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Sao Tome and Principe vs Vietnam statistics compared

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Sao Tome and Principe has a population of 236K (ranked 176/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Sao Tome and Principe's land area is 371 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 172nd vs. 67th).

By GDP, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Main facts and rankings

Sao Tome Vietnam
Population
244055
102063551
Population rank 176/197 16/197
GDP
$764M
2024
$476B
2024
GDP rank 189/197 34/197
GDP per capita
$3,245
2024
$4,717
2024
GDP per capita rank 138/197 123/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$6,230
2024
$16,386
2024
Government debt
$332M
2024
$157B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
37.3%
2025
33.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,410
2024
$1,550
2024
Government debt per person rank 133/185 127/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,715
2025
$4,107
2025
Land area
371 sq mi
2025
121,016 sq mi
2025
Population density
635 ppl/mi²
2024
835 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.64
2023
1.91
2023
Median age
20.3 years
2024
33.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
74.9 years
2025

Sao Tome and Principe and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Sao Tome and Principe and Vietnam economies compared

GDP
Sao Tome and Principe

Vietnam
Year GDP
Sao Tome Vietnam
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 $14,094,687,821
1986 $115,928,907 $26,336,616,250
1987 $115,952,925 $36,658,108,850
1988 $99,000,764 $25,423,812,649
1989 $98,545,367 $6,293,304,975
1990 $119,297,933 $6,471,740,806
1991 $107,484,143 $9,613,369,520
1992 $94,861,781 $9,866,990,236
1993 $125,742,229 $13,180,953,598
1994 $131,338,415 $16,286,433,533
1995 $103,695,237 $20,736,164,459
1996 $135,188,166 $24,657,470,575
1997 $91,920,274 $26,843,700,442
1998 $72,285,404 $27,209,602,050
1999 $77,302,212 $28,683,659,007
2000 $76,198,395 $31,172,518,403
2001 $75,951,133 $32,685,198,809
2002 $85,171,074 $35,064,105,501
2003 $102,085,769 $39,552,513,232
2004 $114,582,284 $45,427,854,693
2005 $136,450,662 $57,633,255,738
2006 $142,775,104 $66,371,664,817
2007 $149,146,919 $77,414,425,532
2008 $188,021,165 $99,130,304,099
2009 $200,668,065 $106,014,659,565
2010 $190,021,192 $147,201,173,197
2011 $226,455,001 $172,595,049,184
2012 $229,371,348 $195,590,661,129
2013 $267,041,748 $213,708,811,665
2014 $293,119,143 $233,451,469,643
2015 $259,999,643 $239,258,328,382
2016 $292,267,272 $257,096,001,178
2017 $322,002,845 $281,353,605,987
2018 $383,717,328 $310,106,478,395
2019 $412,976,083 $334,365,270,497
2020 $471,229,485 $346,615,738,538
2021 $524,402,456 $366,474,752,771
2022 $540,809,499 $413,445,230,669
2023 $678,976,265 $433,857,681,378
2024 $764,274,043 $476,388,230,307

Sao Tome and Principe and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita
Sao Tome and Principe

Vietnam
Year GDP per capita
Sao Tome Vietnam
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 $238.6
1986 $1,043 $436
1987 $1,018 $595
1988 $847 $405
1989 $821 $98.1
1990 $970 $98.8
1991 $855 $143.7
1992 $740 $144.5
1993 $964 $189.4
1994 $990 $229.9
1995 $769 $287.8
1996 $987 $337
1997 $662 $362
1998 $514 $361
1999 $543 $376
2000 $529 $404
2001 $519 $419
2002 $568 $445
2003 $664 $497
2004 $727 $565
2005 $844 $711
2006 $862 $808
2007 $879 $926
2008 $1,082 $1,164
2009 $1,128 $1,226
2010 $1,045 $1,683
2011 $1,220 $1,951
2012 $1,211 $2,185
2013 $1,383 $2,360
2014 $1,490 $2,546
2015 $1,298 $2,578
2016 $1,435 $2,735
2017 $1,556 $2,956
2018 $1,826 $3,222
2019 $1,935 $3,441
2020 $2,167 $3,534
2021 $2,363 $3,704
2022 $2,390 $4,148
2023 $2,941 $4,323
2024 $3,245 $4,717

Sao Tome and Principe vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Sao Tome and Principe

