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Sao Tome and Principe vs Turkey statistics compared

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Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 172nd vs. 36th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Main facts and rankings

Sao Tome Turkey
Population
244055
85914550
Population rank 176/197 18/197
GDP
$764M
2024
$1.32T
2024
GDP rank 189/197 17/197
GDP per capita
$3,245
2024
$15,473
2024
GDP per capita rank 138/197 68/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,230
2024
$43,932
2024
Government debt
$332M
2024
$344B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
37.3%
2025
26.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,410
2024
$4,019
2024
Government debt per person rank 133/185 91/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,715
2025
$9,587
2025
Land area
371 sq mi
2025
297,156 sq mi
2025
Population density
635 ppl/mi²
2024
287.8 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.64
2023
1.51
2023
Median age
20.3 years
2024
34 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
77.8 years
2025

Sao Tome and Principe and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Turkey economies compared

GDP
Sao Tome and Principe

Turkey
Year GDP
Sao Tome Turkey
1960 - $7,566,666,667
1961 - $7,988,888,889
1962 - $8,922,222,222
1963 - $10,355,555,556
1964 - $11,177,777,778
1965 - $11,966,666,667
1966 - $14,100,000,000
1967 - $15,644,444,444
1968 - $17,500,000,000
1969 - $19,466,666,667
1970 $37,211,826 $17,863,636,364
1971 $37,288,845 $16,166,666,667
1972 $41,430,257 $20,650,000,000
1973 $56,011,245 $26,000,000,000
1974 $57,817,591 $35,414,285,714
1975 $60,101,710 $46,042,857,143
1976 $52,039,421 $51,450,000,000
1977 $49,207,692 $58,683,333,333
1978 $55,044,563 $65,912,500,000
1979 $65,755,928 $89,616,129,032
1980 $81,662,231 $68,823,684,211
1981 $83,499,264 $71,180,180,180
1982 $80,307,763 $64,369,325,153
1983 $75,110,289 $61,803,555,556
1984 $78,213,796 $59,937,602,180
1985 $82,733,069 $67,232,758,621
1986 $115,928,907 $75,673,037,037
1987 $115,952,925 $87,190,081,680
1988 $99,000,764 $90,875,175,809
1989 $98,545,367 $107,127,191,329
1990 $119,297,933 $150,655,500,192
1991 $107,484,143 $151,034,731,544
1992 $94,861,781 $159,104,772,992
1993 $125,742,229 $180,415,757,852
1994 $131,338,415 $130,650,447,499
1995 $103,695,237 $169,319,579,016
1996 $135,188,166 $181,464,408,820
1997 $91,920,274 $189,878,399,895
1998 $72,285,404 $275,941,990,764
1999 $77,302,212 $256,395,932,738
2000 $76,198,395 $274,294,623,164
2001 $75,951,133 $201,753,123,807
2002 $85,171,074 $240,249,071,871
2003 $102,085,769 $314,595,572,146
2004 $114,582,284 $408,865,430,220
2005 $136,450,662 $506,314,717,662
2006 $142,775,104 $557,076,157,773
2007 $149,146,919 $681,321,124,296
2008 $188,021,165 $770,449,132,861
2009 $200,668,065 $649,289,324,628
2010 $190,021,192 $776,967,266,306
2011 $226,455,001 $838,785,289,694
2012 $229,371,348 $880,555,885,492
2013 $267,041,748 $957,799,120,008
2014 $293,119,143 $938,934,609,297
2015 $259,999,643 $864,313,810,469
2016 $292,267,272 $869,682,881,593
2017 $322,002,845 $858,988,492,854
2018 $383,717,328 $778,972,108,041
2019 $412,976,083 $761,005,915,751
2020 $471,229,485 $720,338,490,327
2021 $524,402,456 $819,865,223,976
2022 $540,809,499 $907,118,434,654
2023 $678,976,265 $1,118,252,958,514
2024 $764,274,043 $1,323,254,808,059

