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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Sao Tome	Australia	Sao Tome
1960	10,276,477	68,012	-	-
1961	10,483,000	68,707	2.01%	1.02%
1962	10,742,000	69,403	2.47%	1.01%
1963	10,950,000	70,112	1.94%	1.02%
1964	11,167,000	70,865	1.98%	1.07%
1965	11,388,000	71,680	1.98%	1.15%
1966	11,651,000	72,576	2.31%	1.25%
1967	11,799,000	73,596	1.27%	1.41%
1968	12,009,000	74,765	1.78%	1.59%
1969	12,263,000	76,083	2.12%	1.76%
1970	12,507,000	77,626	1.99%	2.03%
1971	12,937,000	79,330	3.44%	2.2%
1972	13,177,000	81,041	1.86%	2.16%
1973	13,380,000	82,798	1.54%	2.17%
1974	13,723,000	84,672	2.56%	2.26%
1975	13,893,000	86,708	1.24%	2.4%
1976	14,033,000	88,922	1.01%	2.55%
1977	14,192,000	91,301	1.13%	2.68%
1978	14,358,000	93,794	1.17%	2.73%
1979	14,514,000	96,252	1.09%	2.62%
1980	14,692,000	98,544	1.23%	2.38%
1981	14,923,260	100,615	1.57%	2.1%
1982	15,184,247	102,508	1.75%	1.88%
1983	15,393,472	104,380	1.38%	1.83%
1984	15,579,391	106,394	1.21%	1.93%
1985	15,788,312	108,658	1.34%	2.13%
1986	16,018,350	111,150	1.46%	2.29%
1987	16,263,874	113,919	1.53%	2.49%
1988	16,532,164	116,939	1.65%	2.65%
1989	16,814,416	119,979	1.71%	2.6%
1990	17,065,128	122,980	1.49%	2.5%
1991	17,284,036	125,697	1.28%	2.21%
1992	17,478,635	128,110	1.13%	1.92%
1993	17,634,808	130,467	0.89%	1.84%
1994	17,805,468	132,732	0.97%	1.74%
1995	18,004,882	134,895	1.12%	1.63%
1996	18,224,767	136,962	1.22%	1.53%
1997	18,423,037	138,922	1.09%	1.43%
1998	18,607,584	140,751	1%	1.32%
1999	18,812,264	142,442	1.1%	1.2%
2000	19,028,802	144,018	1.15%	1.11%
2001	19,274,701	146,375	1.29%	1.64%
2002	19,495,210	149,922	1.14%	2.42%
2003	19,720,737	153,814	1.16%	2.6%
2004	19,932,722	157,705	1.07%	2.53%
2005	20,176,844	161,639	1.22%	2.49%
2006	20,450,966	165,638	1.36%	2.47%
2007	20,827,622	169,700	1.84%	2.45%
2008	21,249,199	173,793	2.02%	2.41%
2009	21,691,653	177,853	2.08%	2.34%
2010	22,031,750	181,802	1.57%	2.22%
2011	22,340,024	185,649	1.4%	2.12%
2012	22,733,465	189,439	1.76%	2.04%
2013	23,128,129	193,148	1.74%	1.96%
2014	23,475,686	196,767	1.5%	1.87%
2015	23,815,995	200,291	1.45%	1.79%
2016	24,190,907	203,689	1.57%	1.7%
2017	24,592,588	206,970	1.66%	1.61%
2018	24,963,258	210,187	1.51%	1.55%
2019	25,334,826	213,392	1.49%	1.52%
2020	25,649,248	217,435	1.24%	1.89%
2021	25,685,412	221,961	0.14%	2.08%
2022	26,014,399	226,305	1.28%	1.96%
2023	26,652,777	230,871	2.45%	2.02%
2024	27,204,809	235,536	2.07%	2.02%
2025	27,470,426	240,251	0.98%	2%
2026	27,728,157	244,987	0.94%	1.97%
2027	27,979,877	249,783	0.91%	1.96%
2028	28,228,958	254,657	0.89%	1.95%
2029	28,471,054	259,597	0.86%	1.94%
2030	28,707,292	264,560	0.83%	1.91%
2031	28,940,769	269,566	0.81%	1.89%
2032	29,169,013	274,643	0.79%	1.88%
2033	29,392,748	279,761	0.77%	1.86%
2034	29,614,137	284,911	0.75%	1.84%
2035	29,835,307	290,082	0.75%	1.81%
2036	30,056,752	295,269	0.74%	1.79%
2037	30,273,692	300,439	0.72%	1.75%
2038	30,488,994	305,590	0.71%	1.71%
2039	30,703,245	310,729	0.7%	1.68%
2040	30,916,122	315,833	0.69%	1.64%
2041	31,132,858	320,875	0.7%	1.6%
2042	31,352,893	325,888	0.71%	1.56%
2043	31,572,750	330,908	0.7%	1.54%
2044	31,790,565	335,919	0.69%	1.51%
2045	32,009,555	340,911	0.69%	1.49%
2046	32,232,946	345,883	0.7%	1.46%
2047	32,452,651	350,758	0.68%	1.41%
2048	32,672,016	355,569	0.68%	1.37%
2049	32,891,546	360,353	0.67%	1.35%
2050	33,105,190	365,103	0.65%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.