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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bangladesh was 173,562,364 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bangladesh's population is 177,398,795 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Bangladesh's population is 727 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Bangladesh is ranked the 8th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 2.15% of the world: 2.15% for Bangladesh vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Bangladesh has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bangladesh has increased from 145M people to 177M (22.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Bangladesh is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 226M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Bangladesh vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Bangladesh Sao Tome
Current population
177398795
244055
Population rank 8/197 176/197
Percent of world population 2.15% 0.003%
One net population change
15.1 seconds
1.88 hours
One birth every
9.04 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
36.7 seconds
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
1.11 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change -473,362 -604
Daily growth/decline +5,741 +13
Annual growth/decline +2,095,374 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +1.22% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 92/197 52/197

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

Bangladesh
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bangladesh Sao Tome Bangladesh Sao Tome
1960 51,828,660 68,012 - -
1961 53,310,348 68,707 2.86% 1.02%
1962 54,881,146 69,403 2.95% 1.01%
1963 56,504,402 70,112 2.96% 1.02%
1964 58,178,374 70,865 2.96% 1.07%
1965 59,902,519 71,680 2.96% 1.15%
1966 61,669,806 72,576 2.95% 1.25%
1967 63,510,929 73,596 2.99% 1.41%
1968 65,408,276 74,765 2.99% 1.59%
1969 67,294,133 76,083 2.88% 1.76%
1970 69,058,894 77,626 2.62% 2.03%
1971 70,276,758 79,330 1.76% 2.2%
1972 71,641,519 81,041 1.94% 2.16%
1973 73,722,294 82,798 2.9% 2.17%
1974 75,839,348 84,672 2.87% 2.26%
1975 77,854,351 86,708 2.66% 2.4%
1976 79,855,318 88,922 2.57% 2.55%
1977 81,867,264 91,301 2.52% 2.68%
1978 83,889,655 93,794 2.47% 2.73%
1979 85,935,072 96,252 2.44% 2.62%
1980 88,016,432 98,544 2.42% 2.38%
1981 90,303,105 100,615 2.6% 2.1%
1982 92,814,507 102,508 2.78% 1.88%
1983 95,335,155 104,380 2.72% 1.83%
1984 97,814,966 106,394 2.6% 1.93%
1985 100,253,825 108,658 2.49% 2.13%
1986 102,635,572 111,150 2.38% 2.29%
1987 104,959,291 113,919 2.26% 2.49%
1988 107,216,008 116,939 2.15% 2.65%
1989 109,433,799 119,979 2.07% 2.6%
1990 111,633,717 122,980 2.01% 2.5%
1991 113,787,109 125,697 1.93% 2.21%
1992 115,952,192 128,110 1.9% 1.92%
1993 118,132,360 130,467 1.88% 1.84%
1994 120,343,179 132,732 1.87% 1.74%
1995 122,600,370 134,895 1.88% 1.63%
1996 124,862,179 136,962 1.84% 1.53%
1997 127,198,069 138,922 1.87% 1.43%
1998 129,622,332 140,751 1.91% 1.32%
1999 132,108,065 142,442 1.92% 1.2%
2000 134,544,304 144,018 1.84% 1.11%
2001 136,805,810 146,375 1.68% 1.64%
2002 138,933,658 149,922 1.56% 2.42%
2003 140,970,351 153,814 1.47% 2.6%
2004 142,902,856 157,705 1.37% 2.53%
2005 144,715,786 161,639 1.27% 2.49%
2006 146,405,973 165,638 1.17% 2.47%
2007 147,989,278 169,700 1.08% 2.45%
2008 149,474,264 173,793 1% 2.41%
2009 150,873,714 177,853 0.94% 2.34%
2010 152,201,981 181,802 0.88% 2.22%
2011 153,591,076 185,649 0.91% 2.12%
2012 155,070,101 189,439 0.96% 2.04%
2013 156,532,141 193,148 0.94% 1.96%
2014 157,964,929 196,767 0.92% 1.87%
2015 159,383,179 200,291 0.9% 1.79%
2016 160,811,932 203,689 0.9% 1.7%
2017 162,186,147 206,970 0.85% 1.61%
2018 163,523,103 210,187 0.82% 1.55%
2019 164,913,055 213,392 0.85% 1.52%
2020 166,298,024 217,435 0.84% 1.89%
2021 167,658,854 221,961 0.82% 2.08%
2022 169,384,897 226,305 1.03% 1.96%
2023 171,466,990 230,871 1.23% 2.02%
2024 173,562,364 235,536 1.22% 2.02%
2025 175,686,900 240,251 1.22% 2%
2026 177,818,035 244,987 1.21% 1.97%
2027 179,930,171 249,783 1.19% 1.96%
2028 182,014,767 254,657 1.16% 1.95%
2029 184,064,616 259,597 1.13% 1.94%
2030 186,072,398 264,560 1.09% 1.91%
2031 188,025,193 269,566 1.05% 1.89%
2032 189,904,568 274,643 1% 1.88%
2033 191,717,183 279,761 0.95% 1.86%
2034 193,461,162 284,911 0.91% 1.84%
2035 195,130,366 290,082 0.86% 1.81%
2036 196,740,575 295,269 0.83% 1.79%
2037 198,288,195 300,439 0.79% 1.75%
2038 199,776,950 305,590 0.75% 1.71%
2039 201,208,770 310,729 0.72% 1.68%
2040 202,589,424 315,833 0.69% 1.64%
2041 203,939,081 320,875 0.67% 1.6%
2042 205,259,485 325,888 0.65% 1.56%
2043 206,545,478 330,908 0.63% 1.54%
2044 207,801,049 335,919 0.61% 1.51%
2045 209,029,592 340,911 0.59% 1.49%
2046 210,231,183 345,883 0.57% 1.46%
2047 211,402,167 350,758 0.56% 1.41%
2048 212,537,925 355,569 0.54% 1.37%
2049 213,638,535 360,353 0.52% 1.35%
2050 214,709,094 365,103 0.5% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,667,393 people (a 10.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bangladesh gained 18,015,616 (a 11.3% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2005 and is still 8th 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) Bangladesh's population will grow by 21% to 214,709,094 people with a rank change from 8th to 10th. 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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