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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Sao Tome	Colombia	Sao Tome
1960	15,606,209	68,012	-	-
1961	16,095,203	68,707	3.13%	1.02%
1962	16,599,029	69,403	3.13%	1.01%
1963	17,113,823	70,112	3.1%	1.02%
1964	17,637,411	70,865	3.06%	1.07%
1965	18,169,050	71,680	3.01%	1.15%
1966	18,702,688	72,576	2.94%	1.25%
1967	19,235,618	73,596	2.85%	1.41%
1968	19,766,796	74,765	2.76%	1.59%
1969	20,291,942	76,083	2.66%	1.76%
1970	20,811,782	77,626	2.56%	2.03%
1971	21,319,096	79,330	2.44%	2.2%
1972	21,819,563	81,041	2.35%	2.16%
1973	22,325,374	82,798	2.32%	2.17%
1974	22,833,469	84,672	2.28%	2.26%
1975	23,344,644	86,708	2.24%	2.4%
1976	23,858,810	88,922	2.2%	2.55%
1977	24,393,494	91,301	2.24%	2.68%
1978	24,950,337	93,794	2.28%	2.73%
1979	25,515,626	96,252	2.27%	2.62%
1980	26,104,498	98,544	2.31%	2.38%
1981	26,713,267	100,615	2.33%	2.1%
1982	27,338,331	102,508	2.34%	1.88%
1983	27,988,173	104,380	2.38%	1.83%
1984	28,642,690	106,394	2.34%	1.93%
1985	29,268,470	108,658	2.18%	2.13%
1986	29,879,112	111,150	2.09%	2.29%
1987	30,499,467	113,919	2.08%	2.49%
1988	31,130,524	116,939	2.07%	2.65%
1989	31,776,279	119,979	2.07%	2.6%
1990	32,440,069	122,980	2.09%	2.5%
1991	33,098,372	125,697	2.03%	2.21%
1992	33,760,571	128,110	2%	1.92%
1993	34,441,473	130,467	2.02%	1.84%
1994	35,127,410	132,732	1.99%	1.74%
1995	35,804,662	134,895	1.93%	1.63%
1996	36,462,745	136,962	1.84%	1.53%
1997	37,121,149	138,922	1.81%	1.43%
1998	37,792,165	140,751	1.81%	1.32%
1999	38,454,863	142,442	1.75%	1.2%
2000	39,089,934	144,018	1.65%	1.11%
2001	39,709,262	146,375	1.58%	1.64%
2002	40,324,680	149,922	1.55%	2.42%
2003	40,937,429	153,814	1.52%	2.6%
2004	41,543,171	157,705	1.48%	2.53%
2005	42,128,977	161,639	1.41%	2.49%
2006	42,691,084	165,638	1.33%	2.47%
2007	43,235,374	169,700	1.27%	2.45%
2008	43,758,808	173,793	1.21%	2.41%
2009	44,271,541	177,853	1.17%	2.34%
2010	44,777,319	181,802	1.14%	2.22%
2011	45,259,614	185,649	1.08%	2.12%
2012	45,715,810	189,439	1.01%	2.04%
2013	46,151,584	193,148	0.95%	1.96%
2014	46,565,429	196,767	0.9%	1.87%
2015	46,969,940	200,291	0.87%	1.79%
2016	47,437,512	203,689	1%	1.7%
2017	48,131,078	206,970	1.46%	1.61%
2018	49,024,465	210,187	1.86%	1.55%
2019	49,907,985	213,392	1.8%	1.52%
2020	50,629,997	217,435	1.45%	1.89%
2021	51,188,173	221,961	1.1%	2.08%
2022	51,737,944	226,305	1.07%	1.96%
2023	52,321,152	230,871	1.13%	2.02%
2024	52,886,363	235,536	1.08%	2.02%
2025	53,425,632	240,251	1.02%	2%
2026	53,936,234	244,987	0.96%	1.97%
2027	54,422,275	249,783	0.9%	1.96%
2028	54,885,123	254,657	0.85%	1.95%
2029	55,322,627	259,597	0.8%	1.94%
2030	55,736,477	264,560	0.75%	1.91%
2031	56,125,966	269,566	0.7%	1.89%
2032	56,490,496	274,643	0.65%	1.88%
2033	56,832,264	279,761	0.61%	1.86%
2034	57,151,619	284,911	0.56%	1.84%
2035	57,445,755	290,082	0.51%	1.81%
2036	57,716,869	295,269	0.47%	1.79%
2037	57,965,300	300,439	0.43%	1.75%
2038	58,190,082	305,590	0.39%	1.71%
2039	58,394,310	310,729	0.35%	1.68%
2040	58,576,452	315,833	0.31%	1.64%
2041	58,736,886	320,875	0.27%	1.6%
2042	58,878,126	325,888	0.24%	1.56%
2043	59,000,362	330,908	0.21%	1.54%
2044	59,104,592	335,919	0.18%	1.51%
2045	59,190,826	340,911	0.15%	1.49%
2046	59,259,758	345,883	0.12%	1.46%
2047	59,313,132	350,758	0.09%	1.41%
2048	59,351,262	355,569	0.06%	1.37%
2049	59,375,012	360,353	0.04%	1.35%
2050	59,385,355	365,103	0.02%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.