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Sao Tome and Principe vs Trinidad and Tobago statistics compared

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Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 1.37M in Trinidad and Tobago (ranked 154/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 1,981 sq mi for Trinidad and Tobago (ranked 172nd vs. 166th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 114/197 ($26.4B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Trinidad and Tobago ranks 60/197 ($19,315).

Main facts and rankings

Sao Tome Trinidad
Population
244055
1372940
Population rank 176/197 154/197
GDP
$764M
2024
$26.4B
2024
GDP rank 189/197 114/197
GDP per capita
$3,245
2024
$19,315
2024
GDP per capita rank 138/197 60/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,230
2024
$36,021
2024
Government debt
$332M
2024
$17B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
37.3%
2025
67.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,410
2024
$12,454
2024
Government debt per person rank 133/185 45/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,715
2025
$11,432
2025
Land area
371 sq mi
2025
1,981 sq mi
2025
Population density
635 ppl/mi²
2024
691 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.64
2023
1.53
2023
Median age
20.3 years
2024
38.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
73.7 years
2025

Sao Tome and Principe and Trinidad and Tobago: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Trinidad and Tobago economies compared

GDP
Sao Tome and Principe

Trinidad and Tobago
Year GDP
Sao Tome Trinidad
1960 - $535,673,252
1961 - $584,964,621
1962 - $619,322,810
1963 - $678,239,329
1964 - $711,897,520
1965 - $736,573,159
1966 - $723,739,857
1967 - $761,981,912
1968 - $758,899,950
1969 - $779,200,000
1970 $37,211,826 $821,850,000
1971 $37,288,845 $896,765,215
1972 $41,430,257 $1,083,391,758
1973 $56,011,245 $1,308,785,431
1974 $57,817,591 $2,042,001,071
1975 $60,101,710 $2,442,669,825
1976 $52,039,421 $2,500,424,955
1977 $49,207,692 $3,138,666,667
1978 $55,044,563 $3,562,333,458
1979 $65,755,928 $4,602,416,625
1980 $81,662,231 $6,235,833,333
1981 $83,499,264 $6,992,083,333
1982 $80,307,763 $8,140,416,667
1983 $75,110,289 $7,763,750,000
1984 $78,213,796 $7,757,083,333
1985 $82,733,069 $7,375,918,367
1986 $115,928,907 $4,794,444,444
1987 $115,952,925 $4,797,777,778
1988 $99,000,764 $4,496,910,569
1989 $98,545,367 $4,323,058,824
1990 $119,297,933 $5,068,000,000
1991 $107,484,143 $5,307,905,882
1992 $94,861,781 $5,439,552,941
1993 $125,742,229 $4,669,491,134
1994 $131,338,415 $4,947,181,646
1995 $103,695,237 $5,329,217,747
1996 $135,188,166 $5,759,570,336
1997 $91,920,274 $5,737,771,523
1998 $72,285,404 $6,043,686,654
1999 $77,302,212 $6,808,982,521
2000 $76,198,395 $8,154,342,116
2001 $75,951,133 $8,824,849,191
2002 $85,171,074 $9,008,298,229
2003 $102,085,769 $11,305,459,802
2004 $114,582,284 $13,280,291,990
2005 $136,450,662 $15,982,389,018
2006 $142,775,104 $18,369,361,094
2007 $149,146,919 $21,641,620,050
2008 $188,021,165 $27,871,587,350
2009 $200,668,065 $19,172,165,226
2010 $190,021,192 $22,157,920,592
2011 $226,455,001 $25,433,007,437
2012 $229,371,348 $27,147,349,937
2013 $267,041,748 $28,560,536,917
2014 $293,119,143 $29,474,180,442
2015 $259,999,643 $26,841,143,095
2016 $292,267,272 $23,624,333,664
2017 $322,002,845 $23,847,765,529
2018 $383,717,328 $23,888,910,152
2019 $412,976,083 $23,588,037,787
2020 $471,229,485 $20,991,339,707
2021 $524,402,456 $24,177,305,760
2022 $540,809,499 $28,510,328,245
2023 $678,976,265 $25,489,373,405
2024 $764,274,043 $26,428,963,758

