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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Peru was 34,217,848 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Peru's population is 34,854,181 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • Peru's population is 142.8 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Peru is ranked the 48th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.42% for Peru vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, Peru has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Peru has increased from 28.1M people to 34.9M (24% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • Peru is projected to reach its peak in 2066 at 41.7M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Peru vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Peru Sao Tome
Current population
34854181
244055
Population rank 48/197 176/197
Percent of world population 0.42% 0.003%
One net population change
1.41 minutes
1.88 hours
One birth every
58.4 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
2.83 minutes
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
28.6 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change +18,406 -604
Daily growth/decline +1,020 +13
Annual growth/decline +372,231 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +1.1% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 97/197 52/197

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

Peru
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Peru Sao Tome Peru Sao Tome
1960 10,174,127 68,012 - -
1961 10,475,123 68,707 2.96% 1.02%
1962 10,784,612 69,403 2.95% 1.01%
1963 11,102,099 70,112 2.94% 1.02%
1964 11,427,978 70,865 2.94% 1.07%
1965 11,761,085 71,680 2.91% 1.15%
1966 12,101,297 72,576 2.89% 1.25%
1967 12,448,814 73,596 2.87% 1.41%
1968 12,803,993 74,765 2.85% 1.59%
1969 13,166,767 76,083 2.83% 1.76%
1970 13,501,237 77,626 2.54% 2.03%
1971 13,838,067 79,330 2.49% 2.2%
1972 14,210,147 81,041 2.69% 2.16%
1973 14,582,867 82,798 2.62% 2.17%
1974 14,956,552 84,672 2.56% 2.26%
1975 15,333,957 86,708 2.52% 2.4%
1976 15,716,809 88,922 2.5% 2.55%
1977 16,109,806 91,301 2.5% 2.68%
1978 16,516,059 93,794 2.52% 2.73%
1979 16,933,139 96,252 2.53% 2.62%
1980 17,360,949 98,544 2.53% 2.38%
1981 17,798,805 100,615 2.52% 2.1%
1982 18,246,503 102,508 2.52% 1.88%
1983 18,705,957 104,380 2.52% 1.83%
1984 19,174,716 106,394 2.51% 1.93%
1985 19,648,204 108,658 2.47% 2.13%
1986 20,117,122 111,150 2.39% 2.29%
1987 20,582,320 113,919 2.31% 2.49%
1988 21,054,702 116,939 2.3% 2.65%
1989 21,532,589 119,979 2.27% 2.6%
1990 22,014,771 122,980 2.24% 2.5%
1991 22,483,775 125,697 2.13% 2.21%
1992 22,946,340 128,110 2.06% 1.92%
1993 23,413,783 130,467 2.04% 1.84%
1994 23,881,493 132,732 2% 1.74%
1995 24,348,919 134,895 1.96% 1.63%
1996 24,811,171 136,962 1.9% 1.53%
1997 25,274,147 138,922 1.87% 1.43%
1998 25,738,095 140,751 1.84% 1.32%
1999 26,186,504 142,442 1.74% 1.2%
2000 26,598,331 144,018 1.57% 1.11%
2001 26,964,601 146,375 1.38% 1.64%
2002 27,288,217 149,922 1.2% 2.42%
2003 27,580,490 153,814 1.07% 2.6%
2004 27,852,190 157,705 0.99% 2.53%
2005 28,101,180 161,639 0.89% 2.49%
2006 28,324,491 165,638 0.79% 2.47%
2007 28,530,699 169,700 0.73% 2.45%
2008 28,719,041 173,793 0.66% 2.41%
2009 28,896,811 177,853 0.62% 2.34%
2010 29,086,019 181,802 0.65% 2.22%
2011 29,304,086 185,649 0.75% 2.12%
2012 29,550,366 189,439 0.84% 2.04%
2013 29,817,919 193,148 0.91% 1.96%
2014 30,115,826 196,767 1% 1.87%
2015 30,457,600 200,291 1.13% 1.79%
2016 30,866,494 203,689 1.34% 1.7%
2017 31,324,637 206,970 1.48% 1.61%
2018 31,897,584 210,187 1.83% 1.55%
2019 32,449,303 213,392 1.73% 1.52%
2020 32,838,579 217,435 1.2% 1.89%
2021 33,155,882 221,961 0.97% 2.08%
2022 33,475,438 226,305 0.96% 1.96%
2023 33,845,617 230,871 1.11% 2.02%
2024 34,217,848 235,536 1.1% 2.02%
2025 34,576,670 240,251 1.05% 2%
2026 34,922,144 244,987 1% 1.97%
2027 35,255,683 249,783 0.96% 1.96%
2028 35,578,281 254,657 0.92% 1.95%
2029 35,890,705 259,597 0.88% 1.94%
2030 36,193,882 264,560 0.84% 1.91%
2031 36,488,437 269,566 0.81% 1.89%
2032 36,774,937 274,643 0.79% 1.88%
2033 37,054,380 279,761 0.76% 1.86%
2034 37,326,798 284,911 0.74% 1.84%
2035 37,591,420 290,082 0.71% 1.81%
2036 37,848,147 295,269 0.68% 1.79%
2037 38,096,898 300,439 0.66% 1.75%
2038 38,337,328 305,590 0.63% 1.71%
2039 38,569,891 310,729 0.61% 1.68%
2040 38,794,647 315,833 0.58% 1.64%
2041 39,011,537 320,875 0.56% 1.6%
2042 39,220,371 325,888 0.54% 1.56%
2043 39,420,647 330,908 0.51% 1.54%
2044 39,612,847 335,919 0.49% 1.51%
2045 39,796,723 340,911 0.46% 1.49%
2046 39,971,719 345,883 0.44% 1.46%
2047 40,137,869 350,758 0.42% 1.41%
2048 40,294,857 355,569 0.39% 1.37%
2049 40,443,273 360,353 0.37% 1.35%
2050 40,583,875 365,103 0.35% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Peru increased by 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Peru gained 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Peru was ranked 39th most populous country in 2005 and is 48th 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) Peru's population will grow by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people with a rank change from 48th to 51st. 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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