What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?

51,465 people, with Barbados ahead.

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

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

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

Barbados vs Sao Tome and Principe: The global population hockey stick

Barbados

282,347 people

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe

230,882 people

in 2023

Barbados rank

186th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

188th

The global population hockey stick over time

Barbados
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 282,347 people against 230,882 people in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 51,465 people.

That makes Barbados's figure about 1.2 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Barbados ranks 186th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 188th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 35 and Sao Tome and Principe in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	17 people	1,345 people	1,328 people	Sao Tome and Principe
1100s	19 people	1,681 people	1,662 people	Sao Tome and Principe
1200s	78 people	2,101 people	2,023 people	Sao Tome and Principe
1300s	312 people	2,627 people	2,315 people	Sao Tome and Principe
1400s	1,250 people	3,283 people	2,033 people	Sao Tome and Principe
1500s	5,000 people	4,104 people	896 people	Barbados
1600s	20,000 people	5,131 people	14,869 people	Barbados
1700s	80,000 people	6,413 people	73,587 people	Barbados
1710s	80,000 people	6,973 people	73,027 people	Barbados
1720s	80,000 people	7,592 people	72,408 people	Barbados
1730s	80,000 people	8,274 people	71,726 people	Barbados
1740s	80,000 people	9,029 people	70,971 people	Barbados
1750s	80,000 people	9,863 people	70,137 people	Barbados
1760s	80,000 people	10,786 people	69,214 people	Barbados
1770s	80,000 people	11,806 people	68,194 people	Barbados
1780s	80,000 people	12,936 people	67,064 people	Barbados
1790s	80,000 people	14,186 people	65,814 people	Barbados
1800s	81,729 people	22,731 people	58,998 people	Barbados
1810s	81,757 people	22,734 people	59,023 people	Barbados
1820s	88,457 people	23,484 people	64,973 people	Barbados
1830s	104,692 people	25,189 people	79,503 people	Barbados
1840s	124,046 people	27,033 people	97,013 people	Barbados
1850s	143,415 people	29,043 people	114,372 people	Barbados
1860s	156,887 people	31,243 people	125,644 people	Barbados
1870s	166,365 people	33,609 people	132,756 people	Barbados
1880s	176,763 people	36,155 people	140,608 people	Barbados
1890s	188,520 people	38,919 people	149,601 people	Barbados
1900s	184,437 people	48,685 people	135,752 people	Barbados
1910s	165,018 people	58,324 people	106,694 people	Barbados
1920s	164,510 people	58,748 people	105,762 people	Barbados
1930s	182,553 people	61,380 people	121,173 people	Barbados
1940s	201,050 people	61,379 people	139,671 people	Barbados
1950s	221,034 people	64,227 people	156,807 people	Barbados
1960s	240,936 people	71,596 people	169,340 people	Barbados
1970s	250,647 people	86,260 people	164,387 people	Barbados
1980s	255,146 people	108,324 people	146,822 people	Barbados
1990s	261,259 people	133,409 people	127,850 people	Barbados
2000s	267,862 people	160,058 people	107,805 people	Barbados
2010s	278,509 people	198,146 people	80,363 people	Barbados
2020s	282,134 people	224,155 people	57,978 people	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Barbados or Sao Tome and Principe?: Barbados, at 282,347 people against 230,882 people in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?: 51,465 people, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Barbados ranks 186th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 188th 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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.