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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ivory Coast was 31,934,230 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ivory Coast's population is 33,340,347 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Ivory Coast's population is 136.6 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Ivory Coast is ranked the 50th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.4% for Ivory Coast vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Ivory Coast has had an average growth rate of +2.65% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ivory Coast has increased from 20.1M people to 33.3M (66.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Ivory Coast is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 104M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Ivory Coast vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Ivory Coast Sao Tome
Current population
33340347
244055
Population rank 50/197 176/197
Percent of world population 0.4% 0.003%
One net population change
41 seconds
1.88 hours
One birth every
31.6 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
2.2 minutes
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
1.12 hours
14.5 hours
Annual migration change +7,838 -604
Daily growth/decline +2,106 +13
Annual growth/decline +768,576 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +2.47% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 30/197 52/197

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

Ivory Coast
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ivory Coast Sao Tome Ivory Coast Sao Tome
1960 3,673,666 68,012 - -
1961 3,810,151 68,707 3.72% 1.02%
1962 3,956,939 69,403 3.85% 1.01%
1963 4,112,061 70,112 3.92% 1.02%
1964 4,273,952 70,865 3.94% 1.07%
1965 4,442,377 71,680 3.94% 1.15%
1966 4,617,519 72,576 3.94% 1.25%
1967 4,799,744 73,596 3.95% 1.41%
1968 4,990,021 74,765 3.96% 1.59%
1969 5,192,221 76,083 4.05% 1.76%
1970 5,411,567 77,626 4.22% 2.03%
1971 5,650,868 79,330 4.42% 2.2%
1972 5,909,716 81,041 4.58% 2.16%
1973 6,184,944 82,798 4.66% 2.17%
1974 6,474,057 84,672 4.67% 2.26%
1975 6,776,297 86,708 4.67% 2.4%
1976 7,057,958 88,922 4.16% 2.55%
1977 7,321,950 91,301 3.74% 2.68%
1978 7,603,130 93,794 3.84% 2.73%
1979 7,902,267 96,252 3.93% 2.62%
1980 8,220,714 98,544 4.03% 2.38%
1981 8,556,596 100,615 4.09% 2.1%
1982 8,907,936 102,508 4.11% 1.88%
1983 9,272,744 104,380 4.1% 1.83%
1984 9,650,516 106,394 4.07% 1.93%
1985 10,040,483 108,658 4.04% 2.13%
1986 10,440,917 111,150 3.99% 2.29%
1987 10,851,475 113,919 3.93% 2.49%
1988 11,275,189 116,939 3.9% 2.65%
1989 11,719,771 119,979 3.94% 2.6%
1990 12,189,778 122,980 4.01% 2.5%
1991 12,683,870 125,697 4.05% 2.21%
1992 13,200,310 128,110 4.07% 1.92%
1993 13,735,951 130,467 4.06% 1.84%
1994 14,287,201 132,732 4.01% 1.74%
1995 14,855,565 134,895 3.98% 1.63%
1996 15,442,312 136,962 3.95% 1.53%
1997 16,047,170 138,922 3.92% 1.43%
1998 16,663,948 140,751 3.84% 1.32%
1999 17,215,935 142,442 3.31% 1.2%
2000 17,699,004 144,018 2.81% 1.11%
2001 18,178,913 146,375 2.71% 1.64%
2002 18,654,771 149,922 2.62% 2.42%
2003 19,125,542 153,814 2.52% 2.6%
2004 19,595,000 157,705 2.45% 2.53%
2005 20,068,458 161,639 2.42% 2.49%
2006 20,546,802 165,638 2.38% 2.47%
2007 21,030,558 169,700 2.35% 2.45%
2008 21,514,439 173,793 2.3% 2.41%
2009 21,997,940 177,853 2.25% 2.34%
2010 22,488,065 181,802 2.23% 2.22%
2011 22,982,000 185,649 2.2% 2.12%
2012 23,467,078 189,439 2.11% 2.04%
2013 23,939,775 193,148 2.01% 1.96%
2014 24,527,395 196,767 2.45% 1.87%
2015 25,246,342 200,291 2.93% 1.79%
2016 25,989,405 203,689 2.94% 1.7%
2017 26,733,372 206,970 2.86% 1.61%
2018 27,464,173 210,187 2.73% 1.55%
2019 28,193,009 213,392 2.65% 1.52%
2020 28,915,449 217,435 2.56% 1.89%
2021 29,639,736 221,961 2.5% 2.08%
2022 30,395,002 226,305 2.55% 1.96%
2023 31,165,654 230,871 2.54% 2.02%
2024 31,934,230 235,536 2.47% 2.02%
2025 32,711,547 240,251 2.43% 2%
2026 33,494,340 244,987 2.39% 1.97%
2027 34,281,129 249,783 2.35% 1.96%
2028 35,077,094 254,657 2.32% 1.95%
2029 35,883,465 259,597 2.3% 1.94%
2030 36,699,008 264,560 2.27% 1.91%
2031 37,529,369 269,566 2.26% 1.89%
2032 38,376,612 274,643 2.26% 1.88%
2033 39,244,388 279,761 2.26% 1.86%
2034 40,132,807 284,911 2.26% 1.84%
2035 41,033,849 290,082 2.25% 1.81%
2036 41,948,468 295,269 2.23% 1.79%
2037 42,880,003 300,439 2.22% 1.75%
2038 43,824,363 305,590 2.2% 1.71%
2039 44,778,750 310,729 2.18% 1.68%
2040 45,743,921 315,833 2.16% 1.64%
2041 46,717,434 320,875 2.13% 1.6%
2042 47,702,165 325,888 2.11% 1.56%
2043 48,700,670 330,908 2.09% 1.54%
2044 49,709,049 335,919 2.07% 1.51%
2045 50,716,074 340,911 2.03% 1.49%
2046 51,718,057 345,883 1.98% 1.46%
2047 52,721,465 350,758 1.94% 1.41%
2048 53,730,594 355,569 1.91% 1.37%
2049 54,739,405 360,353 1.88% 1.35%
2050 55,746,988 365,103 1.84% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ivory Coast increased by 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ivory Coast gained 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Ivory Coast was ranked 55th most populous country in 2005 and is 50th 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) Ivory Coast's population will grow by 67.2% to 55,746,988 people with a rank change from 50th to 36th. 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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