What is the difference in non-agricultural population between Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe?

197,000 FAO, number, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

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

33 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2012.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Non-agricultural population (FAO, number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Sao Tome and Principe: Non-agricultural population

Equatorial Guinea

272,000 FAO, number

in 2012

Sao Tome and Principe

75,000 FAO, number

in 2012

Equatorial Guinea rank

49th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

52nd

Non-agricultural population over time

Equatorial Guinea
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 272,000 FAO, number against 75,000 FAO, number in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 197,000 FAO, number.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 3.6 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 49th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 52nd of 53 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1980s	72,100 FAO, number	31,000 FAO, number	41,100 FAO, number	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	123,600 FAO, number	44,000 FAO, number	79,600 FAO, number	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	197,300 FAO, number	60,500 FAO, number	136,800 FAO, number	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	261,000 FAO, number	73,000 FAO, number	188,000 FAO, number	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher non-agricultural population, Equatorial Guinea or Sao Tome and Principe?: Equatorial Guinea, at 272,000 FAO, number against 75,000 FAO, number in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2012.
What is the difference in non-agricultural population between Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe?: 197,000 FAO, number, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2012.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for non-agricultural population?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 49th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 52nd of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as Non-agricultural population (FAO, number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Non-agricultural population (FAO, number)
Unit: FAO, number
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 1,934 data points, 1980–2012
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

The non-agricultural population is obtained as a residual of agricultural population from the total population.