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São Tomé and Principe - Population Density 2016

Name: São Tomé and Principe Population Density 2016
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

212.2 +3.5 from 2015 Global rank: 156th

São Tomé and Principe's population density was 212.2 in 2016, increased +3.5 from 208.6 in 2015. This was the 156th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Population Density by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.1%
2nd	Mongolia	2.0	2.0%
3rd	Namibia	3.0	2.7%
4th	Australia	3.1	1.4%
5th	Iceland	3.3	1.4%
6th	Suriname	3.7	1.1%
7th	Libya	3.8	1.5%
8th	Guyana	3.9	0.6%
9th	Botswana	3.9	1.4%
10th	Mauritania	4.0	3.0%
11th	Canada	4.0	1.1%
12th	Kazakhstan	6.8	1.5%
13th	Central African Republic	7.6	1.8%
14th	Gabon	8.2	2.9%
15th	Russian Federation	8.9	0.3%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	10.3	1.5%
17th	Chad	12.0	3.2%
18th	Turkmenistan	13.5	2.3%
19th	Oman	14.2	4.9%
20th	Norway	14.3	0.9%
21st	Saudi Arabia	14.4	3.8%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	15.3	2.5%
23rd	New Caledonia	15.5	0.1%
24th	Mali	15.7	3.2%
25th	Paraguay	15.7	1.5%
26th	Belize	16.0	2.3%
27th	Argentina	16.0	1.0%
28th	Niger	16.3	3.7%
29th	South Sudan	17.1	-2.5%
30th	Algeria	17.2	2.1%
31st	New Zealand	17.9	2.3%
32nd	Finland	18.1	0.3%
33rd	Uruguay	19.3	0.3%
34th	Bhutan	19.6	0.9%
35th	Papua New Guinea	19.8	2.5%
36th	Sudan	22.1	3.1%
37th	Vanuatu	22.3	2.2%
38th	Zambia	22.8	3.1%
39th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	22.9	3.9%
40th	Angola	23.4	3.6%
41st	Solomon Islands	23.7	3.6%
42nd	Peru	24.1	1.3%
43rd	Brazil	24.3	0.8%
44th	Sweden	24.4	1.3%
45th	Chile	24.6	1.1%
46th	Eritrea	25.8	0.6%
47th	Lao PDR	29.9	1.6%
48th	Estonia	30.3	0.0%
49th	Latvia	31.5	-0.9%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	32.2	2.2%
51st	Mozambique	34.8	3.0%
52nd	Faroe Islands	35.4	1.2%
53rd	United States	35.5	0.8%
54th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	37.0	3.6%
55th	Zimbabwe	37.7	1.4%
56th	Palau	38.7	0.2%
57th	Bahamas, The	38.8	0.7%
58th	Turks and Caicos Islands	40.3	4.7%
59th	Colombia	42.8	1.0%
60th	Djibouti	44.8	1.7%
61st	Madagascar	44.9	2.6%
62nd	Lithuania	45.9	-1.1%
63rd	Montenegro	46.5	0.1%
64th	Belarus	46.6	0.1%
65th	South Africa	47.2	0.9%
66th	Guinea	49.1	2.6%
67th	Liberia	49.4	2.1%
68th	Cameroon	49.6	3.0%
69th	Fiji	50.3	0.1%
70th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	51.5	1.4%
71st	Nicaragua	51.8	1.4%
72nd	Afghanistan	53.2	2.6%
73rd	Equatorial Guinea	53.8	3.7%
74th	Panama	54.4	1.7%
75th	Tanzania	60.8	3.5%
76th	Yemen, Republic of	60.8	3.0%
77th	Mexico	62.9	1.0%
78th	Bulgaria	63.5	-1.3%
79th	Tajikistan	63.9	2.6%
80th	Guinea-Bissau	65.1	2.5%
81st	Georgia	65.2	0.1%
82nd	Ecuador	66.5	1.5%
83rd	Eswatini	66.8	0.6%
84th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.8	-1.3%
85th	Ireland	69.1	1.3%
86th	Lesotho	70.2	1.2%
87th	Burkina Faso	70.7	3.0%
88th	Uzbekistan	71.0	1.7%
89th	Samoa	71.9	0.9%
90th	Croatia	73.4	-1.1%
91st	Tunisia	74.2	1.1%
92nd	North Macedonia	75.6	-0.3%
93rd	Senegal	78.1	3.0%
94th	Morocco	78.5	1.2%
95th	Ukraine	78.7	-0.4%
96th	Myanmar	78.9	0.8%
97th	French Polynesia	80.4	0.5%
98th	Serbia	80.7	-0.5%
99th	Brunei Darussalam	81.1	1.3%
100th	Côte d'Ivoire	81.7	2.9%
101st	Timor-Leste	82.6	1.9%
102nd	Greece	83.6	-0.4%
103rd	Kenya	84.0	1.9%
104th	Honduras	84.1	1.9%
105th	Romania	85.6	-0.6%
106th	Iraq	88.6	2.4%
107th	Cambodia	89.8	1.5%
108th	Dominica	92.8	-1.1%
109th	Spain	93.0	0.1%
110th	Costa Rica	95.3	1.0%
111th	Malaysia	96.8	1.8%
112th	Moldova	97.6	-1.2%
113th	Albania	98.2	-1.5%
114th	Sierra Leone	99.8	2.4%
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	102.1	2.1%
116th	Slovenia	102.5	0.1%
117th	Türkiye	103.0	1.4%
118th	Benin	103.7	3.0%
119th	Syrian Arab Republic	104.5	-1.2%
