 $1,676
1982 $783 $1,703
1983 $720 $1,776
1984 $735 $1,706
1985 $761 $1,544
1986 $1,043 $1,208
1987 $1,018 $997
1988 $847 $898
1989 $821 $809
1990 $970 $978
1991 $855 $1,000
1992 $740 $990
1993 $964 $993
1994 $990 $712
1995 $769 $780
1996 $987 $918
1997 $662 $941
1998 $514 $961
1999 $543 $978
2000 $529 $1,138
2001 $519 $1,187
2002 $568 $1,183
2003 $664 $1,220
2004 $727 $1,368
2005 $844 $1,534
2006 $862 $1,719
2007 $879 $1,938
2008 $1,082 $2,429
2009 $1,128 $2,462
2010 $1,045 $2,731
2011 $1,220 $2,952
2012 $1,211 $1,898
2013 $1,383 $986
2014 $1,490 $1,061
2015 $1,298 $848
2016 $1,435 $656
2017 $1,556 $852
2018 $1,826 $1,098
2019 $1,935 $1,110
2020 $2,167 $572
2021 $2,363 $664
2022 $2,390 $1,052
2023 $2,941 $847
2024 $3,245 -

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sao Tome and Principe

Syria
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Syria
1950 39.1 42.5
1951 39.1 43.4
1952 39.1 44.3
1953 39.1 45.3
1954 39.2 46.4
1955 39.3 47.4
1956 39.5 48.5
1957 40.1 49.6
1958 41 50.7
1959 42.1 51.7
1960 43.6 52.7
1961 45.2 53.7
1962 46.8 54.6
1963 48.4 55.4
1964 49.7 56.2
1965 51.1 56.9
1966 52.3 57.6
1967 53.4 58
1968 54.5 59.1
1969 55.4 59.8
1970 56.3 60.6
1971 57 61.3
1972 57.4 62
1973 57.9 60.8
1974 58.3 63.4
1975 58.6 64.2
1976 58.8 64.8
1977 59 65.4
1978 59.1 65.9
1979 59.3 66.2
1980 59.4 66.5
1981 59.4 64.6
1982 59.5 60.8
1983 59.7 67.4
1984 59.9 67.7
1985 60.1 68
1986 57.6 68.4
1987 60.7 68.8
1988 60.8 69.2
1989 59.7 69.5
1990 60.7 69.8
1991 60.8 70.1
1992 60.7 70.2
1993 60.6 70.3
1994 60.6 70.3
1995 60.5 70.2
1996 60.6 70.2
1997 60.6 70.2
1998 60.8 70.2
1999 61 70.5
2000 61.2 70.9
2001 61.5 71.3
2002 61.8 71.7
2003 62.2 72.2
2004 62.6 72.5
2005 62.4 72.8
2006 63 73
2007 63.3 73.3
2008 63.4 73.4
2009 63.7 73.5
2010 63.9 73.5
2011 64.1 72.3
2012 64.5 66.2
2013 64.9 65.1
2014 65.5 65.5
2015 66 63.3
2016 66.6 65.2
2017 67.1 65.7
2018 67.6 67.4
2019 68 71
2020 68 71.9
2021 68 72.4
2022 69.2 72.8
2023 69.7 72.1
2024 69.9 72.6
2025 70.1 73

Sao Tome and Principe and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population
Sao Tome and Principe

Syria
Year Population
Sao Tome Syria
1960 68,012 4,673,500
1961 68,707 4,815,466
1962 69,403 4,959,340
1963 70,112 5,110,467
1964 70,865 5,269,087
1965 71,680 5,435,267
1966 72,576 5,609,047
1967 73,596 5,790,198
1968 74,765 5,978,742
1969 76,083 6,175,166
1970 77,626 6,380,609
1971 79,330 6,598,094
1972 81,041 6,826,024
1973 82,798 7,060,321
1974 84,672 7,302,160
1975 86,708 7,554,364
1976 88,922 7,817,320
1977 91,301 8,090,501
1978 93,794 8,372,759
1979 96,252 8,661,909
1980 98,544 8,957,663
1981 100,615 9,260,189
1982 102,508 9,572,511
1983 104,380 9,904,809
1984 106,394 10,258,398
1985 108,658 10,625,672
1986 111,150 11,002,844
1987 113,919 11,388,923
1988 116,939 11,782,264
1989 119,979 12,179,060
1990 122,980 12,579,208
1991 125,697 12,980,821
1992 128,110 13,385,571
1993 130,467 13,795,686
1994 132,732 14,208,583
1995 134,895 14,616,801
1996 136,962 15,018,104
1997 138,922 15,417,542
1998 140,751 15,820,413
1999 142,442 16,228,061
2000 144,018 16,637,888
2001 146,375 17,051,338
2002 149,922 17,468,332
2003 153,814 17,889,296
2004 157,705 18,336,875
2005 161,639 18,814,091
2006 165,638 19,637,022
2007 169,700 20,884,125
2008 173,793 21,636,564
2009 177,853 21,976,969
2010 181,802 22,482,421
2011 185,649 22,878,098
2012 189,439 22,759,763
2013 193,148 21,666,917
2014 196,767 20,273,659
2015 200,291 19,424,618
2016 203,689 19,193,834
2017 206,970 19,224,668
2018 210,187 19,577,845
2019 213,392 20,353,534
2020 217,435 21,049,429
2021 221,961 21,628,839
2022 226,305 22,462,173
2023 230,871 23,594,623
2024 235,536 24,672,760

