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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	South Korea	Sao Tome	South Korea
1960	68,012	25,012,374	-	-
1961	68,707	25,765,673	1.02%	3.01%
1962	69,403	26,513,030	1.01%	2.9%
1963	70,112	27,261,747	1.02%	2.82%
1964	70,865	27,984,155	1.07%	2.65%
1965	71,680	28,704,674	1.15%	2.57%
1966	72,576	29,435,571	1.25%	2.55%
1967	73,596	30,130,983	1.41%	2.36%
1968	74,765	30,838,302	1.59%	2.35%
1969	76,083	31,544,266	1.76%	2.29%
1970	77,626	32,240,827	2.03%	2.21%
1971	79,330	32,882,704	2.2%	1.99%
1972	81,041	33,505,406	2.16%	1.89%
1973	82,798	34,103,149	2.17%	1.78%
1974	84,672	34,692,266	2.26%	1.73%
1975	86,708	35,280,725	2.4%	1.7%
1976	88,922	35,848,523	2.55%	1.61%
1977	91,301	36,411,795	2.68%	1.57%
1978	93,794	36,969,185	2.73%	1.53%
1979	96,252	37,534,236	2.62%	1.53%
1980	98,544	38,123,775	2.38%	1.57%
1981	100,615	38,723,248	2.1%	1.57%
1982	102,508	39,326,352	1.88%	1.56%
1983	104,380	39,910,403	1.83%	1.49%
1984	106,394	40,405,956	1.93%	1.24%
1985	108,658	40,805,744	2.13%	0.99%
1986	111,150	41,213,674	2.29%	1%
1987	113,919	41,621,690	2.49%	0.99%
1988	116,939	42,031,247	2.65%	0.98%
1989	119,979	42,449,038	2.6%	0.99%
1990	122,980	42,869,283	2.5%	0.99%
1991	125,697	43,295,704	2.21%	0.99%
1992	128,110	43,747,962	1.92%	1.04%
1993	130,467	44,194,628	1.84%	1.02%
1994	132,732	44,641,540	1.74%	1.01%
1995	134,895	45,092,991	1.63%	1.01%
1996	136,962	45,524,681	1.53%	0.96%
1997	138,922	45,953,580	1.43%	0.94%
1998	140,751	46,286,503	1.32%	0.72%
1999	142,442	46,616,677	1.2%	0.71%
2000	144,018	47,008,111	1.11%	0.84%
2001	146,375	47,370,164	1.64%	0.77%
2002	149,922	47,644,736	2.42%	0.58%
2003	153,814	47,892,330	2.6%	0.52%
2004	157,705	48,082,519	2.53%	0.4%
2005	161,639	48,184,561	2.49%	0.21%
2006	165,638	48,438,292	2.47%	0.53%
2007	169,700	48,683,638	2.45%	0.51%
2008	173,793	49,054,708	2.41%	0.76%
2009	177,853	49,307,835	2.34%	0.52%
2010	181,802	49,554,112	2.22%	0.5%
2011	185,649	49,936,638	2.12%	0.77%
2012	189,439	50,199,853	2.04%	0.53%
2013	193,148	50,428,893	1.96%	0.46%
2014	196,767	50,746,659	1.87%	0.63%
2015	200,291	51,014,947	1.79%	0.53%
2016	203,689	51,217,803	1.7%	0.4%
2017	206,970	51,361,911	1.61%	0.28%
2018	210,187	51,585,058	1.55%	0.43%
2019	213,392	51,764,822	1.52%	0.35%
2020	217,435	51,836,239	1.89%	0.14%
2021	221,961	51,769,539	2.08%	-0.13%
2022	226,305	51,672,569	1.96%	-0.19%
2023	230,871	51,712,619	2.02%	0.08%
2024	235,536	51,751,065	2.02%	0.07%
2025	240,251	51,700,480	2%	-0.1%
2026	244,987	51,633,793	1.97%	-0.13%
2027	249,783	51,552,198	1.96%	-0.16%
2028	254,657	51,456,707	1.95%	-0.19%
2029	259,597	51,347,230	1.94%	-0.21%
2030	264,560	51,221,713	1.91%	-0.24%
2031	269,566	51,081,220	1.89%	-0.27%
2032	274,643	50,924,233	1.88%	-0.31%
2033	279,761	50,747,132	1.86%	-0.35%
2034	284,911	50,549,508	1.84%	-0.39%
2035	290,082	50,333,286	1.81%	-0.43%
2036	295,269	50,098,951	1.79%	-0.47%
2037	300,439	49,845,669	1.75%	-0.51%
2038	305,590	49,573,234	1.71%	-0.55%
2039	310,729	49,283,770	1.68%	-0.58%
2040	315,833	48,980,369	1.64%	-0.62%
2041	320,875	48,661,905	1.6%	-0.65%
2042	325,888	48,331,004	1.56%	-0.68%
2043	330,908	47,990,085	1.54%	-0.71%
2044	335,919	47,634,183	1.51%	-0.74%
2045	340,911	47,263,526	1.49%	-0.78%
2046	345,883	46,881,228	1.46%	-0.81%
2047	350,758	46,482,133	1.41%	-0.85%
2048	355,569	46,063,595	1.37%	-0.9%
2049	360,353	45,626,805	1.35%	-0.95%
2050	365,103	45,172,356	1.32%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.