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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Tanzania	Sao Tome	Tanzania
1960	68,012	9,901,419	-	-
1961	68,707	10,187,886	1.02%	2.89%
1962	69,403	10,487,756	1.01%	2.94%
1963	70,112	10,799,528	1.02%	2.97%
1964	70,865	11,127,826	1.07%	3.04%
1965	71,680	11,470,728	1.15%	3.08%
1966	72,576	11,827,459	1.25%	3.11%
1967	73,596	12,200,109	1.41%	3.15%
1968	74,765	12,602,076	1.59%	3.29%
1969	76,083	13,036,700	1.76%	3.45%
1970	77,626	13,492,677	2.03%	3.5%
1971	79,330	13,971,451	2.2%	3.55%
1972	81,041	14,479,308	2.16%	3.63%
1973	82,798	15,010,101	2.17%	3.67%
1974	84,672	15,561,630	2.26%	3.67%
1975	86,708	16,138,361	2.4%	3.71%
1976	88,922	16,736,211	2.55%	3.7%
1977	91,301	17,352,929	2.68%	3.68%
1978	93,794	17,976,566	2.73%	3.59%
1979	96,252	18,592,038	2.62%	3.42%
1980	98,544	19,189,769	2.38%	3.21%
1981	100,615	19,784,703	2.1%	3.1%
1982	102,508	20,398,571	1.88%	3.1%
1983	104,380	21,079,874	1.83%	3.34%
1984	106,394	21,779,066	1.93%	3.32%
1985	108,658	22,501,693	2.13%	3.32%
1986	111,150	23,258,959	2.29%	3.37%
1987	113,919	24,030,378	2.49%	3.32%
1988	116,939	24,769,686	2.65%	3.08%
1989	119,979	25,438,759	2.6%	2.7%
1990	122,980	26,110,207	2.5%	2.64%
1991	125,697	26,780,436	2.21%	2.57%
1992	128,110	27,457,588	1.92%	2.53%
1993	130,467	28,332,692	1.84%	3.19%
1994	132,732	29,442,356	1.74%	3.92%
1995	134,895	30,383,497	1.63%	3.2%
1996	136,962	30,945,762	1.53%	1.85%
1997	138,922	31,578,089	1.43%	2.04%
1998	140,751	32,420,458	1.32%	2.67%
1999	142,442	33,300,330	1.2%	2.71%
2000	144,018	34,260,139	1.11%	2.88%
2001	146,375	35,198,299	1.64%	2.74%
2002	149,922	36,121,304	2.42%	2.62%
2003	153,814	37,089,555	2.6%	2.68%
2004	157,705	38,109,668	2.53%	2.75%
2005	161,639	39,182,076	2.49%	2.81%
2006	165,638	40,294,902	2.47%	2.84%
2007	169,700	41,435,512	2.45%	2.83%
2008	173,793	42,570,728	2.41%	2.74%
2009	177,853	43,633,982	2.34%	2.5%
2010	181,802	44,758,488	2.22%	2.58%
2011	185,649	46,029,367	2.12%	2.84%
2012	189,439	47,374,260	2.04%	2.92%
2013	193,148	48,824,128	1.96%	3.06%
2014	196,767	50,351,512	1.87%	3.13%
2015	200,291	52,020,962	1.79%	3.32%
2016	203,689	53,824,013	1.7%	3.47%
2017	206,970	55,652,890	1.61%	3.4%
2018	210,187	57,437,145	1.55%	3.21%
2019	213,392	59,174,891	1.52%	3.03%
2020	217,435	60,972,798	1.89%	3.04%
2021	221,961	62,830,412	2.08%	3.05%
2022	226,305	64,711,821	1.96%	2.99%
2023	230,871	66,617,606	2.02%	2.95%
2024	235,536	68,560,157	2.02%	2.92%
2025	240,251	70,545,858	2%	2.9%
2026	244,987	72,563,773	1.97%	2.86%
2027	249,783	74,604,804	1.96%	2.81%
2028	254,657	76,670,483	1.95%	2.77%
2029	259,597	78,773,192	1.94%	2.74%
2030	264,560	80,913,118	1.91%	2.72%
2031	269,566	83,087,927	1.89%	2.69%
2032	274,643	85,293,126	1.88%	2.65%
2033	279,761	87,520,491	1.86%	2.61%
2034	284,911	89,788,673	1.84%	2.59%
2035	290,082	92,091,418	1.81%	2.56%
2036	295,269	94,420,808	1.79%	2.53%
2037	300,439	96,775,766	1.75%	2.49%
2038	305,590	99,156,465	1.71%	2.46%
2039	310,729	101,567,525	1.68%	2.43%
2040	315,833	103,999,350	1.64%	2.39%
2041	320,875	106,448,475	1.6%	2.35%
2042	325,888	108,926,272	1.56%	2.33%
2043	330,908	111,433,788	1.54%	2.3%
2044	335,919	113,966,263	1.51%	2.27%
2045	340,911	116,525,463	1.49%	2.25%
2046	345,883	119,109,670	1.46%	2.22%
2047	350,758	121,721,018	1.41%	2.19%
2048	355,569	124,351,294	1.37%	2.16%
2049	360,353	126,981,394	1.35%	2.12%
2050	365,103	129,621,083	1.32%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.