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

Updated on by Georank team

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

Germany Sao Tome
Current population
83039665
244055
Population rank 19/197 176/197
Percent of world population 1% 0.003%
One net population change
1.34 minutes
1.88 hours
One birth every
45.3 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
30.6 seconds
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
14.2 minutes
14.5 hours
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

Germany
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Germany Sao Tome Germany Sao Tome
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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