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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Morocco was 38,081,173 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Morocco's population is 38,697,192 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Morocco's population is 158.6 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Morocco is ranked the 41st most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 0.47% of the world: 0.47% for Morocco vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Morocco has had an average growth rate of +1.09% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Morocco has increased from 30.4M people to 38.7M (27.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Morocco is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 43.7M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Morocco vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Morocco Sao Tome
Current population
38697192
244055
Population rank 41/197 176/197
Percent of world population 0.47% 0.003%
One net population change
1.43 minutes
1.88 hours
One birth every
50.1 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
2.47 minutes
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
11.2 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change -46,802 -604
Daily growth/decline +1,010 +13
Annual growth/decline +368,668 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +0.98% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 105/197 52/197

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

Morocco
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Morocco Sao Tome Morocco Sao Tome
1960 11,624,933 68,012 - -
1961 11,931,085 68,707 2.63% 1.02%
1962 12,253,092 69,403 2.7% 1.01%
1963 12,577,502 70,112 2.65% 1.02%
1964 12,898,886 70,865 2.56% 1.07%
1965 13,239,171 71,680 2.64% 1.15%
1966 13,597,065 72,576 2.7% 1.25%
1967 13,968,175 73,596 2.73% 1.41%
1968 14,347,899 74,765 2.72% 1.59%
1969 14,734,255 76,083 2.69% 1.76%
1970 15,129,449 77,626 2.68% 2.03%
1971 15,527,225 79,330 2.63% 2.2%
1972 15,924,692 81,041 2.56% 2.16%
1973 16,326,269 82,798 2.52% 2.17%
1974 16,733,842 84,672 2.5% 2.26%
1975 17,150,786 86,708 2.49% 2.4%
1976 17,574,182 88,922 2.47% 2.55%
1977 18,014,756 91,301 2.51% 2.68%
1978 18,477,385 93,794 2.57% 2.73%
1979 18,955,589 96,252 2.59% 2.62%
1980 19,459,943 98,544 2.66% 2.38%
1981 19,985,401 100,615 2.7% 2.1%
1982 20,520,318 102,508 2.68% 1.88%
1983 21,060,696 104,380 2.63% 1.83%
1984 21,593,778 106,394 2.53% 1.93%
1985 22,113,953 108,658 2.41% 2.13%
1986 22,600,803 111,150 2.2% 2.29%
1987 23,054,392 113,919 2.01% 2.49%
1988 23,500,524 116,939 1.94% 2.65%
1989 23,939,414 119,979 1.87% 2.6%
1990 24,375,551 122,980 1.82% 2.5%
1991 24,799,014 125,697 1.74% 2.21%
1992 25,212,468 128,110 1.67% 1.92%
1993 25,614,586 130,467 1.59% 1.84%
1994 26,000,822 132,732 1.51% 1.74%
1995 26,399,429 134,895 1.53% 1.63%
1996 26,808,107 136,962 1.55% 1.53%
1997 27,213,337 138,922 1.51% 1.43%
1998 27,621,648 140,751 1.5% 1.32%
1999 28,027,179 142,442 1.47% 1.2%
2000 28,423,435 144,018 1.41% 1.11%
2001 28,814,643 146,375 1.38% 1.64%
2002 29,198,142 149,922 1.33% 2.42%
2003 29,571,415 153,814 1.28% 2.6%
2004 29,953,018 157,705 1.29% 2.53%
2005 30,358,144 161,639 1.35% 2.49%
2006 30,771,178 165,638 1.36% 2.47%
2007 31,186,468 169,700 1.35% 2.45%
2008 31,606,767 173,793 1.35% 2.41%
2009 32,030,778 177,853 1.34% 2.34%
2010 32,467,016 181,802 1.36% 2.22%
2011 32,912,588 185,649 1.37% 2.12%
2012 33,355,241 189,439 1.34% 2.04%
2013 33,787,571 193,148 1.3% 1.96%
2014 34,204,780 196,767 1.23% 1.87%
2015 34,607,588 200,291 1.18% 1.79%
2016 35,023,457 203,689 1.2% 1.7%
2017 35,446,392 206,970 1.21% 1.61%
2018 35,839,760 210,187 1.11% 1.55%
2019 36,210,898 213,392 1.04% 1.52%
2020 36,584,208 217,435 1.03% 1.89%
2021 36,954,442 221,961 1.01% 2.08%
2022 37,329,064 226,305 1.01% 1.96%
2023 37,712,505 230,871 1.03% 2.02%
2024 38,081,173 235,536 0.98% 2.02%
2025 38,430,771 240,251 0.92% 2%
2026 38,762,439 244,987 0.86% 1.97%
2027 39,080,092 249,783 0.82% 1.96%
2028 39,384,122 254,657 0.78% 1.95%
2029 39,674,554 259,597 0.74% 1.94%
2030 39,953,461 264,560 0.7% 1.91%
2031 40,221,736 269,566 0.67% 1.89%
2032 40,477,986 274,643 0.64% 1.88%
2033 40,722,975 279,761 0.61% 1.86%
2034 40,957,241 284,911 0.58% 1.84%
2035 41,182,092 290,082 0.55% 1.81%
2036 41,398,224 295,269 0.52% 1.79%
2037 41,604,025 300,439 0.5% 1.75%
2038 41,802,267 305,590 0.48% 1.71%
2039 41,990,437 310,729 0.45% 1.68%
2040 42,168,202 315,833 0.42% 1.64%
2041 42,339,039 320,875 0.41% 1.6%
2042 42,500,324 325,888 0.38% 1.56%
2043 42,650,491 330,908 0.35% 1.54%
2044 42,792,499 335,919 0.33% 1.51%
2045 42,925,305 340,911 0.31% 1.49%
2046 43,046,175 345,883 0.28% 1.46%
2047 43,158,165 350,758 0.26% 1.41%
2048 43,262,402 355,569 0.24% 1.37%
2049 43,355,724 360,353 0.22% 1.35%
2050 43,440,428 365,103 0.2% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Morocco increased by 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Morocco gained 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Morocco was ranked 37th most populous country in 2005 and is 41st 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) Morocco's population will grow by 12.3% to 43,440,428 people with a rank change from 41st to 50th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.

Biggest cities by population

Sao Tome
City Population
Sao Tome 65.5K
Trindade 6.64K

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