São Tomé and Principe - Population Density 2022
235.7
+4.5 from 2021
São Tomé and Principe's population density was 235.7 in 2022, increased +4.5 from 231.2 in 2021. This was the 158th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 2.2 | 1.5% |
| 3rd | Australia | 3.4 | 1.3% |
| 4th | Namibia | 3.5 | 2.8% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.8 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Suriname | 3.9 | 0.9% |
| 7th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.8% |
| 8th | Libya | 4.1 | 1.2% |
| 9th | Botswana | 4.3 | 1.6% |
| 10th | Canada | 4.4 | 1.8% |
| 11th | Mauritania | 4.7 | 3.0% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 7.4 | 1.5% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 8.2 | -0.3% |
| 14th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | -0.4% |
| 15th | Gabon | 9.4 | 2.3% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.1 | 1.2% |
| 17th | Chad | 14.7 | 3.5% |
| 18th | Saudi Arabia | 15.0 | 4.5% |
| 19th | Norway | 15.0 | 0.9% |
| 20th | Oman | 15.3 | 5.1% |
| 21st | Turkmenistan | 15.4 | 1.9% |
| 22nd | New Caledonia | 15.7 | 0.7% |
| 23rd | Argentina | 16.6 | 0.2% |
| 24th | Paraguay | 17.1 | 1.5% |
| 25th | South Sudan | 17.4 | 1.4% |
| 26th | Belize | 17.7 | 1.9% |
| 27th | Congo, Republic of | 17.7 | 2.4% |
| 28th | Finland | 18.3 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Mali | 18.9 | 3.1% |
| 30th | Algeria | 19.1 | 1.6% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 19.3 | -0.1% |
| 32nd | Uruguay | 19.4 | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Niger | 20.0 | 3.3% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 20.5 | 0.7% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | 22.5 | 1.9% |
| 36th | Brazil | 25.2 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Vanuatu | 25.7 | 2.3% |
| 38th | Sweden | 25.7 | 0.7% |
| 39th | Peru | 26.2 | 1.0% |
| 40th | Chile | 26.3 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Sudan | 26.4 | 2.7% |
| 42nd | Zambia | 27.1 | 2.8% |
| 43rd | Solomon Islands | 27.9 | 2.4% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 28.1 | 1.8% |
| 45th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 28.4 | 3.1% |
| 46th | Angola | 28.6 | 3.2% |
| 47th | Latvia | 30.2 | -0.3% |
| 48th | Estonia | 31.6 | 1.4% |
| 49th | Lao PDR | 32.8 | 1.4% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 36.4 | 1.8% |
| 51st | United States | 36.5 | 0.6% |
| 52nd | Palau | 38.6 | -0.1% |
| 53rd | Faroe Islands | 39.4 | 1.2% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | 39.7 | 0.3% |
| 55th | Mozambique | 41.5 | 3.0% |
| 56th | Zimbabwe | 41.5 | 1.7% |
| 57th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 45.2 | 3.3% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 45.2 | 0.8% |
| 59th | Belarus | 45.5 | -0.8% |
| 60th | Montenegro | 46.4 | -0.2% |
| 61st | Colombia | 46.6 | 1.1% |
| 62nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.3 | 1.3% |
| 63rd | Djibouti | 49.1 | 1.4% |
| 64th | Fiji | 50.3 | 0.3% |
| 65th | South Africa | 51.4 | 1.4% |
| 66th | Madagascar | 52.3 | 2.5% |
| 67th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 55.2 | 1.2% |
| 68th | Liberia | 55.8 | 2.2% |
| 69th | Nicaragua | 55.9 | 1.3% |
| 70th | Guinea | 57.2 | 2.5% |
| 71st | Cameroon | 58.5 | 2.7% |
| 72nd | Panama | 59.3 | 1.3% |
| 73rd | Bulgaria | 59.6 | -0.6% |
| 74th | Afghanistan | 62.2 | 1.4% |
| 75th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.6 | -1.2% |
