# Population in São Tomé and Príncipe

Population in São Tomé and Príncipe was 240,254 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `st`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/sao-tome-and-principe
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/sao-tome-and-principe.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=st

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 240,254 |
| 2024 | 235,536 |
| 2023 | 230,871 |
| 2022 | 226,305 |
| 2021 | 221,961 |
| 2020 | 217,435 |
| 2019 | 213,392 |
| 2018 | 210,187 |
| 2017 | 206,970 |
| 2016 | 203,689 |
| 2015 | 200,291 |
| 2014 | 196,767 |
| 2013 | 193,148 |
| 2012 | 189,439 |
| 2011 | 185,649 |
| 2010 | 181,802 |
| 2009 | 177,853 |
| 2008 | 173,793 |
| 2007 | 169,700 |
| 2006 | 165,638 |
| 2005 | 161,639 |
| 2004 | 157,705 |
| 2003 | 153,814 |
| 2002 | 149,922 |
| 2001 | 146,375 |
| 2000 | 144,018 |
| 1999 | 142,442 |
| 1998 | 140,751 |
| 1997 | 138,922 |
| 1996 | 136,962 |
| 1995 | 134,895 |
| 1994 | 132,732 |
| 1993 | 130,467 |
| 1992 | 128,110 |
| 1991 | 125,697 |
| 1990 | 122,980 |
| 1989 | 119,979 |
| 1988 | 116,939 |
| 1987 | 113,919 |
| 1986 | 111,150 |
| 1985 | 108,658 |
| 1984 | 106,394 |
| 1983 | 104,380 |
| 1982 | 102,508 |
| 1981 | 100,615 |
| 1980 | 98,544 |
| 1979 | 96,252 |
| 1978 | 93,794 |
| 1977 | 91,301 |
| 1976 | 88,922 |
| 1975 | 86,708 |
| 1974 | 84,672 |
| 1973 | 82,798 |
| 1972 | 81,041 |
| 1971 | 79,330 |
| 1970 | 77,626 |
| 1969 | 76,083 |
| 1968 | 74,765 |
| 1967 | 73,596 |
| 1966 | 72,576 |
| 1965 | 71,680 |
| 1964 | 70,865 |
| 1963 | 70,112 |
| 1962 | 69,403 |
| 1961 | 68,707 |
| 1960 | 68,012 |