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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Vanuatu	Sao Tome	Vanuatu
1960	68,012	64,431	-	-
1961	68,707	66,264	1.02%	2.84%
1962	69,403	68,174	1.01%	2.88%
1963	70,112	70,159	1.02%	2.91%
1964	70,865	72,219	1.07%	2.94%
1965	71,680	74,358	1.15%	2.96%
1966	72,576	76,590	1.25%	3%
1967	73,596	78,921	1.41%	3.04%
1968	74,765	81,314	1.59%	3.03%
1969	76,083	83,755	1.76%	3%
1970	77,626	86,266	2.03%	3%
1971	79,330	88,862	2.2%	3.01%
1972	81,041	91,562	2.16%	3.04%
1973	82,798	94,362	2.17%	3.06%
1974	84,672	97,260	2.26%	3.07%
1975	86,708	100,269	2.4%	3.09%
1976	88,922	103,388	2.55%	3.11%
1977	91,301	106,618	2.68%	3.12%
1978	93,794	109,963	2.73%	3.14%
1979	96,252	113,040	2.62%	2.8%
1980	98,544	115,660	2.38%	2.32%
1981	100,615	118,249	2.1%	2.24%
1982	102,508	121,035	1.88%	2.36%
1983	104,380	123,998	1.83%	2.45%
1984	106,394	127,109	1.93%	2.51%
1985	108,658	130,356	2.13%	2.55%
1986	111,150	133,720	2.29%	2.58%
1987	113,919	137,187	2.49%	2.59%
1988	116,939	140,756	2.65%	2.6%
1989	119,979	144,393	2.6%	2.58%
1990	122,980	148,063	2.5%	2.54%
1991	125,697	151,793	2.21%	2.52%
1992	128,110	155,608	1.92%	2.51%
1993	130,467	159,463	1.84%	2.48%
1994	132,732	163,314	1.74%	2.41%
1995	134,895	167,137	1.63%	2.34%
1996	136,962	170,911	1.53%	2.26%
1997	138,922	174,626	1.43%	2.17%
1998	140,751	178,313	1.32%	2.11%
1999	142,442	182,048	1.2%	2.09%
2000	144,018	186,281	1.11%	2.33%
2001	146,375	191,031	1.64%	2.55%
2002	149,922	195,863	2.42%	2.53%
2003	153,814	200,746	2.6%	2.49%
2004	157,705	205,711	2.53%	2.47%
2005	161,639	210,760	2.49%	2.45%
2006	165,638	215,923	2.47%	2.45%
2007	169,700	221,276	2.45%	2.48%
2008	173,793	226,896	2.41%	2.54%
2009	177,853	232,731	2.34%	2.57%
2010	181,802	238,248	2.22%	2.37%
2011	185,649	243,474	2.12%	2.19%
2012	189,439	248,883	2.04%	2.22%
2013	193,148	254,482	1.96%	2.25%
2014	196,767	260,240	1.87%	2.26%
2015	200,291	266,101	1.79%	2.25%
2016	203,689	272,087	1.7%	2.25%
2017	206,970	278,507	1.61%	2.36%
2018	210,187	285,259	1.55%	2.42%
2019	213,392	291,985	1.52%	2.36%
2020	217,435	298,858	1.89%	2.35%
2021	221,961	305,868	2.08%	2.35%
2022	226,305	313,046	1.96%	2.35%
2023	230,871	320,409	2.02%	2.35%
2024	235,536	327,777	2.02%	2.3%
2025	240,251	335,169	2%	2.26%
2026	244,987	342,565	1.97%	2.21%
2027	249,783	349,970	1.96%	2.16%
2028	254,657	357,397	1.95%	2.12%
2029	259,597	364,883	1.94%	2.09%
2030	264,560	372,429	1.91%	2.07%
2031	269,566	380,015	1.89%	2.04%
2032	274,643	387,657	1.88%	2.01%
2033	279,761	395,366	1.86%	1.99%
2034	284,911	403,188	1.84%	1.98%
2035	290,082	411,061	1.81%	1.95%
2036	295,269	419,006	1.79%	1.93%
2037	300,439	427,031	1.75%	1.92%
2038	305,590	435,150	1.71%	1.9%
2039	310,729	443,311	1.68%	1.88%
2040	315,833	451,509	1.64%	1.85%
2041	320,875	459,733	1.6%	1.82%
2042	325,888	468,003	1.56%	1.8%
2043	330,908	476,308	1.54%	1.77%
2044	335,919	484,636	1.51%	1.75%
2045	340,911	492,989	1.49%	1.72%
2046	345,883	501,316	1.46%	1.69%
2047	350,758	509,621	1.41%	1.66%
2048	355,569	517,889	1.37%	1.62%
2049	360,353	526,138	1.35%	1.59%
2050	365,103	534,374	1.32%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,051 people (a 23% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sao Tome and Principe gained 41,350 (a 20.3% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2006 and is 176th in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.