Which has higher urban population, Italy or Sao Tome and Principe?

Italy, at 69.7% against 69.2% in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2025.

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

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Urban population (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Sao Tome and Principe: Urban population (% of total population)

Italy

69.7%

in 2025

Sao Tome and Principe

69.2%

in 2025

Italy rank

92nd

Sao Tome and Principe rank

94th

Urban population (% of total population) over time

Italy
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Italy currently reports 69.7% against 69.2% in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.5%.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 92nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 94th of 218 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	61.7%	21.4%	40.3%	Italy
1970s	65.7%	31.5%	34.2%	Italy
1980s	66.8%	37.3%	29.5%	Italy
1990s	66.8%	48.0%	18.8%	Italy
2000s	67.6%	58.8%	8.8%	Italy
2010s	69.2%	67.2%	2.0%	Italy
2020s	69.6%	68.5%	1.0%	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, Italy or Sao Tome and Principe?: Italy, at 69.7% against 69.2% in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population between Italy and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.5%, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sao Tome and Principe?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Italy and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for urban population?: Italy ranks 92nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 94th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Urban population (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs Sao Tome and Principe: Urban population. Statizoid, drawing on World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN). Retrieved 08 November 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/urban-population-percent-of-total-population/italy/sao-tome-and-principe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/urban-population-percent-of-total-population/italy/sao-tome-and-principe/">Italy vs Sao Tome and Principe: Urban population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Urban population (% of total population)
Unit: % of total population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 266 places, 1,452 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.