What is the difference in population by world region between Bhutan and Sao Tome and Principe?

156,414 people, with Bhutan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Sao Tome and Principe?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Sao Tome and Principe: Population by world region

Bhutan

690,432 people

in 2100

Sao Tome and Principe

534,018 people

in 2100

Bhutan rank

172nd

Sao Tome and Principe rank

174th

Population by world region over time

Bhutan
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 690,432 people against 534,018 people in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 156,414 people.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.3 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

Across all 318 years both countries report, Bhutan has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 172nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 174th of 239 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 48 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,000 people	1,345 people	8,655 people	Bhutan
1100s	10,000 people	1,681 people	8,319 people	Bhutan
1200s	10,000 people	2,101 people	7,899 people	Bhutan
1300s	11,000 people	2,627 people	8,373 people	Bhutan
1400s	12,000 people	3,283 people	8,717 people	Bhutan
1500s	15,000 people	4,104 people	10,896 people	Bhutan
1600s	20,000 people	5,131 people	14,869 people	Bhutan
1700s	25,000 people	6,413 people	18,587 people	Bhutan
1710s	27,619 people	6,973 people	20,646 people	Bhutan
1720s	28,130 people	7,592 people	20,538 people	Bhutan
1730s	28,651 people	8,274 people	20,377 people	Bhutan
1740s	29,182 people	9,029 people	20,153 people	Bhutan
1750s	29,722 people	9,863 people	19,859 people	Bhutan
1760s	30,273 people	10,786 people	19,487 people	Bhutan
1770s	30,833 people	11,806 people	19,027 people	Bhutan
1780s	31,404 people	12,936 people	18,468 people	Bhutan
1790s	31,986 people	14,186 people	17,800 people	Bhutan
1800s	392,287 people	22,731 people	369,556 people	Bhutan
1810s	392,248 people	22,734 people	369,514 people	Bhutan
1820s	383,440 people	23,484 people	359,956 people	Bhutan
1830s	364,868 people	25,189 people	339,679 people	Bhutan
1840s	347,053 people	27,033 people	320,020 people	Bhutan
1850s	330,813 people	29,043 people	301,769 people	Bhutan
1860s	316,166 people	31,243 people	284,922 people	Bhutan
1870s	302,160 people	33,609 people	268,550 people	Bhutan
1880s	288,768 people	36,155 people	252,613 people	Bhutan
1890s	275,963 people	38,919 people	237,045 people	Bhutan
1900s	263,747 people	48,685 people	215,061 people	Bhutan
1910s	257,797 people	58,324 people	199,472 people	Bhutan
1920s	258,029 people	58,748 people	199,282 people	Bhutan
1930s	257,816 people	61,380 people	196,436 people	Bhutan
1940s	214,720 people	61,379 people	153,341 people	Bhutan
1950s	192,832 people	64,227 people	128,605 people	Bhutan
1960s	258,696 people	71,596 people	187,100 people	Bhutan
1970s	361,369 people	86,260 people	275,109 people	Bhutan
1980s	501,792 people	108,324 people	393,468 people	Bhutan
1990s	568,357 people	133,409 people	434,947 people	Bhutan
2000s	651,199 people	160,058 people	491,141 people	Bhutan
2010s	735,419 people	198,146 people	537,272 people	Bhutan
2020s	793,860 people	238,151 people	555,709 people	Bhutan
2030s	840,783 people	287,570 people	553,213 people	Bhutan
2040s	873,605 people	338,307 people	535,298 people	Bhutan
2050s	882,535 people	386,134 people	496,402 people	Bhutan
2060s	867,241 people	430,953 people	436,288 people	Bhutan
2070s	828,324 people	470,384 people	357,939 people	Bhutan
2080s	773,979 people	501,902 people	272,077 people	Bhutan
2090s	717,587 people	524,879 people	192,708 people	Bhutan
2100s	690,432 people	534,018 people	156,414 people	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Bhutan or Sao Tome and Principe?: Bhutan, at 690,432 people against 534,018 people in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Bhutan and Sao Tome and Principe?: 156,414 people, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Sao Tome and Principe?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Bhutan and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for population by world region?: Bhutan ranks 172nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 174th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.