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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Denmark	Sao Tome	Denmark	Sao Tome
1960	4,579,603	68,012	-	-
1961	4,611,687	68,707	0.7%	1.02%
1962	4,647,727	69,403	0.78%	1.01%
1963	4,684,483	70,112	0.79%	1.02%
1964	4,722,072	70,865	0.8%	1.07%
1965	4,759,012	71,680	0.78%	1.15%
1966	4,797,381	72,576	0.81%	1.25%
1967	4,835,354	73,596	0.79%	1.41%
1968	4,864,883	74,765	0.61%	1.59%
1969	4,891,860	76,083	0.55%	1.76%
1970	4,928,757	77,626	0.75%	2.03%
1971	4,963,126	79,330	0.7%	2.2%
1972	4,991,596	81,041	0.57%	2.16%
1973	5,021,861	82,798	0.61%	2.17%
1974	5,045,297	84,672	0.47%	2.26%
1975	5,059,862	86,708	0.29%	2.4%
1976	5,072,596	88,922	0.25%	2.55%
1977	5,088,419	91,301	0.31%	2.68%
1978	5,104,248	93,794	0.31%	2.73%
1979	5,116,801	96,252	0.25%	2.62%
1980	5,123,027	98,544	0.12%	2.38%
1981	5,121,572	100,615	-0.03%	2.1%
1982	5,117,810	102,508	-0.07%	1.88%
1983	5,114,297	104,380	-0.07%	1.83%
1984	5,111,619	106,394	-0.05%	1.93%
1985	5,113,691	108,658	0.04%	2.13%
1986	5,120,534	111,150	0.13%	2.29%
1987	5,127,024	113,919	0.13%	2.49%
1988	5,129,516	116,939	0.05%	2.65%
1989	5,132,594	119,979	0.06%	2.6%
1990	5,140,939	122,980	0.16%	2.5%
1991	5,154,298	125,697	0.26%	2.21%
1992	5,171,370	128,110	0.33%	1.92%
1993	5,188,628	130,467	0.33%	1.84%
1994	5,206,180	132,732	0.34%	1.74%
1995	5,233,373	134,895	0.52%	1.63%
1996	5,263,074	136,962	0.57%	1.53%
1997	5,284,991	138,922	0.42%	1.43%
1998	5,304,219	140,751	0.36%	1.32%
1999	5,321,799	142,442	0.33%	1.2%
2000	5,339,616	144,018	0.33%	1.11%
2001	5,358,783	146,375	0.36%	1.64%
2002	5,375,931	149,922	0.32%	2.42%
2003	5,390,574	153,814	0.27%	2.6%
2004	5,404,523	157,705	0.26%	2.53%
2005	5,419,432	161,639	0.28%	2.49%
2006	5,437,272	165,638	0.33%	2.47%
2007	5,461,438	169,700	0.44%	2.45%
2008	5,493,621	173,793	0.59%	2.41%
2009	5,523,095	177,853	0.54%	2.34%
2010	5,547,683	181,802	0.45%	2.22%
2011	5,570,572	185,649	0.41%	2.12%
2012	5,591,572	189,439	0.38%	2.04%
2013	5,614,932	193,148	0.42%	1.96%
2014	5,643,475	196,767	0.51%	1.87%
2015	5,683,483	200,291	0.71%	1.79%
2016	5,728,010	203,689	0.78%	1.7%
2017	5,764,980	206,970	0.65%	1.61%
2018	5,793,636	210,187	0.5%	1.55%
2019	5,814,422	213,392	0.36%	1.52%
2020	5,831,404	217,435	0.29%	1.89%
2021	5,856,733	221,961	0.43%	2.08%
2022	5,903,037	226,305	0.79%	1.96%
2023	5,946,952	230,871	0.74%	2.02%
2024	5,976,992	235,536	0.51%	2.02%
2025	6,002,090	240,251	0.42%	2%
2026	6,023,091	244,987	0.35%	1.97%
2027	6,041,010	249,783	0.3%	1.96%
2028	6,056,755	254,657	0.26%	1.95%
2029	6,070,186	259,597	0.22%	1.94%
2030	6,081,559	264,560	0.19%	1.91%
2031	6,091,513	269,566	0.16%	1.89%
2032	6,099,943	274,643	0.14%	1.88%
2033	6,107,156	279,761	0.12%	1.86%
2034	6,113,785	284,911	0.11%	1.84%
2035	6,119,365	290,082	0.09%	1.81%
2036	6,123,874	295,269	0.07%	1.79%
2037	6,127,386	300,439	0.06%	1.75%
2038	6,130,437	305,590	0.05%	1.71%
2039	6,132,752	310,729	0.04%	1.68%
2040	6,134,223	315,833	0.02%	1.64%
2041	6,135,120	320,875	0.01%	1.6%
2042	6,135,315	325,888	0.003%	1.56%
2043	6,135,244	330,908	-0.001%	1.54%
2044	6,134,789	335,919	-0.007%	1.51%
2045	6,134,218	340,911	-0.009%	1.49%
2046	6,133,182	345,883	-0.02%	1.46%
2047	6,131,427	350,758	-0.03%	1.41%
2048	6,129,548	355,569	-0.03%	1.37%
2049	6,127,293	360,353	-0.04%	1.35%
2050	6,124,397	365,103	-0.05%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.