Skip to content

Sao Tome and Principe vs Ukraine statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 37.9M in Ukraine (ranked 41/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 223,708 sq mi for Ukraine (ranked 172nd vs. 46th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Ukraine ranks 57/197 ($191B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Ukraine ranks 118/197 ($5,038).

Main facts and rankings

Sao Tome Ukraine
Population
244055
39426577
Population rank 176/197 40/197
GDP
$764M
2024
$191B
2024
GDP rank 189/197 57/197
GDP per capita
$3,245
2024
$5,038
2024
GDP per capita rank 138/197 118/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,230
2024
$18,550
2024
Government debt
$332M
2024
$171B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
37.3%
2025
110%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,410
2024
$4,526
2024
Government debt per person rank 133/185 85/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,715
2025
$5,178
2025
Land area
371 sq mi
2025
223,708 sq mi
2025
Population density
635 ppl/mi²
2024
169.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.64
2023
0.98
2023
Median age
20.3 years
2024
43.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Sao Tome and Principe and Ukraine: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Ukraine economies compared

GDP
Sao Tome and Principe

Ukraine
Year GDP
Sao Tome Ukraine
1970 $37,211,826 -
1971 $37,288,845 -
1972 $41,430,257 -
1973 $56,011,245 -
1974 $57,817,591 -
1975 $60,101,710 -
1976 $52,039,421 -
1977 $49,207,692 -
1978 $55,044,563 -
1979 $65,755,928 -
1980 $81,662,231 -
1981 $83,499,264 -
1982 $80,307,763 -
1983 $75,110,289 -
1984 $78,213,796 -
1985 $82,733,069 -
1986 $115,928,907 -
1987 $115,952,925 $64,087,694,038
1988 $99,000,764 $74,703,517,903
1989 $98,545,367 $82,709,161,099
1990 $119,297,933 $81,393,558,423
1991 $107,484,143 $77,350,733,982
1992 $94,861,781 $73,945,908,384
1993 $125,742,229 $65,648,559,903
1994 $131,338,415 $52,549,580,265
1995 $103,695,237 $48,213,856,469
1996 $135,188,166 $44,558,831,005
1997 $91,920,274 $50,151,531,592
1998 $72,285,404 $41,882,523,345
1999 $77,302,212 $31,580,639,554
2000 $76,198,395 $32,375,083,935
2001 $75,951,133 $39,309,580,983
2002 $85,171,074 $43,956,163,612
2003 $102,085,769 $52,010,355,753
2004 $114,582,284 $67,220,154,164
2005 $136,450,662 $89,238,865,119
2006 $142,775,104 $111,884,752,475
2007 $149,146,919 $148,733,861,386
2008 $188,021,165 $188,110,390,660
2009 $200,668,065 $121,552,153,444
2010 $190,021,192 $141,209,170,427
2011 $226,455,001 $169,333,835,202
2012 $229,371,348 $182,591,753,828
2013 $267,041,748 $190,498,811,460
2014 $293,119,143 $133,503,871,862
2015 $259,999,643 $91,030,967,789
2016 $292,267,272 $93,355,869,404
2017 $322,002,845 $112,090,505,082
2018 $383,717,328 $130,891,088,294
2019 $412,976,083 $153,883,047,510
2020 $471,229,485 $156,617,722,013
2021 $524,402,456 $199,765,859,571
2022 $540,809,499 $161,989,520,721
2023 $678,976,265 $181,221,517,869
2024 $764,274,043 $190,741,263,732

Sao Tome and Principe and Ukraine economies compared

GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe

Ukraine
Year GDP per capita
Sao Tome Ukraine
1970 $479 -
1971 $470 -
1972 $511 -
1973 $676 -
1974 $683 -
1975 $693 -
1976 $585 -
1977 $539 -
1978 $587 -
1979 $683 -
1980 $829 -
1981 $830 -
1982 $783 -
1983 $720 -
1984 $735 -
1985 $761 -
1986 $1,043 -
1987 $1,018 $1,244
1988 $847 $1,444
1989 $821 $1,593
1990 $970 $1,564
1991 $855 $1,483
1992 $740 $1,413
1993 $964 $1,254
1994 $990 $1,009
1995 $769 $933
1996 $987 $870
1997 $662 $987
1998 $514 $831
1999 $543 $632
2000 $529 $653
2001 $519 $800
2002 $568 $903
2003 $664 $1,076
2004 $727 $1,401
2005 $844 $1,875
2006 $862 $2,366
2007 $879 $3,160
2008 $1,082 $4,018
2009 $1,128 $2,607
2010 $1,045 $3,040
2011 $1,220 $3,657
2012 $1,211 $3,951
2013 $1,383 $4,130
2014 $1,490 $2,904
2015 $1,298 $1,988
2016 $1,435 $2,047
2017 $1,556 $2,467
2018 $1,826 $2,895
2019 $1,935 $3,423
2020 $2,167 $3,505
2021 $2,363 $4,510
2022 $2,390 $3,946
2023 $2,941 $4,803
2024 $3,245 $5,038