| 76th | Equatorial Guinea | 64.3 | 2.5% |
| 77th | Georgia | 65.0 | 0.1% |
| 78th | Mexico | 66.2 | 0.8% |
| 79th | Croatia | 68.9 | -0.6% |
| 80th | Ukraine | 70.8 | -7.3% |
| 81st | Eswatini | 70.9 | 1.0% |
| 82nd | Ecuador | 71.8 | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Yemen, Republic of | 72.4 | 2.9% |
| 84th | North Macedonia | 72.6 | -0.3% |
| 85th | Tanzania | 73.1 | 3.0% |
| 86th | Tajikistan | 73.4 | 2.2% |
| 87th | Guinea-Bissau | 74.9 | 2.3% |
| 88th | Lesotho | 75.3 | 1.1% |
| 89th | Ireland | 75.7 | 2.0% |
| 90th | Samoa | 77.4 | 0.7% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 78.0 | 0.6% |
| 92nd | Serbia | 79.3 | -2.5% |
| 93rd | Uzbekistan | 79.3 | 2.0% |
| 94th | French Polynesia | 80.8 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Greece | 81.0 | -1.3% |
| 96th | Burkina Faso | 82.3 | 2.3% |
| 97th | Myanmar | 82.4 | 0.7% |
| 98th | Romania | 82.8 | -0.4% |
| 99th | Morocco | 83.6 | 1.0% |
| 100th | Brunei Darussalam | 86.4 | 0.8% |
| 101st | Moldova | 88.1 | -2.6% |
| 102nd | Dominica | 89.1 | -0.6% |
| 103rd | Albania | 89.5 | -1.5% |
| 104th | Senegal | 91.7 | 2.5% |
| 105th | Timor-Leste | 92.1 | 1.4% |
| 106th | Kenya | 93.4 | 1.9% |
| 107th | Honduras | 93.5 | 1.7% |
| 108th | Côte d'Ivoire | 95.6 | 2.5% |
| 109th | Spain | 95.6 | 0.7% |
| 110th | Cambodia | 97.4 | 1.3% |
| 111th | Costa Rica | 99.5 | 0.4% |
| 112th | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.2 | -1.9% |
| 113th | Iraq | 101.5 | 2.3% |
| 114th | Slovenia | 104.9 | 0.2% |
| 115th | Hungary | 105.2 | -0.3% |
| 116th | Armenia | 105.3 | 0.2% |
| 117th | Malaysia | 105.6 | 1.2% |
| 118th | Cuba | 106.5 | -0.6% |
| 119th | Austria | 109.6 | 1.0% |
| 120th | Türkiye | 110.4 | 1.0% |
| 121st | European Union | 111.9 | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Slovak Republic | 113.0 | -0.3% |
| 123rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 113.1 | 1.5% |
| 124th | Portugal | 113.9 | 0.7% |
| 125th | Sierra Leone | 114.7 | 2.3% |
| 126th | Poland | 120.3 | -0.4% |
| 127th | Benin | 122.0 | 2.6% |
| 128th | Syrian Arab Republic | 122.3 | 3.9% |
| 129th | Azerbaijan | 122.7 | 0.0% |
| 130th | France | 126.5 | 0.5% |
| 131st | Jordan | 126.8 | 1.7% |
| 132nd | Cabo Verde | 129.0 | 0.6% |
| 133rd | Czechia | 138.3 | 1.6% |
| 134th | Thailand | 140.4 | 0.0% |
| 135th | United Arab Emirates | 141.9 | 5.2% |
| 136th | Cyprus | 144.1 | 1.1% |
| 137th | Ghana | 145.7 | 1.9% |
| 138th | Tonga | 145.9 | -0.4% |
| 139th | Indonesia | 147.3 | 0.7% |
| 140th | Denmark | 147.6 | 0.8% |
| 141st | Isle of Man | 147.6 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | China | 150.4 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 160.2 | 0.4% |
| 144th | Kiribati | 161.1 | 1.6% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 166.6 | 1.4% |
| 146th | Togo | 167.1 | 2.4% |
| 147th | Andorra | 169.6 | 1.7% |
| 148th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 179.7 | -0.1% |
| 149th | Italy | 199.6 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Nepal | 207.3 | 0.8% |
| 151st | Antigua and Barbuda | 211.0 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Malawi | 218.2 | 2.6% |
| 153rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 218.7 | 0.4% |
| 154th | Switzerland | 222.2 | 0.8% |
| 155th | Marshall Islands | 222.7 | -3.1% |
| 156th | Qatar | 231.3 | 6.1% |
| 157th | Dominican Republic | 233.0 | 1.0% |
| 158th | São Tomé and Principe | 235.7 | 2.0% |
