Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Sao Tome and Principe

Population growth in Sao Tome and Principe in 2025 — 1.98%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.97 pp.

2025 1.98% −0.02 pp vs 2024
World rank 51of 217
Period maximum 2.69%1978
Period minimum 1.01%1962

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–202511.522.5319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 1.02%1963: 1.02%1965: 1.14%1967: 1.4%1969: 1.75%1971: 2.17%1973: 2.14%1975: 2.38%1977: 2.64%1979: 2.59%1981: 2.08%1983: 1.81%1985: 2.11%1987: 2.46%1989: 2.57%1991: 2.19%1993: 1.82%1995: 1.62%1997: 1.42%1999: 1.19%2001: 1.62%2003: 2.56%2005: 2.46%2007: 2.42%2009: 2.31%2011: 2.09%2013: 1.94%2015: 1.78%2017: 1.6%2019: 1.51%2021: 2.06%2023: 2%2025: 1.98%
Change over the period: +0.97 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sao Tome and Principe 1.98%
World 0.91%
Middle Africa computed 3.06%
Population growth — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.98 −0.02 pp
2024 2 +0 pp
2023 2 +0.06 pp
2022 1.94 −0.12 pp
2021 2.06 +0.18 pp
2020 1.88 +0.36 pp
2019 1.51 −0.03 pp
2018 1.54 −0.06 pp
2017 1.6 −0.08 pp
2016 1.68 −0.09 pp
2015 1.78 −0.08 pp
2014 1.86 −0.08 pp
2013 1.94 −0.08 pp
2012 2.02 −0.07 pp
2011 2.09 −0.1 pp
2010 2.2 −0.11 pp
2009 2.31 −0.07 pp
2008 2.38 −0.04 pp
2007 2.42 −0.02 pp
2006 2.44 −0.02 pp
2005 2.46 −0.03 pp
2004 2.5 −0.06 pp
2003 2.56 +0.17 pp
2002 2.39 +0.77 pp
2001 1.62 +0.52 pp
2000 1.1 −0.09 pp
1999 1.19 −0.11 pp
1998 1.31 −0.11 pp
1997 1.42 −0.1 pp
1996 1.52 −0.1 pp
1995 1.62 −0.1 pp
1994 1.72 −0.1 pp
1993 1.82 −0.08 pp
1992 1.9 −0.28 pp
1991 2.19 −0.29 pp
1990 2.47 −0.1 pp
1989 2.57 −0.05 pp
1988 2.62 +0.16 pp
1987 2.46 +0.19 pp
1986 2.27 +0.16 pp
1985 2.11 +0.19 pp
1984 1.91 +0.1 pp
1983 1.81 −0.05 pp
1982 1.86 −0.22 pp
1981 2.08 −0.27 pp
1980 2.35 −0.23 pp
1979 2.59 −0.11 pp
1978 2.69 +0.05 pp
1977 2.64 +0.12 pp
1976 2.52 +0.15 pp
1975 2.38 +0.14 pp
1974 2.24 +0.09 pp
1973 2.14 +0.01 pp
1972 2.13 −0.04 pp
1971 2.17 +0.16 pp
1970 2.01 +0.26 pp
1969 1.75 +0.17 pp
1968 1.58 +0.18 pp
1967 1.4 +0.15 pp
1966 1.24 +0.1 pp
1965 1.14 +0.08 pp
1964 1.07 +0.05 pp
1963 1.02 +0.01 pp
1962 1.01 −0.01 pp
1961 1.02

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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