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Ukraine life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sao Tome and Principe

Ukraine
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Ukraine
1950 39.1 61.2
1951 39.1 61.4
1952 39.1 62.1
1953 39.1 63
1954 39.2 64.1
1955 39.3 65.3
1956 39.5 66.3
1957 40.1 67.2
1958 41 67.7
1959 42.1 68.7
1960 43.6 69.4
1961 45.2 70
1962 46.8 70.4
1963 48.4 70.7
1964 49.7 71
1965 51.1 71.1
1966 52.3 71.2
1967 53.4 71.1
1968 54.5 71
1969 55.4 70.8
1970 56.3 70.8
1971 57 70.9
1972 57.4 71
1973 57.9 70.8
1974 58.3 70.6
1975 58.6 70.4
1976 58.8 70.1
1977 59 70
1978 59.1 69.8
1979 59.3 69.8
1980 59.4 69.8
1981 59.4 69.8
1982 59.5 69.9
1983 59.7 69.9
1984 59.9 70
1985 60.1 70.4
1986 57.6 70.8
1987 60.7 71.2
1988 60.8 71
1989 59.7 70.8
1990 60.7 70.4
1991 60.8 69.7
1992 60.7 68.9
1993 60.6 68.3
1994 60.6 67.5
1995 60.5 67.1
1996 60.6 67.1
1997 60.6 67.7
1998 60.8 68
1999 61 68
2000 61.2 67.8
2001 61.5 67.7
2002 61.8 67.7
2003 62.2 67.6
2004 62.6 67.5
2005 62.4 67.5
2006 63 67.5
2007 63.3 67.7
2008 63.4 68.3
2009 63.7 69.2
2010 63.9 70.2
2011 64.1 70.7
2012 64.5 71.1
2013 64.9 71.5
2014 65.5 71.8
2015 66 72.7
2016 66.6 73.4
2017 67.1 74
2018 67.6 73.6
2019 68 73.9
2020 68 73.3
2021 68 71.6
2022 69.2 72.7
2023 69.7 73.4
2024 69.9 74.7
2025 70.1 74.9

Sao Tome and Principe and Ukraine population clocks and comparison

Population
Sao Tome and Principe

Ukraine
Year Population
Sao Tome Ukraine
1960 68,012 42,824,093
1961 68,707 43,399,766
1962 69,403 43,943,674
1963 70,112 44,462,372
1964 70,865 44,951,156
1965 71,680 45,386,892
1966 72,576 45,802,519
1967 73,596 46,215,988
1968 74,765 46,614,325
1969 76,083 46,976,256
1970 77,626 47,261,306
1971 79,330 47,573,287
1972 81,041 47,946,893
1973 82,798 48,277,121
1974 84,672 48,576,570
1975 86,708 48,865,229
1976 88,922 49,120,842
1977 91,301 49,336,481
1978 93,794 49,521,243
1979 96,252 49,721,381
1980 98,544 49,955,152
1981 100,615 50,189,281
1982 102,508 50,402,724
1983 104,380 50,637,029
1984 106,394 50,887,599
1985 108,658 51,108,770
1986 111,150 51,318,745
1987 113,919 51,515,732
1988 116,939 51,724,853
1989 119,979 51,917,817
1990 122,980 52,054,092
1991 125,697 52,170,961
1992 128,110 52,323,671
1993 130,467 52,350,126
1994 132,732 52,075,998
1995 134,895 51,665,539
1996 136,962 51,226,109
1997 138,922 50,786,885
1998 140,751 50,379,731
1999 142,442 49,976,446
2000 144,018 49,556,660
2001 146,375 49,106,855
2002 149,922 48,677,281
2003 153,814 48,315,136
2004 157,705 47,979,507
2005 161,639 47,585,556
2006 165,638 47,278,694
2007 169,700 47,062,798
2008 173,793 46,819,175
2009 177,853 46,623,731
2010 181,802 46,456,003
2011 185,649 46,307,853
2012 189,439 46,210,056
2013 193,148 46,126,770
2014 196,767 45,972,380
2015 200,291 45,784,896
2016 203,689 45,616,832
2017 206,970 45,436,041
2018 210,187 45,208,907
2019 213,392 44,957,458
2020 217,435 44,680,014
2021 221,961 44,298,640
2022 226,305 41,048,766
2023 230,871 37,732,836
2024 235,536 37,860,221

