Sao Tome and Principe Population 2024 (Live)

235,106

Sao Tome and Principe is currently growing at a rather high 2.6% per year. The nation faces many problems, including a low life expectancy, few doctors, and mandatory school for just four years and an educational system that has insufficiently trained teachers, a shortage of classrooms, inadequate materials and high repetition rates.

Population Rank
Growth Rate
2024 World Percentage
Land Area
960
The current population of Sao Tome and Principe is 235,106 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2024 population at 236,381.

Sao Tome and Principe Growth Rate

Sao Tome and Principe Population 2024 (Live)

Sao Tome and Principe Population Clock

Sao Tome and Principe Population (as of 3/20/2024)235,106
Next UN Estimate (July 1, 2024)236,381
Births per Day18
Deaths per Day4
Migrations per Day-2
Net Change per Day12
Population Change Since Jan. 1960

Components of Population Change

One birth every 80 minutes
One death every 360 minutes
One emigrant every 720 minutes
Net gain of one person every 120 minutes

Sao Tome and Principe Population Clock

City
2024 Population
Sao Tome53,300
Santo Antonio1,156

Sao Tome and Principe Population Density Map

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
2024236,3811.95%24618857
2023231,8561.87%24218858
2020218,6411.88%22818863
2019214,5991.54%22418863
2018211,3441.59%22018863
2017208,0361.66%21718863
2015201,1242%21018964
2010182,1382.41%19018965
2005161,6802.38%16819167
2000143,7141.55%15019169
1995133,0772.03%13919168
1990120,3432.45%12519070
1985106,6071.86%11119178
198097,2102.47%10119180
197586,0372.09%9019284
197077,5831.58%8119288
196571,7301.06%7519188
196068,0380.83%7118983
195565,3001.38%6818880

Sao Tome and Principe Population by Year (Historical)

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
2024236,3811.95%24618857
2025240,9791.97%25118856
2030265,0361.92%27618852
2035290,5751.86%30318749
2040316,6921.74%33018746
2045342,1541.56%35618743
2050366,6631.39%38218442
2055390,4001.26%40718340
2060413,0891.14%43018239
2065434,6851.02%45318238
2070455,0060.92%47418133
2075473,5990.8%49317932
2080490,0170.68%51017929
2085504,0020.56%52517828
2090515,4100.45%53717728
2095524,5550.35%54617727

Sao Tome and Principe Population by Year (Projections)

Sao Tome and Principe Population Pyramid 2024

Sao Tome and Principe Median Age

19.3

Total

18.9

Male

19.7

Female

Sao Tome and Principe Population by Age

There are people over age 18 in Sao Tome and Principe.

Census Years

Year
Date
20212021
201213 May 2012
200125 August 2001
19914 August 1991

Sao Tome and Principe Population Pyramid

Sao Tome and Principe, officially the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, is an island nation in the Gulf of Guinea off the western coast of Central Africa. Sao Tome and Principe is comprised of two archipelagos around the main islands of Sao Tome and Principe, which are 87 miles apart and about 150 miles off the coast of Gabon. Both islands are a part of an extinct volcanic mountain range.

Sao Tome and Principe is the second-smallest African nation behind Seychelles and the smallest Portuguese-speaking country. Given its small size, it is little surprise that Sao Tome and Principe is fairly densely populated with 187 people per square kilometer (485/sq mi). The capital and largest city is Sao Tome with an estimated population of 58,000.

Sao Tome and Principe Demographics

Prior to the arrival of the Portuguese around 1470, Sao Tome and Principe were uninhabited. The first settlement was established in 1493 on Sao Tome, while Principe was settled in 1500. When attracting settlers proved a challenge, the early inhabitants of the island became "undesirables" from Portugal, most of whom were Jews. Later, slaves were imported from the mainland or sugar plantations.

The first census in Sao Tome and Principe took place in 2011. It found that 157,500 people live on Sao Tome while 6,000 live on Principe. All inhabitants today are descended from people from various countries taken to the islands by the Portuguese, including Jews and slaves.

72% of the population is Catholic, 10% belong to another Christian denomination and 18% belong to another religion or are non-religious.

Sao Tome and Principe Population Rank 2024
Area (km²)
964
2024 Growth Rate
Capital
GDP (IMF '23)
$0.67
GDP (UN '22)
$546.76 Mn

Sao Tome and Principe - General Info

  1. National Institute of Statistics
  2. World Population Prospects (2022 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.
  3. GeoNames

Sources