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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sao Tome and Principe was 235,536 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sao Tome and Principe's population is 244,055 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.

Population statistics:

  • Uganda's population is 215.1 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Sao Tome and Principe is ranked the 176th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
  • The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe vs 0.63% for Uganda.
  • For the last 10 years, Sao Tome and Principe has had an average growth rate of +1.82% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sao Tome and Principe has increased from 162K people to 244K (51% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
  • Sao Tome and Principe is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 534K people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.

Sao Tome and Principe vs Uganda: live population counter

Sao Tome Uganda
Current population
244055
52490669
Population rank 176/197 30/197
Percent of world population 0.003% 0.63%
One net population change
1.88 hours
23.2 seconds
One birth every
1.35 hours
18.4 seconds
One death every
6.81 hours
2.23 minutes
One migration net change every
14.5 hours
4.46 minutes
Annual migration change -604 -117,924
Daily growth/decline +13 +3,722
Annual growth/decline +4,665 +1,358,491
Annual growth/decline rate +2.02% +2.79%
Population growth rate rank 52/197 23/197

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

Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
Uganda
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sao Tome Uganda Sao Tome Uganda
1960 68,012 7,640,973 - -
1961 68,707 7,862,217 1.02% 2.9%
1962 69,403 8,092,231 1.01% 2.93%
1963 70,112 8,333,663 1.02% 2.98%
1964 70,865 8,586,363 1.07% 3.03%
1965 71,680 8,849,203 1.15% 3.06%
1966 72,576 9,122,864 1.25% 3.09%
1967 73,596 9,408,924 1.41% 3.14%
1968 74,765 9,708,632 1.59% 3.19%
1969 76,083 10,014,858 1.76% 3.15%
1970 77,626 10,321,603 2.03% 3.06%
1971 79,330 10,618,206 2.2% 2.87%
1972 81,041 10,885,796 2.16% 2.52%
1973 82,798 11,144,236 2.17% 2.37%
1974 84,672 11,424,846 2.26% 2.52%
1975 86,708 11,725,240 2.4% 2.63%
1976 88,922 12,037,294 2.55% 2.66%
1977 91,301 12,359,669 2.68% 2.68%
1978 93,794 12,692,113 2.73% 2.69%
1979 96,252 13,002,163 2.62% 2.44%
1980 98,544 13,275,741 2.38% 2.1%
1981 100,615 13,556,452 2.1% 2.11%
1982 102,508 13,873,631 1.88% 2.34%
1983 104,380 14,221,881 1.83% 2.51%
1984 106,394 14,607,677 1.93% 2.71%
1985 108,658 15,023,681 2.13% 2.85%
1986 111,150 15,467,579 2.29% 2.95%
1987 113,919 15,954,170 2.49% 3.15%
1988 116,939 16,470,483 2.65% 3.24%
1989 119,979 17,010,698 2.6% 3.28%
1990 122,980 17,569,897 2.5% 3.29%
1991 125,697 18,155,901 2.21% 3.34%
1992 128,110 18,785,032 1.92% 3.47%
1993 130,467 19,445,161 1.84% 3.51%
1994 132,732 20,108,801 1.74% 3.41%
1995 134,895 20,665,667 1.63% 2.77%
1996 136,962 21,231,550 1.53% 2.74%
1997 138,922 21,856,046 1.43% 2.94%
1998 140,751 22,515,806 1.32% 3.02%
1999 142,442 23,257,281 1.2% 3.29%
2000 144,018 24,000,150 1.11% 3.19%
2001 146,375 24,745,676 1.64% 3.11%
2002 149,922 25,532,870 2.42% 3.18%
2003 153,814 26,352,124 2.6% 3.21%
2004 157,705 27,154,515 2.53% 3.04%
2005 161,639 27,963,289 2.49% 2.98%
2006 165,638 28,794,003 2.47% 2.97%
2007 169,700 29,653,430 2.45% 2.98%
2008 173,793 30,539,553 2.41% 2.99%
2009 177,853 31,451,151 2.34% 2.98%
2010 181,802 32,390,802 2.22% 2.99%
2011 185,649 33,354,543 2.12% 2.98%
2012 189,439 34,337,438 2.04% 2.95%
2013 193,148 35,337,042 1.96% 2.91%
2014 196,767 36,395,539 1.87% 3%
2015 200,291 37,531,446 1.79% 3.12%
2016 203,689 38,799,152 1.7% 3.38%
2017 206,970 40,177,388 1.61% 3.55%
2018 210,187 41,565,831 1.55% 3.46%
2019 213,392 42,999,637 1.52% 3.45%
2020 217,435 44,457,152 1.89% 3.39%
2021 221,961 45,910,930 2.08% 3.27%
2022 226,305 47,312,719 1.96% 3.05%
2023 230,871 48,656,601 2.02% 2.84%
2024 235,536 50,015,092 2.02% 2.79%
2025 240,251 51,384,895 2% 2.74%
2026 244,987 52,761,471 1.97% 2.68%
2027 249,783 54,144,274 1.96% 2.62%
2028 254,657 55,532,564 1.95% 2.56%
2029 259,597 56,922,797 1.94% 2.5%
2030 264,560 58,312,944 1.91% 2.44%
2031 269,566 59,703,537 1.89% 2.38%
2032 274,643 61,089,060 1.88% 2.32%
2033 279,761 62,464,116 1.86% 2.25%
2034 284,911 63,833,872 1.84% 2.19%
2035 290,082 65,205,570 1.81% 2.15%
2036 295,269 66,573,737 1.79% 2.1%
2037 300,439 67,942,634 1.75% 2.06%
2038 305,590 69,312,210 1.71% 2.02%
2039 310,729 70,669,875 1.68% 1.96%
2040 315,833 72,020,414 1.64% 1.91%
2041 320,875 73,372,658 1.6% 1.88%
2042 325,888 74,730,004 1.56% 1.85%
2043 330,908 76,090,991 1.54% 1.82%
2044 335,919 77,449,517 1.51% 1.79%
2045 340,911 78,797,995 1.49% 1.74%
2046 345,883 80,139,174 1.46% 1.7%
2047 350,758 81,478,503 1.41% 1.67%
2048 355,569 82,812,102 1.37% 1.64%
2049 360,353 84,130,056 1.35% 1.59%
2050 365,103 85,431,202 1.32% 1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.

Biggest cities by population

Sao Tome
City Population
Sao Tome 65.5K
Trindade 6.64K
Uganda
City Population
Kampala 1.68M
Mbale 586K
Arua 385K
Kira Town 317K
Jinja 279K
Gulu 177K
Kasese 101K
Entebbe 70K
Tororo 41.9K

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