Sao Tome and Principe | Population growth (annual %)
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.2308715 |
| 1961 | 0.48596921 |
| 1962 | -0.13949382 |
| 1963 | -0.35425767 |
| 1964 | 0.02956945 |
| 1965 | 0.8336739 |
| 1966 | 1.77269201 |
| 1967 | 2.5076352 |
| 1968 | 2.9270098 |
| 1969 | 2.91909942 |
| 1970 | 2.64362886 |
| 1971 | 2.28790087 |
| 1972 | 2.05222994 |
| 1973 | 1.98163968 |
| 1974 | 2.14674137 |
| 1975 | 2.44926302 |
| 1976 | 2.79175017 |
| 1977 | 3.0197003 |
| 1978 | 3.05717956 |
| 1979 | 2.85608165 |
| 1980 | 2.51098591 |
| 1981 | 2.12432692 |
| 1982 | 1.82463072 |
| 1983 | 1.67120227 |
| 1984 | 1.71932514 |
| 1985 | 1.8984682 |
| 1986 | 2.11041612 |
| 1987 | 2.26146849 |
| 1988 | 2.32948956 |
| 1989 | 2.28789968 |
| 1990 | 2.17387564 |
| 1991 | 2.04159178 |
| 1992 | 1.94117574 |
| 1993 | 1.8871578 |
| 1994 | 1.89125798 |
| 1995 | 1.9312186 |
| 1996 | 1.98432415 |
| 1997 | 2.01257689 |
| 1998 | 1.99716665 |
| 1999 | 1.92268047 |
| 2000 | 1.81410059 |
| 2001 | 1.70163015 |
| 2002 | 1.61211828 |
| 2003 | 1.55007035 |
| 2004 | 1.52374835 |
| 2005 | 1.52577952 |
| 2006 | 1.52672736 |
| 2007 | 1.53109791 |
| 2008 | 1.57058582 |
| 2009 | 1.6521918 |
| 2010 | 1.75783394 |
| 2011 | 1.8741396 |
| 2012 |
Sao Tome and Principe | Population growth (annual %)
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.