Sao Tome and Principe and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe

Turkey
Year GDP per capita
Sao Tome Turkey
1960 - $267.1
1961 - $274.4
1962 - $298.2
1963 - $337
1964 - $354
1965 - $370
1966 - $425
1967 - $459
1968 - $501
1969 - $544
1970 $479 $488
1971 $470 $431
1972 $511 $537
1973 $676 $661
1974 $683 $881
1975 $693 $1,122
1976 $585 $1,228
1977 $539 $1,372
1978 $587 $1,510
1979 $683 $2,013
1980 $829 $1,516
1981 $830 $1,537
1982 $783 $1,360
1983 $720 $1,276
1984 $735 $1,209
1985 $761 $1,326
1986 $1,043 $1,461
1987 $1,018 $1,650
1988 $847 $1,686
1989 $821 $1,949
1990 $970 $2,690
1991 $855 $2,649
1992 $740 $2,744
1993 $964 $3,058
1994 $990 $2,176
1995 $769 $2,775
1996 $987 $2,929
1997 $662 $3,021
1998 $514 $4,330
1999 $543 $3,969
2000 $529 $4,192
2001 $519 $3,046
2002 $568 $3,583
2003 $664 $4,638
2004 $727 $5,961
2005 $844 $7,303
2006 $862 $7,953
2007 $879 $9,711
2008 $1,082 $10,844
2009 $1,128 $9,013
2010 $1,045 $10,623
2011 $1,220 $11,301
2012 $1,211 $11,713
2013 $1,383 $12,578
2014 $1,490 $12,165
2015 $1,298 $11,050
2016 $1,435 $10,970
2017 $1,556 $10,696
2018 $1,826 $9,569
2019 $1,935 $9,215
2020 $2,167 $8,639
2021 $2,363 $9,743
2022 $2,390 $10,675
2023 $2,941 $13,106
2024 $3,245 $15,473

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sao Tome and Principe

Turkey
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Turkey
1950 39.1 47.3
1951 39.1 47.6
1952 39.1 48.1
1953 39.1 48.2
1954 39.2 48.8
1955 39.3 49.1
1956 39.5 49.5
1957 40.1 49.2
1958 41 49.2
1959 42.1 50.1
1960 43.6 50.8
1961 45.2 51.6
1962 46.8 52.3
1963 48.4 53.1
1964 49.7 53.6
1965 51.1 54.1
1966 52.3 54.6
1967 53.4 55.2
1968 54.5 55.6
1969 55.4 56.2
1970 56.3 56.7
1971 57 57.2
1972 57.4 58
1973 57.9 58.5
1974 58.3 59
1975 58.6 59.5
1976 58.8 60
1977 59 60.8
1978 59.1 61.6
1979 59.3 62.2
1980 59.4 62.7
1981 59.4 63.2
1982 59.5 63.7
1983 59.7 64.3
1984 59.9 64.8
1985 60.1 65.3
1986 57.6 65.9
1987 60.7 66.4
1988 60.8 66.9
1989 59.7 67.4
1990 60.7 67.8
1991 60.8 68.3
1992 60.7 68.6
1993 60.6 69
1994 60.6 69.4
1995 60.5 69.7
1996 60.6 70.2
1997 60.6 70.7
1998 60.8 71.1
1999 61 70.8
2000 61.2 71.9
2001 61.5 72.3
2002 61.8 72.6
2003 62.2 72.9
2004 62.6 73.2
2005 62.4 73.5
2006 63 73.8
2007 63.3 74.1
2008 63.4 74.4
2009 63.7 74.7
2010 63.9 75
2011 64.1 74.8
2012 64.5 75.6
2013 64.9 76.2
2014 65.5 76.5
2015 66 76.5
2016 66.6 76.6
2017 67.1 77
2018 67.6 77.5
2019 68 77.7
2020 68 76.5
2021 68 75.7
2022 69.2 77.6
2023 69.7 77.2
2024 69.9 77.4
2025 70.1 77.8

Sao Tome and Principe and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population
Sao Tome and Principe