Sao Tome and Principe and Trinidad and Tobago economies compared

GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe

Trinidad and Tobago
Year GDP per capita
Sao Tome Trinidad
1960 - $634
1961 - $678
1962 - $704
1963 - $756
1964 - $780
1965 - $793
1966 - $768
1967 - $797
1968 - $783
1969 - $795
1970 $479 $829
1971 $470 $894
1972 $511 $1,067
1973 $676 $1,273
1974 $683 $1,962
1975 $693 $2,319
1976 $585 $2,345
1977 $539 $2,907
1978 $587 $3,258
1979 $683 $4,155
1980 $829 $5,559
1981 $830 $6,160
1982 $783 $7,091
1983 $720 $6,690
1984 $735 $6,613
1985 $761 $6,212
1986 $1,043 $3,985
1987 $1,018 $3,941
1988 $847 $3,656
1989 $821 $3,482
1990 $970 $4,047
1991 $855 $4,205
1992 $740 $4,277
1993 $964 $3,647
1994 $990 $3,840
1995 $769 $4,115
1996 $987 $4,427
1997 $662 $4,394
1998 $514 $4,613
1999 $543 $5,179
2000 $529 $6,179
2001 $519 $6,657
2002 $568 $6,763
2003 $664 $8,445
2004 $727 $9,871
2005 $844 $12,346
2006 $862 $14,153
2007 $879 $16,607
2008 $1,082 $21,299
2009 $1,128 $14,634
2010 $1,045 $16,815
2011 $1,220 $19,151
2012 $1,211 $20,332
2013 $1,383 $21,305
2014 $1,490 $21,908
2015 $1,298 $19,887
2016 $1,435 $17,449
2017 $1,556 $17,579
2018 $1,826 $17,576
2019 $1,935 $17,293
2020 $2,167 $15,359
2021 $2,363 $17,679
2022 $2,390 $20,874
2023 $2,941 $18,639
2024 $3,245 $19,315

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Trinidad and Tobago life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sao Tome and Principe

Trinidad and Tobago
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Trinidad
1950 39.1 57
1951 39.1 57.3
1952 39.1 57.7
1953 39.1 58.3
1954 39.2 59.1
1955 39.3 59.7
1956 39.5 60.3
1957 40.1 60.7
1958 41 61.4
1959 42.1 61.9
1960 43.6 62.5
1961 45.2 63
1962 46.8 63.4
1963 48.4 63.6
1964 49.7 64
1965 51.1 64.2
1966 52.3 64.3
1967 53.4 64.5
1968 54.5 64.6
1969 55.4 64.8
1970 56.3 64.9
1971 57 64.9
1972 57.4 65.2
1973 57.9 65.4
1974 58.3 65.5
1975 58.6 65.6
1976 58.8 66
1977 59 66.2
1978 59.1 66.2
1979 59.3 66.4
1980 59.4 66.5
1981 59.4 66.5
1982 59.5 66.4
1983 59.7 66.4
1984 59.9 66.6
1985 60.1 66.7
1986 57.6 66.9
1987 60.7 67.1
1988 60.8 67.4
1989 59.7 67.5
1990 60.7 67.6
1991 60.8 67.8
1992 60.7 67.8
1993 60.6 67.8
1994 60.6 67.8
1995 60.5 68
1996 60.6 68
1997 60.6 68.1
1998 60.8 68.3
1999 61 68.5
2000 61.2 68.6
2001 61.5 68.9
2002 61.8 69.2
2003 62.2 69.5
2004 62.6 69.9
2005 62.4 70.2
2006 63 70.4
2007 63.3 70.8
2008 63.4 71.1
2009 63.7 71.4
2010 63.9 71.8
2011 64.1 72.2
2012 64.5 72.5
2013 64.9 72.8
2014 65.5 72.9
2015 66 72.9
2016 66.6 72.9
2017 67.1 73
2018 67.6 72.7
2019 68 72.8
2020 68 72.6
2021 68 71.1
2022 69.2 73.3
2023 69.7 73.5
2024 69.9 73.6
2025 70.1 73.7

