Belarus vs Sao Tome and Principe: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Belarus
0.4%
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe
0.5%
in 2025
Belarus rank
90th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
88th
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Belarus
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Belarus, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Belarus's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belarus ahead.
Belarus ranks 90th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 88th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 4 and Sao Tome and Principe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.9% | 1.5% | 2.5% | Belarus |
| 1960s | 3.0% | 6.5% | 3.5% | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 2.6% | 1.2% | 1.3% | Belarus |
| 1980s | 1.7% | 2.6% | 1.0% | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.4% | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.6% | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Belarus |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Belarus |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Belarus or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Belarus as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Belarus and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.1%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Belarus and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Belarus ranks 90th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 88th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.