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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Chile was 19,764,771 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Chile's population is 19,928,941 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Chile's population is 81.7 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Chile is ranked the 67th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.24% for Chile vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Chile has had an average growth rate of +1.02% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Chile has increased from 16.3M people to 19.9M (21.9% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Chile is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 20.5M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Chile vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Chile Sao Tome
Current population
19928941
244055
Population rank 67/197 176/197
Percent of world population 0.24% 0.003%
One net population change
4.96 minutes
1.88 hours
One birth every
2.98 minutes
1.35 hours
One death every
4.12 minutes
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
9.01 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change +58,316 -604
Daily growth/decline +290 +13
Annual growth/decline +105,936 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +0.54% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 131/197 52/197

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

Chile
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Chile Sao Tome Chile Sao Tome
1960 8,153,350 68,012 - -
1961 8,324,802 68,707 2.1% 1.02%
1962 8,497,059 69,403 2.07% 1.01%
1963 8,670,144 70,112 2.04% 1.02%
1964 8,842,525 70,865 1.99% 1.07%
1965 9,012,938 71,680 1.93% 1.15%
1966 9,181,722 72,576 1.87% 1.25%
1967 9,348,939 73,596 1.82% 1.41%
1968 9,514,716 74,765 1.77% 1.59%
1969 9,680,282 76,083 1.74% 1.76%
1970 9,845,344 77,626 1.71% 2.03%
1971 10,009,701 79,330 1.67% 2.2%
1972 10,174,678 81,041 1.65% 2.16%
1973 10,340,362 82,798 1.63% 2.17%
1974 10,505,817 84,672 1.6% 2.26%
1975 10,671,559 86,708 1.58% 2.4%
1976 10,838,251 88,922 1.56% 2.55%
1977 11,005,519 91,301 1.54% 2.68%
1978 11,172,695 93,794 1.52% 2.73%
1979 11,339,779 96,252 1.5% 2.62%
1980 11,508,550 98,544 1.49% 2.38%
1981 11,678,717 100,615 1.48% 2.1%
1982 11,850,214 102,508 1.47% 1.88%
1983 12,026,138 104,380 1.48% 1.83%
1984 12,207,733 106,394 1.51% 1.93%
1985 12,395,274 108,658 1.54% 2.13%
1986 12,588,914 111,150 1.56% 2.29%
1987 12,790,150 113,919 1.6% 2.49%
1988 12,999,424 116,939 1.64% 2.65%
1989 13,215,005 119,979 1.66% 2.6%
1990 13,437,176 122,980 1.68% 2.5%
1991 13,662,491 125,697 1.68% 2.21%
1992 13,884,577 128,110 1.63% 1.92%
1993 14,102,276 130,467 1.57% 1.84%
1994 14,316,256 132,732 1.52% 1.74%
1995 14,527,381 134,895 1.47% 1.63%
1996 14,734,046 136,962 1.42% 1.53%
1997 14,932,434 138,922 1.35% 1.43%
1998 15,127,799 140,751 1.31% 1.32%
1999 15,319,313 142,442 1.27% 1.2%
2000 15,503,635 144,018 1.2% 1.11%
2001 15,683,849 146,375 1.16% 1.64%
2002 15,857,925 149,922 1.11% 2.42%
2003 16,024,752 153,814 1.05% 2.6%
2004 16,187,322 157,705 1.01% 2.53%
2005 16,348,778 161,639 1% 2.49%
2006 16,509,195 165,638 0.98% 2.47%
2007 16,671,581 169,700 0.98% 2.45%
2008 16,838,988 173,793 1% 2.41%
2009 17,009,731 177,853 1.01% 2.34%
2010 17,181,464 181,802 1.01% 2.22%
2011 17,351,816 185,649 0.99% 2.12%
2012 17,519,119 189,439 0.96% 2.04%
2013 17,687,006 193,148 0.96% 1.96%
2014 17,864,195 196,767 1% 1.87%
2015 18,047,625 200,291 1.03% 1.79%
2016 18,267,221 203,689 1.22% 1.7%
2017 18,558,868 206,970 1.6% 1.61%
2018 18,893,191 210,187 1.8% 1.55%
2019 19,197,744 213,392 1.61% 1.52%
2020 19,370,624 217,435 0.9% 1.89%
2021 19,456,334 221,961 0.44% 2.08%
2022 19,553,036 226,305 0.5% 1.96%
2023 19,658,835 230,871 0.54% 2.02%
2024 19,764,771 235,536 0.54% 2.02%
2025 19,859,915 240,251 0.48% 2%
2026 19,945,846 244,987 0.43% 1.97%
2027 20,026,149 249,783 0.4% 1.96%
2028 20,100,930 254,657 0.37% 1.95%
2029 20,169,619 259,597 0.34% 1.94%
2030 20,233,182 264,560 0.32% 1.91%
2031 20,290,979 269,566 0.29% 1.89%
2032 20,341,797 274,643 0.25% 1.88%
2033 20,385,069 279,761 0.21% 1.86%
2034 20,422,546 284,911 0.18% 1.84%
2035 20,455,937 290,082 0.16% 1.81%
2036 20,485,080 295,269 0.14% 1.79%
2037 20,507,949 300,439 0.11% 1.75%
2038 20,524,482 305,590 0.08% 1.71%
2039 20,535,707 310,729 0.05% 1.68%
2040 20,542,096 315,833 0.03% 1.64%
2041 20,543,284 320,875 0.006% 1.6%
2042 20,539,909 325,888 -0.02% 1.56%
2043 20,532,920 330,908 -0.03% 1.54%
2044 20,519,677 335,919 -0.06% 1.51%
2045 20,499,138 340,911 -0.1% 1.49%
2046 20,473,283 345,883 -0.13% 1.46%
2047 20,443,720 350,758 -0.14% 1.41%
2048 20,408,327 355,569 -0.17% 1.37%
2049 20,366,435 360,353 -0.21% 1.35%
2050 20,320,302 365,103 -0.23% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chile increased by 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chile gained 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Chile was ranked 60th most populous country in 2005 and is 67th 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) Chile's population will grow by 1.96% to 20,320,302 people with a rank change from 67th to 75th. 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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