São Tomé and Principe - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in São Tomé and Principe was 162,955 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 162,955 in 2020 and a minimum value of 10,334 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10,334
1961 10,856
1962 11,586
1963 12,330
1964 13,167
1965 14,166
1966 15,383
1967 16,822
1968 18,453
1969 20,200
1970 22,012
1971 23,060
1972 23,816
1973 24,568
1974 25,381
1975 26,303
1976 27,355
1977 28,519
1978 29,741
1979 30,943
1980 32,072
1981 33,101
1982 34,644
1983 36,269
1984 38,008
1985 39,923
1986 42,057
1987 44,390
1988 46,881
1989 49,446
1990 52,033
1991 54,625
1992 57,010
1993 59,361
1994 61,701
1995 64,037
1996 66,354
1997 68,663
1998 71,008
1999 73,435
2000 76,003
2001 78,716
2002 81,916
2003 85,379
2004 89,124
2005 93,168
2006 97,568
2007 102,306
2008 107,259
2009 112,250
2010 117,155
2011 121,902
2012 126,525
2013 131,011
2014 135,469
2015 139,954
2016 144,474
2017 149,036
2018 153,638
2019 158,271
2020 162,955

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in São Tomé and Principe was 74.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 74.35 in 2020, while its lowest value was 16.07 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 16.07
1961 16.81
1962 17.97
1963 19.19
1964 20.48
1965 21.83
1966 23.25
1967 24.72
1968 26.26
1969 27.86
1970 29.52
1971 30.21
1972 30.56
1973 30.92
1974 31.28
1975 31.64
1976 32.00
1977 32.37
1978 32.74
1979 33.11
1980 33.48
1981 33.86
1982 34.83
1983 35.89
1984 36.96
1985 38.05
1986 39.15
1987 40.26
1988 41.38
1989 42.51
1990 43.65
1991 44.79
1992 45.76
1993 46.72
1994 47.67
1995 48.63
1996 49.59
1997 50.55
1998 51.51
1999 52.47
2000 53.42
2001 54.38
2002 55.56
2003 56.77
2004 57.97
2005 59.17
2006 60.35
2007 61.52
2008 62.68
2009 63.82
2010 64.95
2011 66.06
2012 67.16
2013 68.21
2014 69.21
2015 70.17
2016 71.09
2017 71.97
2018 72.80
2019 73.60
2020 74.35

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization