Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Sao Tome	Guinea-Bissau	Sao Tome
1960	577,633	68,012	-	-
1961	582,532	68,707	0.85%	1.02%
1962	589,474	69,403	1.19%	1.01%
1963	594,418	70,112	0.84%	1.02%
1964	588,543	70,865	-0.99%	1.07%
1965	575,005	71,680	-2.3%	1.15%
1966	566,908	72,576	-1.41%	1.25%
1967	569,011	73,596	0.37%	1.41%
1968	578,170	74,765	1.61%	1.59%
1969	581,610	76,083	0.59%	1.76%
1970	584,403	77,626	0.48%	2.03%
1971	586,221	79,330	0.31%	2.2%
1972	586,620	81,041	0.07%	2.16%
1973	592,808	82,798	1.05%	2.17%
1974	613,338	84,672	3.46%	2.26%
1975	650,966	86,708	6.13%	2.4%
1976	694,191	88,922	6.64%	2.55%
1977	741,789	91,301	6.86%	2.68%
1978	791,694	93,794	6.73%	2.73%
1979	819,867	96,252	3.56%	2.62%
1980	829,303	98,544	1.15%	2.38%
1981	842,432	100,615	1.58%	2.1%
1982	855,891	102,508	1.6%	1.88%
1983	869,592	104,380	1.6%	1.83%
1984	883,519	106,394	1.6%	1.93%
1985	897,697	108,658	1.6%	2.13%
1986	912,126	111,150	1.61%	2.29%
1987	926,862	113,919	1.62%	2.49%
1988	942,061	116,939	1.64%	2.65%
1989	957,789	119,979	1.67%	2.6%
1990	973,669	122,980	1.66%	2.5%
1991	994,639	125,697	2.15%	2.21%
1992	1,024,356	128,110	2.99%	1.92%
1993	1,058,745	130,467	3.36%	1.84%
1994	1,092,031	132,732	3.14%	1.74%
1995	1,119,949	134,895	2.56%	1.63%
1996	1,143,535	136,962	2.11%	1.53%
1997	1,165,545	138,922	1.92%	1.43%
1998	1,187,473	140,751	1.88%	1.32%
1999	1,210,206	142,442	1.91%	1.2%
2000	1,234,741	144,018	2.03%	1.11%
2001	1,261,273	146,375	2.15%	1.64%
2002	1,289,307	149,922	2.22%	2.42%
2003	1,318,806	153,814	2.29%	2.6%
2004	1,349,563	157,705	2.33%	2.53%
2005	1,381,585	161,639	2.37%	2.49%
2006	1,415,303	165,638	2.44%	2.47%
2007	1,450,986	169,700	2.52%	2.45%
2008	1,488,054	173,793	2.55%	2.41%
2009	1,526,377	177,853	2.58%	2.34%
2010	1,566,347	181,802	2.62%	2.22%
2011	1,608,076	185,649	2.66%	2.12%
2012	1,651,417	189,439	2.7%	2.04%
2013	1,695,973	193,148	2.7%	1.96%
2014	1,741,122	196,767	2.66%	1.87%
2015	1,786,457	200,291	2.6%	1.79%
2016	1,831,893	203,689	2.54%	1.7%
2017	1,877,072	206,970	2.47%	1.61%
2018	1,922,168	210,187	2.4%	1.55%
2019	1,967,696	213,392	2.37%	1.52%
2020	2,013,255	217,435	2.32%	1.89%
2021	2,058,841	221,961	2.26%	2.08%
2022	2,105,529	226,305	2.27%	1.96%
2023	2,153,339	230,871	2.27%	2.02%
2024	2,201,352	235,536	2.23%	2.02%
2025	2,249,512	240,251	2.19%	2%
2026	2,297,807	244,987	2.15%	1.97%
2027	2,346,190	249,783	2.11%	1.96%
2028	2,394,226	254,657	2.05%	1.95%
2029	2,441,574	259,597	1.98%	1.94%
2030	2,488,931	264,560	1.94%	1.91%
2031	2,536,893	269,566	1.93%	1.89%
2032	2,585,565	274,643	1.92%	1.88%
2033	2,634,701	279,761	1.9%	1.86%
2034	2,683,078	284,911	1.84%	1.84%
2035	2,730,136	290,082	1.75%	1.81%
2036	2,777,887	295,269	1.75%	1.79%
2037	2,826,159	300,439	1.74%	1.75%
2038	2,873,929	305,590	1.69%	1.71%
2039	2,921,973	310,729	1.67%	1.68%
2040	2,969,699	315,833	1.63%	1.64%
2041	3,016,537	320,875	1.58%	1.6%
2042	3,063,161	325,888	1.55%	1.56%
2043	3,109,927	330,908	1.53%	1.54%
2044	3,156,704	335,919	1.5%	1.51%
2045	3,204,242	340,911	1.51%	1.49%
2046	3,251,465	345,883	1.47%	1.46%
2047	3,298,563	350,758	1.45%	1.41%
2048	3,345,853	355,569	1.43%	1.37%
2049	3,392,557	360,353	1.4%	1.35%
2050	3,438,597	365,103	1.36%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.