| 159th | Uganda | 236.0 | 3.1% |
| 160th | Germany | 238.1 | 0.0% |
| 161st | American Samoa | 241.7 | -1.8% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | 245.0 | 2.1% |
| 163rd | Liechtenstein | 246.8 | 0.8% |
| 164th | Luxembourg | 253.7 | 2.0% |
| 165th | British Virgin Islands | 255.5 | 1.3% |
| 166th | Kuwait | 257.6 | 5.2% |
| 167th | Gambia, The | 260.5 | 2.3% |
| 168th | Seychelles | 260.6 | 20.8% |
| 169th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 261.7 | -0.8% |
| 170th | Jamaica | 262.2 | 0.1% |
| 171st | Trinidad and Tobago | 266.2 | -0.1% |
| 172nd | United Kingdom | 279.4 | 0.9% |
| 173rd | St. Lucia | 293.1 | 0.1% |
| 174th | Cayman Islands | 298.3 | 2.1% |
| 175th | Virgin Islands (US) | 301.2 | -0.4% |
| 176th | El Salvador | 303.1 | 0.4% |
| 177th | Guam | 305.9 | 0.9% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 316.1 | 1.8% |
| 179th | Viet Nam | 318.0 | 0.8% |
| 180th | Tuvalu | 333.1 | -2.0% |
| 181st | Japan | 343.3 | -0.4% |
| 182nd | Grenada | 343.9 | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Curaçao | 345.3 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Sri Lanka | 358.6 | 0.1% |
| 185th | Puerto Rico (US) | 363.0 | -1.3% |
| 186th | Philippines | 382.2 | 0.8% |
| 187th | Belgium | 383.0 | 0.8% |
| 188th | Haiti | 417.4 | 1.1% |
| 189th | Israel | 441.7 | 2.0% |
| 190th | Comoros | 448.2 | 2.0% |
| 191st | India | 479.4 | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Burundi | 518.7 | 2.7% |
| 193rd | Netherlands | 525.7 | 1.0% |
| 194th | Korea | 529.4 | -0.2% |
| 195th | Rwanda | 553.3 | 2.2% |
| 196th | Lebanon | 561.5 | 0.5% |
| 197th | San Marino | 562.6 | -1.5% |
| 198th | St. Martin (French part) | 577.4 | -3.6% |
| 199th | Nauru | 590.1 | 0.8% |
| 200th | Aruba | 596.2 | -0.4% |
| 201st | Mauritius | 632.2 | -0.3% |
| 202nd | Barbados | 656.6 | 0.1% |
| 203rd | West Bank and Gaza | 837.1 | 2.5% |
| 204th | Bermuda | 1,199.1 | 0.2% |
| 205th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,239.4 | 1.4% |
| 206th | Bangladesh | 1,300.4 | 1.0% |
| 207th | Malta | 1,659.7 | 2.5% |
| 208th | Maldives | 1,747.0 | 1.5% |
| 209th | Bahrain | 1,930.0 | 1.4% |
| 210th | Gibraltar | 3,760.9 | 2.0% |
| 211th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,996.3 | -0.9% |
| 212th | Singapore | 7,851.0 | 3.4% |
| 213th | Monaco | 18,680.9 | 1.0% |
| 214th | Macao SAR, China | 20,524.2 | -0.8% |
FAQ
What was São Tomé and Principe's population density in 2022?▾
São Tomé and Principe's population density in 2022 was 235.7. This ranked 158th globally.
How did São Tomé and Principe's population density change in 2022?▾
São Tomé and Principe's population density increased by 2.0% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest population density in 2022?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2022 at 20,524.2.
What is the population density of São Tomé and Principe in 2022?▾
The population density of São Tomé and Principe in 2022 was 235.7. This ranked 158th globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for São Tomé and Principe's population density?▾
São Tomé and Principe's population density went from 231.2 in 2021 to 235.7 in 2022, a 2.0% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
São Tomé and Principe matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2022. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 14.4%. View full analysis →
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