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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	United States	Sao Tome	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	68,012	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	68,707	183,691,481	1.02%	1.67%
1962	69,403	186,537,737	1.01%	1.55%
1963	70,112	189,241,798	1.02%	1.45%
1964	70,865	191,888,791	1.07%	1.4%
1965	71,680	194,302,963	1.15%	1.26%
1966	72,576	196,560,338	1.25%	1.16%
1967	73,596	198,712,056	1.41%	1.09%
1968	74,765	200,706,052	1.59%	1%
1969	76,083	202,676,946	1.76%	0.98%
1970	77,626	205,052,174	2.03%	1.17%
1971	79,330	207,660,677	2.2%	1.27%
1972	81,041	209,896,021	2.16%	1.08%
1973	82,798	211,908,788	2.17%	0.96%
1974	84,672	213,853,928	2.26%	0.92%
1975	86,708	215,973,199	2.4%	0.99%
1976	88,922	218,035,164	2.55%	0.95%
1977	91,301	220,239,425	2.68%	1.01%
1978	93,794	222,584,545	2.73%	1.06%
1979	96,252	225,055,487	2.62%	1.11%
1980	98,544	226,542,250	2.38%	0.66%
1981	100,615	229,465,744	2.1%	1.29%
1982	102,508	231,664,432	1.88%	0.96%
1983	104,380	233,792,014	1.83%	0.92%
1984	106,394	235,824,908	1.93%	0.87%
1985	108,658	237,923,734	2.13%	0.89%
1986	111,150	240,132,831	2.29%	0.93%
1987	113,919	242,288,936	2.49%	0.9%
1988	116,939	244,499,004	2.65%	0.91%
1989	119,979	246,819,222	2.6%	0.95%
1990	122,980	250,131,894	2.5%	1.34%
1991	125,697	253,492,503	2.21%	1.34%
1992	128,110	256,894,189	1.92%	1.34%
1993	130,467	260,255,352	1.84%	1.31%
1994	132,732	263,435,673	1.74%	1.22%
1995	134,895	266,557,091	1.63%	1.18%
1996	136,962	269,667,391	1.53%	1.17%
1997	138,922	272,911,760	1.43%	1.2%
1998	140,751	276,115,288	1.32%	1.17%
1999	142,442	279,294,713	1.2%	1.15%
2000	144,018	282,162,411	1.11%	1.03%
2001	146,375	284,968,955	1.64%	0.99%
2002	149,922	287,625,193	2.42%	0.93%
2003	153,814	290,107,933	2.6%	0.86%
2004	157,705	292,805,298	2.53%	0.93%
2005	161,639	295,516,599	2.49%	0.93%
2006	165,638	298,379,912	2.47%	0.97%
2007	169,700	301,231,207	2.45%	0.96%
2008	173,793	304,093,966	2.41%	0.95%
2009	177,853	306,771,529	2.34%	0.88%
2010	181,802	309,327,143	2.22%	0.83%
2011	185,649	311,583,481	2.12%	0.73%
2012	189,439	313,877,662	2.04%	0.74%
2013	193,148	316,059,947	1.96%	0.7%
2014	196,767	318,386,329	1.87%	0.74%
2015	200,291	320,738,994	1.79%	0.74%
2016	203,689	323,071,755	1.7%	0.73%
2017	206,970	325,122,128	1.61%	0.63%
2018	210,187	326,838,199	1.55%	0.53%
2019	213,392	328,329,953	1.52%	0.46%
2020	217,435	331,526,933	1.89%	0.97%
2021	221,961	331,893,745	2.08%	0.11%
2022	226,305	333,271,411	1.96%	0.42%
2023	230,871	334,914,895	2.02%	0.49%
2024	235,536	340,110,988	2.02%	1.55%
2025	240,251	341,931,772	2%	0.54%
2026	244,987	343,664,369	1.97%	0.51%
2027	249,783	345,331,185	1.96%	0.49%
2028	254,657	346,981,137	1.95%	0.48%
2029	259,597	348,601,982	1.94%	0.47%
2030	264,560	350,176,974	1.91%	0.45%
2031	269,566	351,725,612	1.89%	0.44%
2032	274,643	353,249,060	1.88%	0.43%
2033	279,761	354,749,644	1.86%	0.42%
2034	284,911	356,234,239	1.84%	0.42%
2035	290,082	357,694,316	1.81%	0.41%
2036	295,269	359,119,002	1.79%	0.4%
2037	300,439	360,517,853	1.75%	0.39%
2038	305,590	361,895,407	1.71%	0.38%
2039	310,729	363,229,908	1.68%	0.37%
2040	315,833	364,512,364	1.64%	0.35%
2041	320,875	365,753,139	1.6%	0.34%
2042	325,888	366,969,419	1.56%	0.33%
2043	330,908	368,146,925	1.54%	0.32%
2044	335,919	369,258,123	1.51%	0.3%
2045	340,911	370,318,770	1.49%	0.29%
2046	345,883	371,328,255	1.46%	0.27%
2047	350,758	372,299,116	1.41%	0.26%
2048	355,569	373,230,539	1.37%	0.25%
2049	360,353	374,119,803	1.35%	0.24%
2050	365,103	374,986,259	1.32%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,051 people (a 23% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sao Tome and Principe gained 41,350 (a 20.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2006 and is 176th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Sao Tome and Principe's population will grow by 49% to 365,103 people with a rank change from 176th to 175th. The population of the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.