Netherlands Antilles vs Sao Tome and Principe: The global population hockey stick

Netherlands Antilles
198,009 people
in 2010
Sao Tome and Principe
230,882 people
in 2023
Netherlands Antilles rank
190th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
188th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Sao Tome and Principe
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 230,882 people against 198,009 people in Netherlands Antilles, a difference of 32,873 people.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 93 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Netherlands Antilles ranks 190th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 188th of 239 countries.

Across the 39 decades both report, Netherlands Antilles averaged higher in 18 and Sao Tome and Principe in 21.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Antilles Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1000s 60 people 1,345 people 1,285 people Sao Tome and Principe
1100s 121 people 1,681 people 1,560 people Sao Tome and Principe
1200s 242 people 2,101 people 1,859 people Sao Tome and Principe
1300s 484 people 2,627 people 2,143 people Sao Tome and Principe
1400s 969 people 3,283 people 2,314 people Sao Tome and Principe
1500s 1,939 people 4,104 people 2,165 people Sao Tome and Principe
1600s 3,878 people 5,131 people 1,253 people Sao Tome and Principe
1700s 7,757 people 6,413 people 1,344 people Netherlands Antilles
1710s 8,393 people 6,973 people 1,420 people Netherlands Antilles
1720s 9,081 people 7,592 people 1,489 people Netherlands Antilles
1730s 9,825 people 8,274 people 1,551 people Netherlands Antilles
1740s 10,631 people 9,029 people 1,602 people Netherlands Antilles
1750s 11,502 people 9,863 people 1,639 people Netherlands Antilles
1760s 12,445 people 10,786 people 1,659 people Netherlands Antilles
1770s 13,465 people 11,806 people 1,659 people Netherlands Antilles
1780s 14,569 people 12,936 people 1,633 people Netherlands Antilles
1790s 15,763 people 14,186 people 1,577 people Netherlands Antilles
1800s 17,055 people 22,731 people 5,676 people Sao Tome and Principe
1810s 18,453 people 22,731 people 4,278 people Sao Tome and Principe
1820s 19,068 people 22,828 people 3,760 people Sao Tome and Principe
1830s 19,704 people 24,396 people 4,692 people Sao Tome and Principe
1840s 20,361 people 26,182 people 5,821 people Sao Tome and Principe
1850s 21,040 people 28,098 people 7,058 people Sao Tome and Principe
1860s 25,266 people 30,227 people 4,961 people Sao Tome and Principe
1870s 27,500 people 32,516 people 5,016 people Sao Tome and Principe
1880s 32,100 people 34,979 people 2,879 people Sao Tome and Principe
1890s 35,071 people 37,628 people 2,557 people Sao Tome and Principe
1900s 38,500 people 41,279 people 2,779 people Sao Tome and Principe
1910s 41,580 people 58,302 people 16,722 people Sao Tome and Principe
1920s 42,875 people 57,306 people 14,431 people Sao Tome and Principe
1930s 51,846 people 60,764 people 8,918 people Sao Tome and Principe
1940s 73,986 people 61,831 people 12,155 people Netherlands Antilles
1950s 120,064 people 64,227 people 55,837 people Netherlands Antilles
1960s 143,450 people 71,596 people 71,854 people Netherlands Antilles
1970s 163,397 people 86,260 people 77,137 people Netherlands Antilles
1980s 178,773 people 108,324 people 70,449 people Netherlands Antilles
1990s 186,462 people 133,409 people 53,053 people Netherlands Antilles
2000s 184,431 people 160,058 people 24,373 people Netherlands Antilles
2010s 198,009 people 181,810 people 16,199 people Netherlands Antilles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Netherlands Antilles or Sao Tome and Principe?
Sao Tome and Principe, at 230,882 people against 198,009 people in Netherlands Antilles as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Netherlands Antilles and Sao Tome and Principe?
32,873 people, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands Antilles and Sao Tome and Principe?
93 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2010.
How do Netherlands Antilles and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Netherlands Antilles ranks 190th 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

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