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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Philippines was 115,843,670 in 2024 vs 235,536 people in Sao Tome and Principe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Philippines' population is 117,540,050 people compared to 244,055 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Population statistics:

  • The Philippines' population is 482 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • The Philippines is ranked the 14th most populous country in the world, while Sao Tome and Principe is the 176th.
  • The countries together account for 1.42% of the world: 1.42% for the Philippines vs 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe.
  • For the last 10 years, the Philippines has had an average growth rate of +1.16% per year vs +1.82% in Sao Tome and Principe.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Philippines has increased from 88M people to 118M (33.5% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe has grown from 162K to 244K (51% growth).
  • The Philippines is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 135M people compared to the peak of 534K people in 2100 for Sao Tome and Principe.

Philippines vs Sao Tome and Principe: live population counter

Philippines Sao Tome
Current population
117540050
244055
Population rank 14/197 176/197
Percent of world population 1.42% 0.003%
One net population change
33.1 seconds
1.88 hours
One birth every
17.1 seconds
1.35 hours
One death every
44 seconds
6.81 hours
One migration net change every
3.28 minutes
14.5 hours
Annual migration change -160,373 -604
Daily growth/decline +2,610 +13
Annual growth/decline +952,471 +4,665
Annual growth/decline rate +0.83% +2.02%
Population growth rate rank 115/197 52/197

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

Philippines
Population

Growth rate
Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Philippines Sao Tome Philippines Sao Tome
1960 27,891,897 68,012 - -
1961 28,792,621 68,707 3.23% 1.02%
1962 29,723,536 69,403 3.23% 1.01%
1963 30,674,731 70,112 3.2% 1.02%
1964 31,643,032 70,865 3.16% 1.07%
1965 32,625,316 71,680 3.1% 1.15%
1966 33,617,170 72,576 3.04% 1.25%
1967 34,621,320 73,596 2.99% 1.41%
1968 35,638,342 74,765 2.94% 1.59%
1969 36,660,799 76,083 2.87% 1.76%
1970 37,622,204 77,626 2.62% 2.03%
1971 38,518,659 79,330 2.38% 2.2%
1972 39,408,560 81,041 2.31% 2.16%
1973 40,294,130 82,798 2.25% 2.17%
1974 41,174,341 84,672 2.18% 2.26%
1975 42,120,826 86,708 2.3% 2.4%
1976 43,201,488 88,922 2.57% 2.55%
1977 44,367,962 91,301 2.7% 2.68%
1978 45,575,281 93,794 2.72% 2.73%
1979 46,807,103 96,252 2.7% 2.62%
1980 48,043,740 98,544 2.64% 2.38%
1981 49,311,727 100,615 2.64% 2.1%
1982 50,695,707 102,508 2.81% 1.88%
1983 52,194,620 104,380 2.96% 1.83%
1984 53,726,181 106,394 2.93% 1.93%
1985 55,213,006 108,658 2.77% 2.13%
1986 56,645,077 111,150 2.59% 2.29%
1987 58,157,496 113,919 2.67% 2.49%
1988 59,739,052 116,939 2.72% 2.65%
1989 61,265,260 119,979 2.55% 2.6%
1990 62,854,666 122,980 2.59% 2.5%
1991 64,382,249 125,697 2.43% 2.21%
1992 65,926,125 128,110 2.4% 1.92%
1993 67,530,621 130,467 2.43% 1.84%
1994 69,019,291 132,732 2.2% 1.74%
1995 70,546,246 134,895 2.21% 1.63%
1996 72,190,242 136,962 2.33% 1.53%
1997 73,908,810 138,922 2.38% 1.43%
1998 75,791,024 140,751 2.55% 1.32%
1999 77,753,257 142,442 2.59% 1.2%
2000 79,625,397 144,018 2.41% 1.11%
2001 81,401,488 146,375 2.23% 1.64%
2002 83,068,889 149,922 2.05% 2.42%
2003 84,731,835 153,814 2% 2.6%
2004 86,394,504 157,705 1.96% 2.53%
2005 88,015,962 161,639 1.88% 2.49%
2006 89,508,986 165,638 1.7% 2.47%
2007 91,075,184 169,700 1.75% 2.45%
2008 92,699,095 173,793 1.78% 2.41%
2009 94,384,250 177,853 1.82% 2.34%
2010 96,337,125 181,802 2.07% 2.22%
2011 98,248,614 185,649 1.98% 2.12%
2012 100,175,512 189,439 1.96% 2.04%
2013 102,076,336 193,148 1.9% 1.96%
2014 103,767,130 196,767 1.66% 1.87%
2015 105,312,992 200,291 1.49% 1.79%
2016 106,735,719 203,689 1.35% 1.7%
2017 108,119,693 206,970 1.3% 1.61%
2018 109,465,287 210,187 1.24% 1.55%
2019 110,804,683 213,392 1.22% 1.52%
2020 112,081,264 217,435 1.15% 1.89%
2021 113,100,950 221,961 0.91% 2.08%
2022 113,964,338 226,305 0.76% 1.96%
2023 114,891,199 230,871 0.81% 2.02%
2024 115,843,670 235,536 0.83% 2.02%
2025 116,786,968 240,251 0.81% 2%
2026 117,724,479 244,987 0.8% 1.97%
2027 118,656,426 249,783 0.79% 1.96%
2028 119,583,984 254,657 0.78% 1.95%
2029 120,502,132 259,597 0.77% 1.94%
2030 121,408,897 264,560 0.75% 1.91%
2031 122,301,606 269,566 0.74% 1.89%
2032 123,180,341 274,643 0.72% 1.88%
2033 124,049,036 279,761 0.71% 1.86%
2034 124,904,124 284,911 0.69% 1.84%
2035 125,740,977 290,082 0.67% 1.81%
2036 126,558,232 295,269 0.65% 1.79%
2037 127,352,607 300,439 0.63% 1.75%
2038 128,118,535 305,590 0.6% 1.71%
2039 128,850,047 310,729 0.57% 1.68%
2040 129,546,666 315,833 0.54% 1.64%
2041 130,209,810 320,875 0.51% 1.6%
2042 130,837,005 325,888 0.48% 1.56%
2043 131,427,404 330,908 0.45% 1.54%
2044 131,979,673 335,919 0.42% 1.51%
2045 132,492,038 340,911 0.39% 1.49%
2046 132,962,001 345,883 0.35% 1.46%
2047 133,385,290 350,758 0.32% 1.41%
2048 133,759,436 355,569 0.28% 1.37%
2049 134,089,011 360,353 0.25% 1.35%
2050 134,373,439 365,103 0.21% 1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Philippines increased by 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Philippines gained 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

The Philippines was ranked 12th most populous country in 2005 and is 14th 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) the Philippines' population will grow by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th. 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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