Rural population in Sao Tome and Principe in 2025 — 74,065 people. Ranked 178 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.8%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74,065 | +745 | +1.02% |
| 2024 | 73,320 | +837 | +1.15% |
| 2023 | 72,483 | +907 | +1.27% |
| 2022 | 71,576 | +934 | +1.32% |
| 2021 | 70,642 | +1,158 | +1.67% |
| 2020 | 69,484 | +1,013 | +1.48% |
| 2019 | 68,471 | +755 | +1.11% |
| 2018 | 67,716 | +765 | +1.14% |
| 2017 | 66,951 | +797 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 66,154 | +842 | +1.29% |
| 2015 | 65,312 | +892 | +1.38% |
| 2014 | 64,420 | +934 | +1.47% |
| 2013 | 63,486 | +1,035 | +1.66% |
| 2012 | 62,451 | +681 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 61,770 | +61 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 61,709 | −392 | −0.63% |
| 2009 | 62,101 | −692 | −1.1% |
| 2008 | 62,793 | −882 | −1.39% |
| 2007 | 63,675 | −968 | −1.5% |
| 2006 | 64,643 | −952 | −1.45% |
| 2005 | 65,595 | −834 | −1.26% |
| 2004 | 66,429 | −614 | −0.92% |
| 2003 | 67,043 | −290 | −0.43% |
| 2002 | 67,333 | −56 | −0.08% |
| 2001 | 67,389 | −348 | −0.51% |
| 2000 | 67,737 | −607 | −0.89% |
| 1999 | 68,344 | −467 | −0.68% |
| 1998 | 68,811 | −329 | −0.48% |
| 1997 | 69,140 | −211 | −0.3% |
| 1996 | 69,351 | −119 | −0.17% |
| 1995 | 69,470 | −47 | −0.07% |
| 1994 | 69,517 | +16 | +0.02% |
| 1993 | 69,501 | +61 | +0.09% |
| 1992 | 69,440 | +74 | +0.11% |
| 1991 | 69,366 | +170 | +0.25% |
| 1990 | 69,196 | +257 | +0.37% |
| 1989 | 68,939 | +272 | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 68,667 | +302 | +0.44% |
| 1987 | 68,365 | +237 | +0.35% |
| 1986 | 68,128 | +189 | +0.28% |
| 1985 | 67,939 | +199 | +0.29% |
| 1984 | 67,740 | +224 | +0.33% |
| 1983 | 67,516 | +343 | +0.51% |
| 1982 | 67,173 | +596 | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 66,577 | +891 | +1.36% |
| 1980 | 65,686 | +1,142 | +1.77% |
| 1979 | 64,544 | +1,335 | +2.11% |
| 1978 | 63,209 | +1,415 | +2.29% |
| 1977 | 61,794 | +1,374 | +2.27% |
| 1976 | 60,420 | +1,276 | +2.16% |
| 1975 | 59,144 | +1,151 | +1.98% |
| 1974 | 57,993 | +1,019 | +1.79% |
| 1973 | 56,974 | +902 | +1.61% |
| 1972 | 56,072 | +819 | +1.48% |
| 1971 | 55,253 | +727 | +1.33% |
| 1970 | 54,526 | +351 | +0.65% |
| 1969 | 54,175 | −111 | −0.2% |
| 1968 | 54,286 | −406 | −0.74% |
| 1967 | 54,692 | −609 | −1.1% |
| 1966 | 55,301 | −710 | −1.27% |
| 1965 | 56,011 | −696 | −1.23% |
| 1964 | 56,707 | −587 | −1.02% |
| 1963 | 57,294 | −386 | −0.67% |
| 1962 | 57,680 | −85 | −0.15% |
| 1961 | 57,765 | +247 | +0.43% |
| 1960 | 57,518 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
The part of residents living outside cities — the other side of urbanization.
Demography Urban populationThe absolute number of city dwellers by country.
Demography PopulationResident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Labor Employment in agricultureThe share of workers employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