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Syria

Fertility rate
Sao Tome and Principe

Syria
Year Fertility rate
Sao Tome Syria
1960 6.24 7.51
1961 6.26 7.5
1962 6.28 7.51
1963 6.31 7.51
1964 6.33 7.53
1965 6.35 7.53
1966 6.37 7.55
1967 6.39 7.56
1968 6.42 7.57
1969 6.44 7.59
1970 6.47 7.62
1971 6.49 7.6
1972 6.51 7.57
1973 6.53 7.55
1974 6.53 7.52
1975 6.53 7.49
1976 6.52 7.45
1977 6.5 7.42
1978 6.47 7.35
1979 6.43 7.25
1980 6.39 7.12
1981 6.33 6.97
1982 6.28 6.81
1983 6.22 6.69
1984 6.16 6.59
1985 6.1 6.48
1986 6.05 6.37
1987 5.99 6.2
1988 5.94 6
1989 5.88 5.78
1990 5.83 5.56
1991 5.77 5.34
1992 5.7 5.14
1993 5.64 4.99
1994 5.56 4.86
1995 5.55 4.7
1996 5.47 4.54
1997 5.4 4.37
1998 5.3 4.25
1999 5.23 4.14
2000 5.16 4.07
2001 5.1 3.98
2002 5.06 3.87
2003 5.01 3.76
2004 4.96 3.68
2005 4.94 3.61
2006 4.93 3.56
2007 4.96 3.54
2008 4.91 3.48
2009 4.84 3.42
2010 4.77 3.36
2011 4.72 3.29
2012 4.66 3.22
2013 4.58 3.17
2014 4.49 3.12
2015 4.35 3.07
2016 4.2 3.01
2017 4.07 2.97
2018 3.98 2.93
2019 3.9 2.88
2020 3.83 2.84
2021 3.76 2.8
2022 3.7 2.75
2023 3.64 2.71

Sao Tome and Principe and Syria demographics compared

Median age
Sao Tome and Principe

Syria
Year Median age, years
Sao Tome Syria
1960 24.2 17.6
1961 24.3 17.3
1962 24.1 17.1
1963 23.5 16.9
1964 22.4 16.7
1965 21 16.5
1966 19.5 16.4
1967 18.5 16.2
1968 17.7 16.1
1969 17.2 16
1970 16.9 15.9
1971 16.9 15.8
1972 17 15.8
1973 17 15.7
1974 17.1 15.7
1975 17.1 15.7
1976 17.1 15.6
1977 17.2 15.6
1978 17.2 15.6
1979 17.3 15.6
1980 17.3 15.6
1981 17.4 15.6
1982 17.4 15.7
1983 17.4 15.8
1984 17.4 15.8
1985 17.4 15.9
1986 17.4 16
1987 17.4 16.1
1988 17.4 16.2
1989 17.4 16.4
1990 17.4 16.5
1991 17.3 16.7
1992 17.3 16.9
1993 17.2 17.1
1994 17.2 17.3
1995 17.3 17.5
1996 17.3 17.7
1997 17.4 17.9
1998 17.5 18.1
1999 17.7 18.3
2000 17.9 18.5
2001 18 18.8
2002 18.1 19
2003 18.3 19.2
2004 18.4 19.5
2005 18.5 19.7
2006 18.6 20.3
2007 18.7 21
2008 18.7 21.3
2009 18.7 21.5
2010 18.8 21.7
2011 18.9 21.9
2012 18.9 21.8
2013 18.9 21.2
2014 18.9 20.1
2015 19 19.5
2016 19 19.5
2017 19.1 19.6
2018 19.3 20.1
2019 19.4 20.9
2020 19.5 21.6
2021 19.7 22.2
2022 19.9 22.7
2023 20.1 23.3
2024 20.3 23.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sao Tome Syria
GNI, Atlas method
$653M
2024
$18.2B
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.5%
2025
28.6%
2010
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.03%
2023
5.13%
2009
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
4.06%
2010
Armed forces personnel
1,000
1999
269,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.56%
2025
-7.79%
2010
Unemployment rate
8.81%
2017
8.61%
2010
Services, % of GDP
76.6%
2024
44.9%
2022
Industry, % of GDP
2.91%
2024
12%
2022
Economic freedom index
60.4
2025
51.2
2012
Income share by richest 10%
32.8%
2017
21.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
3.8%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$46.2M
2023
$20.6B
2010
Personal remittances received
$10M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
33,400
2018
2,424,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
73.2%
2018
32.2%
2010
Banked people share n/a
23.3%
2011

Energy

Sao Tome Syria
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
259.3 kg
2007
455 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2007
$10.5
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.21 megatons
2023
25.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
1.08 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
99.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
42.5%
2022
1.1%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0.72%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
61.3%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
690 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.06%
2021
3.91%
2021
Hydroelectric share
5.85%
2021
3.76%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
81.3%
2023
88.4%
2023

Society

Sao Tome Syria
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.3%
2024
Annual migration change
-604
2024
+546,494
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
58%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.63 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.23 ft
2025
Quality of life index
32.1
2025
17.2
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
12
2024
Higher education index n/a
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2011
2.07
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.9
2019
14.9
2019
Visa free countries
71
2025
39
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.8%
2022
94.4%
2021
English speaking
4.9%
2025
4%
2025
People using the Internet
61.5%
2023
34.7%
2019

Health

Sao Tome Syria
Government health expenditure per capita
$180.3
2022
$34.4
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.6
2022
$15.7
2022
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
73 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
30.9%
2022
20.4%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.49
2019
1.19
2016
Age at first childbirth
19.4 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
20
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.9
2023
20.6
2023
Obesity rate
17.2%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
12.1%
2024
19%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
42
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.79 liters
2020
0.09 liters
2020

Territory

Sao Tome Syria
% of world land
0.0006%
2025
0.12%
2025
Land area per capita
1,574 sq mi
2024
2,874 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
166 sq mi
2025
52,533 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193.2 sq mi
2025
2,016 sq mi
2025
Roads length
808 mi
2018
n/a

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