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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sao Tome	Zimbabwe	Sao Tome	Zimbabwe
1960	68,012	3,809,389	-	-
1961	68,707	3,930,401	1.02%	3.18%
1962	69,403	4,055,959	1.01%	3.19%
1963	70,112	4,185,877	1.02%	3.2%
1964	70,865	4,320,006	1.07%	3.2%
1965	71,680	4,458,462	1.15%	3.2%
1966	72,576	4,601,217	1.25%	3.2%
1967	73,596	4,748,307	1.41%	3.2%
1968	74,765	4,900,440	1.59%	3.2%
1969	76,083	5,058,181	1.76%	3.22%
1970	77,626	5,215,918	2.03%	3.12%
1971	79,330	5,374,712	2.2%	3.04%
1972	81,041	5,542,445	2.16%	3.12%
1973	82,798	5,720,404	2.17%	3.21%
1974	84,672	5,908,328	2.26%	3.29%
1975	86,708	6,098,658	2.4%	3.22%
1976	88,922	6,287,105	2.55%	3.09%
1977	91,301	6,449,512	2.68%	2.58%
1978	93,794	6,543,575	2.73%	1.46%
1979	96,252	6,647,556	2.62%	1.59%
1980	98,544	7,041,303	2.38%	5.92%
1981	100,615	7,498,635	2.1%	6.49%
1982	102,508	7,796,496	1.88%	3.97%
1983	104,380	8,098,404	1.83%	3.87%
1984	106,394	8,391,488	1.93%	3.62%
1985	108,658	8,686,813	2.13%	3.52%
1986	111,150	8,982,578	2.29%	3.4%
1987	113,919	9,284,644	2.49%	3.36%
1988	116,939	9,583,094	2.65%	3.21%
1989	119,979	9,864,798	2.6%	2.94%
1990	122,980	10,137,281	2.5%	2.76%
1991	125,697	10,404,816	2.21%	2.64%
1992	128,110	10,702,700	1.92%	2.86%
1993	130,467	10,860,288	1.84%	1.47%
1994	132,732	10,873,148	1.74%	0.12%
1995	134,895	10,974,599	1.63%	0.93%
1996	136,962	11,158,360	1.53%	1.67%
1997	138,922	11,369,827	1.43%	1.9%
1998	140,751	11,594,297	1.32%	1.97%
1999	142,442	11,783,458	1.2%	1.63%
2000	144,018	11,892,055	1.11%	0.92%
2001	146,375	11,971,901	1.64%	0.67%
2002	149,922	12,087,653	2.42%	0.97%
2003	153,814	12,232,323	2.6%	1.2%
2004	157,705	12,365,896	2.53%	1.09%
2005	161,639	12,483,432	2.49%	0.95%
2006	165,638	12,636,445	2.47%	1.23%
2007	169,700	12,804,058	2.45%	1.33%
2008	173,793	12,959,149	2.41%	1.21%
2009	177,853	13,142,790	2.34%	1.42%
2010	181,802	13,356,548	2.22%	1.63%
2011	185,649	13,595,424	2.12%	1.79%
2012	189,439	13,817,887	2.04%	1.64%
2013	193,148	14,013,808	1.96%	1.42%
2014	196,767	14,207,359	1.87%	1.38%
2015	200,291	14,399,013	1.79%	1.35%
2016	203,689	14,600,294	1.7%	1.4%
2017	206,970	14,812,482	1.61%	1.45%
2018	210,187	15,034,452	1.55%	1.5%
2019	213,392	15,271,368	1.52%	1.58%
2020	217,435	15,526,888	1.89%	1.67%
2021	221,961	15,797,210	2.08%	1.74%
2022	226,305	16,069,056	1.96%	1.72%
2023	230,871	16,340,822	2.02%	1.69%
2024	235,536	16,634,373	2.02%	1.8%
2025	240,251	16,950,805	2%	1.9%
2026	244,987	17,273,591	1.97%	1.9%
2027	249,783	17,600,621	1.96%	1.89%
2028	254,657	17,932,015	1.95%	1.88%
2029	259,597	18,268,967	1.94%	1.88%
2030	264,560	18,610,356	1.91%	1.87%
2031	269,566	18,956,207	1.89%	1.86%
2032	274,643	19,311,368	1.88%	1.87%
2033	279,761	19,675,929	1.86%	1.89%
2034	284,911	20,041,125	1.84%	1.86%
2035	290,082	20,409,159	1.81%	1.84%
2036	295,269	20,778,662	1.79%	1.81%
2037	300,439	21,144,748	1.75%	1.76%
2038	305,590	21,512,919	1.71%	1.74%
2039	310,729	21,881,123	1.68%	1.71%
2040	315,833	22,250,123	1.64%	1.69%
2041	320,875	22,627,428	1.6%	1.7%
2042	325,888	23,000,906	1.56%	1.65%
2043	330,908	23,371,301	1.54%	1.61%
2044	335,919	23,740,630	1.51%	1.58%
2045	340,911	24,102,391	1.49%	1.52%
2046	345,883	24,462,491	1.46%	1.49%
2047	350,758	24,816,449	1.41%	1.45%
2048	355,569	25,168,419	1.37%	1.42%
2049	360,353	25,518,513	1.35%	1.39%
2050	365,103	25,866,397	1.32%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sao Tome and Principe increased by 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sao Tome and Principe gained 43,764 (a 21.9% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th most populous country in 2005 and is 176th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.