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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Syria	Sao Tome	Syria
1960	68,012	4,673,500	-	-
1961	68,707	4,815,466	1.02%	3.04%
1962	69,403	4,959,340	1.01%	2.99%
1963	70,112	5,110,467	1.02%	3.05%
1964	70,865	5,269,087	1.07%	3.1%
1965	71,680	5,435,267	1.15%	3.15%
1966	72,576	5,609,047	1.25%	3.2%
1967	73,596	5,790,198	1.41%	3.23%
1968	74,765	5,978,742	1.59%	3.26%
1969	76,083	6,175,166	1.76%	3.29%
1970	77,626	6,380,609	2.03%	3.33%
1971	79,330	6,598,094	2.2%	3.41%
1972	81,041	6,826,024	2.16%	3.45%
1973	82,798	7,060,321	2.17%	3.43%
1974	84,672	7,302,160	2.26%	3.43%
1975	86,708	7,554,364	2.4%	3.45%
1976	88,922	7,817,320	2.55%	3.48%
1977	91,301	8,090,501	2.68%	3.49%
1978	93,794	8,372,759	2.73%	3.49%
1979	96,252	8,661,909	2.62%	3.45%
1980	98,544	8,957,663	2.38%	3.41%
1981	100,615	9,260,189	2.1%	3.38%
1982	102,508	9,572,511	1.88%	3.37%
1983	104,380	9,904,809	1.83%	3.47%
1984	106,394	10,258,398	1.93%	3.57%
1985	108,658	10,625,672	2.13%	3.58%
1986	111,150	11,002,844	2.29%	3.55%
1987	113,919	11,388,923	2.49%	3.51%
1988	116,939	11,782,264	2.65%	3.45%
1989	119,979	12,179,060	2.6%	3.37%
1990	122,980	12,579,208	2.5%	3.29%
1991	125,697	12,980,821	2.21%	3.19%
1992	128,110	13,385,571	1.92%	3.12%
1993	130,467	13,795,686	1.84%	3.06%
1994	132,732	14,208,583	1.74%	2.99%
1995	134,895	14,616,801	1.63%	2.87%
1996	136,962	15,018,104	1.53%	2.75%
1997	138,922	15,417,542	1.43%	2.66%
1998	140,751	15,820,413	1.32%	2.61%
1999	142,442	16,228,061	1.2%	2.58%
2000	144,018	16,637,888	1.11%	2.53%
2001	146,375	17,051,338	1.64%	2.48%
2002	149,922	17,468,332	2.42%	2.45%
2003	153,814	17,889,296	2.6%	2.41%
2004	157,705	18,336,875	2.53%	2.5%
2005	161,639	18,814,091	2.49%	2.6%
2006	165,638	19,637,022	2.47%	4.37%
2007	169,700	20,884,125	2.45%	6.35%
2008	173,793	21,636,564	2.41%	3.6%
2009	177,853	21,976,969	2.34%	1.57%
2010	181,802	22,482,421	2.22%	2.3%
2011	185,649	22,878,098	2.12%	1.76%
2012	189,439	22,759,763	2.04%	-0.52%
2013	193,148	21,666,917	1.96%	-4.8%
2014	196,767	20,273,659	1.87%	-6.43%
2015	200,291	19,424,618	1.79%	-4.19%
2016	203,689	19,193,834	1.7%	-1.19%
2017	206,970	19,224,668	1.61%	0.16%
2018	210,187	19,577,845	1.55%	1.84%
2019	213,392	20,353,534	1.52%	3.96%
2020	217,435	21,049,429	1.89%	3.42%
2021	221,961	21,628,839	2.08%	2.75%
2022	226,305	22,462,173	1.96%	3.85%
2023	230,871	23,594,623	2.02%	5.04%
2024	235,536	24,672,760	2.02%	4.57%
2025	240,251	25,620,422	2%	3.84%
2026	244,987	26,472,499	1.97%	3.33%
2027	249,783	27,261,544	1.96%	2.98%
2028	254,657	28,006,558	1.95%	2.73%
2029	259,597	28,719,309	1.94%	2.54%
2030	264,560	29,395,545	1.91%	2.35%
2031	269,566	30,029,824	1.89%	2.16%
2032	274,643	30,633,661	1.88%	2.01%
2033	279,761	31,212,478	1.86%	1.89%
2034	284,911	31,768,138	1.84%	1.78%
2035	290,082	32,294,792	1.81%	1.66%
2036	295,269	32,788,153	1.79%	1.53%
2037	300,439	33,258,407	1.75%	1.43%
2038	305,590	33,710,718	1.71%	1.36%
2039	310,729	34,131,238	1.68%	1.25%
2040	315,833	34,533,185	1.64%	1.18%
2041	320,875	34,916,936	1.6%	1.11%
2042	325,888	35,279,863	1.56%	1.04%
2043	330,908	35,623,325	1.54%	0.97%
2044	335,919	35,944,394	1.51%	0.9%
2045	340,911	36,265,295	1.49%	0.89%
2046	345,883	36,583,260	1.46%	0.88%
2047	350,758	36,878,640	1.41%	0.81%
2048	355,569	37,171,029	1.37%	0.79%
2049	360,353	37,477,690	1.35%	0.83%
2050	365,103	37,793,378	1.32%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.