Turkey
Year Population
Sao Tome Turkey
1960 68,012 28,329,898
1961 68,707 29,119,238
1962 69,403 29,916,147
1963 70,112 30,726,841
1964 70,865 31,543,072
1965 71,680 32,345,220
1966 72,576 33,177,672
1967 73,596 34,050,421
1968 74,765 34,921,684
1969 76,083 35,787,774
1970 77,626 36,638,465
1971 79,330 37,518,611
1972 81,041 38,430,221
1973 82,798 39,329,533
1974 84,672 40,210,234
1975 86,708 41,053,126
1976 88,922 41,899,984
1977 91,301 42,773,298
1978 93,794 43,645,306
1979 96,252 44,510,429
1980 98,544 45,408,815
1981 100,615 46,321,190
1982 102,508 47,322,096
1983 104,380 48,447,410
1984 106,394 49,574,069
1985 108,658 50,687,115
1986 111,150 51,777,772
1987 113,919 52,843,670
1988 116,939 53,909,626
1989 119,979 54,976,723
1990 122,980 56,015,628
1991 125,697 57,009,887
1992 128,110 57,990,118
1993 130,467 58,999,167
1994 132,732 60,033,836
1995 134,895 61,024,503
1996 136,962 61,951,134
1997 138,922 62,852,966
1998 140,751 63,734,383
1999 142,442 64,591,923
2000 144,018 65,425,961
2001 146,375 66,245,128
2002 149,922 67,048,795
2003 153,814 67,831,730
2004 157,705 68,592,617
2005 161,639 69,329,557
2006 165,638 70,045,349
2007 169,700 70,158,112
2008 173,793 71,051,678
2009 177,853 72,039,206
2010 181,802 73,142,150
2011 185,649 74,223,629
2012 189,439 75,175,827
2013 193,148 76,147,624
2014 196,767 77,181,884
2015 200,291 78,218,479
2016 203,689 79,277,962
2017 206,970 80,312,698
2018 210,187 81,407,204
2019 213,392 82,579,440
2020 217,435 83,384,680
2021 221,961 84,147,318
2022 226,305 84,979,913
2023 230,871 85,325,965
2024 235,536 85,518,661

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Turkey

Fertility rate
Sao Tome and Principe

Turkey
Year Fertility rate
Sao Tome Turkey
1960 6.24 6.38
1961 6.26 6.42
1962 6.28 6.38
1963 6.31 6.34
1964 6.33 6.29
1965 6.35 6.22
1966 6.37 6.15
1967 6.39 6.06
1968 6.42 5.96
1969 6.44 5.87
1970 6.47 5.78
1971 6.49 5.67
1972 6.51 5.55
1973 6.53 5.41
1974 6.53 5.24
1975 6.53 5.09
1976 6.52 4.93
1977 6.5 4.78
1978 6.47 4.69
1979 6.43 4.58
1980 6.39 4.45
1981 6.33 4.35
1982 6.28 4.21
1983 6.22 4.06
1984 6.16 3.91
1985 6.1 3.78
1986 6.05 3.66
1987 5.99 3.54
1988 5.94 3.45
1989 5.88 3.34
1990 5.83 3.11
1991 5.77 3
1992 5.7 2.94
1993 5.64 2.92
1994 5.56 2.87
1995 5.55 2.84
1996 5.47 2.78
1997 5.4 2.74
1998 5.3 2.71
1999 5.23 2.63
2000 5.16 2.49
2001 5.1 2.39
2002 5.06 2.27
2003 5.01 2.2
2004 4.96 2.2
2005 4.94 2.2
2006 4.93 2.19
2007 4.96 2.16
2008 4.91 2.15
2009 4.84 2.1
2010 4.77 2.08
2011 4.72 2.05
2012 4.66 2.11
2013 4.58 2.11
2014 4.49 2.19
2015 4.35 2.16
2016 4.2 2.11
2017 4.07 2.08
2018 3.98 2
2019 3.9 1.89
2020 3.83 1.77
2021 3.76 1.71
2022 3.7 1.63
2023 3.64 1.51

