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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	South Sudan	Sao Tome	South Sudan
1960	68,012	2,931,559	-	-
1961	68,707	2,976,724	1.02%	1.54%
1962	69,403	3,024,308	1.01%	1.6%
1963	70,112	3,072,669	1.02%	1.6%
1964	70,865	3,129,918	1.07%	1.86%
1965	71,680	3,189,835	1.15%	1.91%
1966	72,576	3,236,423	1.25%	1.46%
1967	73,596	3,277,648	1.41%	1.27%
1968	74,765	3,321,528	1.59%	1.34%
1969	76,083	3,365,533	1.76%	1.32%
1970	77,626	3,409,614	2.03%	1.31%
1971	79,330	3,468,646	2.2%	1.73%
1972	81,041	3,542,497	2.16%	2.13%
1973	82,798	3,627,383	2.17%	2.4%
1974	84,672	3,723,259	2.26%	2.64%
1975	86,708	3,821,494	2.4%	2.64%
1976	88,922	3,921,910	2.55%	2.63%
1977	91,301	4,024,032	2.68%	2.6%
1978	93,794	4,127,657	2.73%	2.58%
1979	96,252	4,232,605	2.62%	2.54%
1980	98,544	4,339,030	2.38%	2.51%
1981	100,615	4,447,272	2.1%	2.49%
1982	102,508	4,557,686	1.88%	2.48%
1983	104,380	4,661,574	1.83%	2.28%
1984	106,394	4,750,627	1.93%	1.91%
1985	108,658	4,834,296	2.13%	1.76%
1986	111,150	4,921,240	2.29%	1.8%
1987	113,919	4,962,395	2.49%	0.84%
1988	116,939	4,848,029	2.65%	-2.3%
1989	119,979	4,713,229	2.6%	-2.78%
1990	122,980	4,737,633	2.5%	0.52%
1991	125,697	4,836,677	2.21%	2.09%
1992	128,110	4,909,749	1.92%	1.51%
1993	130,467	4,956,002	1.84%	0.94%
1994	132,732	5,071,184	1.74%	2.32%
1995	134,895	5,225,836	1.63%	3.05%
1996	136,962	5,356,925	1.53%	2.51%
1997	138,922	5,509,136	1.43%	2.84%
1998	140,751	5,620,068	1.32%	2.01%
1999	142,442	5,771,628	1.2%	2.7%
2000	144,018	6,032,267	1.11%	4.52%
2001	146,375	6,308,391	1.64%	4.58%
2002	149,922	6,596,806	2.42%	4.57%
2003	153,814	6,903,127	2.6%	4.64%
2004	157,705	7,233,041	2.53%	4.78%
2005	161,639	7,590,143	2.49%	4.94%
2006	165,638	7,976,526	2.47%	5.09%
2007	169,700	8,388,788	2.45%	5.17%
2008	173,793	8,817,647	2.41%	5.11%
2009	177,853	9,243,556	2.34%	4.83%
2010	181,802	9,745,953	2.22%	5.44%
2011	185,649	10,288,109	2.12%	5.56%
2012	189,439	10,756,240	2.04%	4.55%
2013	193,148	11,166,275	1.96%	3.81%
2014	196,767	11,235,073	1.87%	0.62%
2015	200,291	11,107,561	1.79%	-1.13%
2016	203,689	10,830,102	1.7%	-2.5%
2017	206,970	10,259,154	1.61%	-5.27%
2018	210,187	10,122,977	1.55%	-1.33%
2019	213,392	10,423,384	1.52%	2.97%
2020	217,435	10,698,467	1.89%	2.64%
2021	221,961	10,865,780	2.08%	1.56%
2022	226,305	11,021,177	1.96%	1.43%
2023	230,871	11,483,374	2.02%	4.19%
2024	235,536	11,943,408	2.02%	4.01%
2025	240,251	12,188,793	2%	2.05%
2026	244,987	12,436,036	1.97%	2.03%
2027	249,783	12,687,301	1.96%	2.02%
2028	254,657	12,941,503	1.95%	2%
2029	259,597	13,198,080	1.94%	1.98%
2030	264,560	13,457,446	1.91%	1.97%
2031	269,566	13,725,413	1.89%	1.99%
2032	274,643	13,996,343	1.88%	1.97%
2033	279,761	14,261,762	1.86%	1.9%
2034	284,911	14,527,550	1.84%	1.86%
2035	290,082	14,798,602	1.81%	1.87%
2036	295,269	15,070,098	1.79%	1.83%
2037	300,439	15,335,700	1.75%	1.76%
2038	305,590	15,595,968	1.71%	1.7%
2039	310,729	15,850,696	1.68%	1.63%
2040	315,833	16,101,470	1.64%	1.58%
2041	320,875	16,350,149	1.6%	1.54%
2042	325,888	16,593,361	1.56%	1.49%
2043	330,908	16,829,209	1.54%	1.42%
2044	335,919	17,060,176	1.51%	1.37%
2045	340,911	17,286,412	1.49%	1.33%
2046	345,883	17,509,693	1.46%	1.29%
2047	350,758	17,728,331	1.41%	1.25%
2048	355,569	17,938,437	1.37%	1.19%
2049	360,353	18,142,893	1.35%	1.14%
2050	365,103	18,341,968	1.32%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,051 people (a 23% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sao Tome and Principe gained 41,350 (a 20.3% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2006 and is 176th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Sao Tome and Principe's population will grow by 49% to 365,103 people with a rank change from 176th to 175th. The population of South Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.