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Ukraine

Fertility rate
Sao Tome and Principe

Ukraine
Year Fertility rate
Sao Tome Ukraine
1960 6.24 2.29
1961 6.26 2.2
1962 6.28 2.15
1963 6.31 2.11
1964 6.33 2.01
1965 6.35 1.94
1966 6.37 2.04
1967 6.39 2.04
1968 6.42 2.03
1969 6.44 2.01
1970 6.47 2.08
1971 6.49 2.11
1972 6.51 2.13
1973 6.53 2.04
1974 6.53 2.06
1975 6.53 2.05
1976 6.52 2.04
1977 6.5 1.98
1978 6.47 1.97
1979 6.43 1.96
1980 6.39 1.95
1981 6.33 1.92
1982 6.28 1.95
1983 6.22 2.1
1984 6.16 2.08
1985 6.1 2.03
1986 6.05 2.12
1987 5.99 2.07
1988 5.94 2.04
1989 5.88 1.93
1990 5.83 1.85
1991 5.77 1.77
1992 5.7 1.67
1993 5.64 1.56
1994 5.56 1.47
1995 5.55 1.4
1996 5.47 1.33
1997 5.4 1.27
1998 5.3 1.21
1999 5.23 1.13
2000 5.16 1.11
2001 5.1 1.09
2002 5.06 1.13
2003 5.01 1.17
2004 4.96 1.22
2005 4.94 1.22
2006 4.93 1.3
2007 4.96 1.34
2008 4.91 1.44
2009 4.84 1.47
2010 4.77 1.44
2011 4.72 1.46
2012 4.66 1.53
2013 4.58 1.52
2014 4.49 1.47
2015 4.35 1.39
2016 4.2 1.39
2017 4.07 1.3
2018 3.98 1.23
2019 3.9 1.22
2020 3.83 1.21
2021 3.76 1.15
2022 3.7 0.9
2023 3.64 0.98

Sao Tome and Principe and Ukraine demographics compared

Median age
Sao Tome and Principe

Ukraine
Year Median age, years
Sao Tome Ukraine
1960 24.2 29.2
1961 24.3 29.6
1962 24.1 29.7
1963 23.5 29.8
1964 22.4 29.9
1965 21 30.1
1966 19.5 30.6
1967 18.5 31.2
1968 17.7 31.6
1969 17.2 32
1970 16.9 32.3
1971 16.9 32.5
1972 17 32.8
1973 17 33.1
1974 17.1 33.4
1975 17.1 33.7
1976 17.1 34
1977 17.2 34.2
1978 17.2 34.2
1979 17.3 34
1980 17.3 33.8
1981 17.4 33.7
1982 17.4 33.7
1983 17.4 33.6
1984 17.4 33.6
1985 17.4 33.8
1986 17.4 33.9
1987 17.4 34.1
1988 17.4 34.1
1989 17.4 34.1
1990 17.4 34.3
1991 17.3 34.5
1992 17.3 34.7
1993 17.2 34.9
1994 17.2 35.2
1995 17.3 35.5
1996 17.3 35.8
1997 17.4 36.2
1998 17.5 36.5
1999 17.7 36.9
2000 17.9 37.2
2001 18 37.6
2002 18.1 37.9
2003 18.3 38.2
2004 18.4 38.4
2005 18.5 38.7
2006 18.6 38.9
2007 18.7 39.1
2008 18.7 39.2
2009 18.7 39.3
2010 18.8 39.5
2011 18.9 39.7
2012 18.9 39.8
2013 18.9 39.8
2014 18.9 40
2015 19 40.2
2016 19 40.6
2017 19.1 40.9
2018 19.3 41.2
2019 19.4 41.5
2020 19.5 41.9
2021 19.7 42.2
2022 19.9 42.5
2023 20.1 43.1
2024 20.3 43.2

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Sao Tome and Principe and Ukraine.

