São Tomé and Principe - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in São Tomé and Principe was 219,161 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 219,161 in 2020 and a minimum value of 64,237 in 1963.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 64,294
1961 64,597
1962 64,478
1963 64,237
1964 64,278
1965 64,884
1966 66,172
1967 68,039
1968 70,258
1969 72,501
1970 74,570
1971 76,344
1972 77,930
1973 79,463
1974 81,148
1975 83,134
1976 85,475
1977 88,102
1978 90,846
1979 93,458
1980 95,788
1981 97,767
1982 99,478
1983 101,064
1984 102,826
1985 104,926
1986 107,429
1987 110,259
1988 113,288
1989 116,313
1990 119,211
1991 121,949
1992 124,574
1993 127,066
1994 129,426
1995 131,679
1996 133,799
1997 135,831
1998 137,855
1999 139,964
2000 142,264
2001 144,760
2002 147,450
2003 150,405
2004 153,736
2005 157,472
2006 161,676
2007 166,297
2008 171,122
2009 175,877
2010 180,372
2011 184,521
2012 188,394
2013 192,076
2014 195,727
2015 199,439
2016 203,221
2017 207,086
2018 211,032
2019 215,048
2020 219,161

Population, female

The value for Population, female in São Tomé and Principe was 109,486 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 109,486 in 2020 and a minimum value of 28,531 in 1960.

Definition: Female population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all female residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 28,531
1961 28,894
1962 29,172
1963 29,472
1964 29,940
1965 30,678
1966 31,730
1967 33,053
1968 34,517
1969 35,936
1970 37,198
1971 38,241
1972 39,106
1973 39,894
1974 40,759
1975 41,796
1976 43,037
1977 44,450
1978 45,928
1979 47,323
1980 48,541
1981 49,552
1982 50,395
1983 51,165
1984 52,018
1985 53,057
1986 54,325
1987 55,769
1988 57,317
1989 58,866
1990 60,327
1991 61,692
1992 62,995
1993 64,221
1994 65,386
1995 66,519
1996 67,595
1997 68,650
1998 69,702
1999 70,797
2000 71,980
2001 73,254
2002 74,623
2003 76,102
2004 77,740
2005 79,534
2006 81,512
2007 83,654
2008 85,878
2009 88,090
2010 90,215
2011 92,212
2012 94,123
2013 95,965
2014 97,807
2015 99,667
2016 101,555
2017 103,476
2018 105,439
2019 107,437
2020 109,486

Population, female (% of total population)

Population, female (% of total population) in São Tomé and Principe was 49.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.68 in 1981, while its lowest value was 44.38 in 1960.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 44.38
1961 44.73
1962 45.24
1963 45.88
1964 46.58
1965 47.28
1966 47.95
1967 48.58
1968 49.13
1969 49.57
1970 49.88
1971 50.09
1972 50.18
1973 50.20
1974 50.23
1975 50.28
1976 50.35
1977 50.45
1978 50.56
1979 50.64
1980 50.68
1981 50.68
1982 50.66
1983 50.63
1984 50.59
1985 50.57
1986 50.57
1987 50.58
1988 50.59
1989 50.61
1990 50.61
1991 50.59
1992 50.57
1993 50.54
1994 50.52
1995 50.52
1996 50.52
1997 50.54
1998 50.56
1999 50.58
2000 50.60
2001 50.60
2002 50.61
2003 50.60
2004 50.57
2005 50.51
2006 50.42
2007 50.30
2008 50.19
2009 50.09
2010 50.02
2011 49.97
2012 49.96
2013 49.96
2014 49.97
2015 49.97
2016 49.97
2017 49.97
2018 49.96
2019 49.96
2020 49.96

Population, male

The value for Population, male in São Tomé and Principe was 109,675 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 109,675 in 2020 and a minimum value of 34,206 in 1965.

Definition: Male population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all male residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 35,763
1961 35,703
1962 35,306
1963 34,765
1964 34,338
1965 34,206
1966 34,442
1967 34,986
1968 35,741
1969 36,565
1970 37,372
1971 38,103
1972 38,824
1973 39,569
1974 40,389
1975 41,338
1976 42,438
1977 43,652
1978 44,918
1979 46,135
1980 47,247
1981 48,215
1982 49,083
1983 49,899
1984 50,808
1985 51,869
1986 53,104
1987 54,490
1988 55,971
1989 57,447
1990 58,884
1991 60,257
1992 61,579
1993 62,845
1994 64,040
1995 65,160
1996 66,204
1997 67,181
1998 68,153
1999 69,167
2000 70,284
2001 71,506
2002 72,827
2003 74,303
2004 75,996
2005 77,938
2006 80,164
2007 82,643
2008 85,244
2009 87,787
2010 90,157
2011 92,309
2012 94,271
2013 96,111
2014 97,920
2015 99,772
2016 101,666
2017 103,610
2018 105,593
2019 107,611
2020 109,675

Population, male (% of total population)

Population, male (% of total population) in São Tomé and Principe was 50.04 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 55.62 in 1960, while its lowest value was 49.32 in 1981.

Definition: Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 55.62
1961 55.27
1962 54.76
1963 54.12
1964 53.42
1965 52.72
1966 52.05
1967 51.42
1968 50.87
1969 50.43
1970 50.12
1971 49.91
1972 49.82
1973 49.80
1974 49.77
1975 49.72
1976 49.65
1977 49.55
1978 49.44
1979 49.36
1980 49.32
1981 49.32
1982 49.34
1983 49.37
1984 49.41
1985 49.43
1986 49.43
1987 49.42
1988 49.41
1989 49.39
1990 49.39
1991 49.41
1992 49.43
1993 49.46
1994 49.48
1995 49.48
1996 49.48
1997 49.46
1998 49.44
1999 49.42
2000 49.40
2001 49.40
2002 49.39
2003 49.40
2004 49.43
2005 49.49
2006 49.58
2007 49.70
2008 49.81
2009 49.91
2010 49.98
2011 50.03
2012 50.04
2013 50.04
2014 50.03
2015 50.03
2016 50.03
2017 50.03
2018 50.04
2019 50.04
2020 50.04

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population