The latest officially reported population of Germany was 83,510,950 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Germany's population is 83,039,665 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 340 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
- Germany is ranked the 19th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
- The countries together account for 1.01% of the world: 1% for Germany vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
- For the last 10 years, Germany has had an average growth rate of +0.32% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
- Since 2005, the population of Germany has increased from 82.5M people to 83M (0.69% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
- Sao Tome and Principe is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 534K people, while Germany's population already peaked in 2023 at 83.9M people and is projected to decrease to 70M people by 2100.
Germany vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter
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| Current population |
83039665
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244055
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| Population rank | 19/197 | 176/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1% | 0.003% |
| One net population change |
1.34 minutes
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
45.3 seconds
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1.35 hours
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| One death every |
30.6 seconds
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6.81 hours
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| One migration net change every |
14.2 minutes
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14.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | +36,954 | -604 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1,071 | +13 |
| Annual growth/decline | -390,973 | +4,665 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.47% | +2.02% |
| Population growth rate rank | 184/197 | 52/197 |
Germany and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 72,814,900 | 68,012 | - | - |
| 1961 | 73,377,632 | 68,707 | 0.77% | 1.02% |
| 1962 | 74,025,784 | 69,403 | 0.88% | 1.01% |
| 1963 | 74,714,353 | 70,112 | 0.93% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 75,318,337 | 70,865 | 0.81% | 1.07% |
| 1965 | 75,963,695 | 71,680 | 0.86% | 1.15% |
| 1966 | 76,600,311 | 72,576 | 0.84% | 1.25% |
| 1967 | 76,951,336 | 73,596 | 0.46% | 1.41% |
| 1968 | 77,294,314 | 74,765 | 0.45% | 1.59% |
| 1969 | 77,909,682 | 76,083 | 0.8% | 1.76% |
| 1970 | 78,169,289 | 77,626 | 0.33% | 2.03% |
| 1971 | 78,312,842 | 79,330 | 0.18% | 2.2% |
| 1972 | 78,688,452 | 81,041 | 0.48% | 2.16% |
| 1973 | 78,936,666 | 82,798 | 0.32% | 2.17% |
| 1974 | 78,967,433 | 84,672 | 0.04% | 2.26% |
| 1975 | 78,673,554 | 86,708 | -0.37% | 2.4% |
| 1976 | 78,336,950 | 88,922 | -0.43% | 2.55% |
| 1977 | 78,159,814 | 91,301 | -0.23% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 78,091,820 | 93,794 | -0.09% | 2.73% |
| 1979 | 78,126,350 | 96,252 | 0.04% | 2.62% |
| 1980 | 78,288,576 | 98,544 | 0.21% | 2.38% |
| 1981 | 78,407,907 | 100,615 | 0.15% | 2.1% |
| 1982 | 78,333,366 | 102,508 | -0.1% | 1.88% |
| 1983 | 78,128,282 | 104,380 | -0.26% | 1.83% |
| 1984 | 77,858,685 | 106,394 | -0.35% | 1.93% |
| 1985 | 77,684,873 | 108,658 | -0.22% | 2.13% |
| 1986 | 77,720,436 | 111,150 | 0.05% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 77,839,920 | 113,919 | 0.15% | 2.49% |
| 1988 | 78,144,619 | 116,939 | 0.39% | 2.65% |
| 1989 | 78,751,283 | 119,979 | 0.78% | 2.6% |
