Fertility in Sao Tome and Principe, 2009

Sao Tome and Principe
2009
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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 4.84 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (219 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 6,739 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
6,739
Births per 1,000 people
37.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.7
Population
177,853
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%28
15-19126.413.0%1,175
20-24219.022.6%1,858
25-29209.821.6%1,618
30-34183.318.9%1,097
35-39144.814.9%657
40-4473.57.6%272
45-499.91.0%32
50-540.20.0%0