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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Zambia	Sao Tome	Zambia
1960	68,012	3,153,729	-	-
1961	68,707	3,254,086	1.02%	3.18%
1962	69,403	3,358,099	1.01%	3.2%
1963	70,112	3,465,907	1.02%	3.21%
1964	70,865	3,577,017	1.07%	3.21%
1965	71,680	3,692,086	1.15%	3.22%
1966	72,576	3,812,003	1.25%	3.25%
1967	73,596	3,936,343	1.41%	3.26%
1968	74,765	4,065,593	1.59%	3.28%
1969	76,083	4,197,116	1.76%	3.24%
1970	77,626	4,321,718	2.03%	2.97%
1971	79,330	4,442,525	2.2%	2.8%
1972	81,041	4,569,309	2.16%	2.85%
1973	82,798	4,702,693	2.17%	2.92%
1974	84,672	4,842,746	2.26%	2.98%
1975	86,708	4,990,086	2.4%	3.04%
1976	88,922	5,143,842	2.55%	3.08%
1977	91,301	5,302,480	2.68%	3.08%
1978	93,794	5,465,374	2.73%	3.07%
1979	96,252	5,631,728	2.62%	3.04%
1980	98,544	5,802,833	2.38%	3.04%
1981	100,615	5,983,289	2.1%	3.11%
1982	102,508	6,178,637	1.88%	3.26%
1983	104,380	6,381,038	1.83%	3.28%
1984	106,394	6,580,490	1.93%	3.13%
1985	108,658	6,780,953	2.13%	3.05%
1986	111,150	6,986,471	2.29%	3.03%
1987	113,919	7,191,282	2.49%	2.93%
1988	116,939	7,391,440	2.65%	2.78%
1989	119,979	7,589,216	2.6%	2.68%
1990	122,980	7,786,169	2.5%	2.6%
1991	125,697	7,981,650	2.21%	2.51%
1992	128,110	8,176,680	1.92%	2.44%
1993	130,467	8,373,921	1.84%	2.41%
1994	132,732	8,576,269	1.74%	2.42%
1995	134,895	8,785,763	1.63%	2.44%
1996	136,962	9,004,053	1.53%	2.48%
1997	138,922	9,237,063	1.43%	2.59%
1998	140,751	9,482,408	1.32%	2.66%
1999	142,442	9,740,005	1.2%	2.72%
2000	144,018	10,017,631	1.11%	2.85%
2001	146,375	10,325,185	1.64%	3.07%
2002	149,922	10,647,949	2.42%	3.13%
2003	153,814	10,983,595	2.6%	3.15%
2004	157,705	11,338,198	2.53%	3.23%
2005	161,639	11,718,819	2.49%	3.36%
2006	165,638	12,129,553	2.47%	3.5%
2007	169,700	12,565,085	2.45%	3.59%
2008	173,793	13,021,324	2.41%	3.63%
2009	177,853	13,490,389	2.34%	3.6%
2010	181,802	13,965,594	2.22%	3.52%
2011	185,649	14,437,796	2.12%	3.38%
2012	189,439	14,913,629	2.04%	3.3%
2013	193,148	15,398,997	1.96%	3.25%
2014	196,767	15,895,315	1.87%	3.22%
2015	200,291	16,399,089	1.79%	3.17%
2016	203,689	16,914,423	1.7%	3.14%
2017	206,970	17,441,320	1.61%	3.12%
2018	210,187	17,973,569	1.55%	3.05%
2019	213,392	18,513,839	1.52%	3.01%
2020	217,435	19,059,395	1.89%	2.95%
2021	221,961	19,603,607	2.08%	2.86%
2022	226,305	20,152,938	1.96%	2.8%
2023	230,871	20,723,965	2.02%	2.83%
2024	235,536	21,314,956	2.02%	2.85%
2025	240,251	21,913,869	2%	2.81%
2026	244,987	22,521,905	1.97%	2.77%
2027	249,783	23,138,716	1.96%	2.74%
2028	254,657	23,761,368	1.95%	2.69%
2029	259,597	24,389,681	1.94%	2.64%
2030	264,560	25,024,887	1.91%	2.6%
2031	269,566	25,666,496	1.89%	2.56%
2032	274,643	26,311,946	1.88%	2.51%
2033	279,761	26,960,073	1.86%	2.46%
2034	284,911	27,611,621	1.84%	2.42%
2035	290,082	28,266,887	1.81%	2.37%
2036	295,269	28,925,103	1.79%	2.33%
2037	300,439	29,583,482	1.75%	2.28%
2038	305,590	30,240,549	1.71%	2.22%
2039	310,729	30,895,586	1.68%	2.17%
2040	315,833	31,550,394	1.64%	2.12%
2041	320,875	32,204,340	1.6%	2.07%
2042	325,888	32,856,596	1.56%	2.03%
2043	330,908	33,510,500	1.54%	1.99%
2044	335,919	34,165,920	1.51%	1.96%
2045	340,911	34,821,101	1.49%	1.92%
2046	345,883	35,475,795	1.46%	1.88%
2047	350,758	36,129,270	1.41%	1.84%
2048	355,569	36,782,260	1.37%	1.81%
2049	360,353	37,434,667	1.35%	1.77%
2050	365,103	38,083,369	1.32%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.