Vietnam
Year Life expectancy, years
Sao Tome Vietnam
1950 39.1 48
1951 39.1 48.7
1952 39.1 49.4
1953 39.1 50
1954 39.2 52
1955 39.3 54.8
1956 39.5 55.5
1957 40.1 56.2
1958 41 56.8
1959 42.1 57.4
1960 43.6 58
1961 45.2 58.5
1962 46.8 58.2
1963 48.4 56.9
1964 49.7 57.5
1965 51.1 57
1966 52.3 56.9
1967 53.4 56.7
1968 54.5 52.7
1969 55.4 54.8
1970 56.3 54.9
1971 57 55.6
1972 57.4 51.9
1973 57.9 55.7
1974 58.3 54.8
1975 58.6 61.9
1976 58.8 63.7
1977 59 64.1
1978 59.1 64.5
1979 59.3 65
1980 59.4 65.3
1981 59.4 65.8
1982 59.5 66.2
1983 59.7 66.5
1984 59.9 66.9
1985 60.1 67.2
1986 57.6 67.6
1987 60.7 68
1988 60.8 68.6
1989 59.7 68.8
1990 60.7 69
1991 60.8 69.3
1992 60.7 69.6
1993 60.6 70
1994 60.6 70.4
1995 60.5 70.9
1996 60.6 71.3
1997 60.6 71.7
1998 60.8 72.3
1999 61 72.6
2000 61.2 72.7
2001 61.5 73
2002 61.8 73.1
2003 62.2 73.2
2004 62.6 73.1
2005 62.4 73.2
2006 63 73.3
2007 63.3 73.4
2008 63.4 73.5
2009 63.7 73.5
2010 63.9 73.6
2011 64.1 73.7
2012 64.5 73.8
2013 64.9 73.8
2014 65.5 73.9
2015 66 74
2016 66.6 74
2017 67.1 74
2018 67.6 74.1
2019 68 74.2
2020 68 75.4
2021 68 74.1
2022 69.2 74.5
2023 69.7 74.6
2024 69.9 74.7
2025 70.1 74.9

Sao Tome and Principe and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population
Sao Tome and Principe

Vietnam
Year Population
Sao Tome Vietnam
1960 68,012 32,531,933
1961 68,707 33,409,059
1962 69,403 34,288,560
1963 70,112 35,249,101
1964 70,865 36,201,563
1965 71,680 37,129,656
1966 72,576 38,024,836
1967 73,596 38,895,080
1968 74,765 39,734,609
1969 76,083 40,582,096
1970 77,626 41,475,230
1971 79,330 42,449,276
1972 81,041 43,429,168
1973 82,798 44,409,861
1974 84,672 45,413,537
1975 86,708 46,482,903
1976 88,922 47,684,931
1977 91,301 48,954,872
1978 93,794 50,249,552
1979 96,252 51,378,211
1980 98,544 52,490,101
1981 100,615 53,738,141
1982 102,508 55,011,289
1983 104,380 56,337,921
1984 106,394 57,706,067
1985 108,658 59,060,622
1986 111,150 60,347,048
1987 113,919 61,584,651
1988 116,939 62,843,228
1989 119,979 64,147,348
1990 122,980 65,504,552
1991 125,697 66,891,775
1992 128,110 68,260,337
1993 130,467 69,586,384
1994 132,732 70,854,391
1995 134,895 72,049,940
1996 136,962 73,156,447
1997 138,922 74,226,889
1998 140,751 75,299,660
1999 142,442 76,287,452
2000 144,018 77,154,011
2001 146,375 77,969,361
2002 149,922 78,772,224
2003 153,814 79,563,777
2004 157,705 80,338,971
2005 161,639 81,088,313
2006 165,638 82,167,897
2007 169,700 83,633,375
2008 173,793 85,175,788
2009 177,853 86,460,018
2010 181,802 87,455,152
2011 185,649 88,468,314
2012 189,439 89,510,356
2013 193,148 90,573,104
2014 196,767 91,679,578
2015 200,291 92,823,254
2016 203,689 94,000,117
2017 206,970 95,176,977
2018 210,187 96,237,319
2019 213,392 97,173,776
2020 217,435 98,079,191
2021 221,961 98,935,098
2022 226,305 99,680,655
2023 230,871 100,352,192
2024 235,536 100,987,686

Fertility rates in Sao Tome and Principe and Vietnam

Fertility rate
Sao Tome and Principe

Vietnam
Year Fertility rate
Sao Tome Vietnam
1960 6.24 6.27
1961 6.26 5.48
1962 6.28 6.26
1963 6.31 6.39
1964 6.33 6.29
1965 6.35 6.16
1966 6.37 5.97
1967 6.39 5.88
1968 6.42 6.03
1969 6.44 6.01
1970 6.47 6.02
1971 6.49 6.07
1972 6.51 6.1
1973 6.53 6.11
1974 6.53 5.78
1975 6.53 5.62
1976 6.52 5.46
1977 6.5 5.29
1978 6.47 5.1
1979 6.43 4.94
1980 6.39 4.8
1981 6.33 4.67
1982 6.28 4.59
1983 6.22 4.52
1984 6.16 4.41
1985 6.1 4.21
1986 6.05 3.96
1987 5.99 3.72
1988 5.94 3.62
1989 5.88 3.64
1990 5.83 3.6
1991 5.77 3.52
1992 5.7 3.35
1993 5.64 3.17
1994 5.56 2.94
1995 5.55 2.7
1996 5.47 2.47
1997 5.4 2.27
1998 5.3 2.1
1999 5.23 2
2000 5.16 2.03
2001 5.1 2.02
2002 5.06 2.01
2003 5.01 2
2004 4.96 1.97
2005 4.94 1.89
2006 4.93 1.87
2007 4.96 1.91
2008 4.91 1.93
2009 4.84 1.92
2010 4.77 1.91
2011 4.72 1.93
2012 4.66 1.97
2013 4.58 1.98
2014 4.49 2.09
2015 4.35 2.1
2016 4.2 2
2017 4.07 1.99
2018 3.98 1.88
2019 3.9 1.94
2020 3.83 1.96
2021 3.76 1.94
2022 3.7 1.93
2023 3.64 1.91

