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Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe's best placing is 2nd of 179 for rainfall.

Best placing: #2Rainfall
Top 10 placings: 1 / 14
Population: 240,254
Land area: 960 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Sao Tome and Principe is.

Rainfall

#2 of 179

3,200 mm of precipitation per year

1st in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#34 of 191

20.83 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#42 of 194

52.1 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#43 of 194

250.26 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person

#78 of 192

8.32 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest per person

#107 of 194

0.0021 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#123 of 182

4,084 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Land area per person

#152 of 194

0.004 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#124 of 151

209 km of coastline

32nd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest

#162 of 194

500 km² of forest

47th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#171 of 194

960 km² of land

53rd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Population

#176 of 195

240,254 people

53rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#180 of 193

2 airports

53rd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#174 of 182

981,293,587 US$ (current prices)

52nd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

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