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Sao Tome and Principe vs Tunisia statistics compared

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Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 12.3M in Tunisia (ranked 80/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 59,985 sq mi for Tunisia (ranked 172nd vs. 91st).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Tunisia ranks 90/197 ($53.4B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Tunisia ranks 127/197 ($4,350).

Main facts and rankings

Sao Tome Tunisia
Population
244055
12402051
Population rank 176/197 80/197
GDP
$764M
2024
$53.4B
2024
GDP rank 189/197 90/197
GDP per capita
$3,245
2024
$4,350
2024
GDP per capita rank 138/197 127/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,230
2024
$14,451
2024
Government debt
$332M
2024
$44.4B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
37.3%
2025
82.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,410
2024
$3,617
2024
Government debt per person rank 133/185 95/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,715
2025
$4,061
2025
Land area
371 sq mi
2025
59,985 sq mi
2025
Population density
635 ppl/mi²
2024
204.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.64
2023
1.83
2023
Median age
20.3 years
2024
33.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
76.9 years
2025

Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia economies compared

GDP
Sao Tome and Principe

Tunisia
Year GDP
Sao Tome Tunisia
1961 - $866,155,429
1962 - $880,027,733
1963 - $1,026,737,600
1964 - $1,025,866,792
1965 - $991,047,619
1966 - $1,040,952,381
1967 - $1,085,714,286
1968 - $1,214,666,667
1969 - $1,289,904,762
1970 $37,211,826 $1,439,238,095
1971 $37,288,845 $1,685,162,272
1972 $41,430,257 $2,237,556,149
1973 $56,011,245 $2,730,813,385
1974 $57,817,591 $3,545,868,575
1975 $60,101,710 $4,328,965,588
1976 $52,039,421 $4,508,191,942
1977 $49,207,692 $5,109,324,009
1978 $55,044,563 $5,968,460,080
1979 $65,755,928 $7,188,863,904
1980 $81,662,231 $8,744,134,354
1981 $83,499,264 $8,428,445,294
1982 $80,307,763 $8,133,580,052
1983 $75,110,289 $8,350,582,748
1984 $78,213,796 $8,254,541,195
1985 $82,733,069 $8,410,226,053
1986 $115,928,907 $9,017,806,654
1987 $115,952,925 $9,696,715,911
1988 $99,000,764 $10,096,245,762
1989 $98,545,367 $10,101,851,745
1990 $119,297,933 $12,290,568,182
1991 $107,484,143 $13,074,782,609
1992 $94,861,781 $15,496,708,060
1993 $125,742,229 $14,608,335,608
1994 $131,338,415 $15,633,174,304
1995 $103,695,237 $18,030,876,599
1996 $135,188,166 $19,587,161,807
1997 $91,920,274 $20,746,210,354
1998 $72,285,404 $21,802,893,587
1999 $77,302,212 $22,943,202,175
2000 $76,198,395 $21,473,528,161
2001 $75,951,133 $22,065,832,449
2002 $85,171,074 $23,141,616,605
2003 $102,085,769 $27,453,902,261
2004 $114,582,284 $31,183,885,241
2005 $136,450,662 $32,272,186,695
2006 $142,775,104 $34,376,664,601
2007 $149,146,919 $38,915,353,867
2008 $188,021,165 $44,859,439,902
2009 $200,668,065 $43,455,740,497
2010 $190,021,192 $46,206,091,938
2011 $226,455,001 $48,123,325,825
2012 $229,371,348 $47,311,401,813
2013 $267,041,748 $48,685,446,414
2014 $293,119,143 $50,271,812,921
2015 $259,999,643 $45,779,494,042
2016 $292,267,272 $44,360,072,680
2017 $322,002,845 $42,163,530,591
2018 $383,717,328 $42,686,504,460
2019 $412,976,083 $41,905,642,419
2020 $471,229,485 $42,491,780,918
2021 $524,402,456 $47,073,234,359
2022 $540,809,499 $44,948,769,171
2023 $678,976,265 $48,196,281,784
2024 $764,274,043 $53,409,988,745

Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia economies compared

GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe

Tunisia
Year GDP per capita
Sao Tome Tunisia
1961 - $200.7
1962 - $201.4
1963 - $231.9
1964 - $228.5
1965 - $217.3
1966 - $223.8
1967 - $228
1968 - $248.9
1969 - $257.7
1970 $479 $280.5
1971 $470 $320
1972 $511 $415
1973 $676 $493
1974 $683 $624
1975 $693 $741
1976 $585 $752
1977 $539 $830
1978 $587 $946
1979 $683 $1,113
1980 $829 $1,324
1981 $830 $1,247
1982 $783 $1,177
1983 $720 $1,184
1984 $735 $1,143
1985 $761 $1,135
1986 $1,043 $1,187
1987 $1,018 $1,245
1988 $847 $1,266
1989 $821 $1,239
1990 $970 $1,476
1991 $855 $1,538
1992 $740 $1,785
1993 $964 $1,649
1994 $990 $1,733
1995 $769 $1,968
1996 $987 $2,107
1997 $662 $2,202
1998 $514 $2,285
1999 $543 $2,376
2000 $529 $2,199
2001 $519 $2,236
2002 $568 $2,321
2003 $664 $2,726
2004 $727 $3,067
2005 $844 $3,147
2006 $862 $3,323
2007 $879 $3,727
2008 $1,082 $4,255
2009 $1,128 $4,080
2010 $1,045 $4,292
2011 $1,220 $4,421
2012 $1,211 $4,297
2013 $1,383 $4,370
2014 $1,490 $4,459
2015 $1,298 $4,015
2016 $1,435 $3,848
2017 $1,556 $3,619
2018 $1,826 $3,628
2019 $1,935 $3,529
2020 $2,167 $3,549
2021 $2,363 $3,907
2022 $2,390 $3,709
2023 $2,941 $3,950
2024 $3,245 $4,350

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Tunisia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sao Tome and Principe

Tunisia
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Tunisia
1950 39.1 38.2
1951 39.1 38.7
1952 39.1 39.3
1953 39.1 39.7
1954 39.2 40
1955 39.3 40.8
1956 39.5 41.3
1957 40.1 42.1
1958 41 42.7
1959 42.1 43.4
1960 43.6 44
1961 45.2 44.3
1962 46.8 45.6
1963 48.4 46.4
1964 49.7 47.3
1965 51.1 48.2
1966 52.3 49.2
1967 53.4 50.2
1968 54.5 51.3
1969 55.4 52.3
1970 56.3 53.8
1971 57 54.9
1972 57.4 56.1
1973 57.9 57.1
1974 58.3 58.3
1975 58.6 59.3
1976 58.8 60.3
1977 59 61.3
1978 59.1 62.1
1979 59.3 62.9
1980 59.4 63.7
1981 59.4 64.4
1982 59.5 65
1983 59.7 65.7
1984 59.9 66.3
1985 60.1 66.9
1986 57.6 67.4
1987 60.7 68
1988 60.8 68.5
1989 59.7 68.8
1990 60.7 69.1
1991 60.8 69.4
1992 60.7 69.7
1993 60.6 70
1994 60.6 70.4
1995 60.5 70.8
1996 60.6 71.2
1997 60.6 71.7
1998 60.8 72.1
1999 61 72.3
2000 61.2 72.6
2001 61.5 72.8
2002 61.8 73.1
2003 62.2 73.3
2004 62.6 73.5
2005 62.4 73.7
2006 63 73.9
2007 63.3 74
2008 63.4 74.2
2009 63.7 74.3
2010 63.9 74.4
2011 64.1 74.5
2012 64.5 74.6
2013 64.9 74.7
2014 65.5 74.8
2015 66 74.9
2016 66.6 75
2017 67.1 75.2
2018 67.6 75.4
2019 68 75.6
2020 68 75
2021 68 72.9
2022 69.2 76.1
2023 69.7 76.5
2024 69.9 76.7
2025 70.1 76.9

Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia population clocks and comparison

