Samoa vs São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe has 10% more people than Samoa: 240,254 vs 219,306, a gap of 20,948. São Tomé and Príncipe is growing faster (+1.98% vs +0.59% a year), adding about 4,765 people a year against +1,291. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Samoa is the older society: 6.1% aged 65+ against 3.9% in São Tomé and Príncipe. São Tomé and Príncipe is 3.1× as densely populated (240.5 vs 77.9 people per km²). People in Samoa live 1.9 years longer on average (71.8 vs 69.9). GDP per capita is 1.4× higher in Samoa ($5,873 vs $4,084).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Samoa) and 2025 (São Tomé and Príncipe); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Samoa vs São Tomé and Príncipe — side by side
 Samoa |  São Tomé and Príncipe | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 219,3062025 | 240,2542025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.59%2025 | +1.98%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 25.02024 | 28.12024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.22024 | 5.52024 |
| Children per woman | 3.802024 | 3.602024 |
| Life expectancy | 71.8 yrs2024 | 69.9 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 38.1%2025 | 37.5%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.1%2025 | 3.9%2025 |
| Density | 77.9 /km²2023 | 240.5 /km²2023 |
| Area | 2,840 km²2023 | 960 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 17.5%2025 | 69.2%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -2,8152025 | -6502025 |
| GDP per capita | $5,8732025 | $4,0842025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #182 | #181 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Samoa: 1.9× from 1960 to 2025; São Tomé and Príncipe: 3.5× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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