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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka	Sao Tome	Sri Lanka
1960	68,012	9,661,389	-	-
1961	68,707	9,899,372	1.02%	2.46%
1962	69,403	10,143,754	1.01%	2.47%
1963	70,112	10,395,040	1.02%	2.48%
1964	70,865	10,653,397	1.07%	2.49%
1965	71,680	10,916,965	1.15%	2.47%
1966	72,576	11,183,928	1.25%	2.45%
1967	73,596	11,457,328	1.41%	2.44%
1968	74,765	11,736,088	1.59%	2.43%
1969	76,083	12,013,858	1.76%	2.37%
1970	77,626	12,287,110	2.03%	2.27%
1971	79,330	12,551,910	2.2%	2.16%
1972	81,041	12,809,205	2.16%	2.05%
1973	82,798	13,060,916	2.17%	1.97%
1974	84,672	13,305,693	2.26%	1.87%
1975	86,708	13,548,984	2.4%	1.83%
1976	88,922	13,796,770	2.55%	1.83%
1977	91,301	14,049,371	2.68%	1.83%
1978	93,794	14,310,128	2.73%	1.86%
1979	96,252	14,579,614	2.62%	1.88%
1980	98,544	14,847,974	2.38%	1.84%
1981	100,615	15,099,414	2.1%	1.69%
1982	102,508	15,286,567	1.88%	1.24%
1983	104,380	15,388,794	1.83%	0.67%
1984	106,394	15,441,860	1.93%	0.34%
1985	108,658	15,544,154	2.13%	0.66%
1986	111,150	15,731,256	2.29%	1.2%
1987	113,919	15,916,576	2.49%	1.18%
1988	116,939	16,078,621	2.65%	1.02%
1989	119,979	16,248,557	2.6%	1.06%
1990	122,980	16,352,458	2.5%	0.64%
1991	125,697	16,475,354	2.21%	0.75%
1992	128,110	16,739,284	1.92%	1.6%
1993	130,467	17,025,918	1.84%	1.71%
1994	132,732	17,275,773	1.74%	1.47%
1995	134,895	17,564,068	1.63%	1.67%
1996	136,962	17,905,018	1.53%	1.94%
1997	138,922	18,248,200	1.43%	1.92%
1998	140,751	18,596,003	1.32%	1.91%
1999	142,442	18,944,731	1.2%	1.88%
2000	144,018	19,293,054	1.11%	1.84%
2001	146,375	19,600,362	1.64%	1.59%
2002	149,922	19,805,752	2.42%	1.05%
2003	153,814	19,951,521	2.6%	0.74%
2004	157,705	20,087,605	2.53%	0.68%
2005	161,639	20,216,524	2.49%	0.64%
2006	165,638	20,352,411	2.47%	0.67%
2007	169,700	20,492,545	2.45%	0.69%
2008	173,793	20,629,378	2.41%	0.67%
2009	177,853	20,756,435	2.34%	0.62%
2010	181,802	20,879,089	2.22%	0.59%
2011	185,649	21,009,048	2.12%	0.62%
2012	189,439	21,169,458	2.04%	0.76%
2013	193,148	20,585,000	1.96%	-2.76%
2014	196,767	20,778,000	1.87%	0.94%
2015	200,291	20,970,000	1.79%	0.92%
2016	203,689	21,209,000	1.7%	1.14%
2017	206,970	21,453,000	1.61%	1.15%
2018	210,187	21,670,000	1.55%	1.01%
2019	213,392	21,803,000	1.52%	0.61%
2020	217,435	21,919,000	1.89%	0.53%
2021	221,961	22,156,000	2.08%	1.08%
2022	226,305	22,181,000	1.96%	0.11%
2023	230,871	22,037,000	2.02%	-0.65%
2024	235,536	21,916,000	2.02%	-0.55%
2025	240,251	22,035,440	2%	0.54%
2026	244,987	22,148,172	1.97%	0.51%
2027	249,783	22,255,601	1.96%	0.49%
2028	254,657	22,357,682	1.95%	0.46%
2029	259,597	22,453,922	1.94%	0.43%
2030	264,560	22,546,245	1.91%	0.41%
2031	269,566	22,635,106	1.89%	0.39%
2032	274,643	22,720,118	1.88%	0.38%
2033	279,761	22,802,043	1.86%	0.36%
2034	284,911	22,879,527	1.84%	0.34%
2035	290,082	22,952,739	1.81%	0.32%
2036	295,269	23,022,027	1.79%	0.3%
2037	300,439	23,088,877	1.75%	0.29%
2038	305,590	23,152,480	1.71%	0.28%
2039	310,729	23,211,633	1.68%	0.26%
2040	315,833	23,265,986	1.64%	0.23%
2041	320,875	23,315,260	1.6%	0.21%
2042	325,888	23,359,578	1.56%	0.19%
2043	330,908	23,398,752	1.54%	0.17%
2044	335,919	23,433,096	1.51%	0.15%
2045	340,911	23,464,943	1.49%	0.14%
2046	345,883	23,492,738	1.46%	0.12%
2047	350,758	23,512,629	1.41%	0.08%
2048	355,569	23,525,953	1.37%	0.06%
2049	360,353	23,533,940	1.35%	0.03%
2050	365,103	23,538,230	1.32%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.