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Demographics · Central Africa

Sao Tome and Principe Population Growth

2%as of 2025-0.9% vs 2024

Annual population growth rate. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved August 14, 2026.

Trend

20002025 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodPopulation Growth
20252%
20242%
20232%
20221.9%
20212.1%
20201.9%
20191.5%
20181.5%
20171.6%
20161.7%
20151.8%
20141.9%

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=ST&metric_key=population_growth_pct" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Population Growth across Africa

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CountryPopulation GrowthPeriod
Nigeria2.1%2025
Kenya1.9%2025
South Africa1.1%2025
Egypt1.6%2025
Ghana1.8%2025
Ethiopia2.6%2025

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