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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Saint Lucia	Sao Tome	Saint Lucia	Sao Tome
1960	92,585	68,012	-	-
1961	93,490	68,707	0.98%	1.02%
1962	94,505	69,403	1.09%	1.01%
1963	95,519	70,112	1.07%	1.02%
1964	96,505	70,865	1.03%	1.07%
1965	97,493	71,680	1.02%	1.15%
1966	98,463	72,576	0.99%	1.25%
1967	99,504	73,596	1.06%	1.41%
1968	100,675	74,765	1.18%	1.59%
1969	101,879	76,083	1.2%	1.76%
1970	103,165	77,626	1.26%	2.03%
1971	104,564	79,330	1.36%	2.2%
1972	106,002	81,041	1.38%	2.16%
1973	107,498	82,798	1.41%	2.17%
1974	109,076	84,672	1.47%	2.26%
1975	110,725	86,708	1.51%	2.4%
1976	112,425	88,922	1.54%	2.55%
1977	114,135	91,301	1.52%	2.68%
1978	115,834	93,794	1.49%	2.73%
1979	117,528	96,252	1.46%	2.62%
1980	119,290	98,544	1.5%	2.38%
1981	121,166	100,615	1.57%	2.1%
1982	123,087	102,508	1.59%	1.88%
1983	125,044	104,380	1.59%	1.83%
1984	127,067	106,394	1.62%	1.93%
1985	129,159	108,658	1.65%	2.13%
1986	131,239	111,150	1.61%	2.29%
1987	133,227	113,919	1.51%	2.49%
1988	135,000	116,939	1.33%	2.65%
1989	136,512	119,979	1.12%	2.6%
1990	137,857	122,980	0.99%	2.5%
1991	139,520	125,697	1.21%	2.21%
1992	141,617	128,110	1.5%	1.92%
1993	143,726	130,467	1.49%	1.84%
1994	145,890	132,732	1.51%	1.74%
1995	148,208	134,895	1.59%	1.63%
1996	150,436	136,962	1.5%	1.53%
1997	152,569	138,922	1.42%	1.43%
1998	154,677	140,751	1.38%	1.32%
1999	156,702	142,442	1.31%	1.2%
2000	158,616	144,018	1.22%	1.11%
2001	160,237	146,375	1.02%	1.64%
2002	161,641	149,922	0.88%	2.42%
2003	162,976	153,814	0.83%	2.6%
2004	164,239	157,705	0.77%	2.53%
2005	165,450	161,639	0.74%	2.49%
2006	166,639	165,638	0.72%	2.47%
2007	167,758	169,700	0.67%	2.45%
2008	168,808	173,793	0.63%	2.41%
2009	169,869	177,853	0.63%	2.34%
2010	170,906	181,802	0.61%	2.22%
2011	171,801	185,649	0.52%	2.12%
2012	172,587	189,439	0.46%	2.04%
2013	173,369	193,148	0.45%	1.96%
2014	174,138	196,767	0.44%	1.87%
2015	174,905	200,291	0.44%	1.79%
2016	175,646	203,689	0.42%	1.7%
2017	176,342	206,970	0.4%	1.61%
2018	177,017	210,187	0.38%	1.55%
2019	177,661	213,392	0.36%	1.52%
2020	178,250	217,435	0.33%	1.89%
2021	178,522	221,961	0.15%	2.08%
2022	178,781	226,305	0.15%	1.96%
2023	179,285	230,871	0.28%	2.02%
2024	179,744	235,536	0.26%	2.02%
2025	180,148	240,251	0.23%	2%
2026	180,489	244,987	0.19%	1.97%
2027	180,771	249,783	0.16%	1.96%
2028	181,003	254,657	0.13%	1.95%
2029	181,198	259,597	0.11%	1.94%
2030	181,360	264,560	0.09%	1.91%
2031	181,463	269,566	0.06%	1.89%
2032	181,495	274,643	0.02%	1.88%
2033	181,458	279,761	-0.02%	1.86%
2034	181,354	284,911	-0.06%	1.84%
2035	181,177	290,082	-0.1%	1.81%
2036	180,948	295,269	-0.13%	1.79%
2037	180,636	300,439	-0.17%	1.75%
2038	180,230	305,590	-0.22%	1.71%
2039	179,781	310,729	-0.25%	1.68%
2040	179,296	315,833	-0.27%	1.64%
2041	178,760	320,875	-0.3%	1.6%
2042	178,187	325,888	-0.32%	1.56%
2043	177,593	330,908	-0.33%	1.54%
2044	176,937	335,919	-0.37%	1.51%
2045	176,243	340,911	-0.39%	1.49%
2046	175,520	345,883	-0.41%	1.46%
2047	174,726	350,758	-0.45%	1.41%
2048	173,877	355,569	-0.49%	1.37%
2049	172,991	360,353	-0.51%	1.35%
2050	172,081	365,103	-0.53%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saint Lucia increased by 9,455 people (a 5.71% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saint Lucia gained 5,516 (a 3.15% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Saint Lucia was ranked 177th most populous country in 2005 and is 178th 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) Saint Lucia's population will shrink by 4.62% to 172,081 people with a rank change from 178th to 179th. The population of Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.