Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2000

Sao Tome and Principe
2000
Total fertility rate: 5.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 5.16 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (236 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 5,724 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.16
Births
5,724
Births per 1,000 people
39.7
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.6
Population
144,018
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
10-142.70.3%26
15-19133.312.9%1,205
20-24235.722.8%1,689
25-29218.621.1%1,137
30-34185.417.9%796
35-39157.315.2%588
40-4486.68.4%254
45-4914.01.4%32
50-540.40.0%0