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São Tomé & Príncipe

Population240,2542025

Annual growth1.98 %2025

Life expectancy at birth69.9 years2024

Children per woman3.60 2024

Births per 1,000 residents28.1 ‰2024

Deaths per 1,000 residents5.5 ‰2024

Urban population69.2 %2025

Residents per km² of land245.4 2024

Population over time

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São Tomé & Príncipe

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Number of residents
Year	São Tomé & Príncipe
1960	68,012
1961	68,707
1962	69,403
1963	70,112
1964	70,865
1965	71,680
1966	72,576
1967	73,596
1968	74,765
1969	76,083
1970	77,626
1971	79,330
1972	81,041
1973	82,798
1974	84,672
1975	86,708
1976	88,922
1977	91,301
1978	93,794
1979	96,252
1980	98,544
1981	100,615
1982	102,508
1983	104,380
1984	106,394
1985	108,658
1986	111,150
1987	113,919
1988	116,939
1989	119,979
1990	122,980
1991	125,697
1992	128,110
1993	130,467
1994	132,732
1995	134,895
1996	136,962
1997	138,922
1998	140,751
1999	142,442
2000	144,018
2001	146,375
2002	149,922
2003	153,814
2004	157,705
2005	161,639
2006	165,638
2007	169,700
2008	173,793
2009	177,853
2010	181,802
2011	185,649
2012	189,439
2013	193,148
2014	196,767
2015	200,291
2016	203,689
2017	206,970
2018	210,187
2019	213,392
2020	217,435
2021	221,961
2022	226,305
2023	230,871
2024	235,536
2025	240,254

Population pyramid

São Tomé & Príncipe · 2025

17 age groups, from 0–4 to 80 and over. Bars show each group’s share of the total population. Counts are calculated from percentages and sex totals for the same year.

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Population pyramid · 2025
Age group	Men	Women
0–4	16,039	15,639
5–9	14,730	14,510
10–14	14,569	14,501
15–19	13,787	13,882
20–24	11,444	11,902
25–29	8,651	8,993
30–34	7,160	7,279
35–39	6,479	6,692
40–44	6,554	6,625
45–49	5,573	5,504
50–54	4,325	4,126
55–59	3,330	3,220
60–64	2,529	2,737
65–69	1,780	1,957
70–74	1,157	1,358
75–79	652	858
80+	610	1,105

Broad age distribution

2025

Ages 0–1437.5%
Ages 15–6458.6%
Ages 65 and over3.9%

Age dependency ratio

70.6

People aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 people aged 15–64. This age-based ratio does not measure employment or actual economic dependency.

Distribution by sex

2025

Men49.7%
Women50.3%

Population by country and territory · 2025

Ranking for the stated year. Regional and economic aggregates are excluded; the world total is the published source value, not a sum of ranked entries.

Ten largest populations

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217 countries and territories shown

