The latest officially reported population of Sao Tome and Principe was 235,536 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sao Tome and Principe's population is 244,055 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 217 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
- Sao Tome and Principe is ranked the 176th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Sao Tome and Principe has had an average growth rate of +1.82% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Sao Tome and Principe has increased from 162K people to 244K (51% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
- Sao Tome and Principe is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 534K people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.
Sao Tome and Principe vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
244055
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52963918
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| Population rank | 176/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.003% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
1.88 hours
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.35 hours
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
6.81 hours
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
14.5 hours
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -604 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | +13 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | +4,665 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.02% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 52/197 | 118/197 |
Sao Tome and Principe and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 68,012 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 68,707 | 8,634,941 | 1.02% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 69,403 | 8,919,028 | 1.01% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 70,112 | 9,218,077 | 1.02% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 70,865 | 9,531,109 | 1.07% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 71,680 | 9,858,030 | 1.15% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 72,576 | 10,197,578 | 1.25% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 73,596 | 10,550,597 | 1.41% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 74,765 | 10,917,999 | 1.59% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 76,083 | 11,298,936 | 1.76% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 77,626 | 11,695,771 | 2.03% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 79,330 | 12,105,539 | 2.2% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 81,041 | 12,527,856 | 2.16% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 82,798 | 13,049,315 | 2.17% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 84,672 | 13,580,723 | 2.26% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 86,708 | 14,064,798 | 2.4% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 88,922 | 14,569,716 | 2.55% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 91,301 | 15,086,614 | 2.68% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 93,794 | 15,695,003 | 2.73% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 96,252 | 16,355,352 | 2.62% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 98,544 | 17,058,905 | 2.38% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 100,615 | 17,780,572 | 2.1% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 102,508 | 18,486,645 | 1.88% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 104,380 | 19,109,770 | 1.83% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 106,394 | 19,546,528 | 1.93% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 108,658 | 19,905,872 | 2.13% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 111,150 | 20,288,238 | 2.29% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 113,919 | 20,704,904 | 2.49% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 116,939 | 21,138,431 | 2.65% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 119,979 | 21,578,022 | 2.6% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 122,980 | 22,021,481 | 2.5% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 125,697 | 22,470,676 | 2.21% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 128,110 | 22,927,355 | 1.92% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 130,467 | 23,445,592 | 1.84% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 132,732 | 24,043,948 | 1.74% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 134,895 | 24,672,143 | 1.63% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 136,962 | 25,231,528 | 1.53% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 138,922 | 25,799,821 | 1.43% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 140,751 | 26,458,999 | 1.32% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 142,442 | 27,130,613 | 1.2% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 144,018 | 27,816,745 | 1.11% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 146,375 | 28,516,770 | 1.64% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 149,922 | 29,228,727 | 2.42% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 153,814 | 29,896,035 | 2.6% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 157,705 | 30,556,637 | 2.53% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 161,639 | 31,262,444 | 2.49% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 165,638 | 31,992,435 | 2.47% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 169,700 | 32,764,135 | 2.45% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 173,793 | 33,623,980 | 2.41% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 177,853 | 34,569,113 | 2.34% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 181,802 | 35,414,399 | 2.22% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 185,649 | 36,140,806 | 2.12% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 189,439 | 36,923,178 | 2.04% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 193,148 | 37,785,849 | 1.96% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 196,767 | 38,823,318 | 1.87% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 200,291 | 40,024,431 | 1.79% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 203,689 | 41,259,892 | 1.7% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 206,970 | 42,714,306 | 1.61% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 210,187 | 44,230,596 | 1.55% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 213,392 | 45,548,175 | 1.52% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 217,435 | 46,789,231 | 1.89% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 221,961 | 48,066,924 | 2.08% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 226,305 | 49,383,346 | 1.96% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 230,871 | 50,042,791 | 2.02% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 235,536 | 50,448,963 | 2.02% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 240,251 | 51,662,152 | 2% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 244,987 | 53,282,718 | 1.97% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 249,783 | 54,724,215 | 1.96% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 254,657 | 55,993,833 | 1.95% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 259,597 | 57,275,443 | 1.94% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 264,560 | 58,571,624 | 1.91% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 269,566 | 59,872,936 | 1.89% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 274,643 | 61,179,476 | 1.88% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 279,761 | 62,497,205 | 1.86% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 284,911 | 63,822,356 | 1.84% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 290,082 | 65,148,317 | 1.81% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 295,269 | 66,470,018 | 1.79% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 300,439 | 67,791,240 | 1.75% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 305,590 | 69,107,712 | 1.71% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 310,729 | 70,416,631 | 1.68% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 315,833 | 71,730,604 | 1.64% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 320,875 | 73,056,213 | 1.6% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 325,888 | 74,387,562 | 1.56% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 330,908 | 75,723,670 | 1.54% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 335,919 | 77,066,454 | 1.51% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 340,911 | 78,415,205 | 1.49% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 345,883 | 79,767,271 | 1.46% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 350,758 | 81,115,241 | 1.41% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 355,569 | 82,463,202 | 1.37% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 360,353 | 83,828,356 | 1.35% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 365,103 | 85,206,384 | 1.32% | 1.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).
Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between Sao Tome and Principe and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 70.1 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 25.1 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 20.3 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.64 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 635 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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