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Population in Sao Tome and Principe compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Sao Tome and Principe was 235,536 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sao Tome and Principe's population is 244,055 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.

Population statistics:

  • The United Arab Emirates' population is 46.6 times bigger than Sao Tome and Principe's.
  • Sao Tome and Principe is ranked the 176th most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
  • The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.003% for Sao Tome and Principe vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
  • For the last 10 years, Sao Tome and Principe has had an average growth rate of +1.82% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Since 2005, the population of Sao Tome and Principe has increased from 162K people to 244K (51% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
  • Sao Tome and Principe is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 534K people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.

Sao Tome and Principe vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter

Sao Tome UAE
Current population
244055
11372700
Population rank 176/197 86/197
Percent of world population 0.003% 0.14%
One net population change
1.88 hours
1.34 minutes
One birth every
1.35 hours
5.13 minutes
One death every
6.81 hours
53.8 minutes
One migration net change every
14.5 hours
1.89 minutes
Annual migration change -604 +278,439
Daily growth/decline +13 +1,077
Annual growth/decline +4,665 +393,230
Annual growth/decline rate +2.02% +3.75%
Population growth rate rank 52/197 8/197

Sao Tome and Principe and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Sao Tome and Principe
Population

Growth rate
United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Sao Tome UAE Sao Tome UAE
1960 68,012 131,334 - -
1961 68,707 137,989 1.02% 5.07%
1962 69,403 144,946 1.01% 5.04%
1963 70,112 152,211 1.02% 5.01%
1964 70,865 159,692 1.07% 4.91%
1965 71,680 167,103 1.15% 4.64%
1966 72,576 173,976 1.25% 4.11%
1967 73,596 179,700 1.41% 3.29%
1968 74,765 199,416 1.59% 11%
1969 76,083 239,660 1.76% 20.2%
1970 77,626 286,536 2.03% 19.6%
1971 79,330 335,027 2.2% 16.9%
1972 81,041 385,014 2.16% 14.9%
1973 82,798 436,399 2.17% 13.3%
1974 84,672 489,087 2.26% 12.1%
1975 86,708 542,856 2.4% 11%
1976 88,922 615,866 2.55% 13.4%
1977 91,301 710,209 2.68% 15.3%
1978 93,794 809,274 2.73% 13.9%
1979 96,252 912,010 2.62% 12.7%
1980 98,544 1,015,700 2.38% 11.4%
1981 100,615 1,099,855 2.1% 8.29%
1982 102,508 1,166,370 1.88% 6.05%
1983 104,380 1,235,305 1.83% 5.91%
1984 106,394 1,305,996 1.93% 5.72%
1985 108,658 1,377,911 2.13% 5.51%
1986 111,150 1,467,383 2.29% 6.49%
1987 113,919 1,574,244 2.49% 7.28%
1988 116,939 1,681,788 2.65% 6.83%
1989 119,979 1,789,851 2.6% 6.43%
1990 122,980 1,898,220 2.5% 6.05%
1991 125,697 2,006,626 2.21% 5.71%
1992 128,110 2,114,730 1.92% 5.39%
1993 130,467 2,222,093 1.84% 5.08%
1994 132,732 2,328,188 1.74% 4.77%
1995 134,895 2,434,662 1.63% 4.57%
1996 136,962 2,597,564 1.53% 6.69%
1997 138,922 2,817,410 1.43% 8.46%
1998 140,751 3,040,421 1.32% 7.92%
1999 142,442 3,266,009 1.2% 7.42%
2000 144,018 3,493,575 1.11% 6.97%
2001 146,375 3,723,590 1.64% 6.58%
2002 149,922 3,956,826 2.42% 6.26%
2003 153,814 4,192,457 2.6% 5.96%
2004 157,705 4,428,967 2.53% 5.64%
2005 161,639 4,664,790 2.49% 5.32%
2006 165,638 5,009,100 2.47% 7.38%
2007 169,700 5,624,635 2.45% 12.3%
2008 173,793 6,302,664 2.41% 12.1%
2009 177,853 6,707,058 2.34% 6.42%
2010 181,802 6,869,838 2.22% 2.43%
2011 185,649 7,104,538 2.12% 3.42%
2012 189,439 7,391,448 2.04% 4.04%
2013 193,148 7,693,031 1.96% 4.08%
2014 196,767 8,059,440 1.87% 4.76%
2015 200,291 8,505,237 1.79% 5.53%
2016 203,689 8,935,095 1.7% 5.05%
2017 206,970 9,223,225 1.61% 3.22%
2018 210,187 9,346,701 1.55% 1.34%
2019 213,392 9,445,785 1.52% 1.06%
2020 217,435 9,401,038 1.89% -0.47%
2021 221,961 9,575,152 2.08% 1.85%
2022 226,305 10,074,977 1.96% 5.22%
2023 230,871 10,483,751 2.02% 4.06%
2024 235,536 10,876,981 2.02% 3.75%
2025 240,251 11,191,510 2% 2.89%
2026 244,987 11,417,074 1.97% 2.02%
2027 249,783 11,595,528 1.96% 1.56%
2028 254,657 11,750,055 1.95% 1.33%
2029 259,597 11,890,496 1.94% 1.2%
2030 264,560 12,024,613 1.91% 1.13%
2031 269,566 12,159,255 1.89% 1.12%
2032 274,643 12,298,043 1.88% 1.14%
2033 279,761 12,440,531 1.86% 1.16%
2034 284,911 12,586,327 1.84% 1.17%
2035 290,082 12,734,906 1.81% 1.18%
2036 295,269 12,885,831 1.79% 1.19%
2037 300,439 13,038,803 1.75% 1.19%
2038 305,590 13,193,613 1.71% 1.19%
2039 310,729 13,349,897 1.68% 1.18%
2040 315,833 13,507,317 1.64% 1.18%
2041 320,875 13,665,875 1.6% 1.17%
2042 325,888 13,825,473 1.56% 1.17%
2043 330,908 13,986,029 1.54% 1.16%
2044 335,919 14,147,509 1.51% 1.15%
2045 340,911 14,309,823 1.49% 1.15%
2046 345,883 14,473,950 1.46% 1.15%
2047 350,758 14,641,700 1.41% 1.16%
2048 355,569 14,812,411 1.37% 1.17%
2049 360,353 14,984,754 1.35% 1.16%
2050 365,103 15,158,142 1.32% 1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.

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