Population by country and territory · 2025
#	Country or territory	Population	Share of world total
1	India	1,463,865,525	17.82%
2	China	1,406,585,000	17.12%
3	United States	341,784,857	4.16%
4	Indonesia	285,721,236	3.48%
5	Pakistan	255,219,554	3.11%
6	Nigeria	237,527,782	2.89%
7	Brazil	212,812,405	2.59%
8	Bangladesh	175,686,899	2.14%
9	Russia	143,513,328	1.75%
10	Ethiopia	135,472,051	1.65%
11	Mexico	131,946,900	1.61%
12	Japan	123,366,734	1.50%
13	Egypt	118,365,995	1.44%
14	Philippines	116,786,962	1.42%
15	Congo - Kinshasa	112,832,473	1.37%
16	Vietnam	101,598,527	1.24%
17	Iran	92,417,681	1.12%
18	Türkiye	85,878,556	1.05%
19	Germany	83,491,249	1.02%
20	Thailand	71,619,863	0.87%
21	Tanzania	70,545,865	0.86%
22	United Kingdom	69,487,000	0.85%
23	France	68,720,337	0.84%
24	South Africa	64,747,319	0.79%
25	Italy	58,915,656	0.72%
26	Kenya	57,532,493	0.70%
27	Myanmar (Burma)	54,850,648	0.67%
28	Colombia	53,425,635	0.65%
29	South Korea	51,684,564	0.63%
30	Sudan	51,662,147	0.63%
31	Uganda	51,384,894	0.63%
32	Spain	49,355,143	0.60%
33	Algeria	47,435,312	0.58%
34	Iraq	47,020,774	0.57%
35	Argentina	45,851,378	0.56%
36	Afghanistan	43,844,111	0.53%
37	Yemen	41,773,878	0.51%
38	Canada	41,651,653	0.51%
39	Angola	39,040,039	0.48%
40	Ukraine	38,980,376	0.47%
41	Morocco	38,430,770	0.47%
42	Uzbekistan	37,053,428	0.45%
43	Saudi Arabia	36,973,555	0.45%
44	Poland	36,435,861	0.44%
45	Malaysia	35,977,838	0.44%
46	Mozambique	35,631,653	0.43%
47	Ghana	35,064,272	0.43%
48	Peru	34,576,665	0.42%
49	Madagascar	32,740,678	0.40%
50	Côte d’Ivoire	32,711,547	0.40%
51	Cameroon	29,879,337	0.36%
52	Nepal	29,618,118	0.36%
53	Venezuela	28,516,896	0.35%
54	Niger	27,917,831	0.34%
55	Australia	27,614,411	0.34%
56	North Korea	26,571,036	0.32%
57	Syria	25,620,427	0.31%
58	Mali	25,198,821	0.31%
59	Burkina Faso	24,074,580	0.29%
60	Malawi	22,216,120	0.27%
61	Zambia	21,913,874	0.27%
62	Sri Lanka	21,756,000	0.26%
63	Chad	21,003,705	0.26%
64	Kazakhstan	20,843,754	0.25%
65	Chile	19,859,921	0.24%
66	Somalia	19,654,739	0.24%
67	Romania	19,020,271	0.23%
68	Senegal	18,931,966	0.23%
69	Guatemala	18,687,881	0.23%
70	Ecuador	18,289,896	0.22%
71	Netherlands	18,087,633	0.22%
72	Cambodia	17,847,982	0.22%
73	Zimbabwe	16,950,795	0.21%
74	Guinea	15,099,727	0.18%
75	Benin	14,814,460	0.18%
76	Rwanda	14,569,341	0.18%
77	Burundi	14,390,003	0.18%
78	Bolivia	12,581,843	0.15%
79	Tunisia	12,348,573	0.15%
80	South Sudan	12,188,788	0.15%
81	Belgium	11,941,781	0.15%
82	Haiti	11,906,095	0.14%
83	Jordan	11,520,684	0.14%
84	Dominican Republic	11,520,487	0.14%
85	United Arab Emirates	11,513,149	0.14%
86	Honduras	11,005,850	0.13%
87	Cuba	10,937,203	0.13%
88	Czechia	10,886,878	0.13%
89	Portugal	10,804,871	0.13%
90	Tajikistan	10,786,734	0.13%
91	Papua New Guinea	10,762,817	0.13%
92	Sweden	10,596,620	0.13%
93	Greece	10,413,962	0.13%
94	Azerbaijan	10,246,996	0.12%
95	Israel	10,122,800	0.12%
96	Hungary	9,514,251	0.12%
97	Austria	9,208,163	0.11%
98	Switzerland	9,092,436	0.11%
99	Belarus	9,085,991	0.11%
100	Sierra Leone	8,819,794	0.11%
101	Togo	8,591,626	0.10%
102	Laos	7,873,046	0.10%
103	Turkmenistan	7,618,847	0.09%
104	Hong Kong SAR China	7,498,900	0.09%
105	Libya	7,458,555	0.09%
106	Kyrgyzstan	7,343,064	0.09%
107	Paraguay	7,013,078	0.09%
108	Nicaragua	7,007,502	0.09%
109	Serbia	6,549,143	0.08%
110	Congo - Brazzaville	6,484,437	0.08%
111	Bulgaria	6,433,302	0.08%
112	El Salvador	6,365,503	0.08%
113	Singapore	6,111,175	0.07%
114	Denmark	6,009,169	0.07%
115	Lebanon	5,849,421	0.07%
116	Liberia	5,731,206	0.07%
117	Finland	5,646,436	0.07%
118	Norway	5,610,870	0.07%
119	Central African Republic	5,513,282	0.07%
120	Oman	5,494,691	0.07%
121	Ireland	5,484,367	0.07%