Population
Sao Tome and Principe

Tunisia
Year Population
Sao Tome Tunisia
1960 68,012 4,267,288
1961 68,707 4,316,278
1962 69,403 4,369,136
1963 70,112 4,427,131
1964 70,865 4,489,869
1965 71,680 4,561,385
1966 72,576 4,652,287
1967 73,596 4,760,970
1968 74,765 4,879,899
1969 76,083 5,004,697
1970 77,626 5,131,396
1971 79,330 5,261,658
1972 81,041 5,396,557
1973 82,798 5,537,242
1974 84,672 5,684,674
1975 86,708 5,839,262
1976 88,922 5,996,994
1977 91,301 6,155,931
1978 93,794 6,309,390
1979 96,252 6,456,419
1980 98,544 6,606,195
1981 100,615 6,758,284
1982 102,508 6,908,642
1983 104,380 7,053,800
1984 106,394 7,220,044
1985 108,658 7,409,903
1986 111,150 7,600,301
1987 113,919 7,789,987
1988 116,939 7,974,440
1989 119,979 8,151,660
1990 122,980 8,324,509
1991 125,697 8,501,827
1992 128,110 8,682,512
1993 130,467 8,857,910
1994 132,732 9,018,448
1995 134,895 9,161,258
1996 136,962 9,294,432
1997 138,922 9,421,270
1998 140,751 9,541,667
1999 142,442 9,655,963
2000 144,018 9,764,935
2001 146,375 9,869,677
2002 149,922 9,971,515
2003 153,814 10,071,632
2004 157,705 10,166,163
2005 161,639 10,255,472
2006 165,638 10,346,410
2007 169,700 10,441,702
2008 173,793 10,542,635
2009 177,853 10,650,681
2010 181,802 10,765,980
2011 185,649 10,886,035
2012 189,439 11,009,647
2013 193,148 11,141,361
2014 196,767 11,274,288
2015 200,291 11,402,264
2016 203,689 11,528,674
2017 206,970 11,650,498
2018 210,187 11,765,514
2019 213,392 11,875,081
2020 217,435 11,974,057
2021 221,961 12,048,622
2022 226,305 12,119,334
2023 230,871 12,200,431
2024 235,536 12,277,109

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia

Fertility rate
Sao Tome and Principe

Tunisia
Year Fertility rate
Sao Tome Tunisia
1960 6.24 7.16
1961 6.26 7.16
1962 6.28 7.17
1963 6.31 7.17
1964 6.33 7.17
1965 6.35 7.11
1966 6.37 7.06
1967 6.39 6.95
1968 6.42 6.81
1969 6.44 6.62
1970 6.47 6.43
1971 6.49 6.29
1972 6.51 6.19
1973 6.53 6.12
1974 6.53 6.05
1975 6.53 5.97
1976 6.52 5.87
1977 6.5 5.68
1978 6.47 5.4
1979 6.43 5.18
1980 6.39 5.03
1981 6.33 5.02
1982 6.28 4.89
1983 6.22 4.77
1984 6.16 4.66
1985 6.1 4.52
1986 6.05 4.36
1987 5.99 4.1
1988 5.94 3.83
1989 5.88 3.57
1990 5.83 3.44
1991 5.77 3.31
1992 5.7 3.19
1993 5.64 3.06
1994 5.56 2.87
1995 5.55 2.67
1996 5.47 2.49
1997 5.4 2.34
1998 5.3 2.2
1999 5.23 2.08
2000 5.16 2.03
2001 5.1 1.98
2002 5.06 1.94
2003 5.01 1.96
2004 4.96 1.95
2005 4.94 1.95
2006 4.93 1.95
2007 4.96 1.96
2008 4.91 1.98
2009 4.84 2
2010 4.77 2.08
2011 4.72 2.19
2012 4.66 2.28
2013 4.58 2.31
2014 4.49 2.32
2015 4.35 2.31
2016 4.2 2.28
2017 4.07 2.21
2018 3.98 2.13
2019 3.9 2.1
2020 3.83 2
2021 3.76 1.8
2022 3.7 1.85
2023 3.64 1.83