GDP per capita

GDP

Life expectancy

Population

Population density

Fertility rate

Median age

Land area

National statistics comparison

Finance

Sao Tome Ukraine
GNI, Atlas method
$653M
2024
$185B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.5%
2025
58%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.03%
2023
5.93%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
36.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
1,000
1999
298,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.56%
2025
-18.8%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.81%
2017
9.83%
2021
Services, % of GDP
76.6%
2024
60.6%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
2.91%
2024
19%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.4
2025
54.1
2022
Income share by richest 10%
32.8%
2017
21.7%
2020
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
4.3%
2020
Number of billionaires n/a
7
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
78
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$4.42B
2018
Total reserves including gold
$46.2M
2023
$43.8B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10M
2024
$11.9B
2024
International tourist arrivals
33,400
2018
3,382,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
73.2%
2018
1.13%
2020
Banked people share n/a
87.6%
2024

Energy

Sao Tome Ukraine
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
259.3 kg
2007
1,508 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2007
$10.9
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.21 megatons
2023
136.2 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
3.61 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
65.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
42.5%
2022
8.9%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
26.4%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
23.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,516 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
6.06%
2021
12%
2021
Hydroelectric share
5.85%
2021
11.7%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
49.4%
2023
Electricity access
81.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Sao Tome Ukraine
% of world population
0.003%
2024
0.46%
2024
Annual migration change
-604
2024
+1,146,012
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
70.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.94 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.47 ft
2025
Quality of life index
32.1
2025
49.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
35
2024
Higher education index n/a
64
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2011
3.84
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.9
2019
10.2
2019
Visa free countries
71
2025
147
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.8%
2022
100%
2021
English speaking
4.9%
2025
51%
2023
People using the Internet
61.5%
2023
82.4%
2023

Health

Sao Tome Ukraine
Government health expenditure per capita
$180.3
2022
$370
2021
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.6
2022
$167.5
2021
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
30.9%
2022
0.68%
2019
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.49
2019
2.99
2014
Age at first childbirth
19.4 years
2025
26.2 years
2025
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
8.1
2023
Obesity rate
17.2%
2022
24.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.1%
2024
6%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
73
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.8%
2022
24.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.79 liters
2020
9.24 liters
2020

Territory

Sao Tome Ukraine
% of world land
0.0006%
2025
0.39%
2025
Land area per capita
1,574 sq mi
2024
5,909 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
166 sq mi
2025
159,503 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193.2 sq mi
2025
37,483 sq mi
2025
Roads length
808 mi
2018
105,443 mi
2012

