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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Spain	Sao Tome	Spain
1960	68,012	30,455,000	-	-
1961	68,707	30,739,250	1.02%	0.93%
1962	69,403	31,023,366	1.01%	0.92%
1963	70,112	31,296,651	1.02%	0.88%
1964	70,865	31,609,195	1.07%	1%
1965	71,680	31,954,292	1.15%	1.09%
1966	72,576	32,283,194	1.25%	1.03%
1967	73,596	32,682,947	1.41%	1.24%
1968	74,765	33,113,134	1.59%	1.32%
1969	76,083	33,441,054	1.76%	0.99%
1970	77,626	33,814,531	2.03%	1.12%
1971	79,330	34,224,490	2.2%	1.21%
1972	81,041	34,604,469	2.16%	1.11%
1973	82,798	34,988,947	2.17%	1.11%
1974	84,672	35,373,335	2.26%	1.1%
1975	86,708	35,757,900	2.4%	1.09%
1976	88,922	36,137,812	2.55%	1.06%
1977	91,301	36,511,638	2.68%	1.03%
1978	93,794	36,864,898	2.73%	0.97%
1979	96,252	37,191,330	2.62%	0.89%
1980	98,544	37,491,165	2.38%	0.81%
1981	100,615	37,758,631	2.1%	0.71%
1982	102,508	37,986,012	1.88%	0.6%
1983	104,380	38,171,525	1.83%	0.49%
1984	106,394	38,330,364	1.93%	0.42%
1985	108,658	38,469,512	2.13%	0.36%
1986	111,150	38,584,624	2.29%	0.3%
1987	113,919	38,684,815	2.49%	0.26%
1988	116,939	38,766,939	2.65%	0.21%
1989	119,979	38,827,764	2.6%	0.16%
1990	122,980	38,867,322	2.5%	0.1%
1991	125,697	38,966,376	2.21%	0.25%
1992	128,110	39,157,685	1.92%	0.49%
1993	130,467	39,361,262	1.84%	0.52%
1994	132,732	39,549,108	1.74%	0.48%
1995	134,895	39,724,050	1.63%	0.44%
1996	136,962	39,889,852	1.53%	0.42%
1997	138,922	40,057,389	1.43%	0.42%
1998	140,751	40,223,509	1.32%	0.41%
1999	142,442	40,386,875	1.2%	0.41%
2000	144,018	40,567,864	1.11%	0.45%
2001	146,375	40,850,412	1.64%	0.7%
2002	149,922	41,431,558	2.42%	1.42%
2003	153,814	42,187,645	2.6%	1.82%
2004	157,705	42,921,895	2.53%	1.74%
2005	161,639	43,653,155	2.49%	1.7%
2006	165,638	44,397,319	2.47%	1.7%
2007	169,700	45,226,803	2.45%	1.87%
2008	173,793	45,954,106	2.41%	1.61%
2009	177,853	46,362,946	2.34%	0.89%
2010	181,802	46,576,897	2.22%	0.46%
2011	185,649	46,742,697	2.12%	0.36%
2012	189,439	46,773,055	2.04%	0.06%
2013	193,148	46,604,197	1.96%	-0.36%
2014	196,767	46,460,733	1.87%	-0.31%
2015	200,291	46,422,303	1.79%	-0.08%
2016	203,689	46,458,139	1.7%	0.08%
2017	206,970	46,571,232	1.61%	0.24%
2018	210,187	46,782,011	1.55%	0.45%
2019	213,392	47,118,501	1.52%	0.72%
2020	217,435	47,359,424	1.89%	0.51%
2021	221,961	47,443,821	2.08%	0.18%
2022	226,305	47,786,102	1.96%	0.72%
2023	230,871	48,347,910	2.02%	1.18%
2024	235,536	48,807,137	2.02%	0.95%
2025	240,251	48,786,181	2%	-0.04%
2026	244,987	48,746,279	1.97%	-0.08%
2027	249,783	48,696,847	1.96%	-0.1%
2028	254,657	48,642,132	1.95%	-0.11%
2029	259,597	48,578,166	1.94%	-0.13%
2030	264,560	48,501,513	1.91%	-0.16%
2031	269,566	48,412,854	1.89%	-0.18%
2032	274,643	48,321,195	1.88%	-0.19%
2033	279,761	48,230,054	1.86%	-0.19%
2034	284,911	48,136,421	1.84%	-0.19%
2035	290,082	48,036,650	1.81%	-0.21%
2036	295,269	47,929,957	1.79%	-0.22%
2037	300,439	47,819,257	1.75%	-0.23%
2038	305,590	47,706,580	1.71%	-0.24%
2039	310,729	47,588,878	1.68%	-0.25%
2040	315,833	47,463,597	1.64%	-0.26%
2041	320,875	47,332,618	1.6%	-0.28%
2042	325,888	47,194,588	1.56%	-0.29%
2043	330,908	47,052,293	1.54%	-0.3%
2044	335,919	46,902,636	1.51%	-0.32%
2045	340,911	46,738,565	1.49%	-0.35%
2046	345,883	46,564,383	1.46%	-0.37%
2047	350,758	46,381,681	1.41%	-0.39%
2048	355,569	46,190,642	1.37%	-0.41%
2049	360,353	45,985,428	1.35%	-0.44%
2050	365,103	45,769,362	1.32%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.