Sao Tome and Principe and Tunisia demographics compared

Median age
Sao Tome and Principe

Tunisia
Year Median age, years
Sao Tome Tunisia
1960 24.2 18.4
1961 24.3 18.3
1962 24.1 18.2
1963 23.5 18.1
1964 22.4 18
1965 21 17.9
1966 19.5 17.8
1967 18.5 17.7
1968 17.7 17.6
1969 17.2 17.5
1970 16.9 17.6
1971 16.9 17.6
1972 17 17.6
1973 17 17.7
1974 17.1 17.8
1975 17.1 17.8
1976 17.1 17.9
1977 17.2 18
1978 17.2 18.1
1979 17.3 18.3
1980 17.3 18.5
1981 17.4 18.7
1982 17.4 19
1983 17.4 19.2
1984 17.4 19.5
1985 17.4 19.7
1986 17.4 19.9
1987 17.4 20.2
1988 17.4 20.4
1989 17.4 20.7
1990 17.4 21
1991 17.3 21.2
1992 17.3 21.5
1993 17.2 21.8
1994 17.2 22.1
1995 17.3 22.5
1996 17.3 22.9
1997 17.4 23.2
1998 17.5 23.6
1999 17.7 24
2000 17.9 24.4
2001 18 24.8
2002 18.1 25.3
2003 18.3 25.7
2004 18.4 26.2
2005 18.5 26.7
2006 18.6 27.2
2007 18.7 27.6
2008 18.7 28.1
2009 18.7 28.5
2010 18.8 28.9
2011 18.9 29.2
2012 18.9 29.5
2013 18.9 29.8
2014 18.9 30.1
2015 19 30.4
2016 19 30.8
2017 19.1 31.1
2018 19.3 31.4
2019 19.4 31.7
2020 19.5 32
2021 19.7 32.4
2022 19.9 32.8
2023 20.1 33.2
2024 20.3 33.5

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Finance

Sao Tome Tunisia
GNI, Atlas method
$653M
2024
$47.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.5%
2025
32.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.03%
2023
6.73%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.36%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
1999
48,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.56%
2025
-5.43%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.81%
2017
15.1%
2023
Services, % of GDP
76.6%
2024
62.1%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
2.91%
2024
23.6%
2023
Economic freedom index
60.4
2025
49.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.8%
2017
27%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
3.1%
2021
Listed domestic companies n/a
74
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$8.3B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$46.2M
2023
$9.34B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10M
2024
$3.26B
2024
International tourist arrivals
33,400
2018
2,012,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
73.2%
2018
8.96%
2020
Banked people share n/a
37.8%
2024

Energy

Sao Tome Tunisia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
259.3 kg
2007
956 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2007
$14.2
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.21 megatons
2023
31.5 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
2.58 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
86.8%
2022
Renewable energy use share
42.5%
2022
11.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.05%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
53.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,595 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.06%
2021
2.82%
2021
Hydroelectric share
5.85%
2021
0.07%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
81.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Sao Tome Tunisia
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.15%
2024
Annual migration change
-604
2024
-15,221
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
70.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.8 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
32.1
2025
48.8
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
39
2024
Higher education index n/a
41
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2011
4.62
2020
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.9
2019
16.5
2019
Visa free countries
71
2025
79
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.8%
2022
86.3%
2023
English speaking
4.9%
2025
8%
2025
People using the Internet
61.5%
2023
72.4%
2023

Health

Sao Tome Tunisia
Government health expenditure per capita
$180.3
2022
$265.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.6
2022
$90
2022
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
76.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
30.9%
2022
4.38%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.49
2019
1.29
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.4 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
36
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.9
2023
12.9
2023
Obesity rate
17.2%
2022
27.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.1%
2024
16%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
74
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.8%
2022
20.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.79 liters
2020
1.71 liters
2020

Territory

Sao Tome Tunisia
% of world land
0.0006%
2025
0.1%
2025
Land area per capita
1,574 sq mi
2024
4,886 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
166 sq mi
2025
37,454 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193.2 sq mi
2025
2,731 sq mi
2025
Roads length
808 mi
2018
12,272 mi
2023

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