Sub-Saharan Africa · capital Sao Tome
Sao Tome and Principe
#181 by population · Lower middle income · ISO STP
Population right now
246,424
14.5 net per day · 1 birth every 4,675.3 s
·anchor 240,254 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.003% of the world
👶 Births today
16
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
3
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
−130
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+13
2.20% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
28.09 /1,000
2024
Death rate
5.53 /1,000
2024
Fertility
3.60 births/woman
Life expectancy
69.9 yrs
Aged 0–14
37.5%
Aged 65+
3.9%
Urban
69.2%
Land area
960 km²
Density
250.3 /km²
GDP / capita
$4,084
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 240,254 + 0.0002/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 18 (crude birth rate 28.09/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 4 (crude death rate 5.53/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 1.98%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →