Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 1980

Sao Tome and Principe
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 6.39 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (289 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 4,101 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
4,101
Births per 1,000 people
41.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.5
Population
98,544
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.70.2%17
15-19144.611.3%745
20-24288.722.6%1,219
25-29279.121.9%935
30-34222.217.4%554
35-39210.916.5%406
40-44109.38.6%192
45-4917.51.4%29
50-540.50.0%1