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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Sao Tome	Greece	Sao Tome
1960	8,331,725	68,012	-	-
1961	8,398,050	68,707	0.8%	1.02%
1962	8,448,233	69,403	0.6%	1.01%
1963	8,479,625	70,112	0.37%	1.02%
1964	8,510,429	70,865	0.36%	1.07%
1965	8,550,333	71,680	0.47%	1.15%
1966	8,613,651	72,576	0.74%	1.25%
1967	8,684,088	73,596	0.82%	1.41%
1968	8,740,765	74,765	0.65%	1.59%
1969	8,772,764	76,083	0.37%	1.76%
1970	8,792,806	77,626	0.23%	2.03%
1971	8,831,036	79,330	0.43%	2.2%
1972	8,888,628	81,041	0.65%	2.16%
1973	8,929,086	82,798	0.46%	2.17%
1974	8,962,022	84,672	0.37%	2.26%
1975	9,046,541	86,708	0.94%	2.4%
1976	9,188,150	88,922	1.57%	2.55%
1977	9,308,479	91,301	1.31%	2.68%
1978	9,429,959	93,794	1.31%	2.73%
1979	9,548,258	96,252	1.25%	2.62%
1980	9,642,505	98,544	0.99%	2.38%
1981	9,729,350	100,615	0.9%	2.1%
1982	9,789,513	102,508	0.62%	1.88%
1983	9,846,627	104,380	0.58%	1.83%
1984	9,895,801	106,394	0.5%	1.93%
1985	9,934,300	108,658	0.39%	2.13%
1986	9,967,213	111,150	0.33%	2.29%
1987	10,000,595	113,919	0.33%	2.49%
1988	10,036,983	116,939	0.36%	2.65%
1989	10,089,498	119,979	0.52%	2.6%
1990	10,196,792	122,980	1.06%	2.5%
1991	10,319,927	125,697	1.21%	2.21%
1992	10,399,061	128,110	0.77%	1.92%
1993	10,460,415	130,467	0.59%	1.84%
1994	10,512,922	132,732	0.5%	1.74%
1995	10,562,153	134,895	0.47%	1.63%
1996	10,608,800	136,962	0.44%	1.53%
1997	10,661,259	138,922	0.49%	1.43%
1998	10,720,509	140,751	0.56%	1.32%
1999	10,761,698	142,442	0.38%	1.2%
2000	10,805,808	144,018	0.41%	1.11%
2001	10,862,132	146,375	0.52%	1.64%
2002	10,902,022	149,922	0.37%	2.42%
2003	10,928,070	153,814	0.24%	2.6%
2004	10,955,141	157,705	0.25%	2.53%
2005	10,987,314	161,639	0.29%	2.49%
2006	11,020,362	165,638	0.3%	2.47%
2007	11,048,473	169,700	0.26%	2.45%
2008	11,077,841	173,793	0.27%	2.41%
2009	11,107,017	177,853	0.26%	2.34%
2010	11,121,341	181,802	0.13%	2.22%
2011	11,104,899	185,649	-0.15%	2.12%
2012	11,045,011	189,439	-0.54%	2.04%
2013	10,965,211	193,148	-0.72%	1.96%
2014	10,892,413	196,767	-0.66%	1.87%
2015	10,820,883	200,291	-0.66%	1.79%
2016	10,775,971	203,689	-0.42%	1.7%
2017	10,754,679	206,970	-0.2%	1.61%
2018	10,732,882	210,187	-0.2%	1.55%
2019	10,721,582	213,392	-0.11%	1.52%
2020	10,698,599	217,435	-0.21%	1.89%
2021	10,569,207	221,961	-1.21%	2.08%
2022	10,436,882	226,305	-1.25%	1.96%
2023	10,405,588	230,871	-0.3%	2.02%
2024	10,388,805	235,536	-0.16%	2.02%
2025	10,276,140	240,251	-1.08%	2%
2026	10,232,997	244,987	-0.42%	1.97%
2027	10,188,386	249,783	-0.44%	1.96%
2028	10,143,203	254,657	-0.44%	1.95%
2029	10,097,603	259,597	-0.45%	1.94%
2030	10,051,921	264,560	-0.45%	1.91%
2031	10,006,045	269,566	-0.46%	1.89%
2032	9,959,048	274,643	-0.47%	1.88%
2033	9,911,765	279,761	-0.47%	1.86%
2034	9,865,342	284,911	-0.47%	1.84%
2035	9,818,783	290,082	-0.47%	1.81%
2036	9,772,426	295,269	-0.47%	1.79%
2037	9,726,502	300,439	-0.47%	1.75%
2038	9,680,639	305,590	-0.47%	1.71%
2039	9,635,315	310,729	-0.47%	1.68%
2040	9,590,401	315,833	-0.47%	1.64%
2041	9,545,637	320,875	-0.47%	1.6%
2042	9,501,568	325,888	-0.46%	1.56%
2043	9,457,398	330,908	-0.46%	1.54%
2044	9,411,943	335,919	-0.48%	1.51%
2045	9,365,737	340,911	-0.49%	1.49%
2046	9,319,023	345,883	-0.5%	1.46%
2047	9,269,970	350,758	-0.53%	1.41%
2048	9,218,699	355,569	-0.55%	1.37%
2049	9,165,668	360,353	-0.58%	1.35%
2050	9,111,122	365,103	-0.6%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.