In-depth comparisons

Facts comparisons

Facts vs Sao Tome and Principe vs Ukraine
Afghanistan Compare Compare
Albania Compare Compare
Algeria Compare Compare
Andorra Compare Compare
Angola Compare Compare
Antigua Compare Compare
Argentina Compare Compare
Armenia Compare Compare
Australia Compare Compare
Austria Compare Compare
Azerbaijan Compare Compare
Bahamas Compare Compare
Bahrain Compare Compare
Bangladesh Compare Compare
Barbados Compare Compare
Belarus Compare Compare
Belgium Compare Compare
Belize Compare Compare
Benin Compare Compare
Bhutan Compare Compare
Bolivia Compare Compare
Bosnia Compare Compare
Botswana Compare Compare
Brazil Compare Compare
Brunei Compare Compare
Bulgaria Compare Compare
Burkina Faso Compare Compare
Burundi Compare Compare
Cambodia Compare Compare
Cameroon Compare Compare
Canada Compare Compare
Cape Verde Compare Compare
Cayman Islands Compare Compare
CAR Compare Compare
Chad Compare Compare
Chile Compare Compare
China Compare Compare
Colombia Compare Compare
Comoros Compare Compare
Congo Compare Compare
Costa Rica Compare Compare
Croatia Compare Compare
Cuba Compare Compare
Curacao Compare Compare
Cyprus Compare Compare
Czech Republic Compare Compare
DR Congo Compare Compare
Denmark Compare Compare
Djibouti Compare Compare
Dominica Compare Compare
Dominican Republic Compare Compare
East Timor Compare Compare
Ecuador Compare Compare
Egypt Compare Compare
El Salvador Compare Compare
Equatorial Guinea Compare Compare
Eritrea Compare Compare
Estonia Compare Compare
Eswatini Compare Compare
Ethiopia Compare Compare
Fiji Compare Compare
Finland Compare Compare
France Compare Compare
Gabon Compare Compare
Gambia Compare Compare
Georgia Compare Compare
Germany Compare Compare
Ghana Compare Compare
Greece Compare Compare
Grenada Compare Compare
Guatemala Compare Compare
Guinea Compare Compare
Guinea-Bissau Compare Compare
Guyana Compare Compare
Haiti Compare Compare
Honduras Compare Compare
Hungary Compare Compare
Iceland Compare Compare
India Compare Compare
Indonesia Compare Compare
Iran Compare Compare
Iraq Compare Compare
Ireland Compare Compare
Israel Compare Compare
Italy Compare Compare
Ivory Coast Compare Compare
Jamaica Compare Compare
Japan Compare Compare
Jordan Compare Compare
Kazakhstan Compare Compare
Kenya Compare Compare
Kiribati Compare Compare
Kuwait Compare Compare
Kyrgyzstan Compare Compare
Laos Compare Compare
Latvia Compare Compare
Lebanon Compare Compare
Lesotho Compare Compare
Liberia Compare Compare
Libya Compare Compare
Liechtenstein Compare Compare
Lithuania Compare Compare
Luxembourg Compare Compare
Madagascar Compare Compare
Malawi Compare Compare
Malaysia Compare Compare
Maldives Compare Compare
Mali Compare Compare
Malta Compare Compare
Marshall Islands Compare Compare
Mauritania Compare Compare
Mauritius Compare Compare
Mexico Compare Compare
Moldova Compare Compare
Monaco Compare Compare
Mongolia Compare Compare
Montenegro Compare Compare
Morocco Compare Compare
Mozambique Compare Compare
Myanmar Compare Compare
Namibia Compare Compare
Nauru Compare Compare
Nepal Compare Compare
Netherlands Compare Compare
New Zealand Compare Compare
Nicaragua Compare Compare
Niger Compare Compare
Nigeria Compare Compare
North Korea Compare Compare
North Macedonia Compare Compare
Norway Compare Compare
Oman Compare Compare
Pakistan Compare Compare
Palau Compare Compare
Palestine Compare Compare
Panama Compare Compare
Papua New Guinea Compare Compare
Paraguay Compare Compare
Peru Compare Compare
Philippines Compare Compare
Poland Compare Compare
Portugal Compare Compare
Qatar Compare Compare
Romania Compare Compare
Russia Compare Compare
Rwanda Compare Compare
Saint Kitts Compare Compare
Saint Lucia Compare Compare
Saint Vincent Compare Compare
Samoa Compare Compare
San Marino Compare Compare
Saudi Arabia Compare Compare
Senegal Compare Compare
Serbia Compare Compare
Seychelles Compare Compare
Sierra Leone Compare Compare
Singapore Compare Compare
Slovakia Compare Compare
Slovenia Compare Compare
Solomon Islands Compare Compare
Somalia Compare Compare
South Africa Compare Compare
South Korea Compare Compare
South Sudan Compare Compare
Spain Compare Compare
Sri Lanka Compare Compare
Sudan Compare Compare
Suriname Compare Compare
Sweden Compare Compare
Switzerland Compare Compare
Syria Compare Compare
Taiwan Compare Compare
Tajikistan Compare Compare
Tanzania Compare Compare
Thailand Compare Compare
Togo Compare Compare
Tonga Compare Compare
Trinidad Compare Compare
Tunisia Compare Compare
Turkey Compare Compare
Turkmenistan Compare Compare
Tuvalu Compare Compare
Uganda Compare Compare
UAE Compare Compare
United Kingdom Compare Compare
United States Compare Compare
Uruguay Compare Compare
Uzbekistan Compare Compare
Vanuatu Compare Compare
Vatican Compare Compare
Venezuela Compare Compare
Vietnam Compare Compare
Yemen Compare Compare
Zambia Compare Compare
Zimbabwe Compare Compare