São Tomé & Príncipe
Population growth in São Tomé & Príncipe
Population growth in São Tomé & Príncipe: 1.47% a year in 1950 and 2% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 2% a year
- Since 1950
- +0.53 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 48 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 0.25% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.25% a year in 2100, between -3.06% a year and 2.92% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 2.7% a year in 1978, the lowest 0.94% a year in 1955.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 1.99 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 1.88 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 2.24 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 1.51 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 1.52 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 1.56 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 1.63 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.73 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.82 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 1.89 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 1.98 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 2.06 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 2.13 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 2.26 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 2.36 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 2.41 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 2.44 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 2.45 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 2.48 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 2.52 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 2.61 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 2.18 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.06 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.14 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 1.25 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.37 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.47 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 1.57 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.66 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 1.78 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 1.87 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 1.94 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.44 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.5 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 2.63 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 2.6 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 2.32 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 2.21 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.83 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.8 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.93 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 2.23 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.48 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 2.7 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 2.69 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 2.59 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.45 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2.3 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.18 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.11 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.16 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.18 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 1.83 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 1.66 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.31 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 1.18 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 1.11 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 1.03 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 1 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 1.01 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 1.02 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 1.12 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 1.08 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 0.97 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 0.94 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 0.99 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.08 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.25 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.43 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.47 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21.27–2.64 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 1.971.11–2.74 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 1.940.93–2.89 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 1.940.9–2.98 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 1.930.78–3.04 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 1.910.68–3.07 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 1.880.58–3.13 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 1.870.47–3.12 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 1.860.39–3.16 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 1.840.4–3.16 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.810.37–3.17 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.780.34–3.2 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.760.17–3.26 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 1.710.14–3.26 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 1.690.07–3.23 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 1.650.1–3.26 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 1.610.01–3.19 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 1.56-0.1–3.22 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.54-0.07–3.26 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.52-0.11–3.27 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 1.49-0.24–3.23 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 1.47-0.29–3.28 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 1.42-0.34–3.38 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 1.38-0.43–3.3 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 1.35-0.51–3.35 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 1.32-0.51–3.26 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 1.3-0.6–3.26 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.29-0.66–3.24 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 1.25-0.7–3.25 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 1.24-0.71–3.24 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 1.21-0.72–3.27 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 1.2-0.78–3.23 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 1.15-0.85–3.23 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 1.15-0.81–3.23 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 1.12-0.83–3.38 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 1.11-0.82–3.36 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 1.1-0.9–3.21 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 1.07-0.98–3.21 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 1.07-1.02–3.27 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 1.03-1.06–3.19 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 1.02-1.06–3.21 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.98-1.06–3.1 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.98-1.22–3.07 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.95-1.21–3.16 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.91-1.32–3.06 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.9-1.26–3.12 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.86-1.29–3.11 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.83-1.28–2.99 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.81-1.41–3.06 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.78-1.5–3.08 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.76-1.44–3.13 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.75-1.64–2.99 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.73-1.7–2.99 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.72-1.78–3 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.68-1.78–3.07 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.66-1.9–3.04 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.65-1.97–3 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.61-2.01–3.04 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.59-2.06–2.94 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.58-2.24–2.98 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.55-2.2–2.97 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.53-2.28–2.97 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.5-2.37–2.87 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.49-2.33–2.9 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.49-2.42–2.91 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.46-2.35–2.86 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 0.45-2.36–2.81 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.42-2.39–2.96 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.41-2.41–3.01 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.38-2.62–2.92 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.36-2.71–2.99 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.33-2.72–2.8 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.33-2.93–3 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.31-2.96–2.86 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.29-3.17–2.91 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.26-3.1–2.94 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 0.25-3.06–2.92 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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São Tomé & Príncipe in numbers
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