Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 230.87 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Sao Tome and Principe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population — total population - both sexes in Sao Tome and Principe is 230.87 1000 No, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 230.87 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 181.8 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 181.8 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 185.65 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 189.44 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 193.15 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 196.77 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 200.29 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 203.69 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 206.97 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 210.19 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 213.39 1000 No | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 217.43 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 221.96 1000 No | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 226.31 1000 No | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 230.87 1000 No | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 198.13 1000 No | 181.8 1000 No | 213.39 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 224.14 1000 No | 217.43 1000 No | 230.87 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 149 New Caledonia 289.87 1000 No compare
- 150 Barbados 282.34 1000 No compare
- 151 French Polynesia 281.12 1000 No compare
- 153 Samoa 216.66 1000 No compare
- 154 Saint Lucia 179.28 1000 No compare
- 155 Kiribati 132.53 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1219 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 497.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3083 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Sao Tome and Principe was 230.87 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 230.87 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 181.8 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.