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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bolivia was 12,413,315 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bolivia's population is 12,716,350 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Bolivia's population is 52.1 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Bolivia is ranked the 79th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 0.16% of the world: 0.15% for Bolivia vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Bolivia has had an average growth rate of +1.37% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bolivia has increased from 9.36M people to 12.7M (35.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Bolivia is projected to reach its peak in 2086 at 17.9M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Bolivia vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Bolivia Sao Tome
Current population
12716350
244055
Population rank 79/197 176/197
Percent of world population 0.15% 0.003%
One net population change
3.11 minutes
1.88 hours
One birth every
2.02 minutes
1.35 hours
One death every
5.99 minutes
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
2.92 hours
14.5 hours
Annual migration change -3,000 -604
Daily growth/decline +463 +13
Annual growth/decline +169,156 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +1.38% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 77/197 52/197

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

Bolivia
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bolivia Sao Tome Bolivia Sao Tome
1960 3,702,323 68,012 - -
1961 3,778,731 68,707 2.06% 1.02%
1962 3,857,493 69,403 2.08% 1.01%
1963 3,938,913 70,112 2.11% 1.02%
1964 4,022,996 70,865 2.13% 1.07%
1965 4,109,796 71,680 2.16% 1.15%
1966 4,199,550 72,576 2.18% 1.25%
1967 4,292,572 73,596 2.22% 1.41%
1968 4,388,944 74,765 2.25% 1.59%
1969 4,488,232 76,083 2.26% 1.76%
1970 4,590,010 77,626 2.27% 2.03%
1971 4,694,342 79,330 2.27% 2.2%
1972 4,800,978 81,041 2.27% 2.16%
1973 4,910,200 82,798 2.27% 2.17%
1974 5,022,475 84,672 2.29% 2.26%
1975 5,137,539 86,708 2.29% 2.4%
1976 5,256,496 88,922 2.32% 2.55%
1977 5,379,166 91,301 2.33% 2.68%
1978 5,504,123 93,794 2.32% 2.73%
1979 5,630,849 96,252 2.3% 2.62%
1980 5,758,900 98,544 2.27% 2.38%
1981 5,888,109 100,615 2.24% 2.1%
1982 6,018,088 102,508 2.21% 1.88%
1983 6,149,060 104,380 2.18% 1.83%
1984 6,281,868 106,394 2.16% 1.93%
1985 6,416,185 108,658 2.14% 2.13%
1986 6,552,479 111,150 2.12% 2.29%
1987 6,692,162 113,919 2.13% 2.49%
1988 6,835,508 116,939 2.14% 2.65%
1989 6,981,766 119,979 2.14% 2.6%
1990 7,130,142 122,980 2.13% 2.5%
1991 7,280,289 125,697 2.11% 2.21%
1992 7,430,336 128,110 2.06% 1.92%
1993 7,579,195 130,467 2% 1.84%
1994 7,727,322 132,732 1.95% 1.74%
1995 7,874,676 134,895 1.91% 1.63%
1996 8,021,736 136,962 1.87% 1.53%
1997 8,167,900 138,922 1.82% 1.43%
1998 8,313,394 140,751 1.78% 1.32%
1999 8,459,806 142,442 1.76% 1.2%
2000 8,606,326 144,018 1.73% 1.11%
2001 8,752,736 146,375 1.7% 1.64%
2002 8,900,355 149,922 1.69% 2.42%
2003 9,050,700 153,814 1.69% 2.6%
2004 9,204,287 157,705 1.7% 2.53%
2005 9,360,754 161,639 1.7% 2.49%
2006 9,521,689 165,638 1.72% 2.47%
2007 9,685,960 169,700 1.73% 2.45%
2008 9,850,858 173,793 1.7% 2.41%
2009 10,016,275 177,853 1.68% 2.34%
2010 10,182,345 181,802 1.66% 2.22%
2011 10,348,929 185,649 1.64% 2.12%
2012 10,515,807 189,439 1.61% 2.04%
2013 10,682,608 193,148 1.59% 1.96%
2014 10,848,888 196,767 1.56% 1.87%
2015 11,014,705 200,291 1.53% 1.79%
2016 11,180,020 203,689 1.5% 1.7%
2017 11,344,587 206,970 1.47% 1.61%
2018 11,508,368 210,187 1.44% 1.55%
2019 11,671,386 213,392 1.42% 1.52%
2020 11,816,299 217,435 1.24% 1.89%
2021 11,937,360 221,961 1.02% 2.08%
2022 12,077,154 226,305 1.17% 1.96%
2023 12,244,159 230,871 1.38% 2.02%
2024 12,413,315 235,536 1.38% 2.02%
2025 12,581,842 240,251 1.36% 2%
2026 12,749,291 244,987 1.33% 1.97%
2027 12,915,581 249,783 1.3% 1.96%
2028 13,080,490 254,657 1.28% 1.95%
2029 13,243,771 259,597 1.25% 1.94%
2030 13,405,558 264,560 1.22% 1.91%
2031 13,565,504 269,566 1.19% 1.89%
2032 13,723,365 274,643 1.16% 1.88%
2033 13,879,048 279,761 1.13% 1.86%
2034 14,032,573 284,911 1.11% 1.84%
2035 14,183,821 290,082 1.08% 1.81%
2036 14,332,310 295,269 1.05% 1.79%
2037 14,478,101 300,439 1.02% 1.75%
2038 14,621,400 305,590 0.99% 1.71%
2039 14,761,945 310,729 0.96% 1.68%
2040 14,899,391 315,833 0.93% 1.64%
2041 15,033,982 320,875 0.9% 1.6%
2042 15,165,741 325,888 0.88% 1.56%
2043 15,294,503 330,908 0.85% 1.54%
2044 15,420,207 335,919 0.82% 1.51%
2045 15,542,783 340,911 0.79% 1.49%
2046 15,662,310 345,883 0.77% 1.46%
2047 15,778,742 350,758 0.74% 1.41%
2048 15,892,248 355,569 0.72% 1.37%
2049 16,002,807 360,353 0.7% 1.35%
2050 16,110,156 365,103 0.67% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,653,951 people (a 17.7% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bolivia gained 1,701,645 (a 15.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2005 and is 79th 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) Bolivia's population will grow by 26.7% to 16,110,156 people with a rank change from 79th to 80th. 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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