| 1990 | 79,433,029 | 122,980 | 0.87% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 80,013,896 | 125,697 | 0.73% | 2.21% |
| 1992 | 80,624,598 | 128,110 | 0.76% | 1.92% |
| 1993 | 81,156,363 | 130,467 | 0.66% | 1.84% |
| 1994 | 81,438,348 | 132,732 | 0.35% | 1.74% |
| 1995 | 81,678,051 | 134,895 | 0.29% | 1.63% |
| 1996 | 81,914,831 | 136,962 | 0.29% | 1.53% |
| 1997 | 82,034,771 | 138,922 | 0.15% | 1.43% |
| 1998 | 82,047,195 | 140,751 | 0.02% | 1.32% |
| 1999 | 82,100,243 | 142,442 | 0.06% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 82,211,508 | 144,018 | 0.14% | 1.11% |
| 2001 | 82,349,925 | 146,375 | 0.17% | 1.64% |
| 2002 | 82,488,495 | 149,922 | 0.17% | 2.42% |
| 2003 | 82,534,176 | 153,814 | 0.06% | 2.6% |
| 2004 | 82,516,260 | 157,705 | -0.02% | 2.53% |
| 2005 | 82,469,422 | 161,639 | -0.06% | 2.49% |
| 2006 | 82,376,451 | 165,638 | -0.11% | 2.47% |
| 2007 | 82,266,372 | 169,700 | -0.13% | 2.45% |
| 2008 | 82,110,097 | 173,793 | -0.19% | 2.41% |
| 2009 | 81,902,307 | 177,853 | -0.25% | 2.34% |
| 2010 | 81,776,930 | 181,802 | -0.15% | 2.22% |
| 2011 | 80,274,983 | 185,649 | -1.84% | 2.12% |
| 2012 | 80,425,823 | 189,439 | 0.19% | 2.04% |
| 2013 | 80,645,605 | 193,148 | 0.27% | 1.96% |
| 2014 | 80,982,500 | 196,767 | 0.42% | 1.87% |
| 2015 | 81,686,611 | 200,291 | 0.87% | 1.79% |
| 2016 | 82,348,669 | 203,689 | 0.81% | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 82,657,002 | 206,970 | 0.37% | 1.61% |
| 2018 | 82,905,782 | 210,187 | 0.3% | 1.55% |
| 2019 | 83,092,962 | 213,392 | 0.23% | 1.52% |
| 2020 | 83,160,871 | 217,435 | 0.08% | 1.89% |
| 2021 | 83,196,078 | 221,961 | 0.04% | 2.08% |
| 2022 | 83,797,985 | 226,305 | 0.72% | 1.96% |
| 2023 | 83,901,923 | 230,871 | 0.12% | 2.02% |
| 2024 | 83,510,950 | 235,536 | -0.47% | 2.02% |
| 2025 | 83,039,665 | 240,251 | -0.56% | 2% |
| 2026 | 82,614,154 | 244,987 | -0.51% | 1.97% |
| 2027 | 82,415,087 | 249,783 | -0.24% | 1.96% |
| 2028 | 82,204,095 | 254,657 | -0.26% | 1.95% |
| 2029 | 81,983,207 | 259,597 | -0.27% | 1.94% |
| 2030 | 81,761,486 | 264,560 | -0.27% | 1.91% |
| 2031 | 81,535,782 | 269,566 | -0.28% | 1.89% |
| 2032 | 81,309,833 | 274,643 | -0.28% | 1.88% |
| 2033 | 81,088,671 | 279,761 | -0.27% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 80,874,239 | 284,911 | -0.26% | 1.84% |
| 2035 | 80,664,119 | 290,082 | -0.26% | 1.81% |
| 2036 | 80,440,400 | 295,269 | -0.28% | 1.79% |
| 2037 | 80,216,687 | 300,439 | -0.28% | 1.75% |
| 2038 | 79,996,530 | 305,590 | -0.27% | 1.71% |
| 2039 | 79,775,309 | 310,729 | -0.28% | 1.68% |
| 2040 | 79,559,716 | 315,833 | -0.27% | 1.64% |
| 2041 | 79,356,179 | 320,875 | -0.26% | 1.6% |
| 2042 | 79,162,051 | 325,888 | -0.24% | 1.56% |
| 2043 | 78,957,628 | 330,908 | -0.26% | 1.54% |
| 2044 | 78,737,840 | 335,919 | -0.28% | 1.51% |
| 2045 | 78,512,825 | 340,911 | -0.29% | 1.49% |
| 2046 | 78,288,289 | 345,883 | -0.29% | 1.46% |
| 2047 | 78,060,952 | 350,758 | -0.29% | 1.41% |
| 2048 | 77,820,753 | 355,569 | -0.31% | 1.37% |
| 2049 | 77,573,634 | 360,353 | -0.32% | 1.35% |
| 2050 | 77,330,385 | 365,103 | -0.31% | 1.32% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).
Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. 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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Population differences between Germany and Sao Tome and Principe
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| Life expectancy | 81.7 years | 70.1 years |
| Average age | 45 years | 25.1 years |
| Median age | 46.3 years | 20.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 3.64 births per woman |
| Population density | 619 ppl/mi² | 635 ppl/mi² |
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