São Tomé & Príncipe
Urban population in São Tomé & Príncipe
Urban population in São Tomé & Príncipe: 13.3% in 1950 and 69.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 69.2%
- Since 1950
- +55.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 101 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 88.6%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 88.6% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.2 |
| 2024 | 68.9 |
| 2023 | 68.6 |
| 2022 | 68.4 |
| 2021 | 68.2 |
| 2020 | 68 |
| 2019 | 67.9 |
| 2018 | 67.8 |
| 2017 | 67.7 |
| 2016 | 67.5 |
| 2015 | 67.4 |
| 2014 | 67.3 |
| 2013 | 67.1 |
| 2012 | 67 |
| 2011 | 66.7 |
| 2010 | 66.1 |
| 2009 | 65.1 |
| 2008 | 63.9 |
| 2007 | 62.5 |
| 2006 | 61 |
| 2005 | 59.4 |
| 2004 | 57.9 |
| 2003 | 56.4 |
| 2002 | 55.1 |
| 2001 | 54 |
| 2000 | 53 |
| 1999 | 52 |
| 1998 | 51.1 |
| 1997 | 50.2 |
| 1996 | 49.4 |
| 1995 | 48.5 |
| 1994 | 47.6 |
| 1993 | 46.7 |
| 1992 | 45.8 |
| 1991 | 44.8 |
| 1990 | 43.7 |
| 1989 | 42.5 |
| 1988 | 41.3 |
| 1987 | 40 |
| 1986 | 38.7 |
| 1985 | 37.5 |
| 1984 | 36.3 |
| 1983 | 35.3 |
| 1982 | 34.5 |
| 1981 | 33.8 |
| 1980 | 33.3 |
| 1979 | 32.9 |
| 1978 | 32.6 |
| 1977 | 32.3 |
| 1976 | 32.1 |
| 1975 | 31.8 |
| 1974 | 31.5 |
| 1973 | 31.2 |
| 1972 | 30.8 |
| 1971 | 30.4 |
| 1970 | 29.8 |
| 1969 | 28.8 |
| 1968 | 27.4 |
| 1967 | 25.7 |
| 1966 | 23.8 |
| 1965 | 21.9 |
| 1964 | 20 |
| 1963 | 18.3 |
| 1962 | 16.9 |
| 1961 | 15.9 |
| 1960 | 15.4 |
| 1959 | 15.1 |
| 1958 | 14.7 |
| 1957 | 14.4 |
| 1956 | 14.1 |
| 1955 | 13.9 |
| 1954 | 13.7 |
| 1953 | 13.5 |
| 1952 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 13.3 |
| 1950 | 13.3 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 69.5 |
| 2027 | 69.9 |
| 2028 | 70.3 |
| 2029 | 70.7 |
| 2030 | 71.2 |
| 2031 | 71.7 |
| 2032 | 72.3 |
| 2033 | 72.9 |
| 2034 | 73.5 |
| 2035 | 74.1 |
| 2036 | 74.8 |
| 2037 | 75.6 |
| 2038 | 76.3 |
| 2039 | 77.1 |
| 2040 | 78 |
| 2041 | 78.9 |
| 2042 | 79.8 |
| 2043 | 80.8 |
| 2044 | 81.8 |
| 2045 | 82.8 |
| 2046 | 83.9 |
| 2047 | 85 |
| 2048 | 86.1 |
| 2049 | 87.3 |
| 2050 | 88.6 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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