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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Sao Tome	Eritrea	Sao Tome
1960	972,547	68,012	-	-
1961	995,573	68,707	2.37%	1.02%
1962	1,019,788	69,403	2.43%	1.01%
1963	1,045,092	70,112	2.48%	1.02%
1964	1,071,287	70,865	2.51%	1.07%
1965	1,098,335	71,680	2.52%	1.15%
1966	1,124,957	72,576	2.42%	1.25%
1967	1,152,339	73,596	2.43%	1.41%
1968	1,181,737	74,765	2.55%	1.59%
1969	1,212,005	76,083	2.56%	1.76%
1970	1,243,453	77,626	2.59%	2.03%
1971	1,276,154	79,330	2.63%	2.2%
1972	1,309,235	81,041	2.59%	2.16%
1973	1,342,669	82,798	2.55%	2.17%
1974	1,375,688	84,672	2.46%	2.26%
1975	1,408,210	86,708	2.36%	2.4%
1976	1,443,807	88,922	2.53%	2.55%
1977	1,482,565	91,301	2.68%	2.68%
1978	1,522,378	93,794	2.69%	2.73%
1979	1,563,332	96,252	2.69%	2.62%
1980	1,605,797	98,544	2.72%	2.38%
1981	1,649,939	100,615	2.75%	2.1%
1982	1,695,461	102,508	2.76%	1.88%
1983	1,736,160	104,380	2.4%	1.83%
1984	1,771,730	106,394	2.05%	1.93%
1985	1,807,816	108,658	2.04%	2.13%
1986	1,845,164	111,150	2.07%	2.29%
1987	1,888,669	113,919	2.36%	2.49%
1988	1,938,255	116,939	2.63%	2.65%
1989	1,987,017	119,979	2.52%	2.6%
1990	2,032,737	122,980	2.3%	2.5%
1991	1,919,571	125,697	-5.57%	2.21%
1992	1,798,748	128,110	-6.29%	1.92%
1993	1,856,006	130,467	3.18%	1.84%
1994	1,913,915	132,732	3.12%	1.74%
1995	2,025,267	134,895	5.82%	1.63%
1996	2,128,464	136,962	5.1%	1.53%
1997	2,152,135	138,922	1.11%	1.43%
1998	2,180,419	140,751	1.31%	1.32%
1999	2,212,780	142,442	1.48%	1.2%
2000	2,247,031	144,018	1.55%	1.11%
2001	2,312,079	146,375	2.89%	1.64%
2002	2,392,978	149,922	3.5%	2.42%
2003	2,493,903	153,814	4.22%	2.6%
2004	2,598,284	157,705	4.19%	2.53%
2005	2,661,215	161,639	2.42%	2.49%
2006	2,703,502	165,638	1.59%	2.47%
2007	2,743,222	169,700	1.47%	2.45%
2008	2,816,327	173,793	2.66%	2.41%
2009	2,887,885	177,853	2.54%	2.34%
2010	2,945,186	181,802	1.98%	2.22%
2011	2,998,485	185,649	1.81%	2.12%
2012	3,036,988	189,439	1.28%	2.04%
2013	3,074,360	193,148	1.23%	1.96%
2014	3,095,173	196,767	0.68%	1.87%
2015	3,105,546	200,291	0.34%	1.79%
2016	3,124,698	203,689	0.62%	1.7%
2017	3,150,347	206,970	0.82%	1.61%
2018	3,192,760	210,187	1.35%	1.55%
2019	3,240,194	213,392	1.49%	1.52%
2020	3,291,271	217,435	1.58%	1.89%
2021	3,350,183	221,961	1.79%	2.08%
2022	3,409,447	226,305	1.77%	1.96%
2023	3,470,390	230,871	1.79%	2.02%
2024	3,535,603	235,536	1.88%	2.02%
2025	3,606,996	240,251	2.02%	2%
2026	3,682,659	244,987	2.1%	1.97%
2027	3,760,368	249,783	2.11%	1.96%
2028	3,840,135	254,657	2.12%	1.95%
2029	3,920,467	259,597	2.09%	1.94%
2030	4,002,671	264,560	2.1%	1.91%
2031	4,085,037	269,566	2.06%	1.89%
2032	4,166,507	274,643	1.99%	1.88%
2033	4,249,501	279,761	1.99%	1.86%
2034	4,334,727	284,911	2.01%	1.84%
2035	4,420,915	290,082	1.99%	1.81%
2036	4,509,755	295,269	2.01%	1.79%
2037	4,601,933	300,439	2.04%	1.75%
2038	4,692,340	305,590	1.96%	1.71%
2039	4,780,469	310,729	1.88%	1.68%
2040	4,868,668	315,833	1.84%	1.64%
2041	4,954,481	320,875	1.76%	1.6%
2042	5,039,298	325,888	1.71%	1.56%
2043	5,124,256	330,908	1.69%	1.54%
2044	5,207,858	335,919	1.63%	1.51%
2045	5,292,756	340,911	1.63%	1.49%
2046	5,375,963	345,883	1.57%	1.46%
2047	5,456,488	350,758	1.5%	1.41%
2048	5,537,538	355,569	1.49%	1.37%
2049	5,617,348	360,353	1.44%	1.35%
2050	5,696,052	365,103	1.4%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.