122	Slovakia	5,413,813	0.07%
123	Palestinian Territories	5,413,596	0.07%
124	New Zealand	5,324,700	0.06%
125	Mauritania	5,315,065	0.06%
126	Costa Rica	5,152,950	0.06%
127	Kuwait	4,865,298	0.06%
128	Panama	4,571,189	0.06%
129	Georgia	3,935,766	0.05%
130	Croatia	3,876,200	0.05%
131	Eritrea	3,607,003	0.04%
132	Mongolia	3,568,978	0.04%
133	Uruguay	3,384,688	0.04%
134	Puerto Rico	3,184,835	0.04%
135	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3,140,095	0.04%
136	Namibia	3,092,816	0.04%
137	Armenia	3,086,700	0.04%
138	Qatar	2,972,215	0.04%
139	Lithuania	2,888,774	0.04%
140	Jamaica	2,837,077	0.03%
141	Gambia	2,822,093	0.03%
142	Gabon	2,593,130	0.03%
143	Botswana	2,562,122	0.03%
144	Lesotho	2,363,325	0.03%
145	Moldova	2,360,527	0.03%
146	Albania	2,349,580	0.03%
147	Guinea-Bissau	2,249,515	0.03%
148	Slovenia	2,130,986	0.03%
149	Equatorial Guinea	1,938,431	0.02%
150	Latvia	1,847,785	0.02%
151	North Macedonia	1,820,909	0.02%
152	Bahrain	1,600,366	0.02%
153	Kosovo	1,576,876	0.02%
154	Timor-Leste	1,418,517	0.02%
155	Cyprus	1,370,754	0.02%
156	Trinidad & Tobago	1,367,764	0.02%
157	Estonia	1,366,475	0.02%
158	Eswatini	1,256,174	0.02%
159	Mauritius	1,243,741	0.02%
160	Djibouti	1,184,076	0.01%
161	Fiji	933,154	0.01%
162	Comoros	882,847	0.01%
163	Solomon Islands	838,645	0.01%
164	Guyana	835,986	0.01%
165	Bhutan	796,682	< 0.01%
166	Luxembourg	686,970	< 0.01%
167	Macao SAR China	685,900	< 0.01%
168	Suriname	639,850	< 0.01%
169	Montenegro	623,129	< 0.01%
170	Malta	579,704	< 0.01%
171	Maldives	529,676	< 0.01%
172	Cape Verde	527,326	< 0.01%
173	Brunei	466,330	< 0.01%
174	Belize	422,924	< 0.01%
175	Bahamas	403,033	< 0.01%
176	Iceland	392,404	< 0.01%
177	Vanuatu	335,169	< 0.01%
178	New Caledonia	295,333	< 0.01%
179	Barbados	282,623	< 0.01%
180	French Polynesia	282,465	< 0.01%
181	São Tomé & Príncipe	240,254	< 0.01%
182	Samoa	219,306	< 0.01%
183	St. Lucia	180,149	< 0.01%
184	Guam	168,999	< 0.01%
185	Channel Islands	168,466	< 0.01%
186	Curaçao	156,263	< 0.01%
187	Kiribati	136,488	< 0.01%
188	Seychelles	122,730	< 0.01%
189	Grenada	117,303	< 0.01%
190	Micronesia	113,683	< 0.01%
191	Aruba	108,785	< 0.01%
192	U.S. Virgin Islands	103,792	< 0.01%
193	Tonga	103,742	< 0.01%
194	St. Vincent & Grenadines	99,924	< 0.01%
195	Antigua & Barbuda	94,209	< 0.01%
196	Isle of Man	84,118	< 0.01%
197	Andorra	82,904	< 0.01%
198	Cayman Islands	75,844	< 0.01%
199	Dominica	65,871	< 0.01%
200	Bermuda	64,555	< 0.01%
201	Greenland	56,831	< 0.01%
202	Faroe Islands	54,900	< 0.01%
203	St. Kitts & Nevis	46,922	< 0.01%
204	Turks & Caicos Islands	46,855	< 0.01%
205	American Samoa	46,029	< 0.01%
206	Sint Maarten	43,923	< 0.01%
207	Northern Mariana Islands	43,541	< 0.01%
208	Liechtenstein	41,024	< 0.01%
209	Gibraltar	40,126	< 0.01%
210	British Virgin Islands	39,732	< 0.01%
211	Monaco	38,341	< 0.01%
212	Marshall Islands	36,282	< 0.01%
213	San Marino	34,109	< 0.01%
214	St. Martin	24,941	< 0.01%
215	Palau	17,663	< 0.01%
216	Nauru	12,025	< 0.01%
217	Tuvalu	9,492	< 0.01%

Sources, dates and method

World Bank World Development Indicators, drawing on UN World Population Prospects and national statistical sources. Demographic values are annual estimates. Each indicator retains its own year; missing values are not replaced with zero.

These data put generations in demographic context. They do not replace named censuses or records for proving identity or relationships. Historical series follow the source’s geographical scope, not necessarily each period’s borders.

Feed retrieved: 2026-10-11
Update reported by provider: 2026-10-08
World Bank — World Development Indicators · UN World Population Prospects
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