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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	South Africa	Sao Tome	South Africa
1960	68,012	16,440,172	-	-
1961	68,707	16,908,035	1.02%	2.85%
1962	69,403	17,418,522	1.01%	3.02%
1963	70,112	17,954,564	1.02%	3.08%
1964	70,865	18,511,361	1.07%	3.1%
1965	71,680	19,089,380	1.15%	3.12%
1966	72,576	19,690,087	1.25%	3.15%
1967	73,596	20,314,066	1.41%	3.17%
1968	74,765	20,957,287	1.59%	3.17%
1969	76,083	21,614,676	1.76%	3.14%
1970	77,626	22,279,984	2.03%	3.08%
1971	79,330	22,942,143	2.2%	2.97%
1972	81,041	23,609,456	2.16%	2.91%
1973	82,798	24,294,263	2.17%	2.9%
1974	84,672	24,989,108	2.26%	2.86%
1975	86,708	25,690,940	2.4%	2.81%
1976	88,922	26,395,450	2.55%	2.74%
1977	91,301	27,118,952	2.68%	2.74%
1978	93,794	27,869,507	2.73%	2.77%
1979	96,252	28,634,162	2.62%	2.74%
1980	98,544	29,518,857	2.38%	3.09%
1981	100,615	30,541,044	2.1%	3.46%
1982	102,508	31,615,339	1.88%	3.52%
1983	104,380	32,739,304	1.83%	3.56%
1984	106,394	33,892,788	1.93%	3.52%
1985	108,658	35,042,093	2.13%	3.39%
1986	111,150	36,180,515	2.29%	3.25%
1987	113,919	37,326,190	2.49%	3.17%
1988	116,939	38,480,649	2.65%	3.09%
1989	119,979	39,628,575	2.6%	2.98%
1990	122,980	40,746,268	2.5%	2.82%
1991	125,697	41,687,898	2.21%	2.31%
1992	128,110	42,443,509	1.92%	1.81%
1993	130,467	43,297,156	1.84%	2.01%
1994	132,732	44,004,139	1.74%	1.63%
1995	134,895	44,541,554	1.63%	1.22%
1996	136,962	45,123,018	1.53%	1.31%
1997	138,922	45,666,838	1.43%	1.21%
1998	140,751	46,223,880	1.32%	1.22%
1999	142,442	46,730,335	1.2%	1.1%
2000	144,018	47,159,719	1.11%	0.92%
2001	146,375	47,566,800	1.64%	0.86%
2002	149,922	48,019,415	2.42%	0.95%
2003	153,814	48,500,348	2.6%	1%
2004	157,705	48,991,421	2.53%	1.01%
2005	161,639	49,490,033	2.49%	1.02%
2006	165,638	49,998,277	2.47%	1.03%
2007	169,700	50,528,584	2.45%	1.06%
2008	173,793	51,114,599	2.41%	1.16%
2009	177,853	51,728,516	2.34%	1.2%
2010	181,802	52,344,051	2.22%	1.19%
2011	185,649	52,995,205	2.12%	1.24%
2012	189,439	53,782,567	2.04%	1.49%
2013	193,148	54,678,791	1.96%	1.67%
2014	196,767	55,594,838	1.87%	1.68%
2015	200,291	56,723,537	1.79%	2.03%
2016	203,689	57,259,551	1.7%	0.94%
2017	206,970	57,635,162	1.61%	0.66%
2018	210,187	58,613,001	1.55%	1.7%
2019	213,392	59,587,885	1.52%	1.66%
2020	217,435	60,562,381	1.89%	1.64%
2021	221,961	61,502,603	2.08%	1.55%
2022	226,305	62,378,410	1.96%	1.42%
2023	230,871	63,212,384	2.02%	1.34%
2024	235,536	64,007,187	2.02%	1.26%
2025	240,251	64,747,317	2%	1.16%
2026	244,987	65,453,086	1.97%	1.09%
2027	249,783	66,143,018	1.96%	1.05%
2028	254,657	66,830,384	1.95%	1.04%
2029	259,597	67,506,850	1.94%	1.01%
2030	264,560	68,161,357	1.91%	0.97%
2031	269,566	68,798,574	1.89%	0.93%
2032	274,643	69,426,441	1.88%	0.91%
2033	279,761	70,040,484	1.86%	0.88%
2034	284,911	70,641,572	1.84%	0.86%
2035	290,082	71,234,749	1.81%	0.84%
2036	295,269	71,816,372	1.79%	0.82%
2037	300,439	72,387,807	1.75%	0.8%
2038	305,590	72,949,611	1.71%	0.78%
2039	310,729	73,496,152	1.68%	0.75%
2040	315,833	74,035,615	1.64%	0.73%
2041	320,875	74,575,444	1.6%	0.73%
2042	325,888	75,111,899	1.56%	0.72%
2043	330,908	75,641,512	1.54%	0.71%
2044	335,919	76,164,461	1.51%	0.69%
2045	340,911	76,681,448	1.49%	0.68%
2046	345,883	77,199,542	1.46%	0.68%
2047	350,758	77,716,650	1.41%	0.67%
2048	355,569	78,215,323	1.37%	0.64%
2049	360,353	78,699,584	1.35%	0.62%
2050	365,103	79,177,329	1.32%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sao Tome and Principe's population will grow by 49.6% to 365,103 people with a rank change from 176th to 175th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.