Sao Tome and Principe and Trinidad and Tobago population clocks and comparison

Population
Sao Tome and Principe

Trinidad and Tobago
Year Population
Sao Tome Trinidad
1960 68,012 844,943
1961 68,707 863,144
1962 69,403 880,194
1963 70,112 896,804
1964 70,865 912,963
1965 71,680 928,425
1966 72,576 942,937
1967 73,596 956,418
1968 74,765 969,006
1969 76,083 980,706
1970 77,626 991,471
1971 79,330 1,002,585
1972 81,041 1,014,921
1973 82,798 1,027,851
1974 84,672 1,040,761
1975 86,708 1,053,469
1976 88,922 1,066,311
1977 91,301 1,079,554
1978 93,794 1,093,380
1979 96,252 1,107,639
1980 98,544 1,121,744
1981 100,615 1,135,132
1982 102,508 1,147,927
1983 104,380 1,160,534
1984 106,394 1,172,984
1985 108,658 1,187,366
1986 111,150 1,203,124
1987 113,919 1,217,364
1988 116,939 1,230,069
1989 119,979 1,241,600
1990 122,980 1,252,208
1991 125,697 1,262,171
1992 128,110 1,271,674
1993 130,467 1,280,466
1994 132,732 1,288,341
1995 134,895 1,295,169
1996 136,962 1,300,928
1997 138,922 1,305,836
1998 140,751 1,310,225
1999 142,442 1,314,708
2000 144,018 1,319,774
2001 146,375 1,325,567
2002 149,922 1,332,011
2003 153,814 1,338,709
2004 157,705 1,345,380
2005 161,639 1,294,494
2006 165,638 1,297,944
2007 169,700 1,303,188
2008 173,793 1,308,587
2009 177,853 1,310,106
2010 181,802 1,317,714
2011 185,649 1,328,019
2012 189,439 1,335,194
2013 193,148 1,340,557
2014 196,767 1,345,343
2015 200,291 1,349,667
2016 203,689 1,353,895
2017 206,970 1,356,633
2018 210,187 1,359,193
2019 213,392 1,363,985
2020 217,435 1,366,725
2021 221,961 1,367,558
2022 226,305 1,365,805
2023 230,871 1,367,510
2024 235,536 1,368,333

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate
Sao Tome and Principe

Trinidad and Tobago
Year Fertility rate
Sao Tome Trinidad
1960 6.24 5.41
1961 6.26 5.41
1962 6.28 5.36
1963 6.31 5.24
1964 6.33 5.08
1965 6.35 4.88
1966 6.37 4.62
1967 6.39 4.35
1968 6.42 4.11
1969 6.44 3.86
1970 6.47 3.71
1971 6.49 3.61
1972 6.51 3.55
1973 6.53 3.47
1974 6.53 3.32
1975 6.53 3.21
1976 6.52 3.14
1977 6.5 3.12
1978 6.47 3.13
1979 6.43 3.13
1980 6.39 3.15
1981 6.33 3.13
1982 6.28 3.11
1983 6.22 3.07
1984 6.16 3.02
1985 6.1 2.99
1986 6.05 2.9
1987 5.99 2.78
1988 5.94 2.65
1989 5.88 2.53
1990 5.83 2.39
1991 5.77 2.29
1992 5.7 2.21
1993 5.64 2.13
1994 5.56 2.06
1995 5.55 1.97
1996 5.47 1.89
1997 5.4 1.83
1998 5.3 1.78
1999 5.23 1.76
2000 5.16 1.73
2001 5.1 1.71
2002 5.06 1.67
2003 5.01 1.65
2004 4.96 1.63
2005 4.94 1.63
2006 4.93 1.62
2007 4.96 1.62
2008 4.91 1.62
2009 4.84 1.62
2010 4.77 1.61
2011 4.72 1.61
2012 4.66 1.61
2013 4.58 1.6
2014 4.49 1.6
2015 4.35 1.6
2016 4.2 1.6
2017 4.07 1.59
2018 3.98 1.59
2019 3.9 1.58
2020 3.83 1.57
2021 3.76 1.56
2022 3.7 1.54
2023 3.64 1.53