Sao Tome and Principe and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age
Sao Tome and Principe

Vietnam
Year Median age, years
Sao Tome Vietnam
1960 24.2 21.2
1961 24.3 20.7
1962 24.1 20.2
1963 23.5 19.7
1964 22.4 19.2
1965 21 18.9
1966 19.5 18.7
1967 18.5 18.5
1968 17.7 18.4
1969 17.2 18.4
1970 16.9 18.4
1971 16.9 18.4
1972 17 18.5
1973 17 18.5
1974 17.1 18.6
1975 17.1 18.7
1976 17.1 18.8
1977 17.2 19
1978 17.2 19.1
1979 17.3 19.3
1980 17.3 19.4
1981 17.4 19.5
1982 17.4 19.6
1983 17.4 19.7
1984 17.4 19.8
1985 17.4 19.9
1986 17.4 20
1987 17.4 20.1
1988 17.4 20.2
1989 17.4 20.4
1990 17.4 20.5
1991 17.3 20.7
1992 17.3 20.9
1993 17.2 21.1
1994 17.2 21.4
1995 17.3 21.7
1996 17.3 22
1997 17.4 22.4
1998 17.5 22.9
1999 17.7 23.3
2000 17.9 23.7
2001 18 24.2
2002 18.1 24.6
2003 18.3 25
2004 18.4 25.4
2005 18.5 25.8
2006 18.6 26.3
2007 18.7 26.9
2008 18.7 27.4
2009 18.7 27.9
2010 18.8 28.3
2011 18.9 28.7
2012 18.9 29
2013 18.9 29.4
2014 18.9 29.8
2015 19 30.2
2016 19 30.5
2017 19.1 30.8
2018 19.3 31.2
2019 19.4 31.6
2020 19.5 32.1
2021 19.7 32.5
2022 19.9 33
2023 20.1 33.4
2024 20.3 33.9

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Finance

Sao Tome Vietnam
GNI, Atlas method
$653M
2024
$454B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.5%
2025
22%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.03%
2023
2.89%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.81%
2018
Armed forces personnel
1,000
1999
522,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+2.56%
2025
-3.39%
2025
Unemployment rate
8.81%
2017
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
76.6%
2024
42.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
2.91%
2024
37.6%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.4
2025
65.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.8%
2017
28.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.6%
2017
2.6%
2022
Number of billionaires n/a
5
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000007%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
393
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$205B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$46.2M
2023
$83.1B
2024
Personal remittances received
$10M
2024
$16B
2024
International tourist arrivals
33,400
2018
3,837,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
73.2%
2018
1.11%
2020
Banked people share n/a
70.6%
2024

Energy

Sao Tome Vietnam
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
259.3 kg
2007
1,023 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.2
2007
$13.6
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.21 megatons
2023
373 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.93 tons
2023
3.72 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
79.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
42.5%
2022
24.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
11.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
34%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,624 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
6.06%
2021
41.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
5.85%
2021
34.7%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
81.3%
2023
99.8%
2023

Society

Sao Tome Vietnam
% of world population
0.003%
2024
1.24%
2024
Annual migration change
-604
2024
-59,645
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
40.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.59 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
32.1
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
45
2024
40
2024
Higher education index n/a
52
2025
Homicides per 100K people
3.23
2011
1.54
2011
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
27.9
2019
30.6
2019
Visa free countries
71
2025
69
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.8%
2022
96.1%
2022
English speaking
4.9%
2025
16%
2025
People using the Internet
61.5%
2023
84.2%
2024

Health

Sao Tome Vietnam
Government health expenditure per capita
$180.3
2022
$188.9
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$21.6
2022
$74.7
2022
Life expectancy
70.1 years
2025
74.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
30.9%
2022
1.59%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.49
2019
0.83
2016
Age at first childbirth
19.4 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
48
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.9
2023
20
2023
Obesity rate
17.2%
2022
2.04%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12.1%
2024
3.4%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
18
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
7.8%
2022
22.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.79 liters
2020
8.04 liters
2020

Territory

Sao Tome Vietnam
% of world land
0.0006%
2025
0.21%
2025
Land area per capita
1,574 sq mi
2024
1,198 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
166 sq mi
2025
47,456 sq mi
2025
Forest area
193.2 sq mi
2025
57,416 sq mi
2025
Roads length
808 mi
2018
354,460 mi
2019

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