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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,415,080 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Brazil's population is 874 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 2.58% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Brazil has increased from 185M people to 213M (15.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Brazil vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Brazil Sao Tome
Current population
213415080
244055
Population rank 7/197 176/197
Percent of world population 2.58% 0.003%
One net population change
36.8 seconds
1.88 hours
One birth every
12.1 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
21.1 seconds
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
2.33 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change -225,510 -604
Daily growth/decline +2,350 +13
Annual growth/decline +857,844 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +0.41% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 141/197 52/197

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

Brazil
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Brazil Sao Tome Brazil Sao Tome
1960 72,388,126 68,012 - -
1961 74,605,447 68,707 3.06% 1.02%
1962 76,865,323 69,403 3.03% 1.01%
1963 79,164,235 70,112 2.99% 1.02%
1964 81,488,595 70,865 2.94% 1.07%
1965 83,817,583 71,680 2.86% 1.15%
1966 86,139,359 72,576 2.77% 1.25%
1967 88,446,124 73,596 2.68% 1.41%
1968 90,741,240 74,765 2.59% 1.59%
1969 93,045,777 76,083 2.54% 1.76%
1970 95,375,651 77,626 2.5% 2.03%
1971 97,739,273 79,330 2.48% 2.2%
1972 100,146,797 81,041 2.46% 2.16%
1973 102,600,976 82,798 2.45% 2.17%
1974 105,089,675 84,672 2.43% 2.26%
1975 107,619,565 86,708 2.41% 2.4%
1976 110,213,349 88,922 2.41% 2.55%
1977 112,875,292 91,301 2.42% 2.68%
1978 115,600,942 93,794 2.41% 2.73%
1979 118,380,821 96,252 2.4% 2.62%
1980 121,207,461 98,544 2.39% 2.38%
1981 124,063,109 100,615 2.36% 2.1%
1982 126,923,155 102,508 2.31% 1.88%
1983 129,790,077 104,380 2.26% 1.83%
1984 132,658,864 106,394 2.21% 1.93%
1985 135,515,595 108,658 2.15% 2.13%
1986 138,336,370 111,150 2.08% 2.29%
1987 141,104,944 113,919 2% 2.49%
1988 143,826,357 116,939 1.93% 2.65%
1989 146,502,972 119,979 1.86% 2.6%
1990 149,143,223 122,980 1.8% 2.5%
1991 151,724,256 125,697 1.73% 2.21%
1992 154,275,079 128,110 1.68% 1.92%
1993 156,794,577 130,467 1.63% 1.84%
1994 159,265,006 132,732 1.58% 1.74%
1995 161,735,073 134,895 1.55% 1.63%
1996 164,202,549 136,962 1.53% 1.53%
1997 166,661,659 138,922 1.5% 1.43%
1998 169,159,655 140,751 1.5% 1.32%
1999 171,641,543 142,442 1.47% 1.2%
2000 174,018,282 144,018 1.38% 1.11%
2001 176,301,203 146,375 1.31% 1.64%
2002 178,503,484 149,922 1.25% 2.42%
2003 180,622,688 153,814 1.19% 2.6%
2004 182,675,143 157,705 1.14% 2.53%
2005 184,688,101 161,639 1.1% 2.49%
2006 186,653,106 165,638 1.06% 2.47%
2007 188,552,320 169,700 1.02% 2.45%
2008 190,367,302 173,793 0.96% 2.41%
2009 192,079,951 177,853 0.9% 2.34%
2010 193,701,929 181,802 0.84% 2.22%
2011 195,284,734 185,649 0.82% 2.12%
2012 196,876,111 189,439 0.81% 2.04%
2013 198,478,299 193,148 0.81% 1.96%
2014 200,085,127 196,767 0.81% 1.87%
2015 201,675,532 200,291 0.79% 1.79%
2016 203,218,114 203,689 0.76% 1.7%
2017 204,703,445 206,970 0.73% 1.61%
2018 206,107,261 210,187 0.69% 1.55%
2019 207,455,459 213,392 0.65% 1.52%
2020 208,660,842 217,435 0.58% 1.89%
2021 209,550,294 221,961 0.43% 2.08%
2022 210,306,415 226,305 0.36% 1.96%
2023 211,140,729 230,871 0.4% 2.02%
2024 211,998,573 235,536 0.41% 2.02%
2025 212,812,405 240,251 0.38% 2%
2026 213,562,674 244,987 0.35% 1.97%
2027 214,261,037 249,783 0.33% 1.96%
2028 214,911,388 254,657 0.3% 1.95%
2029 215,515,178 259,597 0.28% 1.94%
2030 216,074,424 264,560 0.26% 1.91%
2031 216,587,355 269,566 0.24% 1.89%
2032 217,055,392 274,643 0.22% 1.88%
2033 217,479,394 279,761 0.2% 1.86%
2034 217,860,892 284,911 0.18% 1.84%
2035 218,199,715 290,082 0.16% 1.81%
2036 218,495,215 295,269 0.14% 1.79%
2037 218,747,246 300,439 0.12% 1.75%
2038 218,955,573 305,590 0.1% 1.71%
2039 219,118,385 310,729 0.07% 1.68%
2040 219,237,085 315,833 0.05% 1.64%
2041 219,307,158 320,875 0.03% 1.6%
2042 219,319,771 325,888 0.006% 1.56%
2043 219,276,528 330,908 -0.02% 1.54%
2044 219,179,002 335,919 -0.04% 1.51%
2045 219,026,208 340,911 -0.07% 1.49%
2046 218,821,045 345,883 -0.09% 1.46%
2047 218,565,379 350,758 -0.12% 1.41%
2048 218,258,225 355,569 -0.14% 1.37%
2049 217,897,833 360,353 -0.17% 1.35%
2050 217,489,309 365,103 -0.19% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. 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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