120th	Armenia	105.1	-0.4%
121st	Austria	105.9	1.1%
122nd	Hungary	106.9	-0.4%
123rd	Cuba	108.3	0.0%
124th	Northern Mariana Islands	110.4	-1.4%
125th	European Union	111.2	0.2%
126th	Jordan	112.7	4.8%
127th	Portugal	112.7	-0.3%
128th	Slovak Republic	113.0	0.1%
129th	Azerbaijan	118.0	1.1%
130th	France	123.8	0.3%
131st	Poland	124.0	0.0%
132nd	United Arab Emirates	125.8	5.1%
133rd	Cabo Verde	127.2	0.0%
134th	Ghana	129.0	2.3%
135th	Cyprus	133.9	1.4%
136th	Czechia	136.9	0.2%
137th	Thailand	138.7	0.5%
138th	Indonesia	140.9	1.1%
139th	Denmark	143.2	0.8%
140th	Togo	144.5	2.5%
141st	Kiribati	146.3	1.4%
142nd	Isle of Man	146.4	-0.2%
143rd	Tonga	146.6	-0.5%
144th	China	147.8	0.6%
145th	Guatemala	151.8	1.9%
146th	Andorra	153.6	0.0%
147th	Micronesia, Federated States of	155.8	0.3%
148th	St. Kitts and Nevis	181.1	0.0%
149th	Malawi	186.2	2.8%
150th	Uganda	193.5	3.4%
151st	Nepal	195.0	0.5%
152nd	Italy	203.3	-0.2%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	204.5	0.6%
154th	Seychelles	205.8	1.3%
155th	Switzerland	211.9	1.1%
156th	São Tomé and Principe	212.2	1.7%
157th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	213.4	0.5%
158th	Nigeria	214.6	2.5%
159th	Qatar	215.6	5.7%
160th	Dominican Republic	218.4	1.1%
161st	Kuwait	224.7	4.4%
162nd	Gambia, The	225.7	2.7%
163rd	British Virgin Islands	225.9	-1.8%
164th	Luxembourg	226.1	2.2%
165th	Germany	235.7	0.7%
166th	Liechtenstein	235.7	0.6%
167th	Jamaica	259.5	0.3%
168th	American Samoa	261.2	-1.2%
169th	Cayman Islands	262.9	2.4%
170th	Trinidad and Tobago	263.9	0.3%
171st	Marshall Islands	265.1	-2.2%
172nd	United Kingdom	271.2	0.8%
173rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	272.7	-0.6%
174th	Pakistan	285.6	1.3%
175th	St. Lucia	287.9	0.4%
176th	El Salvador	299.3	0.3%
177th	Viet Nam	299.9	1.3%
178th	Guam	304.1	-0.4%
179th	Virgin Islands (US)	307.2	-0.2%
180th	Grenada	338.6	0.4%
181st	Sri Lanka	342.7	1.1%
182nd	Japan	348.6	-0.1%
183rd	Philippines	358.0	1.4%
184th	Curaçao	359.6	1.1%
185th	Tuvalu	364.3	-0.3%
186th	Belgium	373.6	0.5%
187th	Haiti	387.2	1.4%
188th	Puerto Rico (US)	392.4	-1.5%
189th	Israel	394.9	2.0%
190th	Comoros	398.6	2.1%
191st	Burundi	437.7	1.7%
192nd	India	452.0	1.2%
193rd	Rwanda	483.1	2.4%
194th	Netherlands	505.8	0.5%
195th	Korea	525.4	0.4%
196th	San Marino	551.7	0.6%
197th	Nauru	557.5	1.8%
198th	Aruba	604.0	0.8%
199th	Lebanon	618.1	-2.3%
200th	Mauritius	632.8	0.1%
201st	Barbados	650.2	0.2%
202nd	West Bank and Gaza	725.4	2.3%
203rd	St. Martin (French part)	743.5	-0.5%
204th	Channel Islands	827.7	0.3%
205th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,125.0	2.1%
206th	Bermuda	1,175.0	0.0%
207th	Bangladesh	1,235.4	0.9%
208th	Malta	1,420.3	2.3%
209th	Maldives	1,477.7	3.5%
210th	Bahrain	1,827.6	3.8%
211th	Gibraltar	3,365.8	1.4%
212th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,987.2	0.6%
213th	Singapore	7,908.7	1.3%
214th	Monaco	18,389.7	1.4%
215th	Macao SAR, China	21,393.4	1.2%

FAQ

What was São Tomé and Principe's population density in 2016?▾

São Tomé and Principe's population density in 2016 was 212.2. This ranked 156th globally.

How did São Tomé and Principe's population density change in 2016?▾

São Tomé and Principe's population density increased by 1.7% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest population density in 2016?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2016 at 21,393.4.

What is the population density of São Tomé and Principe in 2016?▾

The population density of São Tomé and Principe in 2016 was 212.2. This ranked 156th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for São Tomé and Principe's population density?▾

São Tomé and Principe's population density went from 208.6 in 2015 to 212.2 in 2016, a 1.7% increase.

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