Sao Tome and Principe and Turkey demographics compared

Median age
Sao Tome and Principe

Turkey
Year Median age, years
Sao Tome Turkey
1960 24.2 19.4
1961 24.3 19.3
1962 24.1 19.1
1963 23.5 19
1964 22.4 18.9
1965 21 18.9
1966 19.5 18.8
1967 18.5 18.7
1968 17.7 18.6
1969 17.2 18.6
1970 16.9 18.6
1971 16.9 18.7
1972 17 18.8
1973 17 18.9
1974 17.1 19
1975 17.1 19.1
1976 17.1 19.3
1977 17.2 19.4
1978 17.2 19.5
1979 17.3 19.7
1980 17.3 19.8
1981 17.4 19.9
1982 17.4 20
1983 17.4 20.2
1984 17.4 20.4
1985 17.4 20.6
1986 17.4 20.9
1987 17.4 21.1
1988 17.4 21.3
1989 17.4 21.6
1990 17.4 21.8
1991 17.3 22.1
1992 17.3 22.4
1993 17.2 22.7
1994 17.2 23
1995 17.3 23.3
1996 17.3 23.6
1997 17.4 24
1998 17.5 24.3
1999 17.7 24.7
2000 17.9 25
2001 18 25.4
2002 18.1 25.8
2003 18.3 26.2
2004 18.4 26.6
2005 18.5 27
2006 18.6 27.5
2007 18.7 27.9
2008 18.7 28.3
2009 18.7 28.6
2010 18.8 29.1
2011 18.9 29.5
2012 18.9 29.8
2013 18.9 30.1
2014 18.9 30.4
2015 19 30.6
2016 19 30.9
2017 19.1 31.2
2018 19.3 31.5
2019 19.4 31.8
2020 19.5 32.3
2021 19.7 32.7
2022 19.9 33.1
2023 20.1 33.5
2024 20.3 34

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Sao Tome Turkey
GNI, Atlas method
$653M
2024
$1.12T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.5%
2025
32.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.03%
2023
3.1%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.5%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
1999
512,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.56%
2025
-4.33%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.81%
2017
8.71%
2024
Services, % of GDP
76.6%
2024
56.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
2.91%
2024
25.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.4
2025
56.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.8%
2017
35.2%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
2.1%
2022
Number of millionaires n/a
60,787
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.1%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
32
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00005%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
551
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$379B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$46.2M
2023
$155B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10M
2024
$982M
2024
International tourist arrivals
33,400
2018
15,971,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
73.2%
2018
6.63%
2020
Banked people share n/a
81.6%
2024

Energy

Sao Tome Turkey
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
259.3 kg
2007
1,850 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2007
$22.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.21 megatons
2023
438 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
5.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
81.4%
2023
Renewable energy use share
42.5%
2022
12%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
15.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
72%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,581 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
6.06%
2021
35.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
5.85%
2021
19.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
81.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Sao Tome Turkey
% of world population
0.003%
2024
1.05%
2024
Annual migration change
-604
2024
-275,952
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
77.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.31 ft
2025
Quality of life index
32.1
2025
56.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
34
2024
Higher education index n/a
75
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2011
3.23
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.9
2019
6.7
2019
Visa free countries
71
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.8%
2022
97.3%
2021
English speaking
4.9%
2025
15%
2023
People using the Internet
61.5%
2023
87.3%
2024

Health

Sao Tome Turkey
Government health expenditure per capita
$180.3
2022
$386
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.6
2022
$75.2
2022
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
77.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
30.9%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.49
2019
2.17
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.4 years
2025
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
15
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.9
2023
12.8
2023
Obesity rate
17.2%
2022
34.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.1%
2024
16.5%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
48
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.8%
2022
30.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.79 liters
2020
1.69 liters
2020

Territory

Sao Tome Turkey
% of world land
0.0006%
2025
0.52%
2025
Land area per capita
1,574 sq mi
2024
3,475 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
166 sq mi
2025
148,989 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193.2 sq mi
2025
87,600 sq mi
2025
Roads length
808 mi
2018
272,554 mi
2024

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