Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Sao Tome and Principe

Net migration in Sao Tome and Principe in 2025 — -650 people. Ranked 105 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 24.4%.

2025 -650 people −7.62% vs 2024
World rank 105of 217
Period maximum 0 people2020
Period minimum -2,798 people2000

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Sao Tome and Principe, 1960–2025-3,000-2,000-1,000019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: -860 people1962: -927 people1964: -819 people1966: -688 people1968: -520 people1970: -279 people1972: -517 people1974: -474 people1976: -302 people1978: -279 people1980: -770 people1982: -1,203 people1984: -1,041 people1986: -614 people1988: -465 people1990: -727 people1992: -1,432 people1994: -1,644 people1996: -1,974 people1998: -2,364 people2000: -2,798 people2002: -690 people2004: -894 people2006: -1,031 people2008: -1,203 people2010: -1,529 people2012: -1,739 people2014: -1,801 people2016: -1,793 people2018: -1,757 people2020: 0 people2022: -592 people2024: -604 people2025: -650 people
Change over the period: +210 (+24.42%)

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe -650 people
World 0 people
Sub-Saharan Africa -223,909 people
Middle Africa computed -182,730 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed -1.71M people
Net migration — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 -650 −46 −7.62%
2024 -604 −12 −2.03%
2023 -592 +0 +0%
2022 -592 +190 +24.3%
2021 -782 −782
2020 0 +1,716 +100%
2019 -1,716 +41 +2.33%
2018 -1,757 +22 +1.24%
2017 -1,779 +14 +0.78%
2016 -1,793 +16 +0.88%
2015 -1,809 −8 −0.44%
2014 -1,801 −14 −0.78%
2013 -1,787 −48 −2.76%
2012 -1,739 −123 −7.61%
2011 -1,616 −87 −5.69%
2010 -1,529 −201 −15.14%
2009 -1,328 −125 −10.39%
2008 -1,203 −76 −6.74%
2007 -1,127 −96 −9.31%
2006 -1,031 −90 −9.56%
2005 -941 −47 −5.26%
2004 -894 −78 −9.56%
2003 -816 −126 −18.26%
2002 -690 +599 +46.47%
2001 -1,289 +1,509 +53.93%
2000 -2,798 −204 −7.86%
1999 -2,594 −230 −9.73%
1998 -2,364 −211 −9.8%
1997 -2,153 −179 −9.07%
1996 -1,974 −145 −7.93%
1995 -1,829 −185 −11.25%
1994 -1,644 −117 −7.66%
1993 -1,527 −95 −6.63%
1992 -1,432 −70 −5.14%
1991 -1,362 −635 −87.35%
1990 -727 −156 −27.32%
1989 -571 −106 −22.8%
1988 -465 +5 +1.06%
1987 -470 +144 +23.45%
1986 -614 +214 +25.85%
1985 -828 +213 +20.46%
1984 -1,041 +162 +13.47%
1983 -1,203 +0 +0%
1982 -1,203 −136 −12.75%
1981 -1,067 −297 −38.57%
1980 -770 −279 −56.82%
1979 -491 −212 −75.99%
1978 -279 −24 −9.41%
1977 -255 +47 +15.56%
1976 -302 +90 +22.96%
1975 -392 +82 +17.3%
1974 -474 +51 +9.71%
1973 -525 −8 −1.55%
1972 -517 −87 −20.23%
1971 -430 −151 −54.12%
1970 -279 +190 +40.51%
1969 -469 +51 +9.81%
1968 -520 +86 +14.19%
1967 -606 +82 +11.92%
1966 -688 +77 +10.07%
1965 -765 +54 +6.59%
1964 -819 +67 +7.56%
1963 -886 +41 +4.42%
1962 -927 +33 +3.44%
1961 -960 −100 −11.63%
1960 -860

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.