Sao Tome and Principe and Trinidad and Tobago demographics compared

Median age
Sao Tome and Principe

Trinidad and Tobago
Year Median age, years
Sao Tome Trinidad
1960 24.2 18.5
1961 24.3 18.4
1962 24.1 18.4
1963 23.5 18.3
1964 22.4 18.3
1965 21 18.3
1966 19.5 18.4
1967 18.5 18.4
1968 17.7 18.5
1969 17.2 18.6
1970 16.9 18.8
1971 16.9 19.1
1972 17 19.3
1973 17 19.6
1974 17.1 19.9
1975 17.1 20.2
1976 17.1 20.6
1977 17.2 20.8
1978 17.2 21.1
1979 17.3 21.4
1980 17.3 21.7
1981 17.4 21.9
1982 17.4 22.2
1983 17.4 22.4
1984 17.4 22.6
1985 17.4 22.8
1986 17.4 23.1
1987 17.4 23.3
1988 17.4 23.6
1989 17.4 23.9
1990 17.4 24.2
1991 17.3 24.5
1992 17.3 24.8
1993 17.2 25.1
1994 17.2 25.3
1995 17.3 25.6
1996 17.3 26
1997 17.4 26.4
1998 17.5 26.7
1999 17.7 27.1
2000 17.9 27.5
2001 18 27.9
2002 18.1 28.3
2003 18.3 28.7
2004 18.4 29.1
2005 18.5 29.5
2006 18.6 29.8
2007 18.7 30.3
2008 18.7 30.7
2009 18.7 31.2
2010 18.8 31.7
2011 18.9 32.1
2012 18.9 32.6
2013 18.9 33.1
2014 18.9 33.5
2015 19 34
2016 19 34.4
2017 19.1 34.9
2018 19.3 35.3
2019 19.4 35.7
2020 19.5 36.3
2021 19.7 36.8
2022 19.9 37.2
2023 20.1 37.7
2024 20.3 38.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sao Tome Trinidad
GNI, Atlas method
$653M
2024
$27.4B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.5%
2025
32.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.03%
2023
3.01%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
0.89%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
1999
5,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.56%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.81%
2017
3.36%
2023
Services, % of GDP
76.6%
2024
59.9%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
2.91%
2024
35%
2023
Economic freedom index
60.4
2025
63.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.8%
2017
29.9%
1992
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
2.1%
1992
Listed domestic companies n/a
26
2001
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$3.89B
2001
Total reserves including gold
$46.2M
2023
$5.6B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10M
2024
$199M
2024
International tourist arrivals
33,400
2018
141,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
73.2%
2018
2.34%
2020
Banked people share n/a
74.6%
2024

Energy

Sao Tome Trinidad
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
259.3 kg
2007
11,038 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2007
$2.99
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.21 megatons
2023
27.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
19.9 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
99.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
42.5%
2022
0.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
0%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-75.5%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
6,591 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.06%
2021
0.07%
2021
Hydroelectric share
5.85%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
81.3%
2023
98.7%
2023

Society

Sao Tome Trinidad
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-604
2024
+1,334
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
53.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.77 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.36 ft
2025
Quality of life index
32.1
2025
46.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
41
2024
Higher education index n/a
21
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2011
39.5
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.9
2019
9.3
2019
Visa free countries
71
2025
142
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.8%
2022
97.9%
2000
English speaking
4.9%
2025
87.7%
2023
People using the Internet
61.5%
2023
84.7%
2023

Health

Sao Tome Trinidad
Government health expenditure per capita
$180.3
2022
$1,292
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.6
2022
$636
2022
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
73.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
30.9%
2022
0.04%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.49
2019
3.41
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.4 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
54
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.9
2023
19.1
2023
Obesity rate
17.2%
2022
28.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.1%
2024
12.4%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
86
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.8%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.79 liters
2020
6.03 liters
2020

Territory

Sao Tome Trinidad
% of world land
0.0006%
2025
0.003%
2025
Land area per capita
1,574 sq mi
2024
1,448 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
166 sq mi
2025
208.5 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193.2 sq mi
2025
876 sq mi
2025
Roads length
808 mi
2018
n/a

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