Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2008

Sao Tome and Principe
2008
Total fertility rate: 4.91
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Sao Tome and Principe was 4.91 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (222 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 6,685 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.91
Births
6,685
Births per 1,000 people
38.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
173,793
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
10-142.80.3%29
15-19125.312.8%1,154
20-24222.122.6%1,888
25-29211.921.6%1,596
30-34185.418.9%1,057
35-39148.415.1%649
40-4476.37.8%278
45-4910.31.0%33
50-540.20.0%0