Sao Tome and Principe Population 2023 (Live)

233,678

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
2023 World Percentage
Land Area
960
The current population of Sao Tome and Principe is 233,678 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2023 population at 231,856.

Sao Tome and Principe Growth Rate

Sao Tome and Principe Population 2023 (Live)

Sao Tome and Principe Population Clock

Sao Tome and Principe Population (as of 11/25/2023)233,678
Last UN Estimate (July 1, 2023)231,856
Births per Day18
Deaths per Day4
Migrations per Day-2
Net Change per Day12
Population Change Since Jan. 13,948

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
Population
Sao Tome53,300
Santo Antonio1,156
showing: 2 rows

Sao Tome and Principe Population Density Map

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
195565,3001.38%68.0218880
196068,0380.83%70.8718983
196571,7301.06%74.7219188
197077,5831.58%80.8219288
197586,0372.09%89.6219284
198097,2102.47%101.2619180
1985106,6071.86%111.0519178
1990120,3432.45%125.3619070
1995133,0772.03%138.6219168
2000143,7141.55%149.7019169
2005161,6802.38%168.4219167
2010182,1382.41%189.7318965
2015201,1242%209.5018964
2017208,0361.66%216.7018863
2018211,3441.59%220.1518863
2019214,5991.54%223.5418863
2020218,6411.88%227.7518863
2022227,3801.79%236.8518858
2023231,8561.87%241.5218858
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Sao Tome and Principe Population by Year (Historical)

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
2023231,8561.87%241.5218858
2024236,3811.95%246.2318857
2025240,9791.97%251.0218856
2030265,0361.92%276.0818852
2035290,5751.86%302.6818749
2040316,6921.74%329.8918746
2045342,1541.56%356.4118743
2050366,6631.39%381.9418442
2055390,4001.26%406.6718340
2060413,0891.14%430.3018239
2065434,6851.02%452.8018238
2070455,0060.92%473.9618133
2075473,5990.8%493.3317932
2080490,0170.68%510.4317929
2085504,0020.56%525.0017828
2090515,4100.45%536.8917728
2095524,5550.35%546.4117727
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Sao Tome and Principe Population by Year (Projections)

Sao Tome and Principe Population Pyramid 2023

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
19914 August 1991
200125 August 2001
201213 May 2012
20212021
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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 2023
Area (km²)
964
2023 Growth Rate
Capital
GDP (IMF)
$0.48
GDP (UN)
$342.78 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

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