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Population in Algeria compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Algeria's population is 196.3 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 0.58% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Algeria vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Algeria Sao Tome
Current population
47911682
244055
Population rank 33/197 176/197
Percent of world population 0.58% 0.003%
One net population change
48.5 seconds
1.88 hours
One birth every
34.8 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
2.45 minutes
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
16.8 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change -31,240 -604
Daily growth/decline +1,781 +13
Annual growth/decline +650,089 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +1.41% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 76/197 52/197

Algeria and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Algeria
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Algeria Sao Tome Algeria Sao Tome
1960 11,424,922 68,012 - -
1961 11,628,883 68,707 1.79% 1.02%
1962 11,800,771 69,403 1.48% 1.01%
1963 11,982,118 70,112 1.54% 1.02%
1964 12,179,813 70,865 1.65% 1.07%
1965 12,365,976 71,680 1.53% 1.15%
1966 12,590,069 72,576 1.81% 1.25%
1967 12,876,118 73,596 2.27% 1.41%
1968 13,172,614 74,765 2.3% 1.59%
1969 13,475,960 76,083 2.3% 1.76%
1970 13,783,719 77,626 2.28% 2.03%
1971 14,098,936 79,330 2.29% 2.2%
1972 14,427,072 81,041 2.33% 2.16%
1973 14,771,147 82,798 2.38% 2.17%
1974 15,133,502 84,672 2.45% 2.26%
1975 15,678,596 86,708 3.6% 2.4%
1976 16,409,170 88,922 4.66% 2.55%
1977 17,015,994 91,301 3.7% 2.68%
1978 17,506,974 93,794 2.89% 2.73%
1979 18,036,655 96,252 3.03% 2.62%
1980 18,607,174 98,544 3.16% 2.38%
1981 19,220,704 100,615 3.3% 2.1%
1982 19,872,348 102,508 3.39% 1.88%
1983 20,558,115 104,380 3.45% 1.83%
1984 21,271,969 106,394 3.47% 1.93%
1985 22,008,544 108,658 3.46% 2.13%
1986 22,745,499 111,150 3.35% 2.29%
1987 23,443,624 113,919 3.07% 2.49%
1988 24,109,536 116,939 2.84% 2.65%
1989 24,754,485 119,979 2.68% 2.6%
1990 25,375,810 122,980 2.51% 2.5%
1991 25,987,928 125,697 2.41% 2.21%
1992 26,628,568 128,110 2.47% 1.92%
1993 27,277,048 130,467 2.44% 1.84%
1994 27,887,279 132,732 2.24% 1.74%
1995 28,470,191 134,895 2.09% 1.63%
1996 29,033,044 136,962 1.98% 1.53%
1997 29,579,301 138,922 1.88% 1.43%
1998 30,054,133 140,751 1.61% 1.32%
1999 30,474,354 142,442 1.4% 1.2%
2000 30,903,893 144,018 1.41% 1.11%
2001 31,331,221 146,375 1.38% 1.64%
2002 31,750,835 149,922 1.34% 2.42%
2003 32,175,818 153,814 1.34% 2.6%
2004 32,628,286 157,705 1.41% 2.53%
2005 33,109,249 161,639 1.47% 2.49%
2006 33,623,506 165,638 1.55% 2.47%
2007 34,189,416 169,700 1.68% 2.45%
2008 34,816,961 173,793 1.84% 2.41%
2009 35,490,445 177,853 1.93% 2.34%
2010 36,188,236 181,802 1.97% 2.22%
2011 36,903,376 185,649 1.98% 2.12%
2012 37,646,166 189,439 2.01% 2.04%
2013 38,414,171 193,148 2.04% 1.96%
2014 39,205,031 196,767 2.06% 1.87%
2015 40,019,529 200,291 2.08% 1.79%
2016 40,850,721 203,689 2.08% 1.7%
2017 41,689,299 206,970 2.05% 1.61%
2018 42,505,035 210,187 1.96% 1.55%
2019 43,294,546 213,392 1.86% 1.52%
2020 44,042,091 217,435 1.73% 1.89%
2021 44,761,099 221,961 1.63% 2.08%
2022 45,477,389 226,305 1.6% 1.96%
2023 46,164,219 230,871 1.51% 2.02%
2024 46,814,308 235,536 1.41% 2.02%
2025 47,435,316 240,251 1.33% 2%
2026 48,028,344 244,987 1.25% 1.97%
2027 48,593,419 249,783 1.18% 1.96%
2028 49,135,532 254,657 1.12% 1.95%
2029 49,655,386 259,597 1.06% 1.94%
2030 50,154,168 264,560 1% 1.91%
2031 50,637,369 269,566 0.96% 1.89%
2032 51,113,505 274,643 0.94% 1.88%
2033 51,584,249 279,761 0.92% 1.86%
2034 52,048,009 284,911 0.9% 1.84%
2035 52,516,794 290,082 0.9% 1.81%
2036 52,986,277 295,269 0.89% 1.79%
2037 53,452,788 300,439 0.88% 1.75%
2038 53,921,847 305,590 0.88% 1.71%
2039 54,396,263 310,729 0.88% 1.68%
2040 54,873,482 315,833 0.88% 1.64%
2041 55,351,998 320,875 0.87% 1.6%
2042 55,834,554 325,888 0.87% 1.56%
2043 56,319,606 330,908 0.87% 1.54%
2044 56,806,185 335,919 0.86% 1.51%
2045 57,290,162 340,911 0.85% 1.49%
2046 57,767,681 345,883 0.83% 1.46%
2047 58,234,183 350,758 0.81% 1.41%
2048 58,690,893 355,569 0.78% 1.37%
2049 59,136,165 360,353 0.76% 1.35%
2050 59,565,558 365,103 0.73% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.

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