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Sao Tome and Principe: map and facts

Sao Tome and Principe is in Middle Africa. It has 240,254 people (2025), the 174th largest population. It covers 960 km², the 170th largest by area. That is about 250 people per km². Its highest point is Pico de São Tomé, at 2,024 m.

Sao Tome and Principe and the sea around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Pico de São Tomé; the circle marks its capital, São Tomé. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 240,254 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 960 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 1,040 km².
Capital: São Tomé
Highest point: Pico de São Tomé, 2,024 m (Wikidata)
Forest: 57.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Pico de São Tomé: 2,024 m (its highest point)

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 78.3%, wooded savanna 12.6%, water 5.9%, wetland 2.1%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 71.8%, hills 28.1%.

Forests covered 57.6% of its land in 2024, down from 61.5% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

Sao